The Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation, PF, created by the University of the Azores, is a Public Foundation of private law, endowed with legal personality, governance bodies and property, financially and administratively self-sufficient, which is governed by its statutes, internal regulations, Foundations Laws and other relevant legislation. Within a close cooperation with the University of the Azores, the Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation aims to foster technological, social, cultural, artistic, economic, environmental and sports activities, among others, by promoting and participating in contests, programs and projects, as well as the development of training, consulting and information dissemination. Fundação Gaspar Frutuoso (FGF) is a non-for-profit public Foundation of private law which is governed by its statutes and, in the omissive cases, by specific legal provisions in portuguese law. FGF was created in 1999 as an initiative of a single organ settlor, the University of the Azores (UAc), with the purpose, in close collaboration with the UAc, to take over as core competencies the promotion, support and execution of scientific research activities, technological, cultural and economic development, training, consultancy and dissemination, promotion initiatives that enhance cooperation between the UAc and other national or foreign entities, especially those that contribute to the strengthening of its involvement in the community and, in general, support and develop any initiative which falls within the aims and activities of the University.