Support for research mobility between Portugal and The University of Texas at Austin is one of the Program’s biggest hallmarks.

To continue this legacy, the UT Austin Portugal Program ran a Call for Expressions of Interest for Short-Term Research Internships at UT Austin between April 27 and June 13, for faculty, researchers, or Master’s and PhD students affiliated with a Higher Education Institution, R&D centre or an R&D-performing company established in Portugal to cross the Atlantic and spend two to three months at the University of Texas at Austin to undertake R&D activities.

The program received 29 Expressions of Interest from all Program Areas, with many high-level candidates scoring well beyond the funding threshold. However, only 10 vacancies could be awarded, all of which came to be filled up.

Below you can find the 10 selected beneficiaries that will be developing their research work in one of the best public universities in the United States and immersing themselves in the exhilarating culture of UT Austin’s campus between September and December 2022. Each beneficiary will be hosted by a top-notch expert from UT Austin, which you can also get to know below.

Fostering knowledge exchange through mobility initiatives with the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) has always been at the core of the UT Austin Portugal Program priorities.

Continuing the legacy that restarted last year, the UT Austin Portugal Program ran a new Call for Expressions of Interest for Short-Term Research Internships at UT Austin between May 2 and June 15. This call was aimed at faculty, researchers, or Master’s and PhD students affiliated with a Higher Education Institution, R&D centre or an R&D-performing company established in Portugal, who wanted to cross the Atlantic and spend two to three months at the UT Austin or at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) to undertake R&D activities.

Thanks to a larger budget for mobility initiatives, the Program was to able provide 12 researchers with this research opportunity. Below you can find the selected candidates who will be developing their research work in world-renowned centers in UT Austin and MDACC and immersing themselves in their thriving cultures between September and December 2023.

Each beneficiary is hosted by a top-notch expert from UT Austin or MDACC, which you can also get to know below.

The UT Austin Program remains committed to one of its pillars: fostering mobility by providing researchers with new opportunities to enhance their research work.

The year 2024 was no exception with a new Call for Expressions of Interest for Short-Term Research Internships at UT Austin being launched on March 21 and running until May 28, focusing on three areas: Advanced Computing; Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies; and Space-Earth Interactions. In this edition, 11 researchers spent up to three months at the University of Texas at Austin, benefiting from increased funding for an immersive experience at the American university.

The UT Austin Portugal Program continues to strengthen one of its core pillars, researcher mobility, by creating opportunities for faculty, researchers, and Master’s or PhD students to expand their experience through international collaboration.

In 2025, the Program launched a new Call for Expressions of Interest for Short-Term Research Internships at UT Austin, selecting a cohort of researchers affiliated with a Portuguese Higher Education Institution, R&D center, or R&D-performing company.

Between October 2025 and June 2026, nine researchers will spend three to six months at UT Austin, working alongside leading faculty and researchers and accessing state-of-the-art research facilities. Their visits will support the development of new research collaborations and reinforce long-term partnerships between Portuguese institutions and UT Austin.