Universidade NOVA de Lisboa hosts 41 Research and Development Units (R&D Units). In 2013, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FC&T) evaluated 75% of the R&D Units with “Exceptional”, “Excellent” or “Very Good”. Research at NOVA has been growing and developing, both at quantitative and qualitative level.

NOVA is the Portuguese University with the best performance at H2020 Framework Programme. It is worth highlighting that, since the launch of the European Research Council (ERC) Grants programme in 2008, NOVA’s researchers were awarded a total of 18 grants, placing NOVA as one of the top national institutions.

The improved performance of NOVA in terms of research can be seen in the international rankings’ scores and positioning. The good results achieved in the main rankings of Universities with less than 50 years, have granted NOVA the inclusion in YERUN (Young European Research Universities Network).