NOVA University Lisbon has submitted various projects across multiple measures within the context of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) funds.
Below are the ongoing projects:
The NOVA University Lisbon is witnessing a growing number of students from outside the region, which is also reflected in the demand for accommodation in the University’s residences. Therefore, the aim is to renovate and modernise the University’s three residences. This renovation will focus on various innovative aspects, such as architectural design, the adoption of a functional model tailored to territorial specificities, the use of sustainable and cost-effective raw materials that are technologically advanced, with an emphasis on Energy Efficiency, Environmental Sustainability, Effectiveness, and Comfort.
-» Fraústo da Silva Residence
Main Objective
This project aims to renovate the Fraústo da Silva Residence (RFS), located on the Campus of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of NOVA University Lisbon, in Caparica, Almada municipality. The RFS will offer 210 beds, distributed across 146 rooms, including 3 rooms adapted for people with reduced mobility.
Investment: Affordable student accommodation
Operation code: 02/C02-i06/2022.PMF_17_RE/2022/PRR/PNAES
Funding: €2.14 million
Start date: 01/02/2022
End date: 31/03/2026
-» Alfredo de Sousa Residence
Main Objective
This project aims to renovate the Alfredo de Sousa Residence (RAS), located on the Campolide Campus of NOVA University Lisbon, in the parish of Campolide, central Lisbon. The RAS will offer 180 beds, distributed across 122 rooms, including 3 rooms adapted for people with reduced mobility.
Investment: Affordable student accommodation
Operation code: 02/C02-i06/2022.PMF_50_RE/2022/PRR/PNAES
Funding: €2.03 million
Start date: 01/02/2022
End date: 31/03/2026
-» Lumiar Residence
Main Objective
This project aims to renovate the Lumiar Residence (RL), located in the parish of Lumiar, Lisbon. The RL will offer 63 beds, distributed across 46 rooms, including 1 room adapted for people with reduced mobility.
Investment: Affordable student accommodation
Operation code: 02/C02-i06/2022.PMF_18_RE/2022/PRR/PNAES
Funding: €689.8 thousand
Start date: 01/02/2022
End date: 31/03/2026
This component seeks to tackle socio-economic challenges faced by disadvantaged populations and regions, working towards a community with rights and opportunities for all.
-» Nursery
Main Objective
Since 01/09/2021, NOVA University’s Social Services (UNL) have taken responsibility for managing the Early Childhood Education Centre, located on the FCT-UNL campus, encompassing Nursery, Crèche, and Kindergarten services. This follows the cessation of activities by the Instituto Particular de Desenvolvimento Sócio-Cultural, which was previously responsible for the Centre. The general objective of this application is to strengthen the nursery social response in Almada municipality, maintaining the operation of the Early Childhood Education Centre.
Investment: New Generation of Social Equipment and Responses
Operation code: 02/C03-i01/2021.PPRR-RE-C03-i01-02-000741
Funding: €111.46 thousand
Start date: 01/01/2022
End date: 30/06/2026
This component focuses on the green transition in the Portuguese business sector. Complementing research and innovation, this set of measures aims to strengthen Portugal’s scientific potential, promoting research and the subsequent transfer of results to the business sector—thus linking the two areas.
-» BLOCKCHAIN.PT – Agenda – Decentralising Portugal with Blockchain
Main Objective
The Agenda Decentralising Portugal with Blockchain aims to establish a national blockchain cluster, recognising the importance of this technology as a driver of innovation and leveraging global business opportunities it generates. It brings together 56 organisations (24 companies, 15 ENESII, 2 associations, 5 public entities, and 10 associated partners) under the leadership of VOID Software, organised into six vertical WPs (Agriculture and Agri-Food; Health; Smart and Sustainable Territories; Sports, Leisure, and Culture; New Knowledge Economy; Digital Asset Management) and four horizontal WPs (Management; Capacity Building; Innovation and Dissemination; Interoperability). The results of these partnerships, with an investment exceeding €72 million, will launch 26 products with high export potential and scalability. This cluster will position Portugal as a European leader in blockchain technology, helping the country become more digital, green, and resilient.
Investment: Mobilising Agendas/Alliances for Business Innovation
Operation Code: 01/C05-i11/2024.PC644918095-00000033
Funding: €3.98 million
Start Date: 01/07/2021
End Date: 30/06/2026
-» Agenda Accelerating and Transforming Tourism
Main Objective
This agenda aims to develop and implement an advanced and innovative concept of the Customer Journey, involving disruptive and innovative solutions at selected touchpoints throughout the tourist experience, including post-experience stages. To achieve this, the project/agenda will focus on eight implementation axes: 1. Digitalisation targeting tourist entry and exit; 2. Digitalisation of Territories; 3. Tourist Interaction; 4. Experience 5.0; 5. Tourist Experience; 6. Digital and Green Transformation in Mobility; 7. Tourism Sector Sustainability; 8. Agenda Management, Promotion, and Communication. The goal is to achieve a high level of digitalisation and sustainability in tourism.
