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Webinar CIÊNCIAVITAE at Universidade Aberta and Universidade Portucalense

24 February, 2025


	On the 18th and 19th of February, the CIÊNCIAVITAE team conducted two online training sessions for faculty, students, and researchers from Universidade Aberta (UAb) and Universidade Portucalense (UPT). The sessions trained participants in using the CIÊNCIAVITAE platform, a digital service of FCT.

FCT Represented at the ORCID in the Wild Webinar

22 November, 2024


	On November 20, Cátia Laranjeira, manager of PTCRIS, the digital service of FCT developed by FCCN, participated in the ORCID in the Wild webinar, an initiative by ORCID that highlights how this platform is adopted globally. During this session, the work of FCT in using ORCID to support Portuguese researchers was presented, focusing on reducing administrative burdens so they can concentrate on what matters most. Featured prominently was PTCRISync and its role in synchronizing data between CIÊNCIAVITAE and ORCID, saving researchers time and effort.

On November 20, Cátia Laranjeira, manager of PTCRIS, the digital service of FCT developed by FCCN, participated in the ORCID in the Wild webinar, an initiative by ORCID that highlights how this platform is adopted globally. During this session, the work of FCT in using ORCID to support Portuguese researchers was presented, focusing on reducing administrative burdens so they can concentrate on what matters most. Featured prominently was PTCRISync and its role in synchronizing data between CIÊNCIAVITAE and ORCID, saving researchers time and effort.

FCT Provides CIÊNCIAVITAE Platform Webinar to UAb

22 November, 2024


	Talissa Anger and Sara Dias, science managers at FCT’s digital services unit FCCN, conducted an online training session on November 20 for Universidade Aberta (UAb). The session was attended by 41 participants and aimed to equip UAb faculty, students, and researchers with the skills to use CIÊNCIAVITAE, a digital service provided by FCT.

Webinar CIÊNCIAVITAE at Universidade Aberta

21 October, 2024


	On October 14th, the CIÊNCIAVITAE Team conducted a Webinar for Universidade Aberta. The session was aimed at teachers, students, and researchers from UaB and its objective was to empower participants in the use of the CIÊNCIAVITAE platform, a digital service of FCT. A total of 55 participants attended the Webinar.

New CIÊNCIAVITAE feature eases bureaucratic burden on researchers

16 September, 2024


	The new 'Suggestions' feature of CIÊNCIAVITAE platform revolutionizes the researchers' routine! In just 9 months, the platform has saved more than 7,150 hours of work, which is equivalent to about 100,000 euros (considering an annual salary of 29,000 euros for researchers working 40 hours per week, and an average of 3 minutes spent per record inserted). By automating data entry, the platform frees up hours of work, allowing researchers to focus on their research activities. With this saving of time and resources, scientific productivity in Portugal takes a significant leap. See the full news here!

The new 'Suggestions' feature of CIÊNCIAVITAE platform revolutionizes the researchers' routine! In just 9 months, the platform has saved more than 7,150 hours of work, which is equivalent to about 100,000 euros (considering an annual salary of 29,000 euros for researchers working 40 hours per week, and an average of 3 minutes spent per record inserted). By automating data entry, the platform frees up hours of work, allowing researchers to focus on their research activities. With this saving of time and resources, scientific productivity in Portugal takes a significant leap. See the full news here!

New Feature on CIÊNCIAVITAE: Choose Between Full Name or Abbreviated Name

5 August, 2024


	The CIÊNCIAVITAE platform has implemented a new improvement that allows users to choose whether to display their full name or abbreviated name in their resumes and exported documents. This feature aims to provide greater flexibility and customization in the presentation of scientific profiles.

CIÊNCIAVITAE Expands Network with New Integrators

1 August, 2024


	In the first semester, six new institutions started using the API service to integrate CIÊNCIAVITAE with their systems: Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT), University of Porto – Authenticus, Universidade Aberta (UAb), Center for Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning (CEGOT), Universidade Lusófona (ULusófona), and the Research Center of NOVA School of Law (CEDIS). Want to know more about the API service? Visit the CIÊNCIAVITAE services page or contact us at info@cienciavitae.pt.

