Research at CEDIS is funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), by European institutions with responsibility in the area of scientific research and development and by other relevant institutions in the area of Law and Society.
The Research Centre on Law and Society (CEDIS) of NOVA School of Law has essentially been funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), but has also had the collaboration of other institutions in its activities.
Until 2011, the Centre received its funding under the Multi-Annual Funding Programme for R&D Units of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology.
From 2011, and given the changes introduced by FCT, the funding of the Centre came to be done through a Strategic Plan, which was governed by the Regulations for access to funding for scientific research and technological development projects, designed for the biennium 2011-2012. From 2013, CEDIS underwent an evaluation process governed by the Regulations for Evaluation and Funding of Research Units (2013), obtaining funding of 44,583.00 euros for the years 2014 and 2015, 196,905.00 euros for the period 2015-2018 and 52,508.00 euros for the interim project of 2019.
Currently, the Regulation for Evaluation and Funding of Research Units (2017/2018) is in force, which has granted CEDIS a rating of “Very Good” and total funding of 609,000 euros for the four-year period 2020-2023, in addition to the possibility of awarding 5 Doctoral Research Grants to be funded by FCT.
Notwithstanding the funding received through FCT, the Centre may receive funding from external public or private entities, namely, but not only, through the signing of contracts or protocols.
Here is a summary of the external funding CEDIS secured between 2018 and 2023, including national and international private companies and public agencies. The total external funds secured amounted to €3,236,515.77, with €1,613,353.99 coming from the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT). The most relevant projects are highlighted below:
Funding between 2018 and 2023
1) European Commission
- TRACE – Tracking Illicit Money Flows (Horizon 2020)
- Partner: Athina Sachoulidou
- Duration: 2021-24
- CEDIS portion: €307,000
- Total Project Funding: €7,000,000
- Blue Economy Pact (Recovery and Resilience Plan)
- Partner: Assunção Cristas
- Duration: 2023-24
- CEDIS portion: €37,915.27
- Total Project Funding: €94,000,000
- Capacity Building for Legal and Social Advancement in the Philippines (CALESA)
- Partner: Francisco Pereira Coutinho
- Duration: 2020-24
- CEDIS portion: €104,000
- Total Project Funding: €1,000,000
2) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
- Cosmopolitanism: Justice, Democracy, and Citizenship Without Borders
- Principal Investigator: S. Sckell
- Duration: 2018-22
- CEDIS portion: €85,000
- Total Project Funding: €238,000
- Legal Pluralism in the Portuguese Empire, 18th-20th Centuries
- Principal Investigator: Ana Nogueira da Silva Silva
- Duration: 2018-22
- CEDIS Funding: €175,000
- Total Project Funding: €213,000
- Legislative Production as a Means of Achieving Public Policy: Quantitative Analysis and Socio-Economic Impact
- Principal Investigator: Francisco Pereira Coutinho
- Duration: 2018-22
- CEDIS Funding: €208,000
- IN_Solvens – Insolvency Law in Portugal: A Multidisciplinary Analysis
- Principal Investigators: Mariana França Gouveia, João Pinto Ferreira (Co-PI), Helena Castelo (Member)
- Duration: 2021-24
- CEDIS portion: €149,000
3) Jean Monnet Modules
- EU Family Law
- Principal Investigator: Nausica Palazzo
- Duration: 2022-25
- Project Funding: €30,000
- EU Data Protection Law in Portugal
- Principal Investigator: F. Coutinho
- Duration: 2020-23
- Project Funding: €30,000
- EU Insurance Law: Challenges in the SDG Era
- Principal Investigator: M. Rego
- Duration: 2022-25
- Project Funding: €30,000
4) Other Sources
- Oceans 5 (Rockefeller): Women in the Blue Economy
- Principal Investigator: Assunção Cristas
- Project Funding: €161,000
- Camões Institute Projects
- Principal Investigator: Francisco Pereira Coutinho
- Project Funding for 4 projects: €48,000
- Multiversity – White Paper on Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination (EEA Grant: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway Grants)
- Principal Investigator: Margarida Lima Rego
- Duration: 2022-24
- Project Funding: €81,000
| Funding Programme | Project Title | Reference | Acronym | Participation Status | PI NOVA | Start Date | End Date | Global Budget | NOVA Budget | Coordinating Institution | N.º of participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EU | Pax Lusófona Intra-África Scheme Mobility - PAXLuso | 2017 - 3035 / 001 - 001 | PAXLuso | Partner | Francisco Pereira Coutinho | 01/11/2017 | 31/10/2023 | Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Agostinho Neto (Angola) | 5 | ||
| Camões Institute, I.P. | Quality Education and Development in Lusophony - SDG4 | Leader | Francisco Pereira Coutinho | 13/04/2018 | 12/04/2019 | €8,210.00 | €8,210.00 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 2 | ||
| EDCTP | LusoAfro Bio-Ethics – Strengthening bioethics committees in lusophone African region | LusoAfro Bio-Ethics | Partner | Helena Pereira de Melo | 01/08/2018 | 31/03/2021 | €291,496.00 | Comité Nacional de Bioética para a Saúde (Mozambique) | 6 | ||
