"Summer with Science" will fund 1175 Studentships in 87 training actions

The FCT will fund 87 training actions from 22 institutions and 1,175 research initiation and research Studentships , for a total investment of €2.4 million, as part of the special "Summer with Science" support, promoted in collaboration with the Directorate-General for Higher Education (DGES).

The "Summer with Science" initiative, which allowed proposals to be submitted from June 16 to 26, aims to stimulate the development of "Summer Schools" in Polytechnics and Universities across the country with integrated R&D and face-to-face higher education initiatives.

This support aims to fund Studentships and training plans to encourage face-to-face activities by students, teachers and researchers, as part of the development of innovative solutions associated with the Economic and Social Stabilization Program (PEES), in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, contributing to a higher qualification for students.

The support is aimed at students who meet the conditions to be research initiation or research fellows (articles 5 and 6 of the FCT Studentships Regulations), as well as students who are awarded school social action grants; and higher education institutions and their institutes, State Laboratories and other public research institutions, scientific societies or non-profit scientific associations, public or private non-profit institutions, or business entities in partnership with research institutions.

This unprecedented program was very well attended, with 31 institutions from all over Portugal submitting proposals for a total of 294 actions, involving 3251 Studentships.

You can consult the list of training actions approved for funding here.