Investment: Green Agendas/Alliances for Business Innovation
Operation Code: 01/C05-i10/2024.PC645192610-00000060
Funding: €6.75 million
Start Date: 01/07/2021
End Date: 30/06/2026
-» NGS – New Generation Storage
Main Objective
The New Generation Storage (NGS) Innovation Pact aligns with the European Union’s energy transition strategy for 2040 and the challenge of full mobility electrification by 2035. Structured across eight Work Packages covering the entire value chain of battery component production, assembly, and recycling, it seeks to add value at every stage of the process, culminating in a shared goal: creating a new technological ecosystem in battery innovation that will elevate the national industry in the global market. Through the collaboration of 54 entities (30 companies and 24 ENESII), the aim is to structurally transform the national production framework, creating the technological and human resource conditions for an industrial ecosystem capable of mass-producing innovative technologies and a complete value chain with world-class end-of-life management.
Investment: Mobilising Agendas/Alliances for Business Innovation
Operation Code: 02/C05-i01.01/2022.PC644936001-00000045
Funding: €3.37 million
Start Date: 01/07/2021
End Date: 30/06/2026
-» Blue Bioeconomy Pact
Main Objective
The Blue Bioeconomy Pact embraces the challenge of reindustrialising Portuguese industries by integrating blue biotechnology solutions into value chains, promoting the sustainable use of marine bioresources to enhance added value through carbon-neutral innovation. This consortium will bring the ocean to the shelves by investing in seven sectors: Biomaterial Applications; a new paradigm for Bivalve Production; Marine-Based Textiles; Sustainability in the Food Sector; Scaling Algae Production; Circular Feed Solutions; Bioinformatics for the Fisheries Sector; and three overarching projects to accelerate sector development: the creation of a national network of biobanks, a digital platform for marine by-product valorisation, and promotion of growth and internationalisation of startups and SMEs.
Investment: Mobilising Agendas/Alliances for Business Innovation
Operation Code: 01/C05-i11/2024.PC644915664-00000026
Funding: €2.97 million
Start Date: 01/07/2021
End Date: 30/06/2026
-» BE.Neutral – Mobility Agenda for Carbon Neutrality in Cities
Main Objective
BE.Neutral aims to position Portugal as an exporter of cyber-physical zero-carbon mobility products for cities worldwide. It was designed to develop, industrialise, and operate new cyber-physical products (physical devices, connectivity, and data science platforms) capable of real-time quantification of emissions avoided to accelerate carbon neutrality by 2030. Led by NOS, the consortium includes 44 partners (29 companies, 14 ENESII, and one cluster) and eight cities as environments for developing, testing, and demonstrating products and services. The agenda will produce 16 PPS: four mobility products with their complete value chains and one bus conversion; a set of connectivity devices; seven platforms; two charging systems; one new infrastructure. This will result in a new national integrator (Simoldes/TMG), a new national constructor (Caetano Bus), and a new automotive R&D hub.
Investment: Green Agendas/Alliances for Business Innovation
Operation Code: 02/C05-i01.02/2022.PC644874240-00000016
Funding: €2.21 million
Start Date: 01/07/2021
End Date: 30/06/2026
-» M-ECO2: Industrial cluster for advanced biofuel production
Main Objective
The M-ECO2 project focuses on the development of a highly innovative industrial cluster for the production of advanced sustainable biofuels using green hydrogen and residual raw materials. In this context, the project centres on the implementation and operation of a new industrial unit at the Port of Setúbal, which will include the production of (i) energy from renewable sources (solar and wind), (ii) green hydrogen, and (iii) advanced biofuels. The full implementation and integration of all these elements on an industrial scale, within a single production unit, represent a unique market solution focused on sustainable fuels compatible with existing infrastructures. The project’s innovative nature is based on circular economy and sustainability concepts, fully aligned with decarbonisation and energy transition goals, contributing to a 94% reduction in GHG emissions.
Investment: Agendas/Alliances Mobilising for Business Innovation
Operation Code: 01/C05-i12/2024.PC644930471-00000041
Funding: €2.18 million
Start Date: 01/07/2021
End Date: 30/06/2026
-» R2UTechnologies – Modular Systems
Main Objective
The R2UTechnologies – Modular Systems Innovation Pact results from the merger of the Expressions of Interest R2U Technologies and Glass Net and has a strategic goal to profoundly change the productive profile of the modular construction sector, promoting its evolution from a labour-intensive production paradigm to a knowledge-intensive one. The Pact will empower businesses, academia, and human resources with the tools, knowledge, and key competencies to create, within Portugal, a cluster for the global supply of the modular construction sector, envisioning the launch of 18 internationally marketable and tradable PPS by the project’s conclusion. For this purpose, a multidisciplinary and balanced consortium has been established, composed of 30 companies and 18 R&D institutions, with a total estimated investment of approximately €215 million over 48 months.
