Who we are

Agência de Inovação, SA (Adi) is a state-owned agency funded by the Ministry of Education and Science and the Ministry of the Economy and Innovation.

Working within a network of administrative departments, technological centres, business associations and other S&T entities located in Portugal, Adi also pursues a policy of promoting internacional co-operation. As such, it acts as a link between the European Union, Asia, Latin America and various international R&D organisations.

Strategic objectives

• Promotion and economic valorisation of R&D activities
• Support and promotion of technology based innovation
• Promotion and support of recruitment of highly qualified human resources by enterprises
• Support of technology transfer activities

Activity Indicators

Management of applications for funding 1993 -2007
Last Updated: 12/2010

Type of Funding Programmes		Number of Applications	Number of Projects Approved
Consortia R&D	1993-2010	2501	898
DEMTEC – Pilot Projects Relating to Technologically Innovative Products, Processes and Systems	2003-2006	128	46
NITEC - Technology R&D Units in the Corporate Sector	2003-2006	232	192
Placement of Masters and PhD's in Enterprises	1997-2006	384	354
Scholarships for Traineeships in International Scientific Organizations	1996-2009	1295	357
SIFIDE - Fiscal Incentives Scheme for Corporate Research and Development	1997-2003 (1)	1091	1061
	2006-2009	2832	2162
NEST – New Enterprises in Technology Support	2003-2006	102	34
Neotec – Support of Enterprise Potential	2005-2006	23	12
Neotec – Technology-Based Enterprises	2005-2006	212	117
Networks of Competency	2005-2006	40	9
Technology Transfer Offices	2005-2006	31	22
Total		8871	5264

(1) The former Financial Incentives Scheme for Commercial Research and Development (SIFIDE) only accepted applications up to the 2003 fiscal year.

R&D projects run by enterprises in international collaboration

		Number of projects with portuguese participation
IBEOREKA - International cooperation with Latin America	1991-2010	60
EUREKA		277
Individual	1985 -2010	126
Umbrellas	1985-2010	93
Clusters	2000-2010	33
EUROSTARS	2008-2010	25
TOTAL		337

Networks of Competency – Number and Type of Partners Involved in the Networks
Last Updated: 31/01/2007

Code	Area	Enterprises	Bus. Assoc.	Tech Centres	Univ./ Polytechnics	Univ.Business Interface Institutions	State Labs	State Orgs.	Total
CEAFA	Agriculture Forests & Food	37	5	2	7	1	1		53
CEBIO	Bioenergy	10	5		2	2	2		21
CEDT	Dematerialization of Transactions	6	1		1	1			9
CEMICRO	Micro Manufacturing	4	1	2	4	3	1		15
RCM	Mobility	7			3	4			14
RCP	Polymer	6			2				8
TELESAL	Telecommunications and IT	2	1		2				5
XHMS	Health Care and Medical Solutions	15		1	7	4		6	33
5TECMODA	Fashion Row	5	2	3	4	3			17
Total		87	13	5	28	15	4	6	158