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Protocols

In carrying out its mission, FCT often establishes protocols with other funding agencies and/or research organisations. Several protocols entail calls for project grants and/or fellowships, in specific research fields.

2022

• Protocol of Cooperation between the National Statistics Institute (INE), Directorate-General for Education and Science Statistics (DGEEC) and the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT) (PDF, 2145KB)

2020

• Administrative Agreement between FCT and EMBL concerning On-The-Job Training of Portuguese Technical Graduates in Technologies at EMBL (PDF, 302KB)

2019

• Memorandum of Understanding Between FCT and the Department of Science and Technology of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Government of India (PDF, 940KB)
• Memorandum of Understanding Between FCT and Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine on Cooperation in the fields of Higher Education and Scientific Research (PDF, 259KB)
• Memorandum of Understanding between FCT and Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Federative Republic of Brazil (PDF, 716KB)
• Protocol Between FCT and the Portuguese Association of Researchers and Students in the UK (PDF, 980KB)
• Memorandum of Understanding between FCT and the Science and Technology Commission of Shangai Municipality (STCSM) (PDF, 589KB)

2018

• Memorandum of Understanding between FCT and Secretaria da Ciência, Tecnologia e Educação Superior do Estado do Ceará (SCTESEC) (PDF, 765KB)
• Agreement between ESA and FCT for the on-the-job training Portuguese technical graduates on Space Technologies (PDF, 215KB)

2017

• Memorandum of Understanding between FCT and Fundação de Amparo à pesquisa e Inovação do Estado de Santa Catarina (FAPESC) 2016 (PDF, 34KB)
• Memorandum of Understanding between FCT and the Fundo para o Desenvolvimento das Ciência e Tecnologia of Macao (PDF, 401KB)
• Memorandum of Understanding between FCT and the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (PDF, 484KB)
• Protocol between FCT and Fraunhofer FhG on Precision Agriculture (PDF, 216KB)
• Protocol between Portugal and EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) (PDF, 1.368KB) - (replaced by new 2020 agreement)

2016

• Memorandum of Understanding between FCT and Fundação Cearense de Apoio ao Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (FUNCAP) (PDF, 443KB)
• Protocol of cooperation between Ismaili Imamat and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (PDF, 320KB)
• Memorandum of Understanding between the Mozambican Fundo Nacional de Investigação (FNI) and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) (available only in Portuguese) (PDF, 908KB)

2015

• Protocol between FCT and DGS/PNDCCV for Portugal's participation in the ERA-NET for Research Programmes on Cardiovascular Diseases (ERA-CVD) (PDF, 1.1MB)
  Call within this Protocol
  
• 2015-2020 Work Plan for the Promotion of Scientific and Technological Cooperation betweeen the National Natural Sciecne Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Portuguese Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) (PDF, 480KB)
  Call within this Protocol
  
• Memorandum of Understanding between the Research Council of Norway (RCN) and the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) in Portugal for Ocean-related Scientific and Technological Cooperation (PDF, 482KB)
  
• Letter of Intent between the Minister of Education and Science of Portugal and the Minister of Education and Research of Norway in support of the Memorandum of Understanding (PDF, 58KB)
  

2014

• Memorandum of Understanding between Portuguese Ministry for Education and Science and Algerian Ministry for Higher Education and Scientific Research (PDF, 796KB)
  Call in the framework of this Protocol
  
• Protocol on Co-operation in Science and Technology - FCT and TÜBITAK (PDF, 1MB)
  - Addendum to the Protocol FCT/TÜBITAK (PDF, 576KB)
  Call in the framework of this Protocol
  
• Maratona da Saúde Association (PDF, 546KB)
• Liga Portuguesa contra o Cancro (PDF, 822KB)
• Fulbright Commission:
  - Fulbright Grants with FCT funding (PDF, 1.1 MB)
  - Historical Archive of the Luso-American Cultural Commission - Fulbright Commission (PDF, 1.0 MB)
  - Facilities for Fulbright Commission and its Information Centre in Portugal (PDF, 473 KB)