In the first semester, six new institutions started using the API service to integrate CIÊNCIAVITAE with their systems: Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT), University of Porto – Authenticus, Universidade Aberta (UAb), Center for Studies in Geography and Spatial Planning (CEGOT), Universidade Lusófona (ULusófona), and the Research Center of NOVA School of Law (CEDIS). Want to know more about the API service? Visit the CIÊNCIAVITAE services page or contact us at info@cienciavitae.pt.

Include the DOI Funding Identifier in your CIÊNCIAVITAE

10 July, 2024


	The Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) advises researchers to include the DOI identifier of their funding in their curricula on the CIÊNCIAVITAE platform. This action is part of the initiative to integrate DOIs in funding records and aims to ensure a clear and unequivocal association between the funding received and the resulting scientific outputs. The DOI should be entered in the project record > "Project Identifiers" field > in the "Projects" functional area or imported directly by the DOI, as illustrated in the image. In the "Outputs" functional area, all articles and outputs resulting from that funding will be entered. There is a field called "Funders Projects," where researchers simply need to associate the project in question with the outputs derived from that funding.

The Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) advises researchers to include the DOI identifier of their funding in their curricula on the CIÊNCIAVITAE platform. This action is part of the initiative to integrate DOIs in funding records and aims to ensure a clear and unequivocal association between the funding received and the resulting scientific outputs. The DOI should be entered in the project record > "Project Identifiers" field > in the "Projects" functional area or imported directly by the DOI, as illustrated in the image. In the "Outputs" functional area, all articles and outputs resulting from that funding will be entered. There is a field called "Funders Projects," where researchers simply need to associate the project in question with the outputs derived from that funding.

Jornadas FCCN 2024

18 April, 2024


	The 15th edition of the FCCN Conferences took place from April 15 to 17, 2024, at the Madeira Congress Center and the Pestana Casino Park in Funchal. As in previous years, the Conferences included a PTCRIS session on April 17, which addressed the topic of scientific management information systems. The latest developments in the integration of PTCRIS/CIÊNCIAVITAE into the national academic-scientific ecosystem were presented, along with the advances in SciPROJ and the registration and propagation of DOIs for funding managed by the FCT. Detailed information can be found in the documents "Part I", "Part IIa" and "Part IIb".

The 15th edition of the FCCN Conferences took place from April 15 to 17, 2024, at the Madeira Congress Center and the Pestana Casino Park in Funchal. As in previous years, the Conferences included a PTCRIS session on April 17, which addressed the topic of scientific management information systems. The latest developments in the integration of PTCRIS/CIÊNCIAVITAE into the national academic-scientific ecosystem were presented, along with the advances in SciPROJ and the registration and propagation of DOIs for funding managed by the FCT. Detailed information can be found in the documents "Part I", "Part IIa" and "Part IIb".

Workshop CIÊNCIAVITAE at ARDITI

15 April, 2024


	As part of the FCCN Unit's Scientific Computing Conferences, the CIÊNCIAVITAE team, in partnership with ARDITI - Regional Agency for the Development of Research, Technology, and Innovation, organized a theoretical and practical workshop on the CIÊNCIAVITAE platform. The event, held on April 15, 2024, was aimed at the ARDITI and University of Madeira communities.

CIÊNCIAVITAE Webinar at UPT

7 February, 2024


	The Universidade Portucalense Infante D. Henrique (UPT) organized a training session on the national curriculum management platform CIÊNCIAVITAE on February 7, 2024. This training was led by the CIÊNCIAVITAE team and aimed to instruct participants on the main functionalities, the steps involved in creating, and the ongoing management of a curriculum on the platform.

CIÊNCIAVITAE Webinar at ESHTE

19 January, 2024


	On January 19, 2024, the CIÊNCIAVITAE team conducted a training session on the national curriculum management platform CIÊNCIAVITAE for the community of the Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril (ESHTE). The event aimed to enhance participants' skills in using the platform to manage their curricula.

CIÊNCIAVITAE Webinar at BIST

18 January, 2024


	The CIÊNCIAVITAE team and the Library of Instituto Superior Técnico de Lisboa (BIST) organized a training session on the national curriculum management platform CIÊNCIAVITAE on January 18, 2024. The initiative aimed to instruct members of the IST community in the efficient use of the platform for managing their curricula.

