Exploratory Research Projects

2017

The Exploratory Research Projects 2017 are short-term, goal-oriented scientific projects, developing collaborative research work involving several institutions and targeting strategic areas of the program, including research activities of strategic relevance in relation to the Scientific Areas defined in the context of Atlantic International Research Center (AIR Center), in the areas of Space Science, Clean Tech Energy, Environment, Atmospheric Science and Climate Change, Ocean Science, and Data Science, Cyber Infrastructure and e-Science.

In 2018, 14 exploratory projects were selected among 47 submitted proposals, for a total funding available of €1,400,000 for Portuguese research institutions and a match up to 75% to UT Austin principal investigators.

Each project involves at least two research teams from different research institutions in Portugal and a research team from The University of Texas at Austin.