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Applications for the 2026 edition of the Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge

Awards23 July, 2026

The Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge is an idea contest promoted by Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS with the objective of motivating and rewarding research of practical utility, through the attribution of scientific prizes to MSc students and researchers from Portuguese higher education institutions in the scientific areas of: Human-Centred Design; Artificial Intelligence; and Cyber-physical systems.

The challenge, with applications open until 23 July, includes two categories of Scientific Awards:

  • Master Thesis Award: the best ideas presented by MSc students and researchers that were developed having ‘Research of Practical Utility’ in mind and are based on graduation theses;

  • Student Award: the best ideas presented by MSc students, that do not need to be associated with any scientific work (e.g. master thesis).

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Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge 2026 logo

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