Technical Information

Em 2017 a FCCN serviços digitais da FCT, ao abrigo do programa PTCRIS, deu início ao desenvolvimento do registo nacional de financiamento de ciência e tecnologia – SciPROJ.

SciPROJ brings together, in a single database, information on both national and international funding that supports scientific and technological activities carried out in Portugal.

The information available in SciPROJ is based on the OpenAIRE CERIF profile, as proposed by the OpenAIRE Guidelines for CRIS Managers (v1.2.0), and adapted to the context of the Portuguese scientific and academic system.

Given the mission of SciPROJ and the funding triad (institutions and infrastructures, people, and projects) that supports the Portuguese scientific system, the funding recorded in this registry is described using five entities from the OpenAIRE CERIF profile: funding, people, projects, organizations, and equipment. The attributes that define each entity, as well as the relationships established between them, follow the CERIF 1.6 XML data model.

The development of SciPROJ follows two main lines of action: a) the continuous enrichment of the registry; and b) the API service. The API service enables the sharing and reuse of the information contained in SciPROJ as open data, allowing its integration with entities and services within both the national and international scientific systems.

SciPROJ includes records of funding awarded (completed and ongoing) to science and technology activities carried out in Portugal by national and international funding agencies.

Most of the data recorded in SciPROJ originates from third‑party systems, namely the funding organisations that issue the records.

1. Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT);
2. National Innovation Agency (ANI);
3. Managing Authority of QREN (National Strategic Reference Framework);
4. Managing Authority of Portugal 2020 (PT2020);
5. European Union / European Commission (EU).

The data presented on the portal’s funding page corresponds to the information available during the funding approval period. Information regarding the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is obtained through the registration of funding instruments in Crossref .

The SciPROJ Portal provides access to a subset of data recorded in SciPROJ that describes scientific activities funded and carried out in Portugal.

The platform allows project searches through:

• Simple Search, which performs a global search using keywords. The personal names searched correspond to the principal investigators and/or co‑principal investigators.
• Advanced Search, which enables result refinement using filters such as: Title (full name or partial), Principal Investigator or Co‑Investigator (full name or partial), CIÊNCIAID, ORCID ID, Funding Managing Entity, Funding Instrument, Start Date (year), and End Date (year).

Search results can be sorted according to the following criteria:

• Title Ascending (A–Z) and Title Descending (Z–A); Sorting follows this order: special characters, numbers, and alphabetical order of letters.
• Start Date Ascending (oldest to newest);
• Start Date Descending (newest to oldest).

Each listed result leads to a page detailing a funded project and includes the following data categories:

• Project Data
• Researcher Data;
• Institution Data;
• Funding Data.

Title: Title of the funded activity. The title may be presented in Portuguese (PT) and English (EN), depending on the information available at the source.

• The title field will be filled with “Sem título” (PT) and “Untitled” (EN) whenever the title is not available from the source.
• When the title is available in only one language in the source, only that language will be provided in order to minimize translation errors. In these cases, titles in other languages—such as Spanish (ES), Italian (IT), Latin (LA), among others—may exceptionally be made available.

DOI(Digital Object Identifier): alphanumeric identifier of the funding record, registered with Crossref. The process of assigning DOIs to FCT-funded projects began in September 2023 and will proceed in a gradual and sustained manner. Whenever a DOI is associated with a funding record, a notification will be sent to the Principal Investigator and/or the funding Beneficiary.

Reference: identifier of the funded activity assigned by the funding managing entity. Information sourced directly from the original record.

Project start and end date: the expected time frame for carrying out the funded activity.

• FCT – R&D Projects (PRJ) and R&D Institutions (UID):
  The start date of the funded activity corresponds to the date of signature of the Acceptance Term. Information sourced from the original record;

• FCT – Advanced Training Fellowships (DFA):
  The fellowship end date is only recorded when the fellowship period has concluded. Whenever an end date is provided in the source, that date will prevail. When no actual end date is available, the displayed date corresponds to the expected end date, calculated by adding the total fellowship duration to the start date. Thus, the principle applied is: if the end date is earlier than the current date, it is considered the actual end date. If the end date is later than the current date, it is considered a projected end date;

• FCT – Advanced Computing (PCA):
  Information sourced from the original record.

• FCT – International Cooperation (DRI):
  Information sourced from the original record.

• FCT – Scientific Employment (EEC):
  Information sourced from the original record.

• FCT – Support Fund for the Scientific Community (FAC):
  Information sourced from the original record.

• Portugal2020 (PT2020):
  Information sourced from the original record.

• EU – Framework Programmes (FPs):
  Information available in the source for some records.

• EU – Horizon 2020 (H2020):
  Information sourced from the original record.

• National Strategic Reference Framework (QREN):
  End date unavailable in the source.

• National Innovation Agency (ANI):
  End date unavailable in the source.

Funding Programme: indication of the name of the programme under which the project was submitted and approved. Information sourced from the original record.

Scientific Area: category in which the funded project is classified according to the 2007 Fields of Science and Technology (FOS) classification . This classification enables the filtering of funding records based on scientific domains using an international standard.

