The Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (FCT), the Portuguese public funding agency for R&D, has opened a call for scientific research and technological development (SR&TD) project grants in all scientific domains and has appointed Professor Dr. Ansgar Belke as one of the international reviewers in the area of Economics and Finance for this evaluation exercise. Ansgar Belke is taking part in the international FCT panel meeting in Lisbon, 17 to 18 June, 2015.