Investment: Agendas/Alliances Mobilising for Business Innovation
Operation Code: 01/C05-i11/2024.PC644876810-00000019
Funding: €1.83 million
Start Date: 01/07/2021
End Date: 30/06/2026
-» New Space Portugal
Main Objective
The Agenda aims to transform the Portuguese Space sector’s specialisation profile by developing innovative, exportable, and technologically advanced products and services, leveraging the entire value chain. The Agenda is based on five vertical projects led by companies to drive R&D and industrial development activities in space systems and Earth observation. Additionally, six transversal projects will focus on management, promotion, qualification, training, and service demonstration initiatives. Recently, Spain approved its strategic plan for Aerospace Economic Recovery and Transformation, which clearly mentions the Iberian Alliance through the Atlantic Constellation. This alignment highlights the coordinated actions of Portugal and Spain in space exploration, contributing to European sovereignty in this field. The consortium includes 40 co-promoters – 22 companies (13 SMEs and 9 large companies) and 18 R&D institutions.
Investment: Agendas/Alliances Mobilising for Business Innovation
Operation Code: 01/C05-i11/2024.PC644936537-00000046
Funding: €678.5 thousand
Start Date: 01/01/2022
End Date: 31/12/2025
-» Agri-Plast – Organisation of Production and Innovation to Reduce Agricultural Plastics
Main Objective
Agri-Plast seeks to address the issue of agricultural plastic waste (APW) by finding organisational solutions co-developed with fruit, vegetable, and viticulture producers who use plastic films on their farms. These solutions will enable efficient APW management with reduced impacts, promoting more sustainable and competitive production practices. It thus contributes to production organisation and capacity-building for sustainable agriculture.
Investment: Research and Innovation Agenda for Agriculture, Food, and Agroindustry Sustainability [Innovation Agenda for Agriculture 20|30]
Operation Codes: 14/C05-i03/2022.PPRR-C05-i03-I-000167-LA10.2; 14/C05-i03/2022.PPRR-C05-i03-I-000167-LA10.5
Funding: €745.21 thousand
Start Date: 01/09/2023
End Date: 30/09/2025
-» PRODUTECH R3 – Mobilising Agenda for the Manufacturing Technologies Cluster for Reindustrialisation
Main Objective
The PRODUTECH R3 project aims to empower the manufacturing technologies cluster to leverage the significant investments in green and digital transitions, reducing external technological dependency, increasing domestic added value, and shifting Portugal’s economic specialisation. The project brings together 112 companies and entities from the manufacturing technologies cluster, key industry sectors, and the scientific and technological system to collaboratively develop around 90 new innovative products and services and demonstrate them in more than 53 pilots across industrial sectors. Complementary actions in education, training, internationalisation, dissemination, and capacity-building will foster a structural transformation and create a dynamic, sustainable innovation ecosystem for production technologies in the post-project period.
Investment: Agendas/Alliances Mobilising for Business Innovation
Operation Code: 01/C05-i11/2024.PC645808870-00000067
Funding: €483.61 thousand
Start Date: 01/01/2022
End Date: 31/12/2025
-» HfPT – Health from Portugal
Main Objective
The HfPT agenda aims to position Portugal as a global hub for the design, development, and production of advanced solutions for health markets, leveraging innovation and technology. It focuses on four key areas: (i) smart health solutions for the digital medtech segment; (ii) creating a national intelligent health data repository with international recognition; (iii) enhancing clinical studies in Portugal; and (iv) solutions that maximise the potential of clinical data collection ecosystems and benchmarking associated healthcare costs. These goals will be achieved by a consortium of 94 co-promoters, pooling their technical and technological expertise to launch 122 new products, services, and solutions by 2025, with a total investment of €118 million.
Investment: Agendas/Alliances Mobilising for Business Innovation
Operation Code: 01/C05-i11/2024.PC644937233-00000047
Funding: €282.61 thousand
Start Date: 01/11/2021
End Date: 31/12/2025
-» Augmented Agriculture and Sustainability
Main Objective
The project aims to create a Hub for Development, Demonstration, and Capacity Building to promote the widespread adoption of digital and sustainable agriculture, regardless of farm size, using augmented and virtual reality technologies. Leveraging the expertise of its partners, the Hub aspires to become a benchmark for the sector, advancing agricultural digitalisation through technology demonstration, dissemination, and training to achieve a more digitalised agriculture.
