The Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program, through Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), funds a number of innovative research projects, which are selected by means of open calls and independent evaluation by international experts. Each proposal must include at least two research institutions in Portugal, one research group at Carnegie Mellon and one Portuguese company. A financial commitment from the industrial partner is expected, which can take many forms from direct funding to man power or prototyping.
Beyond traditional measures of success, such as scientific and technological significance of results, quality and number of publications, patents, degrees conferred, and number of students, post-doctoral and other young researchers involved, the impact of projects will be measured also by the successful deployment of research prototypes and the adoption of new services by the leading companies and by building successful partnerships between industry and academia.
The Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program first and second calls for proposals resulted in twenty five new R&D projects:
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