Collaborative Laboratories

A Collaborative Laboratory – CoLAB is a private non-profit association or a company, already created or to be created, whose main objective is the collaboration of its members in the pursuit of short and medium-term research and innovation agendas, focused on the creation of qualified employment and economic and social value. The Collaborative Laboratories are an opportunity for scientific and academic institutions, in close collaboration with economic, social and cultural actors, to contribute to the construction in Portugal of projects of international relevance, with an effective impact on society, stimulating the creation of qualified employment in Portugal. Collaborative laboratory status is granted by the FCT for a period of five years, renewable after an evaluation process.