Investment: Research and Innovation Agenda for Agriculture, Food, and Agroindustry Sustainability [Innovation Agenda for Agriculture 20|30]
Operation Codes: 09/C05-i03/2021.PPRR-C05-i03-I-000129-LA8.1; 09/C05-i03/2021.PPRR-C05-i03-I-000129-LA8.3; 09/C05-i03/2021.PPRR-C05-i03-I-000129-LA8.4; 09/C05-i03/2021.PPRR-C05-i03-I-000129-LA8.5
Funding: €288.01 thousand
Start Date: 01/04/2023
End Date: 30/09/2025
-» + ValorCer – Valuing Cereal Production Organisation
Main Objective
This consortium aims to develop a research, development, and innovation (RDI) project, addressing challenges such as management, digital transformation, transition to the bioeconomy, reducing environmental impacts, and sustainability. Using the “Excellence in Production Organisation” initiative, the project will identify impactful areas/themes, focusing on the dual green and digital transition to enhance the cereal value chain. This modernisation and valorisation of national cereal production is crucial for improving competitiveness in a globalised world.
Investment: Research and Innovation Agenda for Agriculture, Food, and Agroindustry Sustainability [Innovation Agenda for Agriculture 20|30]
Operation Codes: 14/C05-i03/2022.PPRR-C05-i03-I-000164-LA10.2; 14/C05-i03/2022.PPRR-C05-i03-I-000164-LA10.5
Funding: €243.10 thousand
Start Date: 01/04/2023
End Date: 30/09/2025
-» DM4you LA 1.3 and DM4you LA 1.4
Main Objective
The DM4you LA1.3 and LA1.4 project aims to analyse and promote the potential of the Mediterranean Diet to enhance quality of life. It also seeks to disseminate information, educate, and train on healthy and sustainable eating habits, focusing on combating food waste.
Investment: Research and Innovation Agenda for Agriculture, Food, and Agroindustry Sustainability [Innovation Agenda for Agriculture 20|30]
Operation Codes: 12/C05-i03/2022.PPRR-C05-i03-I-000152-LA1.3; 12/C05-i03/2022.PPRR-C05-i03-I-000152-LA1.4
Funding Amount: €91.55 thousand
Start Date: 01/03/2023
End Date: 30/09/2025
-» Montados Net-Zero – Innovation Networks to Increase Resilience and Advance Carbon Neutrality in Southern Rural Areas
Main Objective
The Montados Net-Zero project aims to contribute to a revitalisation strategy for rural Southern Portugal, leveraging the unique and internationally valued asset of the Montado ecosystem. The consortium will establish a pilot initiative from the outset, a Living Lab (LL), which aims to co-create and disseminate knowledge, bringing together experiences in carbon farming within Montados and enhancing them by showcasing the potential benefits of carbon farming practices. This innovative organisational approach is expected to foster new interaction dynamics among local stakeholders, centred on the authenticity and uniqueness of the territory, and ensure their long-term sustainability.
Investment: Research and Innovation Agenda for Agriculture, Food, and Agroindustry Sustainability [Innovation Agenda for Agriculture 20|30]
Operation Codes: 17/C05-i03/2022.PPRR-C05-i03-I-000236-LA7.2; 17/C05-i03/2022.PPRR-C05-i03-I-000236-LA7.5; 17/C05-i03/2022.PPRR-C05-i03-I-000236-LA7.6
Funding: €105.62 thousand
Start Date: 01/04/2023
End Date: 30/09/2025
In close collaboration with a network of relevant partners, the goal is to prepare young and adult students, as well as lifelong learners who are already part of or will soon join the active workforce, both nationally and internationally, to contribute to the formulation of solutions to these challenges.
-» “CIVIC” and “GLOBAL”
Main Objective
NOVA’s application consists of two main cross-cutting projects across the University:
Transformative Learning for Future-Proof Professionals addressing the skills gap arising from the global challenges outlined above. This project is composed of three initiatives:
- NOVA Health Academy
- Skills for the Digital and Ecological Transitions
- Arts & Tech for Social Innovation
Organizational Transformation for Academic Success and Employability, implementing transversal strategies and systems across the University to create student/participant-centered employment strategies, promoting inclusion, and ensuring equitable access to NOVA’s programs and initiatives, with a focus on the two largest schools (which together account for two-thirds of NOVA’s student body).
