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Application for 2026 Seed Projects for Interdisciplinary Research

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Call Description

The University of Coimbra launches the 7th Edition of the funding programme for "Seed Projects for Interdisciplinary Research" with the support of the Santander Portugal Foundation, promoted by the UC Strategic Areas Unit (NAE), in collaboration with the Institute for Interdisciplinary Research (IIIUC). The funding of 100,000 euros aims to support interdisciplinary research projects. These projects must present the potential for obtaining relevant knowledge for the development of new lines of research that cross areas of knowledge at the University of Coimbra, within the scope of the Strategic Areas of the University of Coimbra.

Researchers integrated into the R&D Units or other structures of the University of Coimbra that develop research within the UC and received their PhD after October 1st, 2015 are eligible to apply as Principal Investigators (PIs) for this funding. The research team must include three to six researchers of the UC, including the PI, from at least two R&D Units of the UC in different scientific areas. The classification of UC R&D Units by scientific area can be consulted here.

Applications

Applications will run from 6 October 2025 to 6 November 2025. To submit your application fill out this questionnaire.

In order for the application to be considered complete, the PI must also fill in a questionnaire on the Santander Open Academy platform, which aims to collect the PI's identification data. This identification questionnaire must be completed prior to the submission deadline. 

Rules

The call guidelines are available here.

Legal information and informed consent
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Project Identification
Selected Strategic Area
Project Acronym
Project Title
Principal Investigator Identification
Identification of the Principal Investigator (PI), including name, e-mail contact, R&D unit, ORCID/CiênciaVitae, date of the doctoral defence, and the name of the PhD supervisor. 
Name
E-mail
How do you identify yourself
Research and Development Unit at UC
Date of the Doctoral Thesis Defense
Name of Supervisor(s)
Ciência Vitae ID or ORCID
Team Identification
Identification of the team, including the number of team members and the distribution of team members by gender
Number of team members (including PI)
Note: The project team must include three to six researchers of the UC, including the PI, from at least two R&D Units of the UC in different scientific areas. The classification of UC R&D Units by scientific area can be consulted here. 
Distribution of team members by gender (including PI)

Fill in all three fields. If any is zero, put "0".

Note: The project team must not exceed the maximum limit of 66.7% of people of the same gender. Except in the case of teams made up of four members, eligibility will be maintained for teams with three people of the same gender in the application. 

  As woman As man Others
Number of Team Members
Identification of Member 1 (except PI)
Identification of Member 1, including name, e-mail contact, R&D Unit.
  Member 1
Name
Email
Research and Development Unit of Member 1
Identification of Member 2 (except PI)
Identification of Member 2, including name, e-mail contact, R&D Unit.
  Member 2
Name
Email
Research and Development Unit of Member 2
Identification of Member 3 (except PI)
Identification of Member 3, including name, e-mail contact, R&D Unit.
  Member 3
Name
Email
Research and Development Unit of Member 3
Identification of Member 4 (except PI)
Identification of Member 4, including name, e-mail contact, R&D Unit.
  Member 4
Name
Email
Research and Development Unit of Member 4
Identification of Member 5 (except PI)
Identification of Member 5, including name, e-mail contact, R&D Unit.
  Member 5
Name
Email
Research and Development Unit of Member 5
Identification of External Collaborators or Partner Institutions
Identification and contact details of collaborators or partner institutions. These entities should be external to the UC (national or international).
  Name of the institution Contact point E-mail address Website/link
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2.
Documents to be attached

Project Description

Submit the project description organised by headings (according to article 5 of the call guideline), using the template available on the Call page. To access the template, go to the webpage here, download it, fill it out and then upload it in PDF format.

 

  Upload file
  Title Comment File name
PhD Certificate
  Upload file
  Title Comment File name
Supporting document for the maternity, paternity or sick leave after obtaining the PhD degree (if applicable)
  Upload file
  Title Comment File name
Final Checklist
Before submitting your proposal, please confirm that:
 
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