The Rural Development Program 2014-2020 aims to support investment in agricultural and forestry operations, in agro-industrial companies and the establishment of young farmers, enhancing the conditions to increase the competitiveness of their business.

The growth, reinforcement and consolidation of the National Scientific and Technological System (STCN) is a priority of the Science and Technology policy, making it more competitive in the national and international context.
In this context, it is particularly important to promote and strengthen the skills of scientific and technological institutions, through the participation of their research teams in scientific research projects and technological development in different scientific fields.

FCT regularly gives researchers the opportunity to submit applications for research projects. This is carried out both in tenders open to all scientific areas of annual periodicity and through tenders aimed at oriented research in certain specific domains or themes, the evaluation being carried out by independent panels, involving national and foreign experts of recognized merit and suitability, constituted for each competition, by scientific area.

Research projects cover all scientific fields, from life and health sciences to social and human sciences, including engineering, exact sciences, natural and environmental sciences. The modalities of the research projects to be supported are specified in the Opening Notices of each of the tenders.

The Social Inclusion and Employment Operational Program (SIEOP) aims, in general, to support actions that promote greater social inclusion and better employment in Portugal, promoting the improvement of qualifications, the increase in the employment rate, and the fight against poverty and social exclusion.
The SIEOP is structured around four major priorities:

1. Promoting sustainability and quality of employment
2. Youth Employment Initiative
3. Promoting social inclusion and fighting poverty and discrimination
4. Technical support.

Axis 2 of POCH aims to increase the proportion of the population with higher education or equivalent, through training with a general and scientific component, a technical training component and a training component in the work context, within the framework of Short Cycle Courses (TeSP), funding of scholarships in higher education, as well as doctoral and post-doctoral studies. It also includes the pedagogical training of higher education teachers.

The POSEUR – Operational Programme for Sustainability and Efficient Use of Resource, established through an Execution Decision from the European Commission on December 16, 2014 is one of the 16 programmes created for the operationalization of Portugal 2020 Strategy (a partnership agreement established between Portugal and the European Commission that gathers the action of 5 European Structural and Investment Funds – ESIF, Cohesion Fund, ESF, EAFRD and EMFF – in which the programming principles are laid down and mark the economic, social and territorial development policy to be promoted in Portugal between 2014 and 2020). PO SEUR – Operational Programme for Sustainability and Efficient Use of Resources wishes to contribute specifically to the sustainable growth priority, addressing the transitional challenges to a low carbon economy based on a more efficient use of resources and on the promotion of greater resilience to climate risks and catastrophes.

The Support System for Collective Actions is complementary, before and after, to the incentive system directly concerned with companies, which aims to enhance their results and the creation or improvement of their surrounding conditions, with particular emphasis on those associated with the intangible factors of collective competitiveness.

The Scientific and Technological Research Support System (SAICT) aims to:

• Increase internationally recognized quality scientific production, focused on intelligent specialization and aiming to stimulate a technology-based economy with high added value, favouring excellence, cooperation and internationalization, through the exploration of ideas or concepts with originality and/or innovation potential;
• Reinforce the transfer of scientific and technological knowledge to the business sector, promoting greater efficiency in the R&D System in the dissemination of its results through intellectual property.

The Administrative Modernization Support System (SAMA) is intended for all public administration entities. The aim of this financing program is to create conditions for a more efficient and effective public administration, with advantages for citizens and companies, in order to lower context costs, offering a new model of distribution of public services and improving the quality of service to citizens and businesses.

The Incentive System for Collective Actions is complementary, before and after, to the incentive system directly concerned with companies, which aims to enhance their results and the creation or improvement of their surrounding conditions, with particular emphasis on those associated with the intangible factors of collective competitiveness.