DUST-DN
The Dust Doctoral Network (Dust-DN), a project funded by the European Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks, was established to bridge critical knowledge gaps in understanding mineral dust and its impacts by integrating diverse disciplines and methodologies. Its mission is to train 17 early-career scientists to overcome compartmentalization in this field and adopt a multidisciplinary approach to dust research.
It represents a strategic, international, and intersectoral alliance that brings together a network of academic and non-academic partners working on various aspects of dust science. It coordinates a comprehensive program of doctoral projects aimed at advancing knowledge across interconnected components of the atmospheric dust life cycle and its impacts. These projects span atmospheric sciences (dust processes, modeling, and remote sensing), geology (dust emissions and source regions), and the societal and economic effects of dust.
The knowledge generated will be shared among participating institutions, the broader scientific community, and the public. Collaborative activities will strengthen connections among partner institutions and doctoral researchers, delivering an ambitious advanced training program for capacity building.
ForMovFluid
ForMovFluid is a project funded by the European Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks, focusing on fluid-rock interaction mechanisms, and the role they play in the formation of Critical Raw Materials. Its aim is to train 18 PhD students, whose projects encompass three main topics: Fluid Flow Drivers; Fluid Flow Pathways; Fluid/Rock Interactions.
Fluids play a critical role in the evolution and chemical modification of the Earth’s crust, including mineralisation of critical raw materials. ForMovFluid conducts innovative geoscience research underpinned by cutting edge technologies, to develop novel solutions and ideas for an enhanced access to hydrothermal hosted critical metal deposits.
ForMovFluid aligns with the EU’s new Critical Raw Materials Act, which ambitiously aims to have 10% of critical raw materials consumption extracted within the EU’s own borders.
IDPASC
The IDPASC – Portugal Doctoral Program brings together the leading higher education institutions and research units in Portugal, with a clear track record of specialization in the field of PASC (Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology), encompassing excellence in research and successful doctoral programs.
The 3rd cycle course in Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Évora is part of this network. This doctoral program also includes partnerships with the Universities of Coimbra, Porto, Minho, as well as the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, the Instituto Superior Técnico, and the Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics.
Students in this program will benefit from international scientific and institutional connections provided by the research centers, granting them access to relevant data forums and discussions, as well as opportunities to conduct research in international laboratories or collaborate with international partners.