Funding & Projects
Funded Projects (Ongoing)
Funding agency: European Association of National Metrology Institutes (EURAMET)
Title: Metrology support for the development of standardised methods for methane emission detection and quantification
Reference: MetroNoME
Funding Program: Metrology Partnership
PI (Cefitec): Ana Fonseca
Period: 2026-2029
Title: Advancing European quantum-based pascal infrastructure: Innovation and integration in pressure metrology
Reference: EBQ-Pascal
Funding Program: Metrology Partnership
PI (Cefitec): Nenad Bundaleski
Period: 2026-2029
Title: Metrology to Support Ammonia Use in Emerging Applications
Reference: MetNH3Energy
Funding Program: Metrology Partnership
PI (Cefitec): Orlando Teodoro
Period: 2025-2028
Title: Normating colour-center-based quantum sensing technology towards industrial application and standards
Reference: NoQTes
Funding Program: Metrology Partnership
PI (Cefitec): Ana Cristina Silva
Period: 2024-2027
Funding agency: Research Infrastructures Services for Renewable Energy (RISEnergy)
Title: 100 W-class four-beam Ce:Nd:YAG solar laser emission in PROMES-CNRS
Reference: 100 W-Solar-Laser
Funding Program: RISEnergy Transnational Access (TA) program (Grant Agreement No.101131793)
PI (Cefitec): Dawei Liang
Period: 2026-2027
Funding agency: European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
Title: An International Network for non-linear Extreme Ultraviolet to hard X-Ray techniques (NEXT)
Reference: COST Action CA22148
Funding Program: COST Actions - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
PI (Cefitec): Ana Cristina Silva
Period: 2023-2027
Funding agency: The Royal Society
Title: Solar-pumped MASERs: Establishing a UK-Portugal Parternship Towards Daylight-Driven Quantum Microwave Devices
Funding Program: International Exchanges
UK-Portugal collaboration
PI (Cefitec): Dawei Liang
Period: 2026-2027
Funding agency: UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
Title: Exploring Solar-Pumped MASERs through Optical Concentrator Trials
Funding Program: Environmental sciences: Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund 2026
UK-Portugal collaboration
PI (Cefitec): Dawei Liang
Period: 2026
Funding agency: FCT, IP
Title: Centre of Physics and Technological Research - CEFITEC
Reference: UID/00068/2025
Funding Program: Evaluation UID 2023/2024
PI (Cefitec): Orlando Teodoro
Period: 2025-2029
Title: Hydrogen extraction from ammonia-water under ambient conditions without catalyst by pulsed solar-pumped Ce:Nd:YAG laser
Reference: 2024.06922.RESTART
Funding Program: RESTART
PI (Cefitec): Cláudia R. Vistas
Period: 2025-2026
Title: Electron-induced chemistry in space: a first step towards insight into extraterrestrial environments? Fundamental gas phase studies
Reference: 2023.14518.PEX
Funding Program: FCT – Call for Exploratory Research Projects (PeX) in All Scientific Domains
PI (Cefitec): Mónica Mendes
Period: 2025-2026
Funding agency: FCT, IP; Estrutura de Missão Recuperar Portugal; PRR, Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência
Title: Centre of Physics and Technological Research - CEFITEC
Reference: UID/PRR/00068/2025
Funding Program: Evaluation UID 2023/2024 PRR
PI (Cefitec): Orlando Teodoro
Period: 2025-2026
Title: Centre of Physics and Technological Research - CEFITEC
Reference: UID/PRR2/00068/2025
Funding Program: Equipar+2 - UID.PRR2
PI (Cefitec): Orlando Teodoro
Period: 2025-2026
Completed Funded Projects (2024-2026)
Funding agency: EURAMET
Title: Metrology for Earth Biosphere: Cosmic rays, ultraviolet radiation and fragility of ozone shield
Reference: BIOSPHERE
Funding Program: Metrology Partnership
PI (Cefitec): Filipe Silva
Period: 2022-2025
Title: Metrology Support for Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage
Reference: MetCCUS
Funding Program: Metrology Partnership
PI (Cefitec): Orlando Teodoro
Period: 2022-2025
Title: Metrology for decarbonizing the gas grid
Reference: 20IND10_DECARB
Funding Program: Metrology Partnership
PI (Cefitec): Orlando Teodoro
Period: 2021-2024
Funding agency:NEutrons and PHotons Elevating Worldwide Science (NEPHEWS)
Title: Revisiting the photoabsorption spectra of selected polyatomic molecules
Reference: Grant Agreement 101131414
Funding Program: NEPHEWS (Grant Agreement 101131414), Horizon Europe Reserach and Innovation Programme
PI (Cefitec): Paulo Limão-Vieira
Period: 2025
Title: Electronic excitation of butanol, propanol and derivates by high-resolution VUV photoabsorption experiments
Reference: Grant Agreement 101131414
Funding Program: NEPHEWS (Grant Agreement 101131414), Horizon Europe Reserach and Innovation Programme
PI (Cefitec): Paulo Limão-Vieira
Period: 2024
Funding agency: RISEnergy
Title: Multi-laser beam
Funding Program: RISEnergy Transnational Access (TA) program (Grant Agreement No.101131793)
PI (Cefitec): Dawei Liang
Period: 2025
Funding agency: COST
Title: Molecular Dynamics in the GAS phase (MD-GAS)
Reference: COST Action CA18212
Funding Program: COST Actions - European Cooperation in Science and Technology
PI (Cefitec): Paulo Limão-Vieira
Period: 2019-2024
Funding agency: Amorim Cork
Title: Scientific support to the industrialization of process BACO
Reference: License agreement under the contract dated from 03/01/2022
Funding Program: Industrial collaboration agreement (Amorim Cork)
PI (Cefitec): Orlando Teodoro
Period: 2022-2025
Funding agency: FCT, IP
Title: Centre of Physics and Technological Research - CEFITEC
Reference: UIDB/00068/2020
Funding Program: Pluriannual Funding Programme for R&D Units (2017/2018)
PI (Cefitec): Orlando Teodoro
Period:2020-2024
Title: Production of seven-beam Ce:NdYAG solar laser in TEM00-mode regime
Reference: EXPL/FIS-OTI/0332/2021
Funding Program: FCT – Call for Exploratory Research Projects (PeX) in All Scientific Domains
PI (Cefitec): Joana Almeida
Period: 2022-2024
