Provisional Results of Call Exploratory Projects of the MIT Portugal Program

The FCT announced the provisional results of Call Exploratory Projects under the MIT Portugal Program, with eight projects recommended for funding from a total of 24 eligible applications. The funding allocated to each project ranges from €32,000 to €50,000, resulting in a total investment of €381,035.93 from the FCT budget.

The Call support research activities at Portuguese universities, promoting the value of knowledge and research, integrating human factors and technology, and stimulating multidisciplinary and sustainability-oriented approaches. The approved projects will develop research in the areas of the third phase of the MIT-Portugal Program, particularly in the following topics: formulation and characterization of sustainable and circular construction materials; monitoring and mapping of operations in space; a digital platform that combines durability data, maintenance models, and energy rehabilitation decisions; perception of pain and physical limitations for an intelligent collaborative robot; atmospheric tomography; a prototype for studying the distribution, ecological dynamics, and carbon of peatlands in the Iberian Peninsula; metallization of polymers for the automotive industry; and planning the operation of electrical networks.

The MIT Portugal Program is part of a network of international cooperation programs between Portugal and institutions in various countries under the goPORTUGAL initiative – Global Partnerships in Science and Technology, promoted by FCT.