Projects
- Research and Development (R&D)
For the purpose of R&D in enterprises and technology-based innovation, the Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC) created the initiatives NEOTEC – New Technology Enterprises, Technology and Knowledge Transfer Workshops (OTIC) and Networks of Competence and funded the AdI – Innovation Agency for their implantation in 2005-2009.
- Research Institutions
Since 1996, the R&D centres and institutes of all knowledge areas in Portugal based in Higher Education institutions or private nonprofit associations are periodically subjected to international evaluations under the responsibility of the FCT – Science and Technology Foundation.
- Invited Chairs
The Invited Chairs program was initiated in 2008, with the goal of triggering partnerships of the State with enterprises to promote the attraction of researchers of the highest international level to Portugal and to further support the internationalization of Higher Education institutions while strengthening their ties with enterprises and other entities.