MIT Portugal

The MIT Portugal Program is an international collaboration that demonstrates an investment in science, technology, and higher education can have a positive, lasting impact on the economy. We aim to address key societal issues through quality education and research.

MIT Portugal Innovation Workshop 2024

MIT Portugal Innovation Workshop 2025

The MIT Portugal Program (MPP) is excited to announce the 2025 edition of the MIT Portugal Innovation Workshop at MIT. This MIT Portugal workshop is a hands-on program designed to expose participants to critical elements of venture creation and the potential commercialization of high-impact research and technologies. This workshop is primarily intended for aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs, as well as students and researchers that seek to explore the application and business prospects of their ideas and research.

2024 Marine Robotics Summer School

2025 Marine Robotics Summer School

The call for the 2025 Marine Robotics Summer School is now open. The 5th annual Marine Robotics Summer School will take place from July 7 - 18 at Faial Island, in the Azores. The summer school is open to up to 24 students from MIT and Portuguese universities who have a strong interest in marine robotics and oceanography, and especially in ocean observation, marine biology, marine ecology, and mapping of ecosystems.

2024 Annual Conference

Save the Date for the 2024 Annual Conference "Ideas to Impact" on November 8, 2024, in Coimbra, Portugal.

MPP awarded 2024 innovative seed projects

The 2024 call for proposals by the MIT Portugal Program welcomed submissions for innovative projects that have the potential to benefit Portugal in one of four core research areas https://mitportugal.org/research as well as projects in other research areas that aim to benefit to the Portuguese people. The Program has awarded seed grants to 16 collaborative projects between MIT and Portuguese researchers, for one to two years.

MPP PHD STUDENTS

MIT Portugal PhD candidates

Together with FCT, the MPP is opening a call, every year, to fund PhD candidates that would like to conduct research in one of the strategic areas supported by the MIT Portugal Program.

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