Investment: Adults Incentive
Operation Code: 02/C06-i03.03/2021.PID-24
Funding: €7.46 million
Start Date: 01/01/2021
End Date: 30/06/2026
Investment: STEAM Youth Boost
Operation Code: 02/C06-i04.01/2021.PID-24
Funding: €5.43 million
Start Date: 01/01/2021
End Date: 30/06/2026
-» Tourism International Academy
Main Objective
The TIA – Tourism International Academy project aims to create a new internationally recognized center for education and training, both online and in-person, as well as for the promotion of Innovation activities in the areas of Tourism and Hospitality (T&H). These will be based on the interdisciplinary experience and knowledge of the various institutions involved. The primary objectives are:
- To promote education, training, research, and innovation in the T&H sector in Portugal, contributing to the sector’s progress in its various dimensions, while enhancing national and international recognition, and increasing resilience to future changes and trends.
- To develop specialized training courses, both graduate and non-graduate, tailored to the specific needs of the labor market.
Investment: Adults Incentive
Operation Code: 02/C06-i03.03/2021.PID-8
Funding: €876.38 thousand
Start Date: 01/01/2021
End Date: 30/06/2026
Investment: STEAM Youth Boost
Operation Code: 02/C06-i04.01/2021.PID-8
Funding: €816.87 thousand
Start Date: 01/01/2021
End Date: 30/06/2026
-» Fosteam South
Main Objective
This project aims to attract more students (both national and international) to the University, encourage more students to pursue STEAM fields, and improve inquiry-based learning and innovative learning methodologies.
Investment: Adults Incentive
Operation Code: 02/C06-i03.03/2021.PID-17
Funding: €315 thousand
Start Date: 01/04/2023
End Date: 30/06/2026
-» MedTech NEXT – Medicine, Technology, and the Future
Main Objective
The reform of educational offerings and the updating of pedagogical practices and methods through the use of technology as a complementary approach can enhance healthcare delivery and address the need for active learning in controlled environments. This project includes the restructuring of educational offerings, the implementation of new courses, the creation of multifunctional rooms for active learning in controlled environments, strengthening digital infrastructure and virtual reality/simulation equipment, investing in online tools for education in diagnostics and medical decision-making, restructuring physical spaces to include clinical simulation environments, and contributing to the development of the anatomy theater and experimental surgery facilities.
Investment: Digital Boost Incentive
Operation Code: 09/C06-i07/2024.P11720
Funding: €2.64 million
Start Date: 01/01/2024
End Date: 30/06/2026
-» SUCCESS@NOVA Strategies to Underpin College Course Engagement and Student Success
Main Objective
Some of the strategies to minimize dropouts and maximize academic success include the early identification of at-risk students, direct intervention through mentoring programs, and enhancing educational policies. This project is divided into two action lines:
- Establishing the UNL Observatory for Retention and Academic Success
- Implementing an intervention program in various academic units (UO) of UNL that offer initial training cycles.
The UNL Observatory for Retention and Academic Success aims to monitor dropout rates, understand the main contributing factors, and implement actions to improve dropout and academic success indicators. The Intervention Program plans to create support communities, provide proactive counseling, and develop more effective policies.
Investment: Digital Boost Incentive
Operation Code: 06/C06-i07/2024.P8872
Funding: €1.05 million
Start Date: 01/01/2024
End Date: 30/06/2026
-» South and Atlantic Consortium – CE SAPIEN
Main Objective
Bringing together the efforts of nine Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), encompassing a total of 53 academic units and covering 40% of Portuguese territory (extending south of the Tagus River and expanding to the Azores and Madeira), the “South and Atlantic” Consortium was created. Its actions are realized through the SAPIEN Center of Excellence (CE) – South and Atlantic Pedagogical Innovation & Excellence Network, acting as a catalyst for pedagogical innovation and excellence and promoting an institutional culture of teaching enhancement.
The CE is structured around three main action lines:
- A student-centered pedagogical model tailored to knowledge building and the development of relevant disciplinary and transversal skills to address current and future requirements (flexible guiding framework).
- Professional development for faculty in teaching and assessment methodologies aligned with the pedagogical model, leveraging digital tools (essential human resources).
- Enhanced learning environments, modern and equipped, with significant integration of technological and digital resources (indispensable logistical conditions).
Investment: Digital Boost Incentive
Operation Code: 08/C06-i07/2024.P11061
Funding: €952 thousand
Start Date: 01/01/2024
End Date: 30/06/2026
-» Digital South+Islands
Main Objective
This Consortium aims to strengthen educational offerings in various areas, including Audiovisual and Media Production, Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics, and Automation. The academic project is organized into major training areas, providing stand-alone modules and micro-credentials. These modules offer complementary knowledge, collectively providing robust mastery of the digital approach needed for workforce integration, increasingly dependent on ICT-based tools.
