Research backed by competitive funding.

€3.24M External funding secured
€1.61M From the FCT
25 Funded projects
Excellent FCT rating

The journey so far.

CEDIS research is sustained by competitive national and European funding, from the FCT to the European Commission, through Erasmus+ and Jean Monnet programmes and international partnerships.

  1. 2025–2029 1.410.521,37€ New FCT funding cycle: core funding: 954.181,37€; programmatic funding: 456.340,00€
  2. 2026 - until July 391.604,73€ PRR Funding: Investment C05-i13 - Scientific Research Units.
  3. 2025 "Excellent" – ​​Top rating in the FCT evaluation, achieving the highest score among legal research centers.
  4. 2024 131.500€ Core funding: 96.000€; programmatic funding: 35.500€
  5. 2023-2024 131.500€ Evaluation of R&D Units by the FCT, covering the 2018–2023 period.
  6. 2020-2023 609.000€ Core funding: 384.000€; programmatic funding: 225.000€
  7. 2020–2023 609.000,00 € In addition to five doctoral scholarships.
  8. 2019 52.508,00€ Interim project.
  9. 2018–2023 3.236.515,77 € Secured external funding, of which €1,613,353.99 came from the FCT.
  10. 2017-2018 52.508,00€ "Very Good" rating in the FCT evaluation.
  11. 2015–2018 196.905,00 €
  12. 2014–2015 44.583,00 €
  13. since 2011 Transition to a Strategic Plan and, since 2013, to competitive evaluation processes.
  14. until 2011 Funding under the FCT Multiannual Funding Program for R&D Units.

A portfolio of funded research.

Project Principal investigator Period NOVA budget Total budget
NEAR-ER Network on Europe–Africa Relations – Education and Research ERASMUS Katholieke Universiteit Leuven · 20 part. 101176802 Claire Bright Partner 2024–2027 €28 366 €1 199 472
CIDRA Joint Infrastructure for Dialogue, Research and Advocacy between Europe and Africa ERASMUS Università degli Studi Roma Tre · 13 part. 101175811 Francisco Pereira Coutinho Partner 2024–2027 €105 330 €1 199 771
SINPL-EU Sustainability through Intellectual Property Law in the EU ERASMUS NOVA School of Law · 1 part. 101175174 Giulia Priora Lead 2024–2027 €27 000 €27 000
RIseEU Key Fundamental Rights Issues in the EU ERASMUS NOVA School of Law · 1 part. 101175180 Veronica Corcodel Lead 2024–2027 €35 000 €35 000
WiS-H A Whistleblowing Habitat in Southern Europe CERV Fundación Hay Derecho · 3 part. 101143143 Francisco Pereira Coutinho Partner 2024–2026 €49 786 €203 848
EUInsLSDG EU Insurance Law: Challenges in the SDG Era Jean Monnet NOVA School of Law · 1 part. 101085125 Margarida Lima Rego Lead 2022–2025 €30 000 €30 000
nEUfam European Union Family Law Jean Monnet NOVA School of Law · 1 part. 101085117 Nausica Palazzo Lead 2022–2025 €30 000 €30 000
TRACE Tracking Illicit Money Flows H2020 Coventry University · 17 part. 101022004 Athina Sachoulidou Partner 2021–2024 €307 625 €980 083
CALESA Capacity Building for Legal and Social Advancement in the Philippines ERASMUS University of Malaga · 9 part. Francisco Pereira Coutinho Partner 2020–2024 €104 234 €999 665
DataPorEU EU Data Protection Law in Portugal (Jean Monnet Module) Jean Monnet NOVA School of Law · 1 part. EPP-1-2020-1-PT-EPPJMO-MODULE-619622 Francisco Pereira Coutinho Lead 2020–2023 €30 000 €30 000
LusoAfro Bio-Ethics Strengthening bioethics committees in the lusophone African region EDCTP Comité Nacional de Bioética para a Saúde (Moçambique) · 6 part. Helena Pereira de Melo Partner 2018–2021 — €291 496
PAXLuso Pax Lusófona Intra-Africa Scheme Mobility UE Univ. Agostinho Neto (Angola) · 5 part. 2017-3035/001-001 Francisco Pereira Coutinho Partner 2017–2023 — —
POLITIC Portugal, Cold War International Law, and the Refugee Convention FCT NOVA School of Law · 1 part. 2023.15100.PEX Veronica Corcodel Lead 2025–2026 €50 000 €50 000
IN_SOLVENS Direito da insolvência em Portugal FCT NOVA School of Law · 2 part. PTDC/DIR-OUT/2939/2020 Mariana França Gouveia Lead 2021–2024 €149 879 €196 963
LegalPL Pluralismo jurídico no Império Português (séc. XVIII–XX) FCT NOVA School of Law · 2 part. PTDC/DIR-OUT/30873/2017 Ana Cristina Nogueira da Silva Lead 2018–2022 €175 977 €213 527
LegImpact A produção legislativa como meio de realização de políticas públicas: análise quantitativa e de impacto socioeconómico FCT NOVA School of Law · 2 part. PTDC/DIR-OUT/32353/2017 Francisco Pereira Coutinho Lead 2018–2022 €55 640 €208 641
COSMOS Cosmopolitismo: justiça, democracia e cidadania sem fronteiras FCT Faculdade de Letras da Univ. de Lisboa · 2 part. PTDC/FER-FIL/30686/2017 Soraya Nour Sckell Partner 2018–2022 — €85 588
Ocean5 Women in the Blue Economy Ocean 5 NOVA School of Law · 3 part. Assunção Cristas Lead 2023–2025 €161 162 €161 162
CES Estudo para proposta de alteração da lei de enquadramento do CES CES NOVA School of Law · 1 part. Patrícia André Lead 2023–2024 €51 563 €51 563
PBA Pacto para a Bioeconomia Azul (WP9) PRR INOVAMAR, Lda. · 95 part. C644915664-00000026 Assunção Cristas Partner 2023–2024 — €37 915
Multiversity Livro branco sobre discriminação múltipla e interseccional EEA Grants NOVA School of Law · 1 part. CIG Margarida Lima Rego Lead 2022–2024 €81 326 €81 236
Direito da Educação Cooperação para o desenvolvimento e o direito da educação nos PALOP (Angola, Cabo Verde, São Tomé e Príncipe) Instituto Camões NOVA School of Law · 6 part. Francisco Pereira Coutinho Lead 2020–2024 €16 736 €16 736
ODS13 Ação climática na lusofonia: desafios e oportunidades para o desenvolvimento sustentável Instituto Camões NOVA School of Law · 2 part. Francisco Pereira Coutinho Lead 2019–2021 €8 210 €8 210
ODS5 Igualdade de género e mobilidade: desafios e oportunidades para o desenvolvimento na lusofonia Instituto Camões NOVA School of Law · 3 part. Francisco Pereira Coutinho Lead 2019 €15 601 €15 601
ODS4 Educação de qualidade e desenvolvimento na lusofonia Instituto Camões NOVA School of Law · 2 part. Francisco Pereira Coutinho Lead 2018–2019 €8 210 €8 210
Total of listed projects 1,521,645.00 € 6,161,687.00 €

The bar compares each project’s NOVA budget with the largest in the current selection. Totals add up the budgets of the projects listed here. The secured external funding for 2018–2023 shown at the top covers a different period and scope.