Ongoing Research Grants 

2025 - 2026 Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo - Edulog  

"Vocational Education and the 'NEET' Phenomenon: A Perspective on Equity"  (Ensino profissionalizante e o fenómeno ‘nem-nem’: um olhar sobre a equidade )

• PI: Pedro Luís Silva (CIPES) and Pedro Martins (Nova SBE)

• Co-Investigators: Carlos Azevedo (CIPES) and Maria José Sá (CIPES)

• Research Assistants: Madalena Temudo (Nova SBE)

• Partner Institutions: Nova SBE and CIPES

Reference: EPFNN ; Grant: 90.000 euros; Dates: 05/25 - 10/26

2025- 2028 Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) 

"Navigating the next normal: Innovative Approaches to Enhancing Youth’s Education-Employment Transitions in Post-COVID-19 Europe (NEXT-UP) "

• Coordinator: Dr. Yuzhuo Cai  (Tampere University)

• Partners: Tampere University; University of Stavanger; University of Aveiro; CIPES; University of Twente; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; University of Trento; Heidelberg University; Tallinn University; European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research (European Centre); National Union of Students in Finnish Universities of Applied Sciences.

Grant: 2.914.873, 5 euros (approximately 3 million)

Call: HORIZON-CL2-2024-TRANSFORMATIONS-01

Type of action: HORIZON-RIA

Proposal acronym: NEXT-UP

Duration (months): 42

Date of approval: June 2024; Starting date: January 2025

2024 - 2025 Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo - Edulog  

"Graduate Tracking of Portuguese Higher Education Graduates "

• PI: Ricardo Biscaia (CIPES U. Porto)

• Co-Investigators: Adriana Inácio, Carla Sá, Cláudia Sarrico, Hugo Figueiredo, Pedro Luís Silva, Pedro Videira and Victor Rudakov

Reference: MTDES; Grant: 90.000 euros; Dates: 01/24 - 07/25

2023 - 2026 Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal  

"Wage inequality: the role of education, institutions, and firm policies "

• PI: Ana Rute Cardoso (ISC - UL, IAE & Barcelona GSE )

• Co-PI: Louis-Philippe Morin (U. Ottawa)

• Co-Investigators: David Card, Pedro Luís Silva, Raquel Rego and Reinhard Naumann

DOI: 10.54499/2022.01269.PTDC ;  Grant: 250.000 euros; Dates: 03/23 -02/26

2023 - 2025 Fundação Belmiro de Azevedo - Edulog  

"Efficiency and Equity in Higher Education" (Eficiência formativa e equidade no ensino superior português)

• PI: Pedro Luís Silva 

• Co-Investigators: Ana Rute Cardoso , Carla Sá,  Louis-Philippe Morin, and, Ricardo Biscaia 

Reference: EFEESP; Grant: 90.000 euros; Dates: 11/23 - 06/25

2021 - 2024 Foundation for Science and Technology, Portugal 

"Dynamics of Inequality in Portuguese Higher Education System – Access, Gender, and Mobility"

• PI: Carla Sá (U. Minho and CIPES) 

• Co-PI: Ricardo Biscaia (U. Porto and CIPES)

• Co-Investigators: Ana Rute Cardoso, Louis-Philippe Morin, Hugo Figueiredo, Pedro Luís Silva, 

• Consultant: Miguel Urquiola

DOI: 10.54499/PTDC/CED-EDG/5530/2020 ; Grant: 204.000 euros; Dates: 03/21 - 08/24

website: www.dinagem.com 

2020 - 2024 Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain  (Co-Investigator)

 "Inequalities: the crossroad of labor, education, and financial markets"

• PI: Ana Rute Cardoso (IAE & Barcelona GSE)

• Co-Investigators: David Card, David Leiva, Hugo Reis, Hugo Rodríguez,  Marta C. Lopes, José Varejão, José Jorge, Louis-Philippe Morin, Paulo Guimarães and Pedro Luís Silva

Ref. PID2019-108144GB-I00; Grant: 26.500 euros; Dates: 11/20 - 05/24