Herein is described the R&I activity developed by the researchers´community at IPB, organised in face of the following Societal Challenges and Key Enabling Technologies defined in Horizon 2020:

Health, Demographic Change and Wellbeing (SC1)

Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, Marine, Maritime and Inland Water Research and the Bioeconomy (SC2)

Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy (SC3)

Smart, Green and Integrated Transport (SC4)

Climate Action, Environment, Resource Efficiency and Raw Materials (SC5)

Europe in a Changing World - Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Societies (SC6)

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology (KETs)


IPB´s R&I Units registered at the National Science and Technology Foundation are currently the following:

CIMO Mountain Research Centre

LSRE Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering (Pole)

CIDESD Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health and Human Development (Pole)

Other R&I units at IPB:

C3AT Centre of Competences in Communication, Administration and Tourism

NIII Center for Research and Intervention in the Elderly Community

UNIAG Applied Management Research Unit

Adding to the R&I Units based at IPB, our community of researchers develops projects in various other Research Units belonging to the Portuguese Scientific and Technological Units Network.