Results of Call IC&DT Call Projects in all scientific fields

 Today, FCT announced the results of Call IC&DTCall in all scientific fields, in which 312 projects were selected for funding. The list of projects recommended for funding and a summary of the Call results Call available here.

This Call a budget allocation of €75 million, an investment supported by national funds through the FCT budget. This FCT funding through the IC&DT Call in all scientific fields contributes to the consolidation and strengthening of the National Scientific and Technological System, as a priority of national science and technology policy, across all scientific areas.

The 312 projects recommended for funding are distributed across the following scientific fields: Medical and Health Sciences – 17.6%, Engineering Sciences and Technologies – 25.3%, Natural Sciences – 17.9%, Social Sciences – 12.2%, Exact Sciences – 11.2%, Agricultural Sciences – 8.7%, and Humanities – 7.1%. The principal investigators leading the funded projects are mostly men, representing 56.7% of the total, and 13.5% are foreign researchers, from 20 nationalities, who work in research centers in Portugal and lead 42 of the selected projects.

Applications were accepted from January 30 to April 30 of this year. A total of 5,847 applications were submitted to Call 3,317 applications were deemed eligible, in accordance with the terms Notice of the Call Call Notice of the Call Call. Call success rate Call thus 9.4% of eligible applications.

Applications were evaluated by 33 evaluation panels, according to their respective scientific area, with 503 foreign external evaluators participating in the evaluation. Each proposal was evaluated and ranked according to the scientific merit and innovative nature of the project, the scientific merit of the research team, the feasibility of the work program, and the contribution to the accumulation of knowledge and skills. In each panel, proposals were ranked according to their merit, and the selection was made in such a way as to ensure a similar success rate across all evaluation panels in terms of the volume of eligible funding requested.

The Call IC&DT projects in all scientific areas is annual and is part of Calls FCT's major Calls , whose schedule is set until 2022 and published on the website.