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- Santander and Coursera open 50,000 more free AI and data course places (you don't need to bank with them)
- More Portuguese employers plan to hire this quarter, and Centro is way out in front
- Portugal's car tax moves to instalments in 2027. Miss one and the rest fall due at once
- Portuguese SMEs get two free days of AI mentoring in Braga this October
- The Gulbenkian New Talents grant closes on 30 September (your referees get another week)
- Portugal's fishing fuel rebate is open, and your gear and boat length set the rate
- Run a startup in Portugal? The policy agenda to 2030 is being written right now
- The figure the CGTP now wants for 2027 is the government's own target for 2029
- Portugal's SME pitch prize gives you three minutes and €5,000. Entries close on 16 October
- The EU's SME Fund has run out of trade mark money. Patents are still open
- €182.5m is on the table for Portuguese SMEs, and the window shuts on 30 September
- Farming in Portugal? Brussels just cleared the aid that pays €28 a hectare
- 1,997 of Portugal's 6,639 leftover university places are in engineering
- Is your Portuguese bonus tax-free? Only if your employer raised pay this year
- €2.5bn of Portugal 2030 money has not been put out to tender yet
- Portugal just widened the Kristin overtime rules to cover all five months of the emergency
- Australia has paused Work and Holiday visas for Portuguese applicants
- Where in Portugal is it hardest to hire? Not Lisbon, and not Porto either
- Your Portuguese savings certificates are about to stop following Euribor upwards
- This grant pays artists up to €2,250 to move between Portugal, the CPLP and Latin America
- Only 6,639 places are left in Portugal's second university round, 42% fewer than last year
- Building an AI product in Portugal? There is free supercomputer time in Porto until March
- Portuguese Earth-observation firms have until 2 October to reach the ESA's 1.25 million
- 20,404 teachers now know their school for September
- Run a CoLAB in Porto, Coimbra or Évora? There's €45m open until 15 October
- Taking your work abroad? Gulbenkian has up to €5,000 on the table until 31 October
- There's €6.2 million for teams mentoring young people out of residential care, and seven weeks left to apply
- Working this Saturday's public holiday in Portugal? Your employer picks how you get paid back
- Who decides when a resident pharmacist becomes a specialist? Portugal has finally written it down
- Primark is opening four more stores in Portugal, and 300 jobs come with them
- €17.5 million and two deadlines for the courses that keep teenagers in school
- €30 million for tourism projects in Portugal, and the door stays open until December
- When will Portugal pass its pay transparency law? The deadline was 7 June
- A Mars mission is coming to the Alentejo, and researchers have until 6 September to apply
- 395 scholarships, 970,000 euros, and one deadline in September
- Lisbon Metro is hiring graduate trainees for 12 months, and applications close on 31 August
- Portugal's university grant window runs 14 August to 2 October this year
- 47,960 applications are already in for Portugal's public universities (and the first phase shuts on 6 August)
- Four Portuguese startups get a runway into California, and the deadline is 14 August
- You no longer need a degree to apply for a paid European Commission traineeship
- Portugal's second-phase university applications open 24 August and close 2 September
- Portugal's university placement results land on 22 August and enrolment lasts four days
- Emprego +Talento pays up to 23,000 euros for hiring an unemployed graduate
- Portugal's arts funding gets new programmes and a €450,000 ceiling for 2026
- That 1,075-euro incentive grant lands this September, but the big student grant reform slips to 2027/2028
- Portugal's Army is opening 2,007 posts before the year ends, most of them contract-regime enlisted roles
- The INCM Portuguese Language Prizes close on 31 July, with 35,000 euros on the table
- Portugal's demonstrator projects call is open, and SMEs have until December to apply
- Portugal's prémio salarial pays back up to 1,500 euros in tuition, but the 2026 applications are still shut
- Portugal's rail operator CP has 22 permanent front-line jobs open
- The EU's SME Fund pays back up to €2,250 on industrial property, but trade marks and designs have run out
- 182.5 million euros are on the table for innovative SMEs, and applications close on 30 September
- Mota-Engil has 270 internships open across 16 countries, and applications close at the end of August
- Foundever is opening 400-plus jobs in Portugal, in Lisbon and Porto
- A new Barcelos shoe factory will create 580 jobs — and the first 210 are opening now
- University applications in Portugal are open — and the window shuts on 6 August
- FLAD will pay 2,000 dollars for the best essay by a young Portuguese-American — entries close in September
- PEPAC is putting 177 million euros into farm support before the year ends
- Portugal's electric-car incentive pays €4,000 and closes on 27 July — first come, first served
- IEFP has 80 million euros to train people with disabilities — applications close 30 July
- Storm Kristin support applications close on July 20 — anyone still eligible has four days
- StartUP Voucher pays young founders a 900-euro monthly grant — applications close 25 August
- Women's leadership gets 5.8 million euros from PESSOAS 2030 — applications close 12 August
- The Labour Compensation Fund has €517 million unclaimed and the deadline is 31 December
- IEFP +Emprego hiring support: how it works and who can apply in 2026
- Empresa na Hora: how to start a company in Portugal for 360 euros — 2026 guide
- Recibos verdes: how to register as self-employed in Portugal — 2026 guide
- Programa Regressar: Portugal's 2026 tax break and cash support for returning emigrants
- IEFP internships INICIAR and +Talento: applications close 30 July
- Sines antimony refinery: 150 direct jobs and 300 indirect by 2030
- AVANÇAR programme: Portuguese firms get up to 12,400 euros to hire young workers
- IRS Jovem 2026: Portugal's youth tax break — who qualifies and how much you save
- PRR grants 2026: the non-refundable support still open for companies and startups in Portugal
- Camões scholarships 2026/2027: how the grants to study in Portugal work
- CCDR Norte: public competition for two senior technicians, applications until 28 July
- Portugal student grants 2026/27: applications open 14 August — what to prepare now
- Portugal salaries 2026: which sectors pay more (and which are stuck)
- Alentejo 2030 grants: €500,000 for jobs and entrepreneurship, deadline 27 July
- Teacher training funding in Portugal: PESSOAS 2030 applications open until July 31
- Portugal pensions double in July: holiday subsidy paid on 8 July
- Portugal NGO equality fund: €4 million open for applications until 17 July
- The health service opens thousands of posts: where the doctor and nurse competitions are
- Portugal 2030: the funding open to companies and would-be founders
- Cheque-Formação: the state support for studying without quitting your job
- The most in-demand jobs in Portugal in 2026
- Money to innovate: Portugal 2030 support open to businesses
- Summer work in tourism: the Algarve is hiring in earnest
- StartUp Voucher: 700 euros a month to get your idea off the page
- Want a public-sector job? The quick guide to the competitions
- Golden visa: the wait for biometrics now reaches 12 months
- Income tax: today is the last day to file your return
- Invest2030: the non-refundable support for SMEs that want to grow
- Rates are rising: savings pay again (and what to do about it)
- Golden visa: renewals go online, and funds remain the way in
- Summer jobs in tourism: employment fairs reach five cities
- Hiring soon? IEFP supports could ease the bill
- Golden visa: investors pull 94.7 million from funds in 2026
- Public sector jobs: how to find State openings on BEP
- Minimum wage rises to €920 in 2026 — and the target is €1,020 by 2028
- Summer is hiring season: where the seasonal jobs are in Portugal in 2026
- Working in tech in Portugal: openings, pay and the D8 visa for newcomers