Results of the “GENDER RESEARCH 4 COVID-19” support initiative

The FCT presented the results of the “GENDER RESEARCH 4 COVID-19” support program, under which 16 research projects will be funded, representing an investment of €506,000 from national funds through the FCT budget.

GENDER RESEARCH 4 COVID-19 is an initiative promoted by FCT, in conjunction with the Secretary of State for Citizenship and Equality and with the support of the Commission for Citizenship and Gender Equality (CIG), which consists of special support for research projects on the impact of the health emergency caused by COVID-19 on gender inequalities, violence against women, and domestic violence. Applications for this support were open from May 15 to June 2, 2020, and were open to proposals and initiatives aimed at producing and disseminating knowledge about the gender impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the contingency plans and measures adopted to contain and resolve it. 

A total of 145 applications were received, of which 16 projects were selected for funding, distributed across the following lines of research and development covered by this support:
Line 1 – Gender and the labor market during and after the Covid-19 crisis (5 projects)
Line 2 – Covid-19, daily life, stereotypes, and gender roles (3 projects)
Line 3 – Covid-19 and violence against women and domestic violence (8 projects)

Of the selected projects, nine are fast-track projects, with a maximum of four months for development and maximum support per project of €20,000, and seven are longitudinal analysis projects, with a maximum of ten months for development and support per project of up to €40,000.

The Gender Research 4 Covid-19 support is part of a broad set of support measures, Calls other initiatives launched this year by FCT in the fight against Covid-19, including: special support RESEARCH 4 COVID-19, with two editions; the Call AI 4 COVID-19 R&D projects: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration; the Summer with Science support, in collaboration with the Directorate-General for Higher Education (DGES); the Science 4 COVID-19 portal; increasing the capacity of RCTS – Science, Technology, and Society Network, which supports internet connections for the teaching and research community; o Strengthening the capacity of services that provide distance learning and teleworking in the academic and scientific community (Colibri, NAU, Educast, Videocast); and the creation of a COVID-19 page on the FCT website, which brings together all the information that is being released, directly or indirectly related to this pandemic situation.