Mission and Strategic Objectives
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Mission
To develop scientific research and graduate teaching in Life Sciences, Chemistry, and Associated Technologies for the benefit of Health and the Environment, as well as to provide services to the community and develop university extension activities, including the promotion of science and technology.
Vision
To affirm ITQB NOVA as a reference institute, nationally and internationally, in the development and promotion of scientific research and training, responding to the societal challenges of the 21st century in the areas of Health and Disease, Biological Resources and Sustainable Development.
Values
Excellence in research and training; Ethics and responsibility; Focus on internationalization; Innovation and knowledge transfer; Independence; Collaboration with society.
Strategic Objectives
To promote graduate education and scientific research of excellence, with a deep connection between these two areas, in order to train high level qualified human resources at an international level.
ITQB NOVA trains not only Masters and Doctors, but also promotes career development after the doctoral studies, including the training of young Leaders of Research Laboratories as well as Technological-based Entrepreneurs.
The scientific and training areas of ITQB NOVA focus on Molecular Biosciences, with emphasis on Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Structural Biology, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and Chemical Biology. Using knowledge in these scientific areas and a multidisciplinary approach, ITQB NOVA aims to have an impact on the Molecular Bases of Health and Disease, as well as on the preservation of Biological Resources and Sustainable Development.
In the context of Value Creation, ITQB NOVA aims, on the one hand, to maintain and promote collaboration with national and international companies and associations in the pharmaceutical, agro and biotechnological areas and, on the other hand, to stimulate the creation of spin-off companies, which can create value from the research carried out at the Institute. The value creation activities are eminently collaborative and depend on establishing strategic partnerships within the scientific and technologic ecosystem where the Institute is imbedded.
