Every day, thousands of students, teachers and researchers use FCCN, the digital services of the Foundation for Science and Technology, to create knowledge and science. Find out how we support the teaching and research community in this task by taking a look at some of our projects.
Arquivo.pt
With Arquivo.pt it is possible to find information published online since the 1990s, in a simple and intuitive way, and to consult web pages from the past that are no longer available.
This information can be used for academic work and scientific research, for example, but also by anyone interested in visiting the Internet's past.
Find out more about Arquivo.co.uk.
b-on
Used daily by people from all over the country, b-on (Online Knowledge Library) offers unlimited and permanent access to thousands of periodicals and e-books published by some of the leading international publishers.
By aggregating the demand of institutions in a centralized negotiation, this digital service, which will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2024, allows its members to access a much more complete set of contents - something that would not be economically viable on an individual basis.
Find out more about b-on.
Science ID
The aim of the CIÊNCIA ID service is simple - to be a single authentication and identification system for all the platforms in the national science ecosystem. In this way, researchers can have permanent access to various services from a single login. CIÊNCIA ID also makes it easier to find scientific material and researchers working in specific sectors of activity, for example.
Learn more about Science ID.
SCIENCE VITAE
In the course of their work, scientists have to submit their CV information multiple times to various entities. CIÊNCIAVITAE aims to simplify the sharing of this information by consisting of a database of researchers that gathers information such as their identifier, training, positions, skills, area of research, publications, affiliation, among others.
Find out more about CIÊNCIA VITAE.
INDEXAR
INDEXAR is our service capable of identifying the repositories and digital scientific journals that exist at national level in the various areas of knowledge. In this way, it is an online reference for locating, validating and preserving relevant scientific content in the areas of science, technology and culture. For this reason, it is today an important aid for research carried out in Portugal.
Find out more about INDEXAR.
NAU
MOOC platform - Massive Open Online Courses - with mostly free content taught in Portuguese, promoted in conjunction with leading entities in the public and private sectors, higher education and private education. In 2024, NAU became PortugalX on edX.org, bringing courses to more than 2 million Portuguese speakers around the world.
Learn more about NAU.
Pollen
Research data management is now a central area of scientific activity. Through this area, it is possible to give greater visibility to the work carried out by national researchers, as well as increasing the reproducibility of the information gathered. For these reasons, FCCN, the FCT's digital services, invested in the creation of the Polen project, an initiative that has been implementing a Research Data Repository and a Data Management Plan System, among other resources.
Learn more about Polen.
RCAAP
The Open Access Scientific Repositories of Portugal (RCAAP) is a platform for storing, preserving and promoting open access to scientific knowledge produced in Portugal.
It is a single point of search, discovery, location and access to thousands of scientific and academic documents, including scientific journal articles, conference papers, theses and dissertations, distributed by the repositories that make up the network, both national and Brazilian.
Learn more about RCAAP.
PTCRIS
PTCRIS has brought structural change to research in Portugal. The initiative consists of a framework of standards, principles and guiding rules that have integrated information systems supporting scientific activity into a single, coherent and integrated ecosystem.
Through this structure, it has been possible to adapt the production of knowledge in Portugal to international reference standards, respecting the principles of Open Science and information security and privacy.
Find out more about PTCRIS.
