An international public notice is open for recruitment in the form of an Uncertain Term Work Contract, under the Portuguese Labour Code, 1 (one) position for a first-level doctorate Researcher for the exercise of research activities in the scientific area of Biology in the Research Unit / Associated Laboratory CESAM, supported by the Foundation for Science […]
Three calls are open for the award of three Research Grants (one of which for a PhD student) under the project ‘SEAFOODTURE – Integral valorisation of seaweed biomass for the development of sustainable, high nutritional quality food products‘, funded by FCT, in the Sustainable Blue Economy Partnership framework.
A call is open for the award of one Research Grant under the project ‘QUIPACK – Food value chain intelligence and integrative design for the development and implementation of innovative food packaging according to bioeconomic sustainability criteria‘, funded by FCT, in the framework of the PRIMA programme.
Deadline: 16 July 2025 FCT announced the 3rd edition of the RESTART Programme, designed to support researchers resuming their scientific careers after parental leave. The programme aims to facilitate a competitive return to research activities by providing financial support for the development of original and innovative research ideas. By addressing the career challenges associated with […]
Deadline: 31 August 2025 The European project BioAgora is funding initiatives aimed at developing a robust methodological infrastructure for the future Science Service for Biodiversity (SSBD). The call invites experts to identify a diverse array of methods and approaches at the science-policy-society interface to create an evidence-based framework that supports biodiversity policy. Additional information can […]
Deadline: 15 September 2025 The European Environment Agency has launched a call for expressions of interest to appoint the 15 European Scientific Advisory Board members on Climate Change for its 2026–2030 term. This board is an independent body that provides the European Union (EU) with scientific knowledge, expertise, and advice relating to climate change. The […]
Deadline: 31 October 2025 The ECIU member universities, to which UA belongs, have launched a Seed Programme to enhance collaboration and innovation among their partners, including travel grants and challenge-based research initiatives. Projects can last up to 24 months, and up to 13.000€ per project may be funded. Topics & Types of Projects The Seed […]
Deadline: 28 June 2025 The Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) launched the Small Grants programme aimed at early career scientists conducting new and creative start-up projects in marine conservation, research and education. Grants are intended for local projects conducted by local project leaders, allowing career scientists, conservationists or educators to prove themselves. Grants are up […]
Deadline: 30 June 2025 The PLANAPP – Centro de Planeamento e de Avaliação de Políticas Públicas – is launching the 3rd edition of the Science4Policy (S4P) competition, which funds science studies geared towards public policies, strengthening the link between scientific knowledge and decision-making in the Public Administration. Projects may be funded with up to 50 […]
Deadline: 25 November 2025 The MSCA Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN) aim to train entrepreneurial, innovative and resilient doctoral candidates, able to face current and future challenges and to convert knowledge and ideas into products and services for economic and social benefit. MSCA-DN allow doctoral programmes to train doctoral candidates in academia and other sectors, including industry and business. […]
Deadline: 16 June 2025 EuroMarine network, of which CESAM is a full member, has an open call to researchers who want to be part of a new working group (WG) dedicated to transdisciplinary marine conservation. CESAM integrated members that are interested in obtaining more information about this opportunity may access it through here.
Deadline: 4 July 2025 The L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science (FWIS) International Awards recognise outstanding contributions by female scientists to the advancement of science. The L’Oréal charitable foundation and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) offer five jointly financed International Awards in the area of Life and Environmental Sciences. Each of the […]
Deadline: 8 September 2025 FRB-CESAB, in partnership with the hub for Human Evolution Research Synthesis (HEIRS) and with the support of the Pôle National de Données de Biodiversité (PNDB – National Biodiversity Data Hub), has launched a call to fund two types of projects: DataShare and IdeaShare. This call aims to advance biodiversity research by supporting the generation of innovative interdisciplinary […]
Deadline: 23 October 2025 Lightweighting technology is a key enabling technology for reducing weight, saving materials, and improving functionality while maintaining or enhancing performance. To be eligible, projects must involve at least two independent organisations from a minimum of two countries listed in the call. Projects must involve at least one Portuguese SME or small […]
Deadline: 7 September 2025 The Ebbe Nielsen Challenge, boosted by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), aims to reward innovative applications of open-access biodiversity data by scientists, informaticians, data modellers, cartographers and other experts. It recognises outstanding contributions to biodiversity informatics while honouring the legacy of Dr Ebbe Nielsen, a Danish entomologist and one of […]
Deadlines: 2, 4 & 24 September 2025, depending on the call The calls under Horizon Europe’s Cluster 5, focusing on Climate, Energy, and Mobility are now open. The primary goal of this cluster is to accelerate the green and digital transitions, driving the transformation of Europe’s economy, industry, and society toward climate neutrality by 2050 […]
Deadlines: 4, 16, 17 or 24 September 2025, depending on the call The calls under Horizon Europe’s Cluster 6, focusing on Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment, are now open. Cluster 6 supports transformative change of the EU economy and society to reduce environmental degradation, halt and reverse biodiversity decline, better manage natural resources, […]
