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Associate Laboratories

Associate Laboratory is made up of one or more R&D Units, and must ensure, in a sustainable manner, three fundamental criteria: the response of public policies to scientific, health, social, environmental and economic challenges; the promotion of scientific or technical careers for doctorate holders, as well as the ability to attract talent to Portugal and the ability to diversify funding sources and increase the attraction of funding from the European Union or other international entities for R&D activities in Portugal.

The Associate Laboratories are formally consulted by the Government on the definition of programs and instruments of national scientific and technological policy.

The Statute of Associate Laboratory is attributed by dispatch of the member of the Government responsible for the area of science and technology, for a period of up to 10 years, and aims to encourage the aggregation and organization of human and material resources with the quality and dimension necessary to respond to specific objectives of national scientific and technological policy. The FCT is responsible for conducting the process of evaluating proposals for the creation and renewal of Associate Laboratories, as well as its follow-up.

Check out the Atlas of Associate Laboratories.

Results of the last Call for granting Associate Laboratory (LA) status:

Evaluation 2020/2021

  • 40

    Associate Laboratories

  • 100

    R&D units

  • 9700

    researchers

  • 24

    M€ annual investment period 2021-2025