Summary: summary of the project submitted at the time of the funding application. Information sourced from the original record.

Principal Investigator: corresponds to the name of the funding beneficiary who serves as the “Responsible Researcher” within the scope of the project, grant, or research activity, together with the respective s CIÊNCIAID e/ou ORCID ID identifiers. Information from the source:

• FCT – Projetos de I&D (PRJ):
  A informação corresponde ao investigador responsável atual do projeto, sendo mantida e atualizada até ao encerramento do respetivo financiamento. Informação proveniente da fonte.

• FCT – Unidades de I&D (UID):
  A informação corresponde ao coordenador da equipa atual da unidade, sendo mantida e atualizada até ao encerramento do respetivo financiamento. Informação proveniente da fonte.

• FCT – Advanced Training Fellowships (DFA):
  Information sourced from the original record.

• FCT – Advanced Computing (PCA):
  Information sourced from the original record.

• FCT – International Cooperation (DRI):
  Information sourced from the original record.

• FCT – Scientific Employment (EEC):
  Information sourced from the original record.

• FCT – Support Fund for the Scientific Community (FAC):
  Information sourced from the original record.

• Portugal2020 (PT2020):
  Information unavailable from the source.

• EU – Framework Programmes (FPs):
  Information unavailable from the source.

• EU – Horizon 2020 (H2020):
  Information available from the source for some records.

• National Strategic Reference Framework (QREN):
  Information unavailable from the source.

• National Innovation Agency (ANI):
  Information unavailable from the source.

Co-Principal Investigator: corresponds to the name of the funding beneficiary who serves as the “Responsible Co‑Investigator” within the scope of an R&D Project (PRJ), together with the respective CIÊNCIAID e/ou ORCID ID. Information from the original source.

Main Institutions: institution/institutions that play a central role in the development of the funded project, grant, and/or research. Information provided by the source.

• FCT – R&D Projects (PRJ) and R&D Institutions (UID):
  Within the scope of project and institution funding, these are the entities that act as the Proposing Institution and/or Research Unit.

• Other typologies:
  Information provided by the source.

Other Institutions: refers to the remaining institutions participating in the funded project. Information provided by the source.

• FCT – R&D Projects (PRJ) and R&D Institutions (UID):
  Within the scope of project and institution funding, these are the entities that act as the Participating Institution and/or Host Institution.

Note: There may be institutions whose names appear more than once in the list of institutions (whether under Main Institutions and later under Other Institutions, or only in one category). This occurs because the same institution may hold more than one role within the project.

• Other typologies:
  Information provided by the source.

Funding Managing Entity: entity that manages and/or allocates financial resources to support a given scientific/technological activity.

Amount: amount awarded by the funder. The amount is presented in Euros (€). Information available at the source.

• FCT – R&D Projects (PRJ) and R&D Units (UID):
  Corresponds to the granted amount. In the case of projects without funding in which FCT acts only as the managing entity, the amount is presented as “0.00”. Information sourced from the official data.

• FCT – Advanced Training Fellowships (DFA):
  Value marked as “Not available” in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation.

• FCT – Advanced Computing (PCA):
  Corresponds to the granted amount. Information sourced from the official data.

• FCT – International Cooperation (DRI):
  Corresponds to the granted amount. Information sourced from the official data.

• FCT – Scientific Community Support Fund (FAC):
  Corresponds to the granted amount. For some funding, the field will be filled with “0.00” whenever information on the funded amount is not available from the source.

• Portugal2020 (PT2020):
  Corresponds to the executed amount. For some funding, the field will be filled with “0.00” whenever information on the funded amount is not available from the source.

• EU – Framework Programmes (FPs):
  Corresponds to the granted amount. Information sourced from the official data. For some funding, the field will be filled with “0.00” whenever information on the funded amount is not available from the source.

• EU – Horizon 2020 (H2020):
  Corresponds to the granted amount. Information sourced from the official data.

• National Strategic Reference Framework (QREN):
  Corresponds to the granted amount. Information sourced from the official data.

• National Innovation Agency (ANI):
  Corresponds to the granted amount. For some funding, the field will be filled with “0.00” whenever information on the funded amount is not available from the source.

• FCT – Scientific Employment Stimulus Contracts (EEC):
  Corresponds to the expected funding amount at the date of contract signing. Information sourced from the official data.

Value of resources (EUR): corresponds to the amount of resources converted into Euros (€).

• FCT – R&D Projects (PRJ) and Advanced Computing Projects (PCA):
  Amount funded for computational resources converted into Euros (€) – conversion publicly available and can be consulted here. The amount converted into EUR is described in the Acceptance Term provided to the beneficiary. Information sourced from the official data.

• FCT – R&D Units (UID) and Scientific Employment Stimulus Contracts (EEC):
  Amount funded for human resources. Information sourced from the official data for some exploratory research projects under the IF Programme.

Country: country of the entity that manages and/or allocates the funding (Funding Managing Entity).

Start and End Date: time period during which the funding is ongoing or has taken place. The period refers to payments already made or planned up to the current year.