CIÊNCIAVITAE Webinar at ESEP

16 January, 2024


	On January 16, 2024, the CIÊNCIAVITAE team conducted an online webinar for the Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto (ESEP) on the national curriculum management platform CIÊNCIAVITAE. The main objective of the event was to explain the importance of managing, producing, and accessing national scientific activity, as well as to encourage the presence of faculty and researchers on the CIÊNCIAVITAE platform.

On January 16, 2024, the CIÊNCIAVITAE team conducted an online webinar for the Escola Superior de Enfermagem do Porto (ESEP) on the national curriculum management platform CIÊNCIAVITAE. The main objective of the event was to explain the importance of managing, producing, and accessing national scientific activity, as well as to encourage the presence of faculty and researchers on the CIÊNCIAVITAE platform.

Webinar at MagIC NOVA IMS

15 November, 2023

The PTCRIS/CIÊNCIAVITAE team conducted a training session to members of the MagIC research center and the Information Management School (IMS) at Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. The webinar showcased the platform, the general aspects of curriculum management, its use in the context of funding applications, as well as the existing import and synchronization mechanisms. By demonstrating the various functional areas present in CIÊNCIAVITAE, participants gained additional knowledge on how to use the platform more efficiently. The recorded session is available here.

CIÊNCIAVITAE now suggests!

6 November, 2023

Introducing the new CIÊNCIAVITAE feature: Suggestions. This feature makes it possible for a user to receive suggestions for records entered by other users in the user's research network (such as co-authors and/or members of the project team) and thus enrich their curricular profile, productions and/or projects without having to use the existing mechanisms (manual entry, import and synchronization). This tool is an important milestone in the structure of the CIÊNCIAVITAE platform, being the first feature that uses only the internal mechanisms for circulating registered data. The specific requirements for generating suggestions are described in the tutorial presented on the platform, as well as in the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ). We hope this tool will be useful to all users!

5 years of CIÊNCIAVITAE!

26 September, 2023

Launched in 2018 to replace the FCT-SIG and DeGóis platforms, the CIÊNCIAVITAE platform has made available to members of the national Science and Technology ecosystem a single, interactive and up-to-date place where it is possible to enter (manually and through automatic mechanisms) all users' curricular information. As a single tool for carrying out different administrative acts based on a curriculum, CIÊNCIAVITAE has been adopted by a growing number of organizations for a wide variety of purposes: transferring curricular information between local science management systems and CIÊNCIAVITAE, funding agency procedures (funding applications, managing evaluators), directories of researchers/teachers on websites, carrying out surveys, researcher/teacher evaluation processes, among others. Five years after its launch, the platform already has a universe of more than 90,000 users, as well as almost 3 million registered scientific productions, 2.7 million activities, 316,000 projects, 142,000 awards and 43,000 organizations/institutions. We would also highlight the records synchronized with ORCID, which already exceed 2.3 million. The number of hours saved by users using the various mechanisms for reusing information in the Science and Technology ecosystem is already over 127,000 hours! These and other figures can be found here. We continue to work hard to respond to the wishes and needs of our users, whom we thank for their participation, support and alerts. Thank you all!

Jornadas FCCN 2023

13 July, 2023

Between June 27 and 29, another edition of the Scientific Computing Conference took place. During the event, all the news about CIÊNCIAVITAE were presented in dedicated sessions to PTCRIS, held on June 28. Detailed information is available in the documents Part I and Part II. The highlights of the event included an overview of the activities conducted so far and the presentation of the latest developments of the PTCRIS program. Specifically, the following topics were emphasized: a) The national curriculum management system CIÊNCIAVITAE and its integration into the academic-scientific ecosystem; b) Institutional Indicators Service (SII); and c) Services for funding management (SciPROJ).

Webinars at IST-ULisboa

25 May, 2023

The PTCRIS/CIÊNCIAVITAE team organised two training sessions for IST-ULisboa members. The first session aimed at the use of the CIÊNCIAVITAE platform in the context of calls/applications for funding (in portals using CIÊNCIAVITAE). The second session demonstrated how to use the platform to create detailed CVs and manage their scientific information in an organised and efficient way. Participants had the opportunity to explore various sections of the platform, including importing and synchronising publications, projects, entering professional experience and more. The recorded session is available here.