| FCT | Legal Pluralism in the Portuguese Empire (18th-20th Centuries) - LegalPL | PTDC/DIR-OUT/30873/2017 | LegalPL | Leader | Ana Cristina Nogueira da Silva | 01/09/2018 | 31/08/2022 | €213,527.35 | €175,977.35 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 2 |
| FCT | Legislative Production as a Means of Achieving Public Policy: Quantitative Analysis and Socio-Economic Impact - LegImpact | PTDC/DIR-OUT/32353/2017 | Legimpact | Leader | Francisco Pereira Coutinho | 01/09/2018 | 31/08/2022 | €208,641.05 | €55,640.05 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 2 |
| FCT | Cosmopolitanism: Justice, Democracy and Citizenship Without Borders - COSMOS | PTDC/FER-FIL/30686/2017 | COSMOS | Partner | Soraya Nour Sckell | 01/10/2018 | 30/11/2022 | €85,588.38 | Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa | 2 | |
| Camões Institute, I.P. | Gender Equality and Mobility: Challenges and Opportunities for Development in Lusophony - SDG5 | Leader | Francisco Pereira Coutinho | 13/01/2019 | 12/04/2019 | €15,601.00 | €15,601.00 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 3 | ||
| Camões Institute, I.P. | Climate Action in Lusophony: Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development - SDG13 | Leader | Francisco Pereira Coutinho | 01/12/2019 | 31/10/2021 | €8,210.00 | €8,210.00 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 2 | ||
| ERASMUS | Capacity Building for Legal and Social Advancement in the Philippines (CALESA) | CALESA | Partner | Francisco Pereira Coutinho | 15/01/2020 | 14/01/2024 | €999,665.00 | €104,234.00 | University of Malaga | 9 | |
| Camões Institute, I.P. | Cooperation for Development and Education Law in Higher Education Systems of PALOP: Angola, Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe - Education Law | Leader | Francisco Pereira Coutinho | 01/04/2020 | 30/06/2024 | €16,736.42 | €16,736.42 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 6 | ||
| ERASMUS | Jean Monnet Module on European Union Data Protection Law in Portugal - DataPorEU | EPP-1-2020-1-PT-EPPJMO-MODULE - 619622 | DataPorEU | Leader | Francisco Pereira Coutinho | 01/10/2020 | 30/09/2023 | €30,000.00 | €30,000.00 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 1 |
| FCT | IN_SOLVENS: Insolvency Law in Portugal | PTDC/DIR-OUT2939/2020 | IN_SOLVENS | Leader | Mariana França Gouveia | 01/02/2021 | 31/12/2024 | €196,963.00 | €149,878.75 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 2 |
| H2020 | Tracking illicit money flows - TRACE | 101022004 | TRACE | Partner | Athina Sachoulidou | 01/07/2021 | 30/06/2024 | €980,082.50 | €307,625.00 | Coventry University | 17 |
| EEA Grants | White Paper on Multiple and Intersectional Discrimination | CIG | Leader | Margarida Lima Rego | 01/09/2022 | 29/02/2024 | €81,236.25 | €81,326.00 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 1 | |
| ERASMUS | EU Insurance Law: Challenges in the SDG Era | 101085125 | EUInsLSDG | Leader | Margarida Lima Rego | 01/09/2022 | 31/08/2025 | €30,000.00 | €30,000.00 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 1 |
| ERASMUS | European Union Family Law | 101085117 | nEUfam | Leader | Nausica Palazzo | 01/09/2022 | 31/08/2025 | €30,000.00 | €30,000.00 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 1 |
| Ocean 5 | Women in the Blue Economy | B9AA7D5D-0578-4BFC-A2D0-CEC00BDE95B4 | Ocean5 | Leader | Assunção Cristas | 01/08/2023 | 31/08/2025 | €161,162.00 | €161,162.00 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 3 |
| PRR | Blue Economy Pact (WP9) | C644915664-00000026 | PBA | Partner | Assunção Cristas | 01/10/2023 | 31/12/2024 | €37,915.00 | INOVAMAR, LDA | 95 | |
| CES | Study for CES Framework Law Amendment Proposal | CES | Leader | Patricia André | 15/12/2023 | 31/12/2024 | €51,562.50 | €51,562.50 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 1 | |
| CERV | A Whistleblowing Habitat in Southern Europe | 101143143 | WiS-H | Partner | Francisco Pereira Coutinho | 01/03/2024 | 28/02/2026 | €203,847.84 | €49,786.03 | FUNDACION HAY DERECHO | 3 |
| ERASMUS | Sustainability through Intellectual Property Law in EU | 101175174 | SINPL-EU | Leader | Giulia Priora | 01/09/2024 | 31/08/2027 | €27,000.00 | €27,000.00 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 1 |
| ERASMUS | Key Fundamental Rights Issues in the EU | 101175180 | RIseEU | Leader | Veronica Corcodel | 01/10/2024 | 30/09/2027 | €35,000.00 | €35,000.00 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 1 |
| ERASMUS | Creating a joint Infrastructure for Dialogue, Research and Advocacy between Europe and Africa | 101175811 | CIDRA | Partner | Francisco Pereira Coutinho | 01/11/2024 | 31/10/2027 | €1,199,771.00 | €105,330.00 | UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI ROMA TRE | 13 |
| ERASMUS | e Network on Europe-Africa Relations – Education and Research | 101176802 | NEAR-ER | Partner | Claire Bright | 01/12/2024 | 30/11/2027 | €1,199,472.00 | €28,366.00 | KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN | 20 |
| FCT | Portugal, Cold War International Law, and the Refugee Convention | 2023.15100.PEX | POLITIC | Leader | Veronica Corcodel | 06/01/2025 | 05/07/2026 | €50,000.00 | €50,000.00 | Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL) | 1 |