Latest news and stories about research in Portugal for expats and residents.
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.
A research team led by Paula Videira at NOVA University Lisbon has developed a breakthrough antibody that precisely differentiates cancer cells from healthy tissue, earning the scientist a nomination for the European Inventor Award.
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.
Portugal achieved a record 368 European patent applications in 2025, marking a 6.1% growth driven primarily by advancements in computer technology and contributions from national universities and companies.
At the Alfândega do Porto, a robot developed by INESC TEC based on a problem identified by Sonae MC was removing boxes from a container. It is called CARGO and it demonstrated a way to automate one of the most physically demanding tasks in logistics. It was a technology demonstration, but also a starting point for more difficult questions: ...
Pitch by Pedro Gouveia, researcher at the Champalimaud Foundation
Portugal is participating in a European initiative aimed at improving the resilience and sustainability of potato and rice cultivation.
The book “An Atlas of Religion in Portugal” is set to have its official presentation at the Catholic University of Portugal.
An event focused on strengthening research and development partnerships between the two nations.
A study explores how Portugal integrates religious diversity within its current social framework.
Zita Martins explains her decision to decline job offers from NASA in order to establish a scientific laboratory within Portugal.
The University of Aveiro holds a discussion regarding the ongoing and future partnership in science and technology between Portugal and the US.
The agreement provides for new cycles of studies, research units, student and faculty exchanges, and community services, with the potential to also create organic units outside of both institutions.
KPMG Portugal is backing a European research project worth 3.8 million euros aimed at developing potato and rice varieties that are more resistant to climate change.
The Bridge program offered 13 scientists the stability that a scientific career sometimes denies, while they seek a doctoral scholarship. The call for new applications has now opened.
Applications for the second edition of the Portugal-Brazil PhD scholarship programme are being accepted until the 19th of November.
After decades of aspiration, is women’s increasing presence in influential roles seen by some men not as historical progress, but as threat? And is misogyny among boys and young men The post Misogyny, social media’s ugly bedfellow appeared first on Portugal Resident.
An announcement regarding the publication of a new book documenting non-timber forest products found in the mainland territory of Portugal.
The Bussaco Forest will become a living laboratory for universities in the Central region following the formalisation of cooperation protocols aimed at bringing higher education and scientific research closer together, the foundation's president revealed today.
A researcher from the University of Porto proposes a multispecies justice framework to study the planet's abrupt changes. At its core is interspecies diplomacy.
Helga Nowotny, sociologist and one of the founders of the European Research Council, does not shy away from reality to discuss science, but rejects mixing agendas and calls for more funding for research.
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.
The study analysed the comparative effects of different types of sports involvement—team, individual, and non-participation—on selected variables in youths aged 12 to 18.
Profile of Joel Samper Màrba, an expert in cybersecurity who has been living in Portugal for four years.
