President of FCT visits Carnegie Mellon University

The President of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Madalena Alves, was part of the delegation from the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Higher Education and accompanied the Minister of Science, Technology, and Higher Education, Elvira Fortunato, on a visit to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, United States, which took place from March 26 to 28, in the presence of the Portuguese Ambassador to Washington, Francisco Duarte Lopes.

The purpose of this visit was to take stock of the third phase of the CMU Portugal Program, a partnership created between Portugal and CMU in 2006, which involves Portuguese universities, Associate Laboratories field of Information and Communication Technologies, among other national entities, as well as 11 CMU departments, around 150 companies, and more than 400 senior lecturers and researchers on mobility programs in Portugal and the United States. This partnership has contributed to increasing the impact of knowledge and science on the economy, particularly in the Portuguese business and industrial fabric, and has already promoted the creation and development of 26 leading startups in crucial areas such as digitization, artificial intelligence, and mobility, two of which have achieved unicorn status. The CMU Portugal Program is part of the goPortugal – Global Science and Technology Partnerships Portugal initiative and has enabled the creation of 1,500 jobs by supporting these 26 companies.

Please note that the Call applications for 12 Studentships under the CMU Portugal Affiliated Doctoral Programs initiative, funded by FCT, is open until March 31. The Studentships in the following areas: computer science, electrical and computer engineering, engineering and public policy, human-computer interaction, spoken language technologies, robotics, and software engineering. All information about this Call available on the CMU Portugal program page.