Research and development indicators (R&D) in Sines’s region (100km): 

>Number of research units, 2007: 816 [N.º]

>Persons in R&D percentage in total labour force, 2007: 1 [%]

>Researchers (FTE) in R&D percentage in total labour force, 2007: 1 [%]

>Total of persons in R&D (FTE), 2007: 13.204 [N.º]

>Persons in entrepreneurial R&D (FTE) , 2007: 4.558 [N.º]

>Total expense in R&D, 2007: 798.338 [1000€]

>Expense in R&D as a percentage of GDP, 2007: 1 [%]

>Expense in R&D by sector, 2007: 433658 [1000€]

>Entrepreneurial R&D in total R&D investment: 53 [%]

Research establishments:

Universidade de Évora - Pólo de Sines
CIEMAR (Laboratório de Ciências do Mar)
www.ciemar.uevora.pt

Instituto Piaget - Campus Universitário de Santo André
www.ipiaget.org/faculdade/4

Sines Tecnopólo
Associação Centro de Incubação de Empresas de Base Tecnológica Vasco da Gama
www.sinestecnopolo.org