The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) has announced the results of the 2025 Call for R&D Projects in All Scientific Domains, and CeiED has reason to celebrate: four projects involving researchers from the Centre have been approved for funding.

Across Universidade Lusófona as a whole, 12 Exploratory Projects (PeX) and 7 Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects (IC&DT) were approved. These figures correspond to approval rates of 25% for PeX and 15% for IC&DT, above the overall rates for the call (22% and 11%, respectively), in a particularly competitive call.

Projects involving CeiED researchers

Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects (IC&DT)

Elsa Maria Bacala Estrela (ref. 2025.11094.PTDC);

Gil André da Silva Costa Nata, with COFAC as partner institution, in a project coordinated by UTAD (ref. 2025.19041.PTDC).

Exploratory Projects (PeX)

André Freitas (ref. 2025.18779.PTDC);

Luzia Mara Silva Lima Rodrigues (ref. 2025.10000.PTDC).

The results confirm the consolidation of the Centre’s capacity to attract competitive funding, the collective effort involved, and the national recognition of the quality of the research carried out at CeiED and at the University.

Congratulations to the lead researchers and to everyone who took part in preparing and submitting the applications.