Every day, thousands of researchers nationwide use the Foundation for Science and Technology's digital solutions, made available through FCCN, to create knowledge and science.
Discover here some of the main services we offer to the national scientific community.
#1 b-on
THE Online Knowledge Library (b-on) celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2024. Over the past two decades, it has provided the academic and scientific community with unlimited and permanent access to thousands of publications from some of the most important content providers.
#2 RCAAP
THE RCAAP – Open Access Scientific Repositories accesses several Portuguese institutional repositories, facilitating researchers' searches using keywords. This is a way to increase the dissemination and visibility of their work.
#3 PTCRIS
THE PTCRIS is a program that has been simplifying the work of national researchers. By creating an integrated ecosystem, it is now easier to access relevant information and manage scientific activity.
#4 Polen
This project addresses the needs of the scientific and educational community in the area of Research Data Management (RDM). It aims to promote the principles and practices of Open Science, ensuring researchers can share and preserve data generated within publicly funded projects.
#5 SCIENCE VITAE
THE SCIENCE VITAE platform consists of a database of researchers that gathers information such as their identifier, training, positions, skills, research area, publications, affiliation, among others. With this information, you can create, manage, and promote your curriculum vitae quickly and simply.
#6 ID SCIENCE
This is an identification system for the national scientific ecosystem, allowing each researcher to authenticate themselves through a single account. It aggregates their entire scientific history, reducing bureaucracy.
#7 Arquivo.pt
Obtaining credible information is a fundamental condition for the work of any scientist and researcher. Arquivo.pt help in this mission, specifically in cases where the necessary records are no longer available online.
This service preserves millions of files collected from the web since 1996, and is increasingly used as a source for scientific work.
#8 Index
The Indexar project provides access to a comprehensive and credible list of national digital resources in the areas of Science and Culture, making it an asset for any researcher or scientist.
This directory, in addition to aggregating repositories and journals, provides the possibility of integrating information with thematic aggregators or international directories.
#9 OCHER
This project guarantees national scientists and researchers access to cloud services tools. In 2021, the Géant Association, represented by 40 National Research and Education Networks (NRENs), negotiated a pan-European framework agreement for cloud services, called OCRE 2020, for a four-year period.
THE Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) was responsible for streamlining the processes required for contracting between the Confirmed Entities and suppliers. After this four-year period, the new OCRE Framework Agreement 2024 will begin in December 2024 and will be in effect for a period of 5 years. The objective will be to tender IaaS+ cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS), resulting in framework agreements to be used by institutions in the participating countries.
Learn more about these and other digital solutions for researchers by visiting our service catalog.
