We are available to answer to any other questions at research[at]cmuportugal.org.
The consortium needs to have the Leadership of a Portuguese company and include at least two entities of the Portuguese R&D system and the participation of at least one CMU principal investigator.
You can find here the English version of the Technical Annex and Project Merit Referential. These are working documents; the templates provided at the official announcement page prevail over the documents here translated.
It is mandatory that the technical annex and the application form at Balcão Portugal 2020 should be both completed in English.
If you are part of a proposal, you need to obtain from my CMU|Portugal office at CMU a statement that essentially says we will support your effort if the project is selected.Please, make sure to submit to Ms. Megan Flohr the title of the project, your budget, an abstract of your proposal (even if just a draft), and the name of the PI at CMU of the project.
This information should be stated in the technical annex, section 2.2 “Descrição detalhada das atividades e tarefas”/ “Detailed description of activities and tasks” under “Descrição das tarefas”/ “description of tasks”. In addition to identifying the responsibilities of co-promotors, the responsibilities of each entity of the partnership should also be indicated. The CMU research team should be listed as partner and its contributions for the Project should be included in section 2.3 “Apresentação do consórcio”/ “consortia presentation”.
Yes, the CMU research team must be listed as partners of the Project.
No, the contract must only be signed by the Portuguese institutions, however, the CMU research team must be listed as partners of the Project.
The CMU research team will be funded directly by the CMU Portugal Program at CMU. The proposal must include a letter from the CMU Portugal Program at CMU stating the financial commitment for the project, subject to budgetary constraints of the CMU Portugal Program at CMU and pending approval of the project. This financial commitment is not included in the 1.2M€ indicative budget per project.
FCT, I.P. will co-fund the national non-corporate entities of the R & D system up to 100%, therefore academic institutions can be fully funded.
The information provided at this page does not replace the official announcement and related documentation published at COMPETE 2020 website.
Please contact us at research@symposium2023.cmuportugal.org if you would like to get support to find potential CMU partners for the consortia or have any other inquiries related this call.
