MIT Portugal Program selects eight projects for funding

The FCT 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 the implementation of these projects is €397,023.15, with a maximum funding limit of €50,000 for each project.

This Call to develop research activities between Portuguese universities and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), with a view to creating smart solutions in the various areas proposed in Call, in which projects are geared towards scientific research in a holistic approach through integrated and multidisciplinary projects with a vision of scaling up. The projects selected in this edition are distributed across the following areas: Earth Systems: From Oceans to Space – 3 projects; Digital Transformation in Industry – 3 projects; and Sustainable Cities – 2 projects.

This Call under the partnership agreement between FCT and MIT Portugal, as part of the goPORTUGAL program – Global Partnerships in Science and Technology program, promoted by FCT, whose mission and objectives are to enhance the internationalization of scientific and technological research in Portugal, developing the creation of scientific and skilled 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 Carnegie Mellon, UT Austin, Harvard Medical School, Imperial College London, and Fraunhofer.