HQA Partner Institutions

[ HQA PARTNER INSTITUTIONS & TYPES OF PROJECTS ]

The HQA Visa Program program gives qualified entrepreneurs the ability to establish their own company in Portugal while making an investment in an R&D project in collaboration with a government supported research facility (a Portuguese university).

 

Below is a sample of the types of projects & universities we work within the HQA Visa Program

Universidade Do Algarve	Universidade De Evora	Universidade De Aveiro	Politecnico De Leiria
Biomedicine	Management	Environmental & Marine Sciences	Engineering Technology
Marine Sciences	Language	Higher Ed Policies	Agricultural Sciences/Biosciences
Arts, Communication & Humanities	Sociology	Construction (Risk & Sustainability)	Life/Health Sciences
Electronics	Art History	Didactics & Tech in Teacher Ed	Social Sciences/Humanities/Business Sciences
Tourism	Health Research	Mathematics	Health Demographic Change and Well-being
Archaelogy	Political Science	Digital Media & Interaction	Food security, Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry
Adult Education	Social Sciences	Health Tech & Services	Marine Sciences
Sustainability	Mathematics	Psychology	Maritime & Inland Water Research
Human Behaviour	Earth Sciences	Languages, Literature & Cultures	Bioeconomy
Optoelectronics	Green Chemistry – Clean Tech & Processes	Mechanical Tech & Automation	Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy
Telecommunications	Marine & Environmental Centre	GeoBioSciences	Smart, Green and integrated transport
Health Tech	Agriculture	GeoTechnologies	Climate Action, Environment, Resource efficiency and raw materials
	Computer Science & Informatics	GeoEngineering	Inclusive, Innovative and Reflective Sciences
	Philosophy	Communications/tele tech	Information and Communication Tech
	Aesthetics of Music	Biomedicine	Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
	Cultural Studies	Electronics & Informatics Engineering	Advanced Materials
	Economics	Ethnomusicology	Advanced Manufacturing
		Design, Media & Culture	Processing & BioTechnologies
		Nanostructures, Nanomodelling, Nanofabrication
		Chemistry & Tech
		Governance & Public policies

We educate and empower founders to build market offers and business models that empower their ideas to become the best in the world. We guide them through the rigours of Lean StartUp and Horizon Methodology, and cycle through the validated learning process of build-measure-learn.

We select entrepreneurs from around the world with the best innovative and scalable concepts to startup in Portugal, with international reach. We are skilled at assisting entrepreneurs in de-risking their projects, increasing their speed to market, and enhancing the overall prosperity of the Portuguese ecosystem they are entering.

We build startups that define and aggressively pursue revenue goals on this equation: My startup will sell $X of Y product to customers A, B, C in N number of countries in M number of months.

[ PARTNERS ]

Our valued partnerships provide transnational entrepreneurs with opportunities to deepen the foundations and extend the reach of their ventures.

Politechnic of Leiria

Our partnership with the Politecnic of Leiria offers entrepreneurs access to innovative research in sea basin technologies.

University of Évora

Our partnership with the University of Évora provides entrepreneurs with access to state-of-the-art expertise in Industry 4.0 solutions.

BEP

Our partnership with BEP provides start ups with ready access to top tier researchers, according to their business needs.

University of the Algarve

Our partnership with the University of the Algarve provides entrepreneurs with access to pan-Mediterranean collaboration opportunities.

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The following professionals generously offer their perspectives on our plans. We are grateful for the influence they continue to have on our projects.

 

Paulo
Bandeira

Executive Director, STARTUP LAB – SRS Advogados

 

 

Hugo
Barros

Director , CRIA – University of the Algarve

 

 

Alex
Rodrigues

Entrepreneurship & Investments Officer, Brigantia-EcoPark