Funding Information

Designation | Highly qualified employment in companies – Hiring Highly Qualified Human Resources (SME or CoLAB)

Reference | LISBOA-05-3559-FSE-000007

Main objective | Promote employment and support  mobility

Region of Intervention | Almada

Beneficiary | 515431156, Associação AlmaScience-Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Celulose para Aplicações Inteligentes e Sustentáveis

Approval Date | 05-09-2019

Start Date | 01-04-2020​

End Date | 30-06-2022

Total eligible cost | 2 400 000 EUR

EU financial contribution | FSE– 1 200 000,00 EUR​

National/Regional financial contribution | 1 200 000,00 EUR​

Designation | Highly qualified employment in companies – Hiring Highly Qualified Human Resources (SME or CoLAB)

Reference | CENTRO-04-3559-FSE-000094

Main objective | Promote employment and support  mobility

Region of Intervention | Aveiro

Beneficiary | 515431156, Associação AlmaScience-Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Celulose para Aplicações Inteligentes e Sustentáveis

Approval Date | 17-10-2019

Start Date | 01-03-2020​

End Date | 30-06-2022

Total eligible cost | 533 230,68 EUR

EU financial contribution | FSE– 453 246,08 EUR​

National/Regional financial contribution | 79 984,60 EUR​

Objectives, activities and expected results

AlmaScience CoLAB  aims to carry out R&D activities in cellulose for smart and sustainable applications, in five thematic lines:

– Papermaking and its modification;
– Development and Integration of Intelligent Systems;
– Platforms and biosensors for intelligent diagnosis, with special emphasis on healthcare;
– Systems modeling, design and architecture;
– Building blocks-Materials and devices.​

This operation intends to support the hiring of 25 highly qualified human resources, trained in different areas and with different levels of experience, in order to install core skills at COLAB and accelerate the start of its activity.​