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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 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.
The response should arrive by the end of the year, stated the Minister of Education in Parliament. The government insists on competitiveness.
It is the consecration of the Quantum Researcher, an entity that exists theoretically in ministerial speeches, but whose real salary is in a state of indeterminate superposition due to the paralysis of the AI². Opinion by João Conde
Portugal and China are to reactivate the joint commission on science and technology, which has not met since 2019, to define areas of cooperation and create joint research instruments, announced the Minister of Education, Fernando Alexandre, today.
The importance of maritime research and understanding for the long-term development of Portugal.
The author critiques the newly formed Agency for Research and Innovation (AI²) for its outdated classification of computer science, which is relegated to 'Natural Sciences' and 'Electrical Engineering' based on a 2015 OECD standard. The article argues that this structural regression undermines Portugal's potential in fundamental research, exacerbating the country's technological and economic dependence on foreign entities, particularly in the context of the EU's own struggles to maintain competitiveness in the digital sector.
The board of directors of the new Agency for Research and Innovation took office this Monday, with João Barros as its president.
The new agency, resulting from the merger of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the National Innovation Agency (ANI), will be overseen by both ministries.
Katarina Gardfeldt, Director-General of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, discusses the geopolitical importance of the Arctic, the need for new icebreaker infrastructure, and the interconnected nature of the triple planetary crisis: climate change, ecosystem shifts, and pollution.
The Portuguese government is investing 81 million euros to establish six new research centres across the country. Learn about the locations.
The Minister of Education announced today the intention to review legislation regarding the promotion of scientific employment and stated that the second edition of the FCT-Tenure programme will not take place until this process is concluded.
