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      • Climate Science & Climate Change
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      • Digital Transformation in Manufacturing
      • Sustainable Cities
    • Competitive Calls
      • 2025 Call for Seed Grant Proposals
      • 2026 Call for Expressions of Interest for Visiting Scholars
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      • 2024 @PT Call for Exploratory Proposals
      • 2024 Seed Projects
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      • 2021 Exploratory Projects
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  • About
    • Overview
    • People
    • Area Leaders
    • Resources
    • Documents and Reports
    • Careers
    • Contact Us
  • Education
    • Overview
    • 2023 Call for PhD Grants
  • Industry
    • Overview
    • Affiliates
    • Getting Involved
    • Host an MIT Student
  • Innovation
    • MIT Portugal Innovation Workshop 2026
    • MIT Portugal Innovation Workshop Reunion 2026
  • Research
    • Overview
      • Climate Science & Climate Change
      • Earth Systems: Oceans to Near Space
      • Digital Transformation in Manufacturing
      • Sustainable Cities
    • Competitive Calls
      • 2025 Call for Seed Grant Proposals
      • 2026 Call for Expressions of Interest for Visiting Scholars
    • Funded Projects
      • 2024 @PT Call for Exploratory Proposals
      • 2024 Seed Projects
      • Flagship Projects
      • 2021 Exploratory Projects
  • Idea Sprints
  • Annual Conference
    • Annual Conference 2024
  • News + Events
    • Overview
    • News
    • Events
    • Graphic Identity
    • Media Gallery

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.

Open Call for 2026 Proposals

MIT Portugal Program 2026 Call for Proposals

The MIT Portugal Program is pleased to announce its 2026 call for proposals from MIT Principal Investigators from any of the Institute’s schools, departments, laboratories, or centers. The call is open now through May 25, 2026.

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Manufacturing: From Fundamentals to the Future

Manufacturing: From Fundamentals to the Future

Call for Applications

Two‑Week Summer Course at MIT
July 20–31, 2026
Students from MIT & Portuguese Universities

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MIT Portugal Innovation Workshop 2026

MIT Portugal Innovation Workshop 2026

The MIT Portugal Program (MPP) is excited to announce the 2026 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.

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2026 Marine Robotics Summer School

2026 Marine Robotics Summer School

The 6th annual Marine Robotics Summer School will take place from July 6 – 17 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.

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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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Research

MPP2030 focuses on fostering research between MIT and Portuguese universities, research institutes, laboratories, companies, and other entities in the areas of:

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Climate Science & Climate Change

Earth Systems: Oceans to Near Space

Digital Transformation in Manufacturing

Sustainable Cities

Idea Sprints

              Idea Competitions Workshops Sprints

The MIT Portugal Program promotes a series of activities—“idea sprints”—from workshops to competitions that challenge the community to continually engage with cutting edge research and ideas.

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Idea Sprint

Manufacturing: From Fundamentals to the Future

Applications Open April 10, 2026

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Idea Sprint

MIT Portugal Innovation Workshop 2026

Applications Now Closed

Idea Sprint

2026 Marine Robotics Summer School

Applications Now Closed

Idea Sprint

2025 Marine Robotics Summer School

Applications Closed

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