UT Austin welcomes Portuguese delegation

From June 12 to 14, the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) in the United States welcomed a Portuguese delegation as part of the  "Go Portugal – Global Science and Technology Partnerships" initiative, led by the Minister of Science, Technology, and Higher Education, Elvira Fortunato, accompanied by the President of the Foundation for Science and Technology, Madalena Alves, and the President of the National Innovation Agency, António Grilo.

The main objective of the visit was to strengthen international partnerships and the FCT's "Go Portugal – Global Science and Technology Partnerships" initiative, which aims to internationalize national scientific and technological research, promoting the creation of scientific and skilled jobs and fostering the creation and growth of new science and technology-based companies, as well as boosting the international mobility of students, teachers, researchers, and non-teaching staff.

Go Portugal – Global Science and Technology Partnerships includes various partnerships with US universities, including the UTAustin Portugal Program, which operates in the areas of Advanced Computing, Nanotechnology, Space-Earth Interactions, Medical Physics, and Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Several visits were made to UT Austin facilities, namely those related to innovation (Texas Innovation Center and Texas Inventionworks), nanotechnologies (Texas Materials Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, and Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials: an NSF MRSEC), advanced computing (Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) and TACC Viz Lab), and clean energy (Center for Energy and Environmental Resources and University of Texas-Center for Electromechanics). Throughout the visit, opportunities and contributions to the UT Austin Portugal Program were discussed with UT Austin professors and researchers.

More information at “Go Portugal – Global Science and Technology Partnerships”