Meet the nine doctoral researchers selected for the 2026 cohort

Nine Ph.D. students from Portuguese higher education institutions have been selected to undertake in-residency research internships at The University of Texas at Austin through the UT Austin Portugal Program.

Starting between September 1 and December 31, 2026, the selected students will spend between six and twelve months at UT Austin, developing research directly connected to their doctoral work in Portugal while working alongside UT Austin faculty.

The cohort brings together students from six home institutions and work plans aligned with three of the Program’s strategic scientific areas: Clean Energy, Nanotechnologies, and Space–Earth Technologies.

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.