Deadlines: 16 & 18 September 2025; 15 October 2025, depending on the call This programme is designed to boost research and innovation capacity in “widening countries,” such as Portugal, that have historically been less research-intensive. By promoting collaboration, networking, and access to centres of excellence across Europe, WIDERA helps these countries strengthen their participation in […]
Deadline: 25 June 2025 FCT and Campus France are launching a call for funding for international mobility projects – the Pessoa 2025 Programme. The main objective of this call is to promote scientific and technological exchange of excellence between professors and researchers, focusing on young researchers, from research laboratories in both countries, favouring the creation of international […]
Deadline: 10 September 2025 The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF) enhance the creative and innovative potential of postdoctoral researchers wishing to acquire new skills through advanced training and international, interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral mobility. MSCA-PF are open to excellent researchers of any nationality. In the EU Funding & Tender Portal (here), you can find more information. CESAM […]
Deadline: 04 September 2025 The Hop-on Facility allows participants from widening countries (like Portugal) to join ongoing projects under Horizon Europe Pillar 2 and the EIC Pathfinder projects of Horizon Europe. The eligible projects must not yet have a partner from a widening country. Additional information in the EC Funding & Tenders Portal here (HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-03-ACCESS-01). […]
Deadlines: 4 September (Concept notes; Two-stages) | 23 September 2025 (Single-stage) LIFE programme welcomes projects that protect, conserve and restore Europe’s wildlife and natural spaces, encourage individuals and businesses to rethink, refuse, reduce, reuse and recycle, help enjoy a sustainable, prosperous and competitive economy and quality of life, cut harmful emissions, boost climate resilience and […]
Deadline: 23 June 2025 The European Commission has launched a call for evidence to gather input on the initiative ‘Towards a circular, regenerative and competitive bioeconomy’. Interested parties can express their ideas and contribute directly to this initiative, either as individuals or representing organisations or groups. This initiative aims to offer solutions for a circular […]
Deadlines: 1 June (COMNAP & IAATO) | 31 July (SCAR) 2025 Several calls are open for Antarctic Fellowships. The schemes run in parallel and are offered to early-career researchers, engineers, environmental managers, and other professionals to strengthen international capacity and cooperation in a range of fields concerned with Antarctic research. Check below! Council of Managers […]
Deadline: 15 June 2025 The Doctoral Prize in Ecology ‘Fundação Amadeu Dias’ honours the best doctoral theses, in any area of Ecology, awarded by Portuguese universities, regardless of the nationality of the candidates. Three prizes will be awarded, worth €3,000, €2,000 and €1,000, respectively, for first, second and third prize, and one year’s SPECO (Portuguese […]
Deadline: 30 June 2025 The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards recognise and encourage world-class research and cultural creation, prizing contributions of singular impact for their originality and significance. Nominations must be indirect, and there will be one prize of 400,000 € per category (eight in total). Additional information may be found here. CESAM integrated […]
Deadline: 1 February 2027 The European project AQUARIUS launched a call for internships for early career scientists, technicians, PhD students, MSc students and post-docs working in marine and freshwater sciences. Interns will not conduct their research but will have the opportunity to learn how international scientific teams work and how to utilise the research infrastructures […]
Deadline: 31 August 2025 CESAM, as a full member of EuroMarine, is eligible for two funding schemes boosted by this network. If you have an idea to organise a Foresight Workshop or a EuroMarine School on Ocean Transformation, this is a great opportunity to get funding (7,000€ and 15,000€, respectively). CESAM is organising an info session […]
Deadline: 30 June 2025 The European project MICROBES-4-CLIMATE (M4C) launched its 1st Transnational Access (TNA) Call, inviting researchers to apply for access to cutting-edge research infrastructures, data, and expertise. This initiative aims to foster cross-border collaboration and accelerate scientific progress in microbial and environmental sciences. Researchers and PhD students working in fields such as biotechnology, […]
Deadlines: 08 July (Section 2) & 15 July (Section 1) of 2025 The Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) has launched six calls dedicated to research and innovation in water management, farming systems, and the agri-food value chain within the Mediterranean region. Around thirty projects will be funded to accelerate the […]
Deadline: 18 September 2025 The Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) is a partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) that funds projects advancing competitive circular bio-based industries under the Horizon Europe programme. CBE JU encourages the participation of a wide range of stakeholders, including farmers, brand owners, companies, research […]
Deadline: 8 October 2025 The MSCA Staff Exchanges (MSCA-SE) actions offer researchers and innovators short-term international and inter-sectoral staff exchanges through sustainable, collaborative projects in Europe and beyond (from PhD candidates to postdoctoral researchers and administrative/technical staff). These actions promote the transfer of knowledge and skills while increasing the organisation’s research and innovation capabilities. More […]
Deadline: 30 May 2025 (1st phase); 30 September 2025 (2nd phase) & 06 January 2026 (3rd phase) Applications are now open for the Incentive Scheme for Business Research, Development and Innovation. This competition funds operations that integrate industrial research and/or experimental development activities, leading to the creation of new products, processes or services or the introduction of […]
Deadlines: 31 July & 30 November 2025 Through AQUASERV’s Transnational Access programme, researchers from academia (including PhD students) can use state-of-the-art resources and specialised facilities in the fields of sustainable aquaculture, fisheries, ecological restoration and the blue economy (whether focused on sustainability, food security, marine biotechnology, ecosystem health, pollution, or other). There will be three evaluation […]
