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• Invitation to establish cooperation in the management and operation of FCT's Open Science and Open Access activities

The FCT is launching this call for proposals to establish cooperation aimed at strengthening the services and infrastructure necessary for the sharing and management of national scientific knowledge.

More information available here.

Deadline for requesting clarification: November 3, 2025

Proposal Deadline : November 30, 2025

• Call for Contributions to the National Strategy for Emerging Technologies

The Center for Planning and Evaluation of Public Policies (PLANAPP), the National Innovation Agency (ANI), and the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) are launching a joint initiative to develop the National Strategy for Emerging Technologies, with the aim of guiding investment and innovation in Portugal over the coming decades.

Experts, researchers, and professionals working or interested in the fields of Biotechnology, Advanced Materials, or Quantum Technologies are invited to join this collaborative effortand actively contribute to defining the strategic priorities that will guide the future of technological innovation in Portugal.

Interested parties must complete the form by October 31, 2025.

• Invitation to experts for evaluation of Advanced Computing Projects

FCT invites national and international experts to express their interest in collaborating as evaluators of applications for projects in Advanced Computing.

This call for expressions of interest aims to establish a Studentship experts with relevant scientific and technical experience in areas related to Advanced Computing, ensuring the quality and impartiality of the evaluation processes.

More information available here.

Deadline: October 15, 2025.

• Call for expressions of interest to join the National Center for Advanced Computing (CNCA)

Entities interested in joining the CNCA at this stage should express their interest by the end of February 2025 by sending an email to: cnca-questoes@incd.pt.
In addition to the entity's identification, it is desirable to indicate the desired annual membership fee level, in accordance with the statutes.

This deadline does not close future memberships, but rather aims to organize the process for the initial group of participating entities, which is intended to be as broad as possible. All information about the presentation session can be found below:

• • • Recording of the CNCA presentation session;
    • Slides from the CNCA presentation session.

• Call for Contributions to the AI Factory

As part of Portugal and Spain's joint application to set up an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Factory, we invite all interested parties to submit their contributions through a simplified survey. The aim is to gather opinions and expectations that can support the development of this innovative AI project, in the context of the EU's package of measures for startups and SMEs. Participation is voluntary and non-binding.

Submission deadline: October 21, 2024

• Call for expressions of interest to participate in the production phase of the new MN5 supercomputer

MareNostrum 5 (MN5) is a new European supercomputing platform installed at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), in which Portugal has a 5% stake.

The FCT once again invites potential stakeholders from the national science, technology, innovation, and public administration sectors to submit expressions of interest in accessing the production phase of this new supercomputer.

Interested parties must complete and submit the form in English by September 9, 2024.

• Call for expressions of interest for the creation and establishment of a consortium to promote the management and sharing of research data at the national level (until September 10, 2024).

In the field of investment RE-C05-i08 – More Digital Science funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), FCT is launching this call for the Creation and Establishment of a Consortium to Promote the Management and Sharing of Research Data at the National Level.

Proposals must be submitted in English by 11:59 p.m. on the 50th day from the date of publication of this call for proposals to the email address: compras@fccn.pt, with the reference RI/00138/2024 entered in the "Subject" field of the email.

The deadline is calculated in accordance with Article 470(3) of the CCP.

Additional documents for the Expression of Interest: Evaluation Guide |Frequently Asked Questions |News | Information Session (Recording and Presentation) | List of Submitted and Accepted Applications | List of Results

• Call for expressions of interest forthe procurement of services for the establishment of up to ten (10) Research Data Management Centers (until August 22, 2024)

In the field of investment RE-C05-i08 – More Digital Science funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), FCT is launching this call for expressions of interest for the creation of up to ten Research Data Management Centers at the national level.

Proposals must be submitted in English by 11:59 p.m. on the 50th day from the date of publication of this call for expressions of interest, to the email: compras@fccn.pt, with the reference RI/00139/2024 entered in the "Subject" field of the email.
The deadline is calculated in accordance with Article 470(3) of the CCP.

Additional documents for the Expression of Interest:

• • Call for expressions of interest – published on July 1
  • Call for expressions of interest – published on July 30
  • Call for expressions of interest – published on August 14
  • Evaluation Guide
  • Frequently asked questions
  • News
  • Information Session (Recording and Presentation)
  • List of Submitted Applications – published on 08/23
  • List of Accepted Applications – published on September 4
  • List of Accepted Applications – republished on September 30
  • List of Provisional Results
  • List of Final Results

• Call for expressions of interest to participate in the pre-production phase of the new MareNostrum 5 supercomputer

MareNostrum 5 (MN5) is a new European supercomputing platform installed at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), in which Portugal has a 5% stake.
At this initial stage, FCT invites potential interested parties from the national science, technology, innovation, and public administration sectors to submit expressions of interest in accessing the pre-production phase of this new supercomputer.

Interested parties must complete and submit the form in English by June 27, 2024.

• Call for expressions of interest to participate in the experimental evaluation of the new national supercomputer.

Portugal is about to launch Deucalion, a new supercomputing platform that promises to boost data processing and analysis capabilities. Once physical assembly is complete, the platform will undergo testing and fine-tuning to ensure the full functioning and maximum performance of this important resource.
In this regard, the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) invites potential stakeholders from the national science, technology, innovation, and public administration sectors to register their interest and availability to work alongside technical support in benchmarking tests for the Deucalion supercomputer.

Interested parties should complete and submit the simplified form.

• Call for expressions of interest for the reuse of Bob supercomputer equipment (until July 31, 2023)

The Bob Supercomputer, donated to Portugal in 2019 by the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas (Austin), saw 15 of its 20 compute node racks discontinued as of February 24, 2023. However, these are available for reuse by interested entities in the national science and innovation sectors or by companies involved in innovation processes, for which the FCT has launched a call for expressions of interest.

Entities interested in reusing the Bob supercomputer are invited to submit their expression of interest using this form by July 31, 2023.