The training areas cover topics such as Digital Literacy, Computational Thinking, Linguistic Science, Programming, Digital Media, Multimedia Communication and Design, Territory Management, Data-Driven Marketing, Cybersecurity and Privacy, Data Science and Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, AI and Data Science Usage, and Digital and Electronic Manufacturing.
Investment: Digital Boost Incentive
Operation Code: 07/C06-i07/2024.P11073
Funding: €928.42 thousand
Start Date: 01/01/2024
End Date: 30/06/2026
-» +AGRODIGITECH@SUL
Main Objective
The +AGRODIGITECH@SUL Consortium includes all Higher Education Institutions in Southern Portugal offering training in Agrarian Sciences and related areas. Together, these institutions encompass 1,825 students across seven technical-professional courses, eight undergraduate programs, one integrated master’s program, 11 master’s programs, and five doctoral programs. The primary goal is to modernize training offerings in these fields, promoting their adaptation to new technological and environmental challenges.
Investment: Digital Boost Incentive
Operation Code: 10/C06-i07/2024.P11731
Funding: €362.17 thousand
Start Date: 01/01/2024
End Date: 30/06/2026
This component aims to support the modernization of the industry by implementing actions focused on a more sustainable and eco-friendly bioeconomy.
-» BE@T
Main Objective
The BE@T project will contribute to the generation and consolidation of a truly innovative, sustainable, and circular National Textile and Apparel Industry Value Chain. This will be achieved through the development of traceable textile products and materials derived from biological, renewable sources with improved environmental credentials, without compromising performance levels.
These new materials will be sourced from renewable raw materials produced as locally as possible (including forests, agro-industrial residues, and alternative natural fibers), processed using advanced and sustainable production and finishing technologies. The project will also explore innovative approaches in eco-design and eco-engineering to ensure the circularity of all textile products generated within this structured project. Finally, BE@T will promote a culture of sustainability and responsible consumption by informing and engaging consumers, textile supply chain agents, brands, and other relevant stakeholders.
Investment: Bioeconomy
Operation Code: 02/C12-i01.01/2022.P1
Funding: €329.99 thousand
Start Date: 25/05/2022
End Date: 31/12/2025
13 – Energy Efficiency in Buildings
This program aims to finance measures that promote energy efficiency and enhance the production of renewable energy for self-consumption, contributing to the improvement of energy and environmental performance in the Central Public Administration buildings. Specifically, the goal is for the supported measures to lead to, on average, at least a 30% reduction in primary energy consumption in the buildings involved and contribute to a 20% reduction in water consumption in those buildings.
-» Integrated Project for Energy and Water Efficiency in the CAN Building
Main Objective
This operation aims to improve the energy efficiency of the Colégio Almada Negreiros building at the Campolide campus through interventions with particular focus on: i) opaque surroundings, especially the roof and exterior walls; ii) windows; iii) HVAC systems; iv) lighting; v) water systems; and vi) other systems.
Investment: Energy efficiency in Central Public Administration buildings
Operation Code: 01/C13-i02/2021.P139
Funding: €4.66 million
Start Date: 01/05/2022
End Date: 31/12/2025
-» Integrated Project for Energy and Water Efficiency in the FCT NOVA Building VII
Main Objective
This project aims to improve the energy efficiency of Building VII at NOVA School of Science and Technology – FCT NOVA. This building is the largest teaching facility for classrooms and study rooms at FCT NOVA, covering a gross area of 9,677 m².
Investment: Energy efficiency in Central Public Administration buildings
Operation Code: 01/C13-i02/2021.P12
Funding: €3.26 million
Start Date: 01/05/2022
End Date: 31/12/2025
-» Integrated Project for Energy and Water Efficiency in the ENSP Building
Main Objective
The building covered by this application is dedicated to Higher Education activities by the National School of Public Health at NOVA University Lisbon (ENSP). Following an energy efficiency audit, several improvement opportunities were identified that will increase the energy performance of the building, reduce annual energy costs, and improve the energy classification. It is expected that primary energy consumption will be reduced by 40.06%, from 419,786 kWh/year to 251,621 kWh/year, and the annual greenhouse gas emissions will decrease by 42.04 tons of CO2 per year, from 104.95 tons of CO2 to 62.91 tons of CO2.
Investment: Energy efficiency in Central Public Administration buildings
Operation Code: 01/C13-i02/2021.P61
Funding: €868.21 thousand
Start Date: 01/05/2022
End Date: 31/12/2025
-» Integrated Project for Energy and Water Efficiency in the Alfredo de Sousa Residence
Main Objective
This project includes various measures, including the replacement of extraction fans, lighting systems, installation of a photovoltaic solar system for electricity production for self-consumption, installation of a solar thermal system for hot water, and the implementation of a centralized technical management system (CTMS) for lighting and heating systems. These measures will result in an estimated annual reduction of 500,045 kWhep/year in primary energy consumption and a reduction of 67.97 tons of CO2eq/year in greenhouse gas emissions.
