Scientific Research in East Timor Promoted by the INCT: Four Years of Experience in Implementing Scientific Areas and Their Benefits for Higher Education Institutions and Municipalities in East Timor

In this article, we intend to demonstrate what scientific research in East Timor has been like, as promoted by the INCT. We will present four years of experience in implementing thematic areas and their benefits for higher education institutions and municipal levels. The INCT funded seven (7) scientific investigations in 2019, 16 in 2021, 12 in 2022 and 11 in 2023, totaling 46 scientific studies. This article will present the scientific areas most sought after by researchers, the higher education institutions that have benefited from INCT
funding, the municipalities that have hosted scientific research, the research results that have been published in online journals, as well as the researchers’ and evaluators’ assessment of the INCT’s modus operandi.