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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=PT link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>FYI<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>O<span style='color:#222222'> <i>European Research Council </i>divulgou, esta semana, as datas indicativas das próximas <i>calls</i> ERC-2024, assim como algumas alterações ao processo de avaliação das candidaturas ERC. Relembramos que a</span></span></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> atividade fundamental do ERC é fornecer financiamento atrativo e de longo prazo para apoiar investigadores/as de excelência e as suas equipas para investigação de alto risco / alto ganho que promovam um avanço no conhecimento em qualquer domínio científico.</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Agradecemos a divulgação pronta desta oportunidade aos investigadores e às investigadoras da sua Unidade I&D. </span></b></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Declarações de interesse para todas as calls de 2024 são bem-vindas.</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Com os melhores cumprimentos, </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>O Núcleo das Áreas Estratégicas, </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>Clara Barata </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>Isabel Neves </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>Maria João Neves </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>Natacha Leite </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>Shiva Saadatian</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>*******************************<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Cara Investigadora,</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Caro Investigador,</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph align=right style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>[In English below]</span></b></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>O <i>European Research Council </i>divulgou, esta semana, as datas indicativas das próximas <i>calls</i> ERC-2024. </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span lang=EN-US><img width=451 height=253 id="Imagem_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.png@01D97F6C.B2DA0B50"></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Adicionalmente, as seguintes alterações serão implementadas na avaliação de propostas ERC de 2024:</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=normaltextrun><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Avaliação da investigação - foco no projeto: </span></b></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>As candidaturas a bolsas ERC continuarão a ser avaliadas tendo como único critério a excelência científica. Os painéis do ERC avaliarão principalmente a natureza inovadora, a ambição e a viabilidade do projeto de investigação. Ao mesmo tempo, eles avaliarão a capacidade intelectual, a criatividade e o comprometimento do/a candidato/a a investigador/a principal, com foco na medida em que o/a candidato/a possui a excelência e o conhecimento científico necessário para executar com sucesso o projeto proposto.<b> </b></span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=normaltextrun><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Avaliação geral do/a candidato/a: </span></b></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>O Programa de Trabalhos do ERC para as calls de 2024 vai deixar de incluir perfis prescritivos detalhados dos/as investigadores/as principais. No template, o <i>Curriculum Vitae</i> e o <i>Track Record</i> serão combinados num único documento de até quatro páginas.</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=normaltextrun><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Procedimento de avaliação: </span></b></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Nas calls para as Starting, Consolidator e Advanced Grants, os painéis ERC poderão admitir no máximo 44 propostas para a etapa 2 da avaliação. Será feita uma distinção na classificação da etapa 1 entre as propostas que obtiverem a classificação A e forem convocadas para a etapa 2 da avaliação, e as propostas que obtiverem a classificação A, mas não classificadas entre as 44 propostas admitidas na etapa 2. O/a candidato/a cuja proposta obtiver nota A na etapa 1 da avaliação, mas não for encaminhado para entrevista, poderá apresentar candidatura nas calls do ano seguinte.</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=normaltextrun><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Financiamento de lump sum para Advanced Grants:</span></b></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> Os projectos financiados com a Advanced Grant de 2024 serão concedidos como uma contribuição única de valor fixo para a totalidade do projeto (lump sum), por um valor aprovado pelo painel do ERC. O pagamento do montante fixo será baseado no trabalho realizado e relatado, independentemente dos custos reais incorridos para o projeto ou do resultado das atividades do projeto. Financiamento adicional, por exemplo, para comprar equipamentos importantes ou obter acesso a instalações de investigações, pode ser solicitado e fará parte do montante fixo. Os/as candidatos/as aprovados/as continuarão a poder beneficiar da portabilidade, o que significa que poderão solicitar a transferência da totalidade da sua bolsa, ou parte dela, para um novo beneficiário, como tem acontecido no âmbito do financiamento baseado nos custos reais até 2023.</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Para mais detalhes e outras novidades, ver aqui: </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><a href="https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/evaluation-erc-grant-proposals-what-expect-2024" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=PT style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white'>https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/evaluation-erc-grant-proposals-what-expect-2024</span></span></a></span><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'> </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=1545 valign=top style='width:772.3pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Tendo em conta o seu interesse neste financiamento declarado no passado, de forma a iniciar o acompanhamento à sua candidatura às <b>calls ERC 2024 </b>agradecemos que<b> responda a este </b></span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><a href="https://ls.uc.pt/index.php/689999?lang=pt" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>pequeno