EMPHASIS.PT established a collaboration agreement towards the scientific and consultancy support to Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), the entity that represents Portugal in the EMPHASIS.

EMPHASIS (European Infrastructure for Multi-Scale Plant Phenotyping And Simulation for Food Security in a Changing Climate) develops and implements a pan-European plant phenotyping infrastructure, bringing together different plant phenotyping players from academia, industry and stakeholders on a global scale. Several Portuguese institutions contribute to the implementation of the EMPHASIS Work Plan.