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Rui Costa, Lars Jansen, Edgar Gomes and Sofia Aboim will receive a total of 7 million euros over five years to consolidate their research teams and develop their ideas.

The project selected in the first Call the Portugal-China Joint Innovation Center for Advanced Materials investigates cardiovascular intervention devices.

The European Southern Observatory inaugurated its new facilities on December 4th. The building's structure was designed in collaboration with a Portuguese company.

Maria Mota, a researcher at the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Lisbon, is the winner of the 2013 edition of the prestigious Pessoa Prize.

CERN has confirmed the launch of the initiative that will make a vast number of scientific articles
in the field of particle physics available on an open access basis.

The first Calls the new European framework program for research and innovation were launched this week, outlining funding opportunities for 2014 and 2015.

FCT clarifies doubts about evaluators and members of the evaluation panel, prior hearing and contracting, publication of results and signing of program contracts.

The 4th edition of Going Local Portugal will be held on December 12, 2013, at the Pavilhão do Conhecimento in Lisbon. Find out more about the topics being discussed.

FCT has organized an online information session to support the national scientific community wishing to participate. Find out more about the session.

During Science and Technology Week, the Portuguese Communications Foundation (FPC) and the FCT signed a protocol to promote and disseminate scientific research.

A team of researchers from the University of Coimbra has identified a new way of reproducing an invasive plant on the Iberian Peninsula, with potential effects on some agricultural crops.

The recent results of an international team that includes CAUP open up prospects for the discovery and description of Earth-like planets outside our solar system.