MIT Portugal Program selects 8 projects for funding

FCT has announced the results of the Call for Exploratory Research Projects under the MIT Portugal Program for 2019, in which 33 applications were evaluated and 8 were recommended for funding. The total investment for these projects is 397,023.15 euros, with a maximum funding limit of 50,000 euros for each project.

This Call aims to develop research activities between Portuguese universities and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), with a view to creating intelligent solutions in the various areas proposed in the Call in which the projects are oriented towards scientific research in a holistic approach through integrated and multidisciplinary projects with a vision of evolution of scale. The projects selected in this edition are divided into the following areas: Earth Systems: from Oceans to Space - 3 projects; Digital Transformation in Industry - 3 projects; and Sustainable Cities - 2 projects.

This Call took place under the partnership agreement between FCT and MIT Portugal, as part of the goPORTUGAL - Global Partnerships in Science and Technology program, promoted by FCT, whose mission and objectives are to enhance the process of internationalizing scientific and technological research in Portugal, developing the creation of scientific and qualified jobs and fostering the creation and growth of new science and technology-based companies. The goPORTUGAL program includes partnerships with other leading foreign research institutions, such as Carnagie Mellon, UTAustin, Harvard Medical School, Imperial College London and Fraunhofer.