Newsletter 57 | November 2025 |
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FCT has launched the 2025 edition of this highly competitive call, which will run from 27 November to 11 March. The call will cover both PeX and IC&DT types, with budget allocations of €80 million and €24 million, respectively, funded by the Portuguese State Budget. More information here. |
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Elsa Logarinho (i3S) leads the CenAGE project, dedicated to new therapies to boost immunity and treat diseases associated with advanced age. The project brings together three principal investigators from three European institutions in a collaborative synergy-based concept and has a total funding of approximately €10 million. More information here. |
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University of Porto and UPTEC hosted the Beyond Competitiveness: Partner Conference 2025, co-organised with EIT Culture & Creativity (EIT CC). The event brought together key stakeholders from the cultural, creative, and industrial sectors across Europe, including start-ups, cultural institutions, universities, and companies. More information here. |
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la Caixa Social Research Call 2026 | This call aims to support innovative, high-quality social research projects based on robust quantitative methods. Funding is up to €115,000 per project with a maximum duration of 24 months. Researchers who obtained their doctorate more than two years ago, from non-profit organisations (universities or research centres) are eligible applicants. | + information | | 🕗 Deadline 22.01.2026 | |
European Rare Diseases Research Alliance Call 2026 | Targeted at transnational teams (minimum of four countries), funding will be awarded to projects seeking to improve diagnostic clarity for rare diseases. Approaches may include functional variant validation, multi-omics, bioinformatics/AI, systems modelling, and clinical/environmental data. The maximum project duration is 36 months. | + information | | 🕗 Deadline 12.02.2026 | |
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Joint transnational call 2026: New treatments to tackle AMR | This call aims to fund collaborative projects developing new therapeutic approaches to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR), encouraging proposals that explore innovative treatments that could replace or enhance the use of existing antimicrobials. Projects should involve multidisciplinary teams and incorporate a One Health perspective, linking human, animal, and environmental health. | + information | | 🕗 Deadline 02.02.2026 | |
Concurso de Projetos I&D em todos os Domínios Científicos 2025 | This call seeks to strengthen the national and international competitiveness of science and technology, as well as to boost innovation and knowledge transfer. Project types include Scientific and Technological Research & Development Projects (IC&DT) (36 months duration, maximum funding €250,000) and Exploratory Research Projects (PeX) (18 months duration, maximum funding €60,000). | + information | | 🕗 Deadline 11.03.2026 | |
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 | Ricardo FernandesFADEUP / CIFI2D Professor and Researcher | Research Activity in High-Performance Sport | Read Interview
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 | Sara FerreiraFEUP / CITTA Professor and Researcher | Research Activity in Transport Engineering | Read Interview
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