Results of the Call of IC&DT Projects 2021 of the FCT-CERN cooperation

FCT published today the results of the Call of Scientific Research and Technological Development (IC&DT) Projects within the scope of the cooperation agreement between Portugal and the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN), referring to the year 2021. The Call received 36 applications, with 31 projects recommended for funding, corresponding to a total funding of 2.5 million euros. See the results .

THE Call will support projects for a maximum period of 24 months, extendable for a maximum of 12 more months, in duly justified cases. Approved projects will be fully financed by national funds through the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education.

CERN was created in 1953 and, according to the Convention signed by the Founding Members, its main objective is to “promote and foster collaboration between European countries in the area of fundamental research in the field of High Energy Physics (HEP), in order to enable Europe to take the lead in this field”. It has become the largest particle physics laboratory in the world, and is located in the northwest of Geneva, on the Franco-Swiss border. Portugal's accession to CERN was signed in 1985, starting on January 1, 1986, and it was one of the 23 Member States financing the laboratory.

Through this Call , the FCT intended to support scientific research and technological development projects associated with official or recognized scientific collaborations by CERN, as well as technology-based projects in the field of applied sciences, in collaboration with activities supported by the same Laboratory.

For more information, see the Call page .