The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and TOSHIBA Europe GmbH, Portugal branch (TOSHIBA), launch a public call for the attibution of a programme-contract with one or more scientific institutions in articulation with universities, aimed at the co-funding of the Atsutoshi Nishida Invited Chair.

The primary goal of the Atsutoshi Nishida chair is to attract to Portugal a top level researcher currently working abroad, in order to develop and to promote emerging areas of knowledge, namely fostering the growth of research and development activities, and advanced education in the realm of digital content production and usage of technology in an educational context or in some other fields of common interest both to TOSHIBA and to the University(ties) which will be selected as host institutions.