Access to reliable scientific information sources is important for deepening and disseminating knowledge.
These services include journal subscriptions, as well as open-access platforms that support the projects of students, teachers, and researchers.
Access to most of these services is based on connection to RCTS.
If your entity is part of the academic or scientific community and is not yet connected to our services, see how to join the RCTS network.
FCCN, digital services of FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology provides a set of services that promote the practice of Open Science – a movement that aims to make scientific research more transparent, accessible, and collaborative. This means that research data, methods, and results are shared openly so that everyone can reuse them, verify their validity, and contribute to their development, increasing trust in science and helping to accelerate scientific discovery and innovation.
INDEXAR
Digital Knowledge Repositories
NAU
Online teaching and training platform
Polen
Research data management and promotion of Open Science principles and practices.
B-ON
Online Knowledge Library
Arquivo.pt
Search pages from the past
RCAAP
Open Access Scientific Repositories
Educast
Recording, editing and publishing of classes and events
PTCRIS
Integration of support systems for national scientific activity
CIÊNCIAVITAE
Create, manage and promote your CV quickly and easily.
IAedu
FCT's digital service for education and science IAedu aims to be the service
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We are aware of technological developments and their potential usefulness for our community.
And we also pay attention to your ideas and suggestions, because our users' needs are ours.
Do you have an idea for a new service that could be useful to the rest of the community? The first step is to share it.
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Para melhor compreender o alcance da Nova Política sobre Acesso Aberto a Publicações Científicas, foram reunidos testemunhos de elementos da comunidade de investigação nacional.
João Mendes Moreira: “Portugal as a leader in promoting Open Science”
João Mendes Moreira explores the main objectives and how this Policy will impact the academic and scientific community, but also society.
Madalena Carvalho: “Educast is a relevant tool to enrich the learning experience”
Madalena Carvalho, director of Documentation Services at the Open University (UAb) spoke about this service.
1 million aggregated content items: “a historic moment for RCAAP and open science in Portugal”
RCAAP ends 2024 on a high note, achieving a historic milestone. This goal comes in the year the service celebrates its 16th anniversary.
IAedu reforça o acesso da comunidade de Ensino Superior e Investigação à Inteligência Artificial com quatro novos modelos
O IAedu passa agora a disponibilizar os modelos GPT - 5.2 da OpenAI, o DeepSeek V3.2, Claude Opus 4.5 (Anthropic) e o Llama 4 Maverick da Meta.
Estão abertas as candidaturas para o Prémio Arquivo.pt 2026
As candidaturas estão disponíveis até ao dia 6 de maio de 2026.
Lançamento do Repositório de Dados de Investigação POLEN DataHub
A FCT dá início à utilização do Repositório de Dados de Investigação, que pretende assegurar áreas dedicadas para a partilha e preservação de dados de investigação.
Como é potenciada a Ciência Aberta em Portugal?
Em Portugal, a promoção da Ciência Aberta, elemento central à investigação, resulta da articulação entre políticas públicas, infraestruturas digitais e o envolvimento da comunidade científica.
Arquivo.pt promotes a session dedicated to Digital Preservation
On November 6th, Arquivo.pt will organize the webinar “Annotating search results on Arquivo.pt”.
FCT's contribution to the evolution of Open Science to be debated on October 21st
The session “Open Science in Evolution: the contribution of the FCT” will take stock of the initiatives developed to date.
12th Research Data Management Forum
Registration is now open for the 12th Research Data Management Forum, which will take place from November 27th to 28th, in Bragança.