Webinar at ESEP

14 February, 2023

As part of the commemoration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGIS), a session was held with the special purpose of highlighting the importance of CIÊNCIAVITAE (and the PTCRIS programme) for female teachers and researchers, emphasising the relevance of visibility for women in academia. During the presentation, the benefits that the platform offers to promote academic achievements and research carried out by women in science were explored. The recorded session is available here.

New features!

9 February, 2023


	New tools, such as the display of links in the author identifiers, visual identification of institutions/organisations and a new search element for projects and productions have been included. To learn more, click here.

CIÊNCIAVITAE in Numbers

13 September, 2022


	The dashboard CIÊNCIAVITAE in Numbers is now available, which offers an overview of the national scientific system based on the information registered on the platform. To learn more, click here.

New PTCRIS services

12 August, 2022


	PTCRIS, the program for science management in which CIÊNCIAVITAE is integrated, has a new page dedicated to the services available to the Science and Technology community. To learn more, click here.

Jornadas FCCN 2022

7 June, 2022


	Another edition of Jornadas de Computação Científica took place between the 31st of May and 2nd of June. All the news concerning CIÊNCIAVITAE were presented at the PTCRIS sessions (31st of May) and can be found both in Part I and Part II. The highlights were the newly launched services (Institutional Indicators and Name-CIÊNCIA ID) and the integration of CIÊNCIAVITAE in the academic-scientific ecosystem, including a Community Showcase session, in which institutions that integrate CIÊNCIAVITAE shared their experience, lessons learned and best practices.

Another edition of Jornadas de Computação Científica took place between the 31st of May and 2nd of June. All the news concerning CIÊNCIAVITAE were presented at the PTCRIS sessions (31st of May) and can be found both in Part I and Part II. The highlights were the newly launched services (Institutional Indicators and Name-CIÊNCIA ID) and the integration of CIÊNCIAVITAE in the academic-scientific ecosystem, including a Community Showcase session, in which institutions that integrate CIÊNCIAVITAE shared their experience, lessons learned and best practices.

New services!

25 May, 2022


	Two new services are available for R&D Institutions: Name/CIÊNCIA ID Service and the Institutional Indicators Service (SII). To learn more about each one, click here.

Curricula management

2 December, 2021


	The appointment of a curriculum manager depends now on the acceptance of the invitation by the appointed manager. It also becomes possible for a CV manager to revoke access to a given CV. Access the Curricula Management tool, available from the main menu and see the new features.

Jornadas FCCN 2021

28 October, 2021


	Another edition of Jornadas de Computação Científica took place between the 19th and 21st of October. All the news concerning CIÊNCIAVITAE were presented at the PTCRIS session and can be found both in Part I (starting on page 67) and Part II - portuguese only.

Goodbye DeGóis and FCT|SIGcv

14 September, 2021


	In September, we say goodbye to CIÊNCIAVITAE's predecessor curriculum management systems: DeGóis and FCT\|SIGcv. Altough is no longer possible to import the information registered in these systems, synchronization with ORCiD and importing data from RENATES (thesis), PRIES (teaching and education activities), RCAAP (publications in repositories) and SciPROJ (scientific funding in Portugal) is still available. The Import Wizard is available in the upper right corner of the curriculum editor.

In September, we say goodbye to CIÊNCIAVITAE's predecessor curriculum management systems: DeGóis and FCT|SIGcv. Altough is no longer possible to import the information registered in these systems, synchronization with ORCiD and importing data from RENATES (thesis), PRIES (teaching and education activities), RCAAP (publications in repositories) and SciPROJ (scientific funding in Portugal) is still available. The Import Wizard is available in the upper right corner of the curriculum editor.

Why CIÊNCIAVITAE?

14 September, 2021


	João Mendes Moreira, Director of the Scientific Knowledge Area at FCT talks with Iolanda Ferreira about CIÊNCIAVITAE. See the full interview here (available only in portuguese).

Now, CIÊNCIAVITAE also informs

13 September, 2021


	CIÊNCIAVITAE is now closer to its users! Find out here the latest news on this platform: new features, improvements, outreach actions, etc.