Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia

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Helena Pereira, President

Parent agencyMinistry of Science, Technology and Higher EducationWebsitewww.fct.pt

The Foundation for Science and Technology (Portuguese: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia; FCT) is an organization within the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education in Portugal which evaluates and funds scientific research activities, in particular in the areas of natural sciences, exact sciences, social sciences and humanities. FCT was founded in 1997, succeeding the Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica.^[1]

Vision

To establish Portugal as a global reference in science, technology and innovation
Ensure that knowledge generated by scientific research is used fully, for economic growth and the well-being of all citizens^[1]

Research units funded by FCT

Most scientific research in Portugal takes place in R&D institutions financed and evaluated by FCT. As of 2019 there are 26 Associate Laboratories^[2] and 307 R&D Units,^[3] where 22,000 researchers work. These institutions are regularly evaluated by FCT.

Publications

Academic journal

*Philosophica*
Publication details
Discipline	History of philosophy
Language	English, Portuguese, Spanish, French
Edited by	António Pedro Mesquita
History	1993–present
Publisher	Philosophy Documentation Center
Frequency	Biannually
Open access	Yes
License	CC BY-NC-ND
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Philosophica
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
ISSN	0872-4784 (print) 2183-0134 (web)
LCCN	95-648860
OCLC no.	614449618
Links
Journal homepage Online archive

The foundation, together with the University of Lisbon's Centre of Philosophy,^[4] publishes a biannual peer-reviewed open-access academic journal, Philosophica, International Journal for the History of Philosophy, which covers all areas of the history of philosophy. Beginning 2022 it is published on their behalf by the Philosophy Documentation Center.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "FCT — About FCT". Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
^ "FCT — Associate Laboratories — List". Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
^ "Unidades de Investigação". Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
^ "CFUL Welcome". Centre of Philosophy University of Lisbon. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ Editorial Board. "Access announcement". Philosophica. Retrieved 25 September 2021.