Results of Call IC&DT Call Projects in all scientific fields for 2022

Today, FCT announced the results of Call R&D Projects in All Scientific Fields – 2022 to all applicants. A total of 630 projects were selected for funding, representing an investment of €74.8 million, supported by national funds through the FCT budget. The list of projects recommended for funding and a summary of the Call results Call available here. Details of the results for each application should be consulted by the Principal Investigator on the myFCT platform.

This Call two types of projects:

• Scientific research and technological development projects (IC&DT), lasting 36 months and with maximum funding per project of €250,000, with a budget of €55 million;
  Exploratory research projects (PeX), lasting 18 months and with maximum funding per project of €50,000, with a budget of €20 million.
• The 225 IC&DT projects recommended for funding are distributed across the following scientific fields: Medical and Health Sciences – 17.8%, Engineering Sciences and Technologies – 25.3%, Natural Sciences – 17.3%, Social Sciences – 12.4%, Exact Sciences – 11.6%, Agricultural Sciences – 8.4%, and Humanities – 7.1%.

The 405 PeX projects recommended for funding are distributed across the following scientific fields: Medical and Health Sciences – 23.0%, Engineering Sciences and Technologies – 18.8%, Natural Sciences – 21.0%, Social Sciences – 11.1%, Exact Sciences – 11.1%, Agricultural Sciences – 7.7%, and Humanities – 7.4%. – 21.0%, Social Sciences – 11.1%, Exact Sciences – 11.1%, Agricultural Sciences – 7.7%, and Humanities – 7.4%.

The researchers leading the funded projects are mostly women, representing 55.7% of the total, and 11.3% are foreign researchers, from 22 nationalities, working in research centers in Portugal and leading 71 of the selected projects.
The application submission period ran from February 8 to March 11 this year. A total of 4,101 applications were submitted, of which 4,093 were accepted for evaluation, in accordance with the terms of Call Notice of the Call Call The success rate of Call a percentage of the total applications accepted for evaluation was 8.3% for IC&DT projects and 29.0% for exploratory projects. The overall success rate of Call, considering applications of both types, was 15.4%.

The applications were evaluated by 33 evaluation panels in different scientific areas, with 557 evaluators affiliated with foreign institutions participating in the evaluation, representing 35 nationalities, 53% of whom were women. Each proposal was evaluated and classified according to the scientific merit and innovative nature of the project, the scientific merit of the research team, the feasibility of the work program, and the contribution to the accumulation of knowledge and skills. For each evaluation panel and for each type of project, a percentage of the total allocation for Call was calculated, according to the total amount of funding requested by the applications that obtained a project merit equal to or greater than 7, as provided for in the Call for Applications.