RD&D Policies
Updated: 06.02.2019
Ordinance 32276-A/2008 established the Fund to Support Innovation (Fundo de Apoio à inovação - FAI), which aims to promote research and projects of innovation and technological development, primarily in the field of renewable energy (art. 3 Ordinance 32276-A/2008). In 2010 it was extended to the energy efficiency sector (Ordinance 13415/2010). In order to be eligible for the FAI, the project must be related to one of the strategic areas listed in art. 13 Ordinance 32276-A/2008, e.g.: scientific and technological researches, seminars or conferences; Ph.D. or master researches as well as institutional campaigns to raise awareness with a focus on renewable energy and energy efficiency. The evaluation of renewable energy projects to be submitted to the FAI has been suspended by nº 6 of Ordinance 5727/2013.