{"id":780,"date":"2022-05-24T15:16:20","date_gmt":"2022-05-24T15:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portal.uab.pt\/investiga\/?page_id=780"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:24:03","slug":"dsap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portal.uab.pt\/investigacao\/en\/dsap\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Support Services Directorate (DSAP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h3>WHO WE ARE<\/h3>\n<p>The Project Support Services Directorate (DSAP) is a support structure for funded research and institutional projects, concerning the planning and preparation of applications and the administrative and budgetary execution of projects, as foreseen in Article 7 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.uab.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Regulamento-Organico-dos-Servicos-da-Universidade-Aberta.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Regulation of the Organic Structure of Universidade Aberta<\/a> (in portuguese).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Target Audience<\/strong> &#8211; Rectoral team, organizational units, research units, faculty and researchers of Universidade Aberta.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>WHAT WE DO<\/h3>\n<p>The <strong>Projects Support Service<\/strong> is responsible for:<\/p>\n<p>1. Providing technical support in the preparation and submission of applications to national and international R&amp;D programs, including applications for research project funding, advanced training support programs, and scientific employment;<\/p>\n<p>2. Monitoring and verifying compliance with the administrative and budgetary execution plan of all ongoing research projects, ensuring adequate communication with funding entities;<\/p>\n<p>3. Supporting project management, especially in the preparation and analysis of documentation related to budget execution and payment requests, as well as in the analysis of deviations and adjustments to plans;<\/p>\n<p>4. Supporting the launch of calls for research grant applications;<\/p>\n<p>5. Supporting the preparation of contracts within the scope of research projects;<\/p>\n<p>6. Collecting and disseminating information on national and international R&amp;D funding programs;<\/p>\n<p>7. Managing applications and award processes for research prizes;<\/p>\n<p>8. To issue opinions on applications for support under the &#8220;Investigar+&#8221; funding mechanism, as well as to monitor and track the implementation of the allocated support;<\/p>\n<p>9. To support the activities of the Research and Development Evaluation and Improvement Committee.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>APPLICATIONS AND PROJECTS<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The procedures relating to applications and projects must be oriented in accordance with <strong>Decree No. 207\/R\/2024<\/strong>. This information is available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/cas2.uab.pt\/cas\/login?service=https%3A%2F%2Fintranet.uab.pt%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">private area of \u200b\u200bthe UAb portal<\/a>: <strong>QMS (Quality Management System)<\/strong>, <strong>Procedures<\/strong> tab, in the <strong>Internal Quality Assurance System (SIGQ_UAb)<\/strong> documentation relating to <strong>PSQ 20 \u2013 Research and Development<\/strong>. Documents with answers to <strong>Frequently Asked Questions<\/strong> and <strong>useful information for applications<\/strong> are also available in the same tab. All the documents are in Portuguese.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>DIRECTOR<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>STELA RATO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TLF.:<\/strong> 300007692<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-MAIL:<\/strong> stela.rato@uab.pt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>TEAM<\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 353px\" width=\"675\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>ANA PAULA OLIVEIRA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>TLF.:<\/strong> 300002963<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-MAIL:<\/strong> ana.oliveira@uab.pt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong>ANA SOFIA NUNES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TLF.:<\/strong> 300007750<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-MAIL: <\/strong>AnaS.Nunes@uab.pt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>CAROLINA COSTA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>TLF.:<\/strong> 300007739<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-MAIL:<\/strong> carolina.costa@uab.pt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><b>GUILHERMINA CUNHA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>TLF.:<\/strong> 3000028437<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-MAIL: <\/strong>guilhermina.cunha@uab.pt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>LEONOR COUTO<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>TLF.:<\/strong> 300002840<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-MAIL:<\/strong> maria.couto@uab.pt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><b>MARTA SILVA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>TLF.:<\/strong> 3000082954<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-MAIL:<\/strong>marta.silva@uab.pt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>ROS\u00c1LIA CERA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>TLF.:<\/strong> 300002918<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-MAIL:<\/strong> rosalia.cera@uab.pt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><b>TERESA SANTOS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>TLF.:<\/strong> 300002960<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-MAIL:<\/strong> TeresaM.Santos@uab.pt<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>CONTACTS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>ADRESS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rua Almirante Barroso, n\u00ba 38<\/p>\n<p>Piso G, Sala 14<\/p>\n<p>1000-013 LISBOA<\/p>\n<p><strong>E-MAIL:<\/strong> dsap@uab.pt<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHO WE ARE The Project Support Services Directorate (DSAP) is a support structure for funded research and institutional projects, concerning the planning&#x2026; <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.uab.pt\/investigacao\/en\/dsap\/\">Ler +<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-780","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.uab.pt\/investigacao\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.uab.pt\/investigacao\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.uab.pt\/investigacao\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.uab.pt\/investigacao\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portal.uab.pt\/investigacao\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":125,"href":"https:\/\/portal.uab.pt\/investigacao\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2984,"href":"https:\/\/portal.uab.pt\/investigacao\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/780\/revisions\/2984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portal.uab.pt\/investigacao\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}