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Spring is Just Around the Corner! Join Our Agroforestry Workshop at HortaFCUL
Spring is knocking at the door, and the first flowers are already bringing more color to the spaces at HortaFCUL. This is the perfect time to make the final preparations for a lush and productive agroforest that will provide us with fruit, biodiversity, and shade during the hotter months.
In this workshop, we will learn about strategic pruning, smart plant associations, and natural ways to enhance the resilience of our agroforestry system.
Join us at PermaLab to get your hands in the soil and prepare our gardens for a new cycle of abundance!
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Competition for the Development of Digital Twins for Smart Territories – Applications Open Until 26-03-2025
The initiative aims to select consortia led by entities from the National Scientific and Technological System for the development of digital twins, virtual representations of products, systems, or physical processes with practical applications.
APDC Launches 4th Edition of the Cities and Territories of the Future Award
As part of its Healthy and Sustainable Cities Section, APDC has just launched the 4th edition of the Cities and Territories of the Future Award. The initiative kicks off with the opening of applications on October 31, coinciding with the celebration of World Cities Day.
Applications for this competition, which aims to recognize pioneering projects, as well as ideas and strategies that make cities more livable, sustainable, and economically viable, will be open until March 14, 2025.
In an interview with Green Savers, António Alexandre and David Avelar talk about the Miniforest at Ciências ULisboa: "After 3 years, we have a survival rate of approximately 70% for the originally planted species."
DOMUS - Sheltering and Getting to Know Biodiversity of CIÊNCIAS Up Close
Opinion survey on the diversity of wild species on the ULisboa campus, as a way to promote closer interaction between the community and the existing animal biodiversity, and to raise awareness of the value of biodiversity and its importance in building more sustainable cities with a better quality of life.
360º Sustainability | 1st ULisboa Sustainability Meeting
On March 11, at 9:30 am, the University of Lisbon will host the event "Sustainability 360º – 1st ULisboa Sustainability Meeting", an initiative dedicated to the presentation of projects, actions and good practices developed by ULisboa Schools.
Learn more about the program, applications or Submission of Proposals to Student Associations.
Applications until 25-04-2025
Consortium of Schools of Biodiversity and Natural Sciences opens a new call for 20 research grants. The Doctoral Programme in Biodiversity, Genetics and Evolution of SCIENCES, with strong involvement of cE3c, is one of the doctoral programmes covered
Applications for the 2024 Alumni Solidarity Scholarships run from February 3rd to 28th, 2025.
Under the terms of the regulation, the Association of Alumni - Alumni ULisboa opens a call for the financing of three scholarships. This regulation covers all 1st Cycle students of the University of Lisbon, who demonstrate merit in their academic performance and who prove economic difficulties to ensure their regular attendance in higher education.
Applications are formalized through a specific form, with the submission of the requested supporting documents.
Call for Projects H2O & Sustainability Innovation Hub - Applications until 28-02-2025
The initiative aims to reward and support the implementation of innovation and entrepreneurship projects related to the themes of Water, Sustainability, ESG, Circular Economy, Sustainable Tourism and Energy Efficiency.
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The Unite! Seed Fund 2025 is a fund aimed at supporting innovative and collaborative projects between the member universities of the alliance.
Applications close on March 20, 2025, and several matchmaking events are planned to help participants find partners for their projects. Learn more
Source: HortaFCUL
HortaFCUL celebrated 15 years of existence last year. Since the initial letter sent to the Board in 2009, requesting an opportunity to develop a community permaculture project on campus, it has come a long way to establish itself as a center of knowledge and a source of valuable social and environmental tools, not only for Ciências ULisboa, but also for many other national and international projects and institutions. More about here. HortaFCUL's 2024 activity report is available for reading.
Contest "Let's give a second life to banknotes" - Applications until February 14
The competition, promoted by Banco de Portugal, aims to encourage and involve society in the development of prototypes that allow the reuse of waste euro banknotes that do not meet the quality requirements to remain in circulation. Alternative solutions to incineration that are environmentally sustainable and value-generating are sought.
For more information, see the contest regulations, calendar and FAQs.
We all see umbrellas that are improperly abandoned, everywhere, as soon as autumn-winter begins!
Have you ever stopped to question whether there is a better solution to avoid wasting these resources?
The Faculty of Sciences of ULisboa has 2 (two) collection points available, where you can leave the damaged umbrellas that you find on your way.
Later the Eco-Social Nucleus and AEFCL will hand them over to R-Coat so that they can work their magic and reuse these resources to make new products such as raincoats and hats!
You can find these collection points in the C5 building, in front of the HortaFCUL stand and also at the entrance of the C6 building, next to the globe!
UNESCO Survey - Empowering women and promoting gender equality in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
UNESCO, in collaboration with Gender Scan, has launched an initiative to better understand the motivations and challenges faced by STEM students and professionals. This survey addresses issues such as harassment, obstacles to leadership and the pay gap.
FCUL's CiclOficina helps bike users repair their bikes for free and create a culture of using bicycles as urban transport. CiclOficina is for everyone and aims to involve bicycle users in their repair, thus allowing progressive learning.
Every Wednesday from 18:00 to 20:00 in Building C3, floor 1, Science ULisboa.
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SOCLIMPACT (www.soclimpact.org) is a research and innovation project from Horizon 2020 that aims to model and assess the impacts of climate change and the ways of adapting to climate changes, for case studies covering 11 islands and European archipelagos. Ciências ULisboa, through FC.ID, was the Insular Focal Point for the Autonomous Region of the Azores and coordinated the work package for creating the Adaptation to Climate Change paths.