"Summer with Science 2022" opens application period

Applications for the special support "Summer with Science 2022", promoted by FCT, are open from May 16 to June 16, 2022. In previous editions, this support has made it possible to fund 1,175 research initiation Studentships in 2020; and 418 research initiation Studentships in 2021. A budget of 500,000 euros is planned for this year's edition.

In addition to encouraging the development of "Summer Schools" in Polytechnics and Universities across the country, "Summer with Science 2022" seeks to support scientific and technological research activities in R&D units, with a view to enhancing scientific and technological capacity and its relationship with higher education and society. It also aims to promote the diffusion and dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge among higher education Studentships , by funding research initiation Studentships for face-to-face scientific research activities.

This support is aimed at R&D units that obtained a rating of Good, Very Good or Excellent, awarded by the FCT in the 2017-2018 R&D Unit evaluation process, and the submission of proposals is limited to one application per R&D unit.

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