Scientific Research Projects

Competitive Financing

Reference: PTDC/CTA-GEO/0125/2021
Title: Projeto SAMEPA - Speleothems as magnetic, environmental and paleo-fire archives
Abstract:
Members of DCT-FCTUC's Team Prof. Eric Font (IR)
Start and end date:
Financing for the UC:: € 244.649
Reference: MIT-EXPL/ACC/0023/2021
Title: Projeto SpeleoMag - Analyzing environmental and climate records in Portuguese speleothems using ultra-high sensitivity magnetic microscopy
Abstract:
Members of DCT-FCTUC's Team Prof. Eric Font (IR)
Start and end date:
Financing for the UC:: € 48.698

Project Manager

Professor Mário Q. Ferreira and Professor Pedro Proença Cunha
Reference: PTDC/CTA-GEO/30381/2017
Title: Perigosidade marinha induzida por deslizamentos submarinos na margem Ibérica / MArine Geo-hazards InduCed by underwater LANDslides in the SW Iberian Margin (MAGICLAND)
Abstract:
Membes of DCT-FCTUC's Team Prof. Mário Quinta Ferreira e Prof. Pedro Proença e Cunha
Start and end date: 01-01-2019 ~ 31-12-2022
Financing for the UC:: € 239.165

SUGERE Project


PROJECT OVERVIEW


Reason:

To implement five Mining/Geology degrees with a focus on Local Economic Development. The target countries are: Cape Verde, Angola and Mozambique. The EU Partners are the Universities of Coimbra, Salamanca and Turin and a Research Centre (CES, PT). Scientific objectives: (i) Increase the understanding of the geoscientific factors affecting the global environment in order to improve human living conditions; (ii) Develop more effective methods to find and sustainably exploit natural resources of minerals, energy and groundwater (ii) Increase the understanding of geological processes and concepts of global importance, including an emphasis on socially relevant issues, (iii) Improve standards, methods and techniques of carrying out geological research. It follows the recommendations from the AU Agenda 2063 and the UN-SDGoals: (1), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (17).

Outputs:

Three BSc courses (Geology, Geological Engineering and Mining Engineering), one MSc (Geology) and one PhD (Geology) involving the training of at least 40 teachers and 250 students in two years of ongoing courses. Bibliographic materials will be prepared and a several online courses supplied. The courses will be aligned with the Bologna recommendations.

Impact:

To address the huge gap in terms of the requisite infrastructure and critical human resources at all levels to fully realize the potential benefits that would accrue from the sustainable use of mineral resources and to assure local benefits by tackling the root causes of poverty, levering inclusive growth and development and seeking to secure sustainable financing. To facilitate communication and exchange among scientists by bringing together complementary interests so as to improve standards, methods and techniques for carrying out geoscience research, including the transfer of fundamental and applied knowledge between collaborating partners. The partnership brings a new attitude regarding the exploitation of natural resources in Africa.

SURGE Project


The SURGE.CPLP project was approved under the Strategic Cooperation Programs of Instituto Camões. It comprises a set of activities aimed at supporting the implementation and harmonization of globally competitive higher education programs in the field of Geosciences. The project promotes the reorganization and creation of new curricula and the training of teachers and students, contributing to the improvement of environmental conditions, sustainable management of natural resources and local development in the target countries. The institutions involved are the DCT-FCTUC, with the Project Coordinator (Prof. Nelson Rodrigues), the National University of Timor-Leste, the University of Lúrio (Mozambique) and the Katyavala Bwila University (Angola) as beneficiary partner institutions.