Portugal - France Bilateral Cooperation Person Program

The Pessoa Program, which funds joint projects within the scope of cooperation between Portugal and France, is open for applications until June 9 for the Call the 2022/2023 biennium.

This Call, funded by the Portuguese side through the FCT and by France through the Campus France agency, aims to foster scientific and technological exchanges of excellence between research laboratories in the two countries. In the last three editions, this program has funded a total of 48 projects: 14 projects for the 2019/2020 biennium; 15 for 2020/2021; and 19 for 2021/2022.

The funding is strictly intended for the mobility of researchers participating in the projects, namely for the travel and subsistence expenses of the Portuguese team in France. The non-inclusion of young researchers in the Portuguese team is eliminatory (see definitions in the FAQ's). It is mandatory for young researchers to submit their work plan and priority will be given to new projects/new teams and teams that have not received funding in recent Calls.

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