Are you a passionate PhD researcher in environmental and marine sciences seeking to elevate your research career? The Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, invites you to apply for the prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA-PF) 2025 (deadline 10 September 2025)! By applying for an MSCA-PF with […]
Deadline: 30 May 2025 (1st phase) & 30 October 2025 (2nd phase) Applications are now open for the Incentive Scheme for Business Research, Development and Innovation – Business R&D&I – Co-promotion Operations. This call funds actions related to activities from research to the production and/or market introduction of products, processes or services, boosting productive innovation, […]
Deadline: 17 June 2025 The European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) opened a call to build a new sustainable innovation partnership to strengthen Europe’s water, marine and maritime sectors and ecosystems. The Call for Proposals invites consortia of organisations and industry leaders bringing together water-related education, research and business to put forward their vision […]
Deadlines: 28 February | 30 April | 30 June | 31 August | 31 October | 31 December 2025 The consortium European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and water column Observatory (EMSO-ERIC) has opened its annual Infrastructure call offering access to EMSO facilities. Access may be accomplished remotely, partially remote or in-person. Researchers, PhD students or research staff are eligible to […]
Deadline: 13 March, 10 July & 13 November 2025 EIT Food launched a competitive, open Impact Funding Framework to promote ambitious, long-term collaboration that will lead to food systems change to benefit us all. The funding is focused on two separate areas – larger-scale collaborative programmes, and innovative single projects. There are three submission windows in 2025 – choose […]
Deadline: 24 June 2025 Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND) supports new or existing doctoral programmes and postdoctoral fellowship schemes. The aim of these projects is to spread the best practices of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) including international, inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary research training, as well as international and cross-sectoral mobility of researchers at […]
AQUASERV’s Transnational Access (TA) programme provides free access to Europe’s leading research facilities by PhD students, early-career researchers, or research professionals affiliated with a recognized institution. AQUASERV welcomes innovative research ideas across all areas related to sustainable aquaculture, fisheries, ecological restoration, and blue economy. This call will always be open and an info session will […]
Deadline: 21 October 2025 Researchers are invited to submit COST Action proposals contributing to the scientific, technological, economic, cultural, or societal knowledge advancement and development of Europe. Multi- and interdisciplinary proposals are encouraged. This is a great opportunity to create an interdisciplinary research network in a topic of your choice for 4 years. CESAM integrated […]
Deadlines: Pre-proposal submission: 15 January 2025 Full proposal submission: 09 July 2025 The European partnership FutureFoodS, focused on transforming Europe’s food production and consumption towards more sustainable and resilient systems, has launch the first co-funded call for transnational research projects. This two-stage call will fund innovative projects that contribute to one of three topics related […]
Deadline: 31 December 2025 or until the program’s maximum allocation is reached (whichever comes first) FCT has announced the launch of the “FCT Mobility” programme, aimed at supporting the international mobility of researchers. The programme will fund medium and long-term stays for national doctoral researchers in foreign institutions and for foreign doctoral researchers in national institutions, with a […]
The call is permanently open until the end of 2026 The Portuguese Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation (FFMS) funds the preparation of studies and policy papers. The Foundation’s studies must comprehensively and in-depth analyse beyond the reality and include proposals for national public policies; they are expected to take two years to prepare. Regarding the […]
Deadline: Permanently open The Fulbright Inter-Country Travel Grant Programme allows Portuguese higher education institutions to receive American Professors who are in Europe on a Fulbright grant to teach (seminars, conferences, workshops) or collaborate on other projects for short periods (up to a maximum of 5 days). Portuguese higher education institutions interested in participating in this […]
The European Environment Agency (EEA) is establishing a list of individual experts following a call for expression of interest to assist it in carrying out preparatory work in support of EEA’s activities with the main focus on the areas of Resource use, Circular economy and waste, Health and environment, Oceans and sustainable blue economy, Biodiversity, […]
The Ministry of Education & Science of Ukraine intends to promote the involvement of international experts in the evaluation of the Ukrainian research system. This will be the way to ensure that evaluation practices are conducted according to the highest international standards, thus ensuring transparency and promoting the advancement of Ukraine’s research ecosystem and its credibility on […]
The 2025 Work Programme of the European Research Council was finally adopted. The Work Programme (WP) sets out the budgets of the calls, the calendar of grant competition and conditions for ERC funding. Research funded by the ERC is expected to lead to advances at the frontiers of knowledge and to set a clear and […]
The ERC-PT Careers programme aims to attract and retain international researchers for permanent positions in research and higher education institutions in Portugal. Deadline: 31 December 2025 This programme is funded under the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) and aims to encourage national institutions to recruit researchers with projects funded by the European Research Council (ERC) […]