12-11-2013
Early Bird Projects are designed to assist small teams of researchers from Portuguese institutions, Carnegie Mellon University and industry partners, to jumpstart high-impact potential activities of strategic relevance for the Program.
The proposals should be high-risk/high-reward and show promise and a strategy for significant future expansion of project goals and support from government agencies, companies, industry consortia, foundations or financial investors. Priority will be given to proposals featuring one or more of the following characteristics: multidisciplinarity, industry involvement, co-funding, inclusion in the team of at least one young researcher, e.g., a graduate student.
The projects must aim at stimulating and promoting Portuguese innovation in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) as such, or as enabling technologies in application sectors. The analysis of the societal, policy and managerial implications of ICT-enabled scientific and technological breakthroughs naturally also fits within the scope of these projects. Priority will be given to proposals that address the key strategic areas of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program (please refer to the Roadmap for Phase II of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program) and/or the scientific areas of its Ph.D. and Professional Masters programs (www.cmuportugal.org).
In line with the range of activities and objectives of the Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program, Early Bird Projects may be focused on setting off new advanced education activities, new research collaborations and areas, or new technology commercialization initiatives, among others.
Proposals that seek funding to enhance scholarship or faculty professional development are not eligible as Early Bird Projects. The Carnegie Mellon Portugal Program provides other opportunities to address these topics, such as its Faculty Exchange Program.
For more information, please visit www.cmuportugal.org
