December 4, 2012 UbuntuNet brings researchers from Africa and Europe closer together The high-speed network dedicated to research and education, 'UbuntuNet', was launched at the EuroAfrica-ICT Forum in Lisbon.
November 23, 2012 2012 ISCTE & MIT | Portugal venture competition Quatro start-ups selecionadas como finalistas para a Competição de Empreendedorismo Building Global Innovators 2012.
November 23, 2012 ISCTE & MIT Call | Portugal 2012 Building Global Innovators, the Call by ISCTE and the MIT | Portugal Program, awards four start-ups in the 2012 edition.
November 7, 2012 US-Portugal Partnerships: UT Austin|Portugal international partnership renewed The memorandum of understanding that ensures the continuity of the UT Austin|Portugal Program for the next five years is supported by an annual investment of €2 million by the FCT.
November 7, 2012 UT Austin|Portugal Program: second international partnership renewed The memorandum of understanding that guarantees the continuity of the UT Austin|Portugal Program for the next five years represents an investment of €2 million per year by FCT.
October 19, 2012 A planet with a mass similar to Earth, "just around the corner" Nuno Santos is one of the researchers on the international team that detected a planet with a mass similar to Earth's in Alpha Centauri B, the star system closest to the Sun.
October 15, 2012 Portuguese researcher receives Young Investigator Award from the American Society for Neuroscience Rui Costa, a researcher at the Champalimaud Foundation, received the 2012 Young Investigator Award from the Society for Neuroscience.
October 12, 2012 European Space Agency (ESA) launches space technology transfer program in Portugal Portuguese companies that work and develop technologies in the space sector now have another tool for transferring these technologies to the non-space market.
September 28, 2012 Young Portuguese scientists among winners of European Final The European Patent Office (EPO) award for originality was given to three Portuguese students.
September 28, 2012 International partnerships: Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program renewed for 5 years The Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program is the first international partnership between Portuguese and U.S. universities and research centers to be renewed.
September 27, 2012 FCT/Latin Union Award for Scientific and Technical Translation in Portuguese The award ceremony for the Scientific and Technical Translation Prize in Portuguese took place on September 26 at the Faculty of Letters in Lisbon.
September 27, 2012 Cardiovascular research funded by FCT in Circulation magazine Article highlights the work of several scientists in this area and describes the funding allocated by FCT.