History of the Chair

01.10.2005 - 30.09.2008  European Commission - financed period of the Chair

  The EU Marie Curie Chair was applied in the 2004 Call for Marie Curie Excellence and Recognition Actions:
  http://cordis.europa.eu/mariecurie-actions/exc/home.html.
  The approved proposal included the perspective for duration of the Chair beyond the EC-supported period.

01.10.2008 - 30.09.2013  Prolongation of the EU Marie Curie Chair as a University Chair co-financed by FCT/UÉ

  The University Chair was proclaimed to the public by the President of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT),
  Prof. João Sentieiro, the 23rd of October in presence of a representative from the European Commission and the
  Vice-Rector during that time at the UÉ, Ana Maria Costa Freitas:
  Video: http://www.eu_chair.uevora.pt/videos/1.2.mpg

  The Chair was the first externally financed Chair at the University of Évora (UÉ). No statute existed at the time
  of the Chair's foundation and prolongation for externally financed Chairs.
  A statute for externally financed Chairs was established at the UÉ only the 20th of October 2008.

01.10.2013  Prolongation of the Chair holder's position supported now exclusively by the UÉ