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            <td>Financiamento de Projetos Semente de Investigação
              científica Interdisciplinar - 2ª Edição | Candidaturas
              abertas até 6 junho</td>
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            <td>Mon, 17 May 2021 16:16:44 +0100</td>
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            <td>III UC <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:III@uc.pt">&lt;III@uc.pt&gt;</a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vr.claudia.cavadas@uc.pt">vr.claudia.cavadas@uc.pt</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:research@uc.pt">research@uc.pt</a>,
              <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:marta.passadouro@uc.pt">marta.passadouro@uc.pt</a>, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:santoscarvalho@uc.pt">santoscarvalho@uc.pt</a></td>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"><img
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        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Caras/os
          </span><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif">Coordenadores
            de Unidades I&amp;D,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm">Caras/os
          Gestoras/es de Ciência,<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Estão
            abertas as candidaturas para a 2ª Edição de financiamento
            dos “<b>Projetos Semente de Investigação Científica
              Interdisciplinar</b>”, com o apoio do Santander
            Universidades, dinamizada pelo Instituto de Investigação
            Interdisciplinar da UC (IIIUC). </span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Com
            um financiamento total de 100.000 euros, irão ser apoiados 5
            projetos de investigação interdisciplinar no âmbito das
            Áreas Estratégicas da Universidade de Coimbra</span><u><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#0563C1">
              (</span></u><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">AEUCs): 
            Saúde; Clima, Energia e Mobilidade; Recursos Naturais,
            Agroalimentar e Ambiente; Digital, Indústria e Espaço;
            Património, Cultura e Sociedade Inclusiva. Conheça melhor as
            AEUCs</span><a
            href="https://www.uc.pt/iii/areas_estrategicas"
            moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">
            </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1155CC">aqui</span></a><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">O
            financiamento visa apoiar projetos exploratórios com
            potencial de obtenção de conhecimento relevante para o
            desenvolvimento de novas linhas de investigação que cruzam
            áreas do saber na Universidade de Coimbra, e que contribuam
            para os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável (ODS) da
            Agenda 2030 das Nações Unidas. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">As
            equipas de investigação devem ser lideradas por docentes e
            investigadores/as das Unidades I&amp;D do grupo UC com
            doutoramento após 1 janeiro de 2011 e a composição da equipa
            deve contemplar membros integrados de pelo menos duas
            Unidades I&amp;D, de domínios científicos distintos, e ainda
            respeitar o princípio da diversidade.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">A
            submissão das <b>candidaturas</b> deve ser realizada neste</span><a
            href="https://surveys.uc.pt/index.php/713628?lang=pt"
            moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">
            </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1155CC">formulário</span></a><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">
            <b>de 17 de maio a 6 de junho de 2021</b>. As<b> normas do
              concurso</b> e informações adicionais podem ser
            consultadas</span><a
            href="https://www.uc.pt/iii/Apoios/projetos_semente"
            moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">
            </span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1155CC">aqui</span></a><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Em
            complemento ao financiamento previsto, até ao valor máximo
            de 20.000 euros por projeto, o IIIUC proporcionará
            acompanhamento às equipas no âmbito do processo de
            elaboração das candidaturas, nomeadamente: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">·</span><span
            style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
            Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">   <span
              class="apple-tab-span">     </span></span><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Sessão
              de esclarecimentos </span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">para
            preparação da proposta a realizar no dia <b>21 de maio</b>,
            pelas <b>16h00</b>. Para tal, inscreva-se </span><a
            href="https://surveys.uc.pt/index.php/678519?lang=pt"
            moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:#1155CC">aqui</span></a><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">·</span><span
            style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
            Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">   <span
              class="apple-tab-span">     </span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Auxílio
            na composição da equipa de modo a promover a
            interdisciplinaridade do projeto;</span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">·</span><span
            style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
            Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">   <span
              class="apple-tab-span">     </span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Preparação
            para a entrevista de apresentação e avaliação do projeto; </span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">·</span><span
            style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
            Roman&quot;,serif;color:black">   <span
              class="apple-tab-span">     </span></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Apoio
            ao plano de comunicação de modo a incluir atividades de
            divulgação e comunicação com públicos diversos.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
            Roman&quot;,serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
            style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Times New
            Roman&quot;,serif;color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Com
            os meus melhores cumprimentos,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Cláudia
            Cavadas</span><o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify"><i><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Arial&quot;,sans-serif;color:black">Vice-reitora
              Investigação e 3º Ciclo</span><o:p></o:p></i></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">________________________________<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
            lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
            style="color:black" lang="EN-US">Applications are now open
            for the 2nd Edition of Funding programme "Seed Projects for
            Interdisciplinary Research", with the support of Santander
            Universities, promoted by the Institute of Interdisciplinary
            Research of the University of Coimbra (iiiUC).</span><span
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
            style="color:black" lang="EN-US">With total funding of
            100,000 euros, five interdisciplinary research projects
            under the Strategic Areas of the University of Coimbra
            (AEUCs): Health; Climate, Energy and Mobility; Natural
            Resources, Agro-Food and Environment; Digital, Industry and
            Space; Heritage, Culture and Inclusive Society will be
            funded up to 20 000€. Find out more about the AEUCs </span><a
            href="https://www.uc.pt/en/iii/strategic_areas/"
            moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#1155CC"
              lang="EN-US">here</span></a><span style="color:black"
            lang="EN-US">.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
            lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
            style="color:black" lang="EN-US">The funding aims to support
            exploratory projects to obtain relevant knowledge for the
            development of cutting-edge lines of research that intersect
            different scientific domains of the University of Coimbra
            and contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
            of the United Nations Agenda 2030.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
            lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
            style="color:black" lang="EN-US">The research teams must be
            led by professors and/or researchers from the R&amp;D Units
            of the UC group with doctorates after January 1st 2011. The
            team's composition must include integrated members from at
            least two R &amp; R&amp;D Units from different scientific
            fields and respect the principle of diversity.</span><span
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
            lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><b><span
              style="color:black" lang="EN-US">Applications </span></b><span
            style="color:black" lang="EN-US">must be submitted using
            this form from<b> May 17th to June 6th 2021</b>. Guidelines
            and additional information can be found </span><a
            href="https://www.uc.pt/en/iii/support/seed_project"
            moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#1155CC"
              lang="EN-US">here</span></a><span style="color:black"
            lang="EN-US">.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
            lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p
style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
            style="color:black" lang="EN-US">In addition to  funding, up
            to a maximum of 20,000 euros per project, IIIUC will provide
            <b>support </b>regarding applications, namely:</span><span
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p
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            style="color:black" lang="EN-US">- <b>Information session</b>
            for proposal preparation to be held on<b> May 21st, at 16h00</b>.
            Please register </span><a
            href="https://surveys.uc.pt/index.php/678519?lang=en"
            moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:#1155CC"
              lang="EN-US">here</span></a><span style="color:black"
            lang="EN-US">.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
            style="color:black" lang="EN-US">- Networking support to
            build interdisciplinary teams;</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p
style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:35.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;background:white"><span
            style="color:black" lang="EN-US">- Coaching for evaluation
            process: how to excel in the final interview;</span><span
            lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p
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            style="color:black" lang="EN-US">- Support for the
            communication plan oriented to non-academic audiences;</span><span
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            lang="EN-US">Kind regards, </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            lang="EN-US">Cláudia Cavadas</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              lang="EN-US">Vice-Rector for Research and 3rd Cycle</span></i><i><span
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