The 5^th Edition of the “Seed Projetos for Interdisciplinary Research” with the support of the Santander Universities programme of Santander Totta Bank, promoted by the Strategic Areas Unit of the UC (NAE) in collaboration with the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (IIIUC), intends to support five interdisciplinary research projects, one in each of the Strategic Areas of the University of Coimbra.

Researchers integrated into R&D Units of the University of Coimbra who conduct research at the UC may apply for this funding. The project team should consist of at most six members of the UC from at least two R&D units from distinct scientific areas. The Principal Investigator, leading the project team, must have obtained his/her PhD after 1 December 2013.

With total funding of 100,000 euros, this call aims to support each winning proposal with a maximum of 20,000 euros.

In addition to the funding foreseen, UC will provide support and capacity building to the teams in the process of preparation and submission of applications, namely:

• Mapping of researchers in order to promote the interdisciplinarity of the project, via NAE;
• Support for the communication and dissemination of the funded project, via IIIUC;
• Support for the protection of intellectual property rights and commercial valorization, via UC Business.

Application period: from 18 December 2023 until 15 February 2024, at 5 pm

Only applications submitted through the UC Form and using the application template available on this page will be admitted.