survey</span></b></span></a></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>, que tem como objetivo confirmar alguns detalhes do seu percurso e mapear as suas necessidades enquanto candidato ou candidata. </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Recomendamos que utilize a seguinte calculadora </span></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>para verificar a sua elegibilidade para as calls ERC-2024 e planear as submissões a curto, médio e longo prazo à ERC: </span></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://enspire.science/erc-eligibility-window-calculator/?lang=pt">https://enspire.science/erc-eligibility-window-calculator/?lang=pt</a> </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span class=normaltextrun><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Voltaremos ao contacto com oportunidades de formação e acompanhamento para estas <i>calls</i> mais próximo das suas data de abertura. </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sessões de esclarecimento FCT</span></b></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Notamos também que a<span style='color:#222222'> Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) irá promover um conjunto de sessões, no </span><span style='color:black'>âmbito da rede PERIN, que visam apresentar os próximos concursos do Programa de Trabalhos 2023-2024 do Pilar da Excelência Científica (incluindo <i>European Research Council</i>). </span><span style='color:#222222'>Datas e horários das sessões, incluindo o link para registo (Nota: na sessão geral serão apresentados os calendários dos concursos e algumas plataformas de acesso à informação ou bases de dados):</span></span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=normaltextrun><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>12 de maio, 10h00-11h00</span></b></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>, SESSÃO GERAL (Pilar I e WIDERA):</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><a href="https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqce-rrzwoHtH5U8_wnx0Iq2zEa-0bEppu" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqce-rrzwoHtH5U8_wnx0Iq2zEa-0bEppu</span></span></a></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=normaltextrun><b><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>31 de maio, 10h00-12h00</span></b></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>, SESSÃO ERC (STARTING e CONSOLIDATOR):</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span></span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><a href="https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvceGvqDktHdQQHRB7e9lGIWT9PbSrp_Ym" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvceGvqDktHdQQHRB7e9lGIWT9PbSrp_Ym</span></span></a></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'>As sessões têm um objetivo informativo, para além de poderem fomentar a participação nestes concursos e elevar as taxas de sucesso nos mesmos. Para cumprir com este objetivo serão também organizadas mais sessões para quem está em fase de elaboração de proposta, e que poderão ocorrer até final de julho.</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Em nome do Vice-Reitor da Investigação João Ramalho-Santos e do Núcleo das </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.uc.pt/iii/areas_estrategicas" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Áreas Estratégicas</span></span></a></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00B0F0'>,</span></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> agradecemos o seu interesse e atenção à iniciativa </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><a href="https://ucpages.uc.pt/en/iii/erc-uc/" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>ERC@UC.</span></span></a></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;background:white;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Com os melhores cumprimentos,</span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>O Núcleo das Áreas Estratégicas, </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>Clara Barata </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>Isabel Neves </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>Maria João Neves </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>Natacha Leite </span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>Shiva Saadatian</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>*********************************</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear Researcher,</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The European Research Council released, this week, the indicative dates of the next ERC-2024 calls.</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph align=center style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span lang=EN-US><img border=0 width=545 height=305 id="Imagem_x0020_2" src="cid:image005.png@01D97F6C.B2DA0B50"></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Additionally, the following changes will be implemented in the proposal evaluation of ERC 2024 proposals: </span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=normaltextrun><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>Research assessment: focus on the project</span></b></span><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>: </span></span><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The proposals for ERC grants will continue to be evaluated based on the sole criterion of scientific excellence. ERC panels will primarily evaluate the ground-breaking nature, ambition, and feasibility of the research project. At the same time, they will evaluate the intellectual capacity, creativity, and commitment of the applicant principal investigator, with a focus on the extent to which the applicant has the excellence and required scientific expertise to successfully execute the proposed project.</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=normaltextrun><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Broad assessment of the applicant:</span></b></span><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> The ERC Work Programme will no longer include detailed prescriptive profiles of principal investigators. In the application, the Curriculum Vitae and Track Record will be merged into one document of up to four pages.