Open national calls

Advanced Computing Project Competition (6th edition) opened applications for access types A0, A1, A2 and A3 on September 10, 2025. Applications on the myFCT platform .

Advanced Computing Project Competition (5th edition) opened applications for access types A0, A1, A2 and A3 on September 10, 2024. Access the application form, documents and submission dates through the myFCT platform .

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Closed national calls

Advanced Computing Project Call (4th edition) The RNCA's Research and Innovation Computing Resource Allocation Program (RNCA) opened applications for access types A0, A1, and A2 on October 26, 2023. Applications for access types A0/A1 on all national platforms or type A3 on Mare Nostrum 5 closed on May 31. For more information, see the News and the myFCT platform. Approved projects can be viewed at https://rnca.fccn.pt/projetos/

IA em Cloud extensão prazo

Advanced Computing Project Competition: Artificial Intelligence in the Cloud (2nd edition) awarding credits on Google Cloud Platform for research and innovation projects. Applications are open from June 1st to July 12th, 2023 (1:00 p.m., Lisbon time). The preferred areas are Natural Language Processing and Ethics in Artificial Intelligence. Approved projects can be viewed at https://rnca.fccn.pt/projetos/

Advanced Computing Project Competition (3rd edition) for the allocation of computing resources from the RNCA for Research and Innovation opens applications for all types of access starting October 25, 2022. Approved projects can be consulted at https://rnca.fccn.pt/projetos/

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Advanced Computing Project Call: Artificial Intelligence in the Cloud
In the preferred areas of Natural Language Processing and Ethics in Artificial Intelligence. Approved projects can be consulted at https://rnca.fccn.pt/projetos/

Advanced Computing Project Competition (2nd edition)

According to Regulation No. 772-A/2020 on Advanced Computing Projects, RNCA's computing resources are intended for the research, technology, and innovation/industry communities. Public and private institutions in any scientific field may request access. Approved projects can be consulted at https://rnca.fccn.pt/projetos/

The Foundation for Science and Technology, IP (FCT), within the scope of the UT Austin Portugal Program, has opened the 2021 Call for Exploratory Research Projects (ERP). For more information, click here . Submissions: May 19 to June 30, 2021.

The 1st edition of the Advanced Computing Projects Competition for the allocation of Advanced Computing Resources for Research and Innovation was held in 2020: Approved projects can be consulted at https://rnca.fccn.pt/projetos/

The AI 4 COVID-19: Data Science and Artificial Intelligence in Public Administration competition was held in 2020, and in addition to the funding awarded, it also distributed computing resources from the RNCA. Approved projects with computing resources can be found at https://rnca.fccn.pt/projetos/