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The Fernando Gil International Prize for the Philosophy of Science, named after the Portuguese philosopher Fernando Gil, is an award of the Portuguese government for "work of particular excellence in the domain of the Philosophy of Science, whether regarding general epistemological problems or particular scientific areas". It includes a monetary reward of €75 000. [1]
FCT may refer to:
Science and technology in Portugal is mainly conducted within a network of research and development (R&D) units belonging to public universities and state-managed autonomous research institutions. There are also non-state-run research institutions and some private R&D projects developed by companies.
Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias is the largest Portuguese private university, and the main institution of Grupo Lusófona, which administers other universities and colleges in Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. Indeed, promotion of Lusophony is seen as a major objective of the institution; students from former Portuguese African colonies pay substantially reduced fees.
GRICES or Gabinete de Relações Internacionais da Ciência e do Ensino Superior is the Portuguese Office for International Relations in Science and Higher Education, responsible for directing, guiding and co-ordinating all international cooperation in science and technology.
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education is a Portuguese government ministry.
The Foundation for Science and Technology' '(FCT) is an organization within the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education in Portugal which evaluates and funds scientific research activities, in particular in the areas of natural sciences, exact sciences, social sciences and humanities. FCT was founded in 1997, succeeding the Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica.
ISCTE – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa is a Portuguese public tertiary education institution. It is located in the city centre of Lisbon, in Cidade Universitária, adjoining the Institute of Social Sciences (ICS) and Institute of Geography and Spatial Planning (IGOT) of the University of Lisbon. ISCTE was formerly called Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa, but its full name was dropped in 2009 when it became a university institute of foundational nature. As of today, ISCTE is widely considered a fully-fledged public research university despite its traditional designation, as reflected in national news coverage of the performance of Portuguese universities internationally and open, external assessments by international organisations. ISCTE Business School holds institutional accreditations from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and Association of MBAs (AMBA).
José Eduardo Franco is a Portuguese historian, journalist, poet and essayist.
The Centro de Astrofísica da Universidade do Porto is the largest astronomy research institute in Portugal, with more than 60 people. Since 2000 it has been evaluated as Excellent by international panels, organized under the auspices of the national science foundation, which was created in May 1989 by the Universidade do Porto. It is a private research institute, non-profit making and recognized as being of public utility by the Portuguese Government.
Gulbenkian Prize is a series of prizes awarded annually by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The main Gulbenkian Prize was established in 1976 as the Gulbenkian Science Prize awarded to Portuguese individuals and organizations.
Countries which have large Pakistani international student populations include those in Europe, China and Australia. Every year, nearly 4,000 foreign student visas are granted in Pakistan.
The Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE) is a research unit funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, incorporating University of Coimbra and University of Minho as hosting institutions in Portugal. The Unit is organised in three research groups, addressing the topics of construction technologies in historical materials and masonry, steel and mixed materials, and concrete. In summary, ISISE aims at promoting innovation and sustainability, with a close link to the construction sector industry. The most relevant focus areas include:
Walter Rossa is architect, urban planner, researcher and Professor of University of Coimbra.
Patient Innovation is a website that shares solutions and ideas developed by patients and informal caregivers for managing personal health issues. It is a non-profit and also provides rating tools and options to report and track modified solutions that these individuals develop.
In Portugal, the first open access initiatives were carried out by the University of Minho with the creation of RepositóriUM in 2003 and the definition of an institutional policy of self-archiving in 2004. In the following years began SciELO Portugal, for the publication of open access journals, and new repositories in several higher education institutions. The Open Access Scientific Repository of Portugal (RCAAP) launched in 2008.
Jan Świerkowski is a Polish astronomer, science promoter and curator of projects combining science and art. He is a leader and a curator of an artistic-scientific ensemble B61 Institute.
Eulalia Pérez Sedeño, is a philosopher, a specialist in science, technology, and gender and professor of investigation in the Department of science, technology and society of the Institute of Philosophy of the Higher Council of Scientific Research.
Native Scientist is a non-profit organisation operating in various European countries to broaden the horizons of underserved children. It develops and implements programs that establish meaningful connections between pupils and scientists to promote science and language literacy. Other aims include inspiring migrant young people to consider careers in STEM and training scientists to communicate their work to non-scientists. According to their latest internal report, the organization has managed to establish over 20 000 connections between children and scientists through its different programs.
Maria Arménia Carrondo is a Portuguese scientist specialized in protein crystallography. She was a full professor at the Institute of Chemical and Biological Technology (ITQB) of the NOVA University Lisbon and former president of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), the main funding institution for science in Portugal.
Joana Palha is a neuroscientist and professor at the School of Health Sciences of the University of Minho, in Braga in the north of Portugal.