Acronyms and abbreviations
Agency for Assessment and Accreditation of Higher Education (Agência de Avaliação e Acreditação do Ensino Superior)
Portugal Global – Trade & Investment Agency (Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal
National Innovation Agency (Agência Nacional de Inovação)
Association of Private Higher Education (Associação Portuguesa de Ensino Superior Privado)
Business expenditures for research and development
FCT post-doctoral fellowships (Bolsas de Pós-Doutoramento)
Industrial Co-operative Awards in Science & Technology
Co-ordinating Council for Higher Education (Conselho Coordenador do Ensino Superior)
The Council of Polytechnics (Conselho Coordenador dos Institutos Superiores Politécnicos)
Careers of Doctoral Holders
Centres for Doctoral Training
Commission for the co-ordination of the Partnership Agreement (Comissão Interministerial de Coordenação do Acordo de Parceria)
National Council on Education (Conselho Nacional de educação)
National Council for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Conselho Nacional de Empreendedorismo e Inovação)
National Council for Science and Technology (Conselho Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia)
Collaborative Laboratories
Council of University Rectors (Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas)
Technical Professional Higher Education Courses (Cursos Técnicos Superiores Profissionais)
Professional doctorates in business administration
Directorate-General of Higher Education (Direcção Geral do Ensino Superior)
Doctor of nursing practice
Doctor of physical therapy
Doctoral Training Partnerships
Professional doctorate in education
Industrial Development Strategy for Growth and Employment (Estratégia de Fomento Industrial Para o Crescimento e o Emprego) 2014-2020
European Investment Bank
European Investment Fund
National Strategy for Smart Specialisation (Estratégia de Investigação e Inovação para uma Especialização Inteligente)
European Patent Office
European Research Council
European Research Council Executive Agency
European Structural and Investment Funds
Euro Interest Rate Swap
Foundation for the National Scientific Computing (Fundação para a Computação Científica Nacional)
Foundation for Science and Technology (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia)
Foreign Direct Investment
Full-time Equivalent
Gross Domestic Product
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor
Global Innovation Index
Government budget appropriations for R&D
Major Options of the Plan (Grandes Opções do Plano)
Government expenditures on research and development
Planning, Evaluation, Strategy and International Relations Office (Gabinete de Planeamento, Estratégia, Avaliação e Relações Internacionais)
Horizon 2020
Higher Education Research and Development Expenditure
Higher Education, Research and Innovation
Competitiveness and Innovation Agency (for the support of SMEs) (Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação)
Information and communication technology
Institute for Systems and Computer Engineering, Technology and Science
National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research (Instituto Nacional de Investigaçao Agraria e Veterinaria)
Innovation Transfer Network
Intellectual Property
Institute for Programming Research Algorithmics
National Board of Scientific and Technological Research (Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica)
Japan Patent Office
Long-term plan for Higher Education and Research 2015-2024
Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior)
Ministry for Education and Science (Ministério da Educação e Ciência)
Multi Factor Productivity
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Multinational enterprise
National Science Centre
National Reform Programme
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Professional doctorates
Doctor of Philosophy
Product Market Regulation
Human Capital Operational Programmes
Plan to Reduce and Improve Central Administration (Plano de Redução e Melhoria da Administração Central)
Public Research Institute
Portugal 2020
Portugal Venture Capital Initiative
Research and development
General access regime (Regime Geral de Acesso)
Legal regime for higher education institutions (Regime Jurídico das Instituições de Ensino Superior)
Research organisations
Sociétés d'Accélération du Transfert de Technologies
Research School for Socio Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment
System of Fiscal Incentive for Business R&I (Sistema de Incentivos Fiscais à I&D Empresarial)
Small and medium enterprises
Science and Technology
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Total early-stage Entrepreneurial Activity
Technology Transfer Alliance
Technology Transfer Office
University Technology Enterprise Network
Agency for the Knowledge Society
United States Patent and Trademark Office