Participating institutions
FCT-UNL and CENIMAT/I3N
FCT is one of the most prestigious public Portuguese engineering and science schools, engaged in extensive research activity developed in 18 research centres recognized by FCT-MEC and involving 1 600 PhD and Master’s students of the total enrolment of 7 800. FCT partners with foreign universities such as the MIT, CMU and UTA offer some of its advanced study programmes.
CENIMAT is within the field of materials science, engineering, microelectronics and nanotechnologies. CENIMAT has a strong experience in the development of novel multifunctional materials with emphasis in transparent electronics. For more than 20 years CENIMAT|I3N is participating in several National, European and International projects in the field of optoelectronic sensors, biosensors, microfluidics, solar cells, thin film transistors. CENIMAT hosts 2 clean rooms fully equipped with all the facilities for microelectronic processing and thin film technologies as well as the new Nanofabrication Lab.
ITQB is the leader of the largest Associated Laboratory in Portugal, which includes also IBET, IGC and CEDOC. ITQB is devoted to research and graduate training (MSc/PhD) in a highly multidisciplinary atmosphere comprising chemistry and life sciences. Researchers and students benefit from outstanding research facilities, equipment, and support services. ITQB secures most of their funds for research in a competitive basis. It has 140 ongoing projects, out of which 10 are funded by the EU, amounting to 15 M€. In 2007-11 ITQB published 1,045 ISI papers and these have been cited 13,364 times. ITQB, as leading institution, was responsible for 20% of the Portuguese publications in Nature and Science in the period 2006-2010. Between 2009 and 2013, 128 PhD students have passed through the ITQB PhD Program, in a total of 26 students per year on average. In 2011, 45 PhDs were awarded.
IHMT is a young centenary institution, unique in the Portuguese academy. Since its inception, the Institute has been at the forefront of research directed at tropical endemic diseases, and these lines are still part of its current work, reinforced by research work on tuberculosis, several viral diseases prevalent in the tropics. The WHO recognized the quality of its performance, when it assigned us the status of Collaborating Center for Health Workforce Policy and Planning. During the last 5 years (2008-12) regular competitive funding has been secured by IHMT, an average of 1,9M€/year has been obtained through competitive national (FCT, industry, consultancy and others – 74%) and EU/FP7 programs (26%).
INSA is a central department of the Ministry of Health, with scientific, technical, administrative and financial autonomy.
Founded in 1899 as the main laboratory of the Portuguese health system, INSA is a State Laboratory, incorporating the functions of national observatory and national reference laboratory in the Portuguese health sector. All operative units composing INSA develop multidisciplinary programmes in problem-areas of Public Health, namely performing R&D, health monitoring, training, laboratory external quality assessment and general health services.
INSA contributes to the promotion of the socio-professional competences of researchers, medical doctors and health technicians, in collaboration with teaching institutions and other organizations and by assuring traineeships and courses.