Results from Call for Exploratory Projects of the UT Austin Portugal Program

FCT has announced the results of the Call for Exploratory Projects under the UT Austin Portugal Program, with 8 projects recommended for funding from a set of 44 applications submitted. The funding allocated to each project is between 49 thousand and 50 thousand euros, resulting in a total investment of 398,779.54 euros from the FCT budget.

Call aims to support exploratory, disruptive and potentially high-impact and relevant projects in the scientific and technological field developed by teams of researchers from Portuguese universities and the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). The projects recommended for funding this year will develop research in the areas of Advanced Computing, Medical Physics for Emerging Therapies against Cancer, Space-Earth Interactions and Nanomaterials for New Markets, with special emphasis on the latter, on which 5 of the 8 projects focus.

The UT Austin-Portugal Program is part of a network of international cooperation programs between Portugal and institutions in several countries under the goPORTUGAL - Global Partnerships in Science and Technology initiative promoted by FCT. It includes partnerships with other leading US universities, such as Carnagie Mellon, MIT and Harvard Medical School, but also with institutions from other countries, such as Imperial College London and Fraunhofer. Cooperation with international institutions under this initiative enhances the internationalization of scientific and technological research, boosting innovation in research and the mobility of researchers and creating opportunities for the emergence and growth of new science and technology-based companies.