Investment: Energy efficiency in Central Public Administration buildings
Operation Code: 01/C13-i02/2021.P76
Funding: €537.4 thousand
Start Date: 01/05/2022
End Date: 31/12/2025
-» Integrated Project for Energy and Water Efficiency in the Lumiar Residence
Main Objective
This project includes measures to improve insulation on facades and the roof, implement centralized technical management, switch to LED lighting, replace HVAC equipment, and install a photovoltaic system for self-consumption. These actions will lead to an annual reduction of 123,143 kWhEP/year in primary energy consumption and an estimated reduction of 28.17 tons of CO2eq/year in greenhouse gas emissions.
Investment: Energy efficiency in Central Public Administration buildings
Operation Code: 01/C13-i02/2021.P77
Funding: €224.2 thousand
Start Date: 01/05/2022
End Date: 31/12/2025
-» Integrated Project for Energy and Water Efficiency in the Fraústo da Silva Residence
Main Objective
This project includes measures such as the replacement of lighting systems, installation of a photovoltaic solar system for self-consumption, replacement of water heaters for hot water production, and the implementation of a centralized technical management system (CTMS) for lighting and heating systems. These measures will result in an estimated annual reduction of 378,840.50 kWhep/year in primary energy consumption and a reduction of 62.86 tons of CO2eq/year in greenhouse gas emissions.
Investment: Energy efficiency in Central Public Administration buildings
Operation Code: 01/C13-i02/2021.P75
Funding: €209.96 thousand
Start Date: 01/05/2022
End Date: 31/12/2025
This component aims to address the limitations in the area of digital transition, particularly the low digitalization of companies. The actions of these investments aim to reach the business sector, ensuring equality in training in this area, combating digital illiteracy, and aligning their needs with the labor market.
-» AI4PA Portugal – Artificial Intelligence & Data Science for Public Administration Portugal Innovation Hub
Main Objective
Coordinated by the Agency for Administrative Modernization (AMA), the AI4PA Digital Innovation Hub integrates public and private entities, universities, research centers, and incubators/accelerators, pursuing six strategic objectives aligned with the Digital Transition Action Plan: 1) Optimize public policies across various governance areas, based on AI and innovative technological solutions; 2) Improve the quality of public services, involving citizens and businesses; 3) Assess the social impacts and ethical implications of digital technologies; 4) Increase the digital skills of public entities and SMEs; 5) Disseminate good practices and reusable solutions of national and international origin; 6) Improve governance for digital transition at various scales of state intervention. AI4PA is part of the European Digital Innovation Hub Network, benefiting from collaboration opportunities.
Investment: Catalyzing the digital transition of companies
Operation Code: 03/C16-i03/2022.P1172
Funding: €852.58 thousand
Start Date: 01/01/2023
End Date: 30/09/2025
-» Digital Innovation Hub for Urban Sustainability (DIH4ClimateNeutrality)
Main Objective
DIH4CN aims to accelerate the transition of cities to smart, carbon-neutral ecosystems through the use of data and digital technologies, enhancing the quality of life for citizens. It aspires to be a European reference in digital transformation for carbon neutrality. The focus is on urban science, including skills in Internet of Things (IoT)/Cyber-Physical Systems, Data Analytics, and Artificial Intelligence, along with other technologies such as Cybersecurity and High-Performance Computing, through its national and European partner network. DIH offers brokerage, networking, testing and experimentation, training and capacity building, and support for innovation and incubation to local governments, businesses (SMEs, mid-caps, and start-ups), and communities. It has national coverage and also acts as a gateway to the European DIH Network, supporting businesses and the public sector with assistance from other DIHs and vice versa.
Investment: Catalyzing the digital transition of companies
Operation Code: 03/C16-i03/2022.P767
Funding: €786.07 thousand
Start Date: 01/10/2022
End Date: 30/09/2025
-» NextGen Payments Lab
Main Objective
The NextGen Payments Lab Test Bed is an initiative of a consortium led by SIBS FPS, which includes Portugal Fintech Association, NOVA IMS, and Cuatrecasas. The lab focuses on the validation and acceleration of Web3 products and services and those benefiting from the development of the Euro Digital, integrating the Financial Sector and TICE Sector. It focuses on technologies like Artificial Intelligence, High-Performance Computing, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Big Data, and Blockchain, as well as access to the EBSI infrastructure. The NextGen Payments Lab includes activities such as onboarding, product and business model design and architecture, regulatory framework analysis, sandbox environment and SIBS products, development and integration, certification and cybersecurity, evaluation, reporting and recommendations, marketing and internationalization, partner management, and piloting with national and international partners.
