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Investment in research and development in Portugal reached a record high of 1.82% of the country's GDP in 2025, totaling 5.58 billion euros. While this marks the second consecutive year of growth exceeding 5 billion euros, the figure remains significantly below the 3% target. The increase is primarily driven by higher spending from the private sector.
The government has postponed the second edition of the scientist recruitment competition, pushing the next wave of hiring to 2028, three years after the initial schedule.
The two countries are coordinating a collaborative funding initiative to support scientific research projects beginning in 2027.
Funding and concrete projects are deferred until 2027.
Portugal and China have agreed to strengthen their partnership in research and innovation, focusing on five key strategic sectors including marine science and hydrogen technology.
A joint statement calls on Montenegro to stop 10% cuts to the 10th Framework Programme and defend the funding recommended by a panel led by former minister Manuel Heitor.
Portugal and China will reactivate the Joint Commission on Science and Technology on Monday, which has been suspended since 2019, and hope to reach an understanding regarding bilateral cooperation priorities, the Minister of Education revealed to Lusa today.
The Minister of Education, Science and Innovation explained that technical teams from both countries have been working since June to resume the commission's activities, which had been suspended and has not met since 2019.
The scientific commission between Portugal and China, which had been suspended since 2019, will resume its activities this coming Monday.
The scientific research sector is the activity that suffers the most from precariousness.
The initial version of the decree-law presenting the new Science and Innovation Law adopts a functionalist structure that is more oriented towards the economy.
The Portuguese Navy is accelerating the incorporation of new technologies to respond to a maritime space that is increasingly difficult to control with conventional assets alone. This is one of the main objectives of REPMUS, an international experimentation exercise that brings together more than 30 allied navies, companies, universities, and research centres in Portugal to...
Without evaluation or new funding, the Government announced a supplementary budget to secure the year 2026. However, this was not formalised. Associated laboratories fear cuts.
The two selected calls will allow for the awarding of four scholarships in a non-academic environment and one scholarship in an academic context, the Azorean executive announced this Monday.
REPMUS takes place until September 25th with over 1,500 participants from 36 navies, more than 60 research and development companies, 13 universities, and five NATO entities.
Space has ceased to be merely a domain of scientific research and technological exploration, taking on a central role in the security and defence of nations. In an international context marked by various conflict scenarios, the growing dispute over Earth's orbits, and the dependence on satellite navigation and communication systems, the IST NanoSatLab, located at the Taguspark campus in Oeiras, acknowledges that the technologies it develops can have strategic applications.
Applications closed in July of last year, but the FCT continues to postpone the results. The issue is reportedly the 'institutional coordination' between the ministries of Science and Health.
Portugal recovered its investment in science last year, but remains among the countries with the lowest percentage of the budget allocated to this area among the 27 European Union countries.
A workshop aimed at discussing and defining national priorities for research and innovation within the agri-food and agroforestry industries in Portugal.
The Council of Research Centres in Science and Education Policy warns of the risks of the new scientific system organisation and criticises evaluation models focused on technological innovation.
A research project compiles five distinct studies focusing on the integration of Portuguese emigrants abroad and their subsequent return to the country.
Manifesto brings together research centres to claim a 'place for the ocean'. The agency is seeking priority areas for public funding. Researchers highlight the extent of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
The researcher found in the Council of State a way to give more visibility to science and bring it closer to the citizen — and is preparing a plan with Seguro to make it happen.
The president of the Agency for Research and Innovation considered science and innovation as “two loves”, but warned that it was not necessary to choose between them. The speeches, however, show otherwise.
Neither Fernando Alexandre's ministry nor the FCT, which is under the minister's supervision, are responding to questions about FCT-Tenure. The Secretary of State has already announced data publicly without explaining its source.
Seguro was speaking at the end of a visit to the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S) at the University of Porto.
Bruno Soares Gonçalves, president of the Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion, presents the technology that promises to revolutionise military radar.
