Funding Opportunities
ULisboa disseminates programs and funding opportunities and promotes institutional participation in projects at national and international level.
Aware of the relevance of encouraging researchers and ULisboa's R&D Units to attract external funding, ULisboa is attentive to funding opportunities, public or private, national or international.
Check here for funding opportunities and funding entities:
The FCT - Foundation for Science and Technology, supports the scientific community in Portugal through different funding instruments, aimed at scientists, research teams and R&D centers.
Highlights
Deadline for applications: 31/10/2024
Deadline for applications: 20/11/2024
Deadline for applications: 31/12/2025

Portugal 2030 embodies the established between Portugal and the European Commission, which sets out the major strategic objectives for the implementation, between 2021 and 2027, of the global amount of €23 billion.
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SACCT - Protection of intellectual and industrial property
Deadline for applications: 30/12/2024

Horizon Europe is the European Union's main funding program for research and innovation. Based on the decision of the Mid-Term Review of the Multiannual Financial Framework, the funding planned for Horizon Europe for the period 2021 to 2027 is 93.5 billion euros.
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EIT Higher Institutions (HEI) iniciative Call for Proposals 2024
Deadline for applications: 10/12/2024

The new Erasmus+ 2021-2027 program has an estimated budget of 26.2 billion euros, almost double the funding of the previous program (2014-2020).
Highlights
- Promoting Gender Equality In Sport
Deadline for applications: 25/10/2024
The European Research Council (ERC) supports excellent scientific research in all areas of knowledge. It offers grants such as Starting Grants, Consolidator Grants, Advanced Grants, Proof of Concept and Synergy Grants to researchers at different stages of their careers. The aim is to attract and retain the best researchers and promote significant scientific discoveries.
ERC grants at ULisboa
Highlights
Deadline for applications: 31/12/2025
ERC Starting Grant
Deadline for applications: 15/10/2024
ERC Consolidator Grant
Deadline for applications: 14/01/2025
ERC Advanced Grant
Deadline for applications: 28/08/2025
ERC Synergy Grant
Deadline for applications: 06/11/2024
ERC Proof of Concept Grant
Deadline for applications: 18/09/2025

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) are the EU's flagship program for doctoral and postdoctoral training, promoting research and innovation careers in all disciplines. They support international mobility, offering scholarships for doctorates, post-doctorates and academic mobility of staff.
Highlights
Deadline for applications: 27/11/2024
Deadline for applications: 14/01/2025
Deadline for applications: 05/02/2025
Deadline for applications: 24/06/2025
The European Innovation Council (EIC) supports disruptive and high-impact innovations in various technological areas, offering funding and business acceleration services for startups and SMEs. The aim is to promote innovation and competitiveness in Europe.
Highlights
EIC Pathfindder
Deadline for applications: closed
ERC Transition
Deadline for applications: 18/09/2024
ERC Accelerator
Deadline for applications: 03/10/2024
The ESFRI Roadmap is a European Union strategy to develop research infrastructures of pan-European interest over the next 10-20 years. It promotes the creation and updating of essential research infrastructures, with periodic reviews. Since it was first published in 2006, the roadmap has been updated several times, including most recently in 2021, covering 63 research infrastructures.
Highlights
No open calls
EIT Health is a European Union program that aims to boost innovation and collaboration in the health sector, promoting the creation of innovative solutions and improving quality of life through partnerships between companies, academic institutions and health organizations.
ULisboa in the EIT Health
Highlights
Deadline for applications: 05/11/2024
EIT Uban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) focused on promoting innovation in urban mobility. The aim of EIT Urban Mobility is to develop solutions to improve mobility in European cities, encouraging collaboration between companies, academic institutions and local authorities.
ULisboa in the EIT Urban Mobility
Highlights
Deadline for applications: 10/10/2024
Deadline for applications: 10/10/2024

EIT InnoEnergy is a European Union initiative focused on supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in the energy sector, promoting the creation of sustainable and technological solutions for the energy transition.
ULisboa in the EIT InnoEnergy
Highlights
Deadline for applications: 31/12/2024
"la Caixa" Foundation supports social, cultural, educational and scientific projects, with the aim of promoting inclusion, education and innovation in various areas of intervention.
Highlights
Deadline for applications: 20/10/2024

The EEA Grants are funds intended to support projects in Portugal in the areas of social justice, environment, health and culture, financed by the European Economic Area to promote cohesion and sustainable development.
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No open calls
You can consult the studies on the success of ULisboa's participation in specific funding programs here:
- ERC ULisboa
- Portugal 2020 ULisboa
More information: gp@reitoria.ulisboa.pt
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