| Agency Name: | Foundation for Science and Technology |
| Nativename: | Portuguese: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of Portugal |
| Chief1 Name: | Helena Pereira |
| Chief1 Position: | President |
| Parent Agency: | Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education |
The Foundation for Science and Technology (Portuguese: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia; FCT) is an organization within the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education in Portugal which evaluates and funds scientific research activities, in particular in the areas of natural sciences, exact sciences, social sciences and humanities. FCT was founded in 1997, succeeding the Junta Nacional de Investigação Científica e Tecnológica.[1]
Most scientific research in Portugal takes place in R&D institutions financed and evaluated by FCT. As of 2019 there are 26 Associate Laboratories[2] and 307 R&D Units,[3] where 22,000 researchers work. These institutions are regularly evaluated by FCT.
| Philosophica | |
| Abbreviation: | Philosophica |
| Discipline: | History of philosophy |
| Language: | English, Portuguese, Spanish, French |
| Editor: | António Pedro Mesquita |
| Publisher: | Philosophy Documentation Center |
| History: | 1993–present |
| Frequency: | Biannually |
| Openaccess: | Yes |
| License: | CC BY-NC-ND |
| Issn: | 0872-4784 |
| Eissn: | 2183-0134 |
| Lccn: | 95-648860 |
| Oclc: | 614449618 |
| Website: | https://www.pdcnet.org/philosophica |
| Link2: | https://www.pdcnet.org/philosophica/toc |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
The foundation, together with the University of Lisbon's Centre of Philosophy,[4] publishes a biannual peer-reviewed open-access academic journal, Philosophica, International Journal for the History of Philosophy, which covers all areas of the history of philosophy. Beginning 2022 it is published on their behalf by the Philosophy Documentation Center.[5]