Science and Technology Foundation 32 million less compared to 2021

The initial budget of the FCT – the main entity, dependent on the government, that funds scientific research in Portugal – appears in the explanatory note to the OE2022 proposal for the science, technology and higher education sector, published today on the portal of Parliament.

The document supports the examination in the specialty of the proposal OE2022, which is scheduled for the State of Science and Higher Education on Wednesday with the hearing of the Minister of Trusteeship, Elvira Fortunato.

The OE2022 proposal was generally approved on Friday. The final global vote, after special considerations, will take place on May 27.

For 2022, the total initial budget allocation for the FCT is 636.128 million euros, of which 620.905 million euros is for investment.

In 2021, the estimated budget of the FCT was 668,293 million euros, including 653.133 million euros for investment.

The FCT investment for 2022 is divided into support for research projects (24%), doctoral grants (21%), researcher recruitment (21%), scientific institutions (20%), international cooperation (8%) and scientific computing and open access (4%).

Compared to 2021, in 2022, initial investment for doctoral scholarships (+11.9 million euros), scientific cooperation (+5.1 million euros), scientific computing (+2.5 million euros) and projects (+1.62 million euros), but committed scientific institutions (- 31.6 million euros) and the employment of researchers (-21.8 million euros) decreased.

According to the same explanatory note, the financial implementation of the CTC (the money actually spent compared to the initial budget allocation) amounted to 569 million euros, which is about 7% more than the expenditures spent in 2020.

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