EUP OHAMR joint transnational call 2026: National rules and requirements for applicants from Portugal.
The information below of the national rules and requirements is only a summary. Please visit the national website and contact the national contact person for full details.
Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia (FCT)
National/Regional Financial Commitment: 400 000 €
Grant amount awarded to a project partner:
The maximum amount of funding to be requested to FCT by a consortium with a Portuguese Main Applicant (coordinator) is 150 000 €.
The maximum amount of funding to be requested to FCT by a consortium with a Portuguese Project Applicant (partner) is 100 000 €.
If more than one Portuguese applicant participating in the same international consortium applies for funding by FCT, the combined funding demanded by all the Portuguese applicants may not exceed the maximum financial threshold for proposals with a Portuguese Coordinator (150 000 €) or with a Portuguese Partner (100 000 €). Portuguese Coordinator and/or Partners in the same international consortium will therefore have to share the funding that will be granted by FCT.
For information on funding rates, see no. 2 of article 7 of FCT Regulation.
Expected number of funded proposals: 2-4
Eligible Topic(s): 1, 2, 3
Eligible One Health settings: Human Health, Animal Health, Environment, Plant Health
Eligible institutions
For information on the type of beneficiaries eligible for FCT funding under this call, see article 3 of FCT Regulation. For information on the criteria of beneficiaries‘ eligibility, see article 5 of FCT Regulation.
Eligible experimental approaches and disciplines
Not applicable.
Eligibility criteria for the Principal Investigator
The transnational rules indicated in this call text apply.
Eligible costs
For the purposes of defining the budget, the terms defined in article 8 of FCT Regulation apply to eligible expenses and in article 9 to non-eligible expenses.
Excluded from the range of eligible expenses are the salaries and other remuneration supplements of teachers, researchers and other staff with a previously established indefinite contract with the Public Administration. Expenditure on adapting buildings and facilities is limited to a maximum of 10% of the project’s total eligible expenses. The project’s indirect costs are based on the application of a flat rate of 25% of the direct eligible costs.
Submission of the proposal at the national level
Statement of Commitment – available onFCT’s webpage dedicated to this call:
- Within 10 working days after the deadline for submitting the pre-proposal, a Statement of Commitment duly signed by the Researcher in Charge (partner and/or coordinators) and by the legal representant of the Portuguese Proposing Institution must be sent to the Contact Point.
- The stamp or white seal of the Portuguese Proposing Institution will not be required on a digitally signed Statement of Commitment.Portuguese applicants of transnational consortia that do not apply for funding from FCT do not need to submit the Statement of Commitment to FCT.
Further guidance
Applications requesting funding from FCT under this call will be subject to Regulation on projects funded solely by national funds, published in Regulation No. 999/2016, in its current wording, that is, as amended and republished by Regulation No. 5/2024 of 3 January, and corrected by Rectification Statement No. 366/2024/2, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, No. 100, of 23 May 2024, and by all other applicable national and European Union legislation.
Applicable forms of payment: in accordance with no. 1 of article 7 of the FCT Regulation, the funding to be granted to proposals requesting funding from FCT under this call is non-reimbursable and is based on real costs. As such it must be justified through invoices paid or other accounting documents of similar probationary value, under the terms of no. 5 of article 8 of FCT Regulation.
For information on the criteria of projects‘ eligibility, see article 6 of FCT Regulation.
The percentage of time dedicated to transnational projects will not be added to the percentage of time dedicated to existing national projects.
Please consult FCT’s webpage dedicated to this call.