Investment: Digital transition of companies
Operation Code: 15/C16-i02/2023.P10786
Funding: €143.79 thousand
Start Date: 01/01/2024
End Date: 30/09/2025
-» SIH: Smart Islands Hub
Main Objective
The SIH: Smart Islands Hub is a strategic effort from the Autonomous Region of Madeira to help SMEs and public sector organizations accelerate their digital transition, promoting digital skills and inclusion for the population. It offers services to regions looking for sustainable development and improved quality of life for their citizens. The SIH provides services in areas such as test-before-invest, skills and training, investment search, and ecosystem development in sectors such as Energy, Circular Economy, Environment and Sustainability, Mobility and Logistics, Public Sector, Health and Biotechnology, and Commerce and Services. It focuses on key technologies like AI and Cybersecurity and advanced digital skills. The aim is to transfer R&D technology from SIH competence centers to market innovation. Digital maturity assessment of beneficiary organizations will measure results.
Investment: Catalyzing the digital transition of companies
Operation Code: 03/C16-i03/2022.P761
Funding: €95.74 thousand
Start Date: 01/10/2022
End Date: 30/09/2025
-» Portugal Blue Digital Hub
Main Objective
The Portugal Blue Digital Hub aims to catalyze the digital transformation of the national blue economy cluster across its various business sectors. It promotes entrepreneurship and foreign investment in the sector, as well as digital skills development and training, focusing primarily on AI-based services. Simultaneously, the hub will promote the digitalization of the public sector in maritime affairs, particularly simplifying access to data. The central strategic objective is broken down into three aligned strategic goals: 1) Test before investing; 2) Business acceleration, investment search, and networking opportunities for the innovation ecosystem; 3) Skills and training.
Investment: Catalyzing the digital transition of companies
Operation Code: 03/C16-i03/2022.P861
Funding: €82.39 thousand
Start Date: 15/10/2022
End Date: 30/09/2025
-» ATTRACT – Digital Innovation Hub for Artificial Intelligence and High-Performance Computing
Main Objective
Aligned with and contributing to European and national policies, ATTRACT presents an ambitious plan to support SMEs and public entities in their digital transformation and consolidation through the full exploration of the synergistic potential between Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC). ATTRACT focuses on providing and utilizing technology to assist SMEs and technology-based startups in designing, developing, and validating new products and services that could benefit from AI or HPC, with the aim of achieving significant international sales. The hub will support potential adopters of AI or HPC solutions with initiatives like maturity assessments, adoption roadmaps, and productivity improvements. The hub will offer specialized training services, fundraising support, and promote an active innovation ecosystem in collaboration with national and European DIHs.
Investment: Catalyzing the digital transition of companies
Operation Code: 03/C16-i03/2022.P774
Funding: €61.32 thousand
Start Date: 01/10/2022
End Date: 30/09/2025
This action focuses on strengthening the Portuguese Public Administration by promoting solutions that help its employees to achieve a better public service. Strengthening this component will contribute to the economic and social growth and development of the State and the Public Administration.
-” + Teleworking at NOVA
Main objective
This application fits in with the strategy already underway at NOVA, which is the continuous internal digital transformation of systems, processes and operations, as well as the pursuit of operational excellence, in order to ensure that NOVA efficiently and effectively implements its strategy to promote employability.
This increased training, through the increasing digitalisation and innovation of ongoing administrative processes, will guarantee a rapprochement between the 11 constituent entities of NOVA and their respective partners, promoting a closer university. Obviously, this investment will provide mobility for workers in a mixed work regime, as the user will enjoy, wherever they are, exactly the same environment as they would have at their usual place of work.
Investment: Public administration capable of creating public value
Operation Code: 02/C19-i07.05/2021.P199
Financing: R$ 104 thousand
Start date: 01/01/2022
End date: 30/06/2024
-” InternshipAP XXI – NOVA
Main objective
The “EstagiAP XXI – NOVA” project assumes its relevance in terms of developing the skills of young people with higher education, allowing a first contact with the labour market, where interns and employer mutually benefit from a logic of transmission and renewal of institutional knowledge and intergenerational. This application is part of a strategy already underway at NOVA to increase the level of qualifications and skills of its employees, with a focus on digital skills, continuous internal digital transformation of systems, processes and operations, and also the pursuit of operational excellence to ensure that NOVA efficiently and effectively implements its strategy to promote employability.
Investment: Public administration capable of delivering public value
Operation Code: 04/C19-i07.05/2022.P382
Financing: R$ 418.9 thousand
Start date: 01/01/2022
End date: 31.12.2023
