February 10, 2016 New FCT Governing Board takes office for the 2016-2018 term Paulo Ferrão (President), Miguel Castanho (Vice-President), Isabel Ribeiro (Member), and Ana Sanchez (Member) took office today on the new FCT Board of Directors.
February 8, 2016 Terceira convocatória do programa Investigador da FCT seleciona 229 novos investigadores In three calls, a total of 597 postdoctoral scientists have been selected to receive five-year contracts to carry out innovative research at Portuguese research centers.
February 8, 2016 Third FCT Call selects 229 new researchers In three Calls, 597 PhD graduates were selected to develop innovative research projects at Portuguese institutions for a maximum period of five years.
February 4, 2016 Success across ERC grant schemes for researchers in Portugal Pesquisadores das áreas de ciências da vida e ciências sociais garantem 10 bolsas do Conselho Europeu de Pesquisa para Portugal, totalizando pouco menos de €13 milhões em financiamento.
February 4, 2016 Cross-cutting success for Portugal in European Research Council funding Researchers in Life Sciences and Social Sciences secure 10 European Research Studentships (ERC) Studentships for Portugal, totaling almost €13 million.
January 26, 2016 Pesquisadores desenvolvem método que impacta o processo de descoberta e desenvolvimento de medicamentos A team led by an FCT investigator reveals how fractionation of cells into compartments contributes to better analyses of the effects of drugs on the cells.
January 26, 2016 Researchers develop method that simplifies drug discovery and development process According to a team coordinated by an FCT researcher, the fragmentation of cells into their compartments increases the effectiveness of analyzing the effect of drugs on cells.
January 25, 2016 Protocol between FCT and Directorate-General for Health funds Portuguese researchers in European network on Cardiovascular Diseases This cooperation with the National Program for Cerebrovascular and Cardiovascular Diseases funds Portuguese research teams that successfully apply for European funding.
January 25, 2016 Protocol between FCT and the Directorate-General for Health for the financing of Research Programs on Cardiovascular Diseases Through national co-financing, this cooperation helps the national scientific community to obtain European funding.
January 19, 2016 Green Projects Award for research on Green Detergents Research underpinning the new technology was carried out for a PhD from the MIT-Portugal program, funded by FCT.
January 19, 2016 Green Projects Awards recognize research on Green Detergents The research was conducted as part of a PhD program at MIT Portugal, funded by FCT.
January 15, 2016 Future black hole probe makes discovery on its first observation Researchers at the Multidisciplinary Center for Astrophysics (CENTRA) in Portugal are part of the team that built the GRAVITY instrument, recently installed and successfully tested on ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer in Chile.