</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=normaltextrun><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Evaluation procedure:</span></b></span><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> In Starting, Consolidator and Advanced Grants calls, ERC panels will be able to admit at most 44 proposals to step 2 of the evaluation. A distinction in the scoring at step 1 will be made between proposals obtaining a score of A and invited to step 2 of the evaluation, and proposals obtaining a score of A but not ranked among the 44 proposals admitted to step 2. A candidate whose proposal is scored A at step 1 of the evaluation, but not taken to interview, will be free to submit a proposal in the following year’s calls.</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:0cm;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=normaltextrun><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Lump sum funding in Advanced Grants:</span></b></span><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> 2024 Advanced Grants will be awarded as a single lump sum contribution for the entirety of the project, for a sum approved by the ERC panel. The payment of the lump sum will be based on the work carried out and reported, irrespective of the actual costs incurred for the project or the successful outcome of the project activities. Additional funding, for example to purchase major equipment or get access to research facilities, can be applied for and will be made part of the lump sum. Successful applicants will still be able to benefit from portability, meaning that they will be able to request to transfer their entire grant, or a part of it, to a new beneficiary, as has been the case under the funding based on the actual costs until 2023.</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>For more details, see here: </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><a href="https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/evaluation-erc-grant-proposals-what-expect-2024" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;background:white'>https://erc.europa.eu/news-events/news/evaluation-erc-grant-proposals-what-expect-2024</span></span></a></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'> </span><span style='color:#222222'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=1644 valign=top style='width:821.9pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt'><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Based on your previous interest in this funding, and in order to start supporting your application to <b>ERC-2024 calls</b>, we would like to ask you to <b>respond to this </b></span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><a href="https://ls.uc.pt/index.php/689999?lang=en" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><b><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>short survey,</span></b></span></a></span><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>which aims to confirm some details of your pathway and map your needs as a candidate. </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We recommend that you use the following calculator to verify your eligibility for this call and plan short, medium and long-term submissions to the ERC: </span></span><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <a href="https://enspire.science/erc-eligibility-window-calculator/?lang=pt">https://enspire.science/erc-eligibility-window-calculator/?lang=pt</a> </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We will be in touch with training and follow-up opportunities for these calls closer to the call opening dates.</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><b><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>FCT sessions</span></b></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please note that the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) will promote a series of sessions, within the scope of the PERIN network, which aim to present the next calls of the 2023-2024 Work Program of the Pillar of Scientific Excellence (including European Research Council) . Dates and times of the sessions, including the link to register (Note: the call calendar and some platforms for accessing information or databases will be presented in the general session):</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>May 12, 10:00 am to 11:00 am, GENERAL SESSION (Pillar I and WIDERA):</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><a href="https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqce-rrzwoHtH5U8_wnx0Iq2zEa-0bEppu" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqce-rrzwoHtH5U8_wnx0Iq2zEa-0bEppu</span></span></a></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo5;vertical-align:baseline'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>May 31, 10:00-12:00, ERC SESSION (STARTING and CONSOLIDATOR):</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><a href="https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvceGvqDktHdQQHRB7e9lGIWT9PbSrp_Ym" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcvceGvqDktHdQQHRB7e9lGIWT9PbSrp_Ym</span></span></a></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The sessions have an informative purpose, in addition to encouraging participation in these calls and increasing their success rates. To fulfill this objective, more sessions will also be organized for those who are in the proposal preparation phase, and which may take place until the end of July.</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>On behalf of Vice-Rector for Research João Ramalho-Santos and the </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.uc.pt/en/iii/aeuc/" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>Strategic Areas Unit</span></span></a></span><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>, we thank you for your interest and attention to the </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><a href="https://ucpages.uc.pt/en/iii/erc-uc/" target="_blank"><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>ERC@UC</span></span></a></span><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> initiative.</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Best regards,</span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>The Strategic Areas Unit, </span></span><span class=eop><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>Clara Barata </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>Isabel Neves </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=paragraph style='margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:150%;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word;white-space:pre-wrap;font-kerning: none'><span class=normaltextrun><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;background:white'>Maria João Neves </span></span><span class=eop><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></span><span 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