2013

• Collaboration Agreement between FCT and ESO concerning On-The-Job Training of Portuguese Technical Graduates in Technologies Available at ESO (PDF, 1.50 MB)
• Administrative Agreement between FCT and ESA concerning On-The-Job Training of Portuguese Trainees on Space Technologies (PDF, 1.36 MB) (replaced by new 2018 agreement)
• Memorandum of Understanding between NIH and FCT (PDF, 510KB)
  Calls in the framework of this Protocol
• Fundação Portuguesa das Comunicações (PDF, 735KB)
• Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa de S. Paulo (FAPESP) (PDF, 418KB)
  Call in the framework of this protocol
• Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa (PDF, 545KB)
  Prize in the framework of this Protocol
• Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência - Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (PDF, 1.29 MB)
  Call in the framework of this Protocol
• Comissão para a Cidadania e Igualdade de Género (CIG) (PDF, 338 KB)
  Call for proposals
  Report "Mutilação Genital Feminina: prevalências, dinâmicas socioculturais e recomendações para a sua eliminação" (In Portuguese only)
• Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry for Education and Science (Portugal) and the Ministry of Science and Technology and Productive Innovation of Argentina (PDF, 179 KB)
  
• Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical (IICT) (PDF, 234 KB)
  

2012

• Administrative Agreement between FCT and CERN concerning On-The-Job Training of Portuguese Technical Graduates in Technologies Available at CERN (PDF, 1.37 MB)
• Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry for Education and Science (Portugal) and the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (PDF, 93 KB)
  Call in the framework of this MoU

2011

• Agence National de la Recherche
• Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Regional do Alentejo (PDF, 607KB)
• Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Regional do Centro (PDF, 623KB)
• Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Regional do Norte (PDF, 1MB)
• Ciência Viva — Agência Nacional para a Cultura Científica e Tecnológica (PDF, 880KB)
• Coordenação Nacional para a Infecção VIH/Sida
• Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa
• Fundação Mário Soares
• Instituto dos Museus e da Conservação
• LARsyS, INESC Porto, IT Porto, IBB, I3S, IST e FEUP (PDF, 775KB)
• Ministério da Saúde e Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (PDF, 1.4MB)
• Secretariado Executivo da Comunidade dos Paísess de Língua Portuguesa (PDF, 515KB)
• Universidade de Macau, Fundação Oriente, o BNU e o Centro Cultural de Macau (PDF, 621KB)

2010

• Programme for Cooperation in Science between Portugal and Serbia (PDF, 1.7MB)
• AAL International Association (PDF, 5.3MB)
• European Synchrotron Radiantion Facility (ESRF) (PDF, 1.3MB)
• Fundação de Serralves e ICETA/CIBIO

2009

• Conselho Nacional de Desenv. Científico e Tecnológico da República Federativa do Brasil (PDF, 1.3MB)
• European Centre for Information on Marine Science and Technology (EurOcean) (PDF, 493KB)
• Fundação Francisco Pulido Valente (PDF, 930KB)
• Fundação António Quadros (PDF, 581KB)
• F.C. Gulbenkian — Prémio Internacional Fernando Gil para a Filosofia da Ciência (PDF, 868KB) |
  Edital do PIFG
• F.C. Gulbenkian — Programa de Doutoramento em Biomedicina Integrativa (PDF, 2.4MB)
• F.C. Gulbenkian — Strategic Development Instalation Grant Programme” (SDIG) (PDF, 1.2MB)
• Museu Nacional do Azulejo (PDF, 868KB)
• Sun Microsystems Portugal (PDF, 935KB)
• University of Massachusetts (UMass - Dartmouth) (PDF, 810KB)

2008

• F.C. Gulbenkian — Strategic Development Instalation Grant Programme” (SDIG) (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Gabinete para os Meios de Comunicação Social (PDF, 376KB)
• Gabinete de Planeamento, Estratégia, Avaliação e Relações Internacionais (GPEARI) do MCTES
• Zon Multimédia - Serviços de telecomunicações e multimédia, SGPS e COLAB (PDF, 815KB)

2007

• Fundação Champalimaud e Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (PDF, 2.4MB)