A main source of national funding of INESC-ID is FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, through direct funding of the associate laboratory projects awarded in a nationwide competitive basis. National funding is also provided by AdI-Agência de Inovação.
Another main source of funding are European Union projects.
The following set of tables summarizes the activities carried out in 2013 and the results achieved:
Projects
| TYPE OF PROJECT | Number |
| International Programs (research projects ongoing) | 17 |
| National Programs (research projects ongoing) | 58 |
| Contracts with companies | 23 |
| Total | 98 |
Publications
| PUBLICATION TYPE | Number |
| Books | 4 |
| International Journals | 120 |
| National Journals | 2 |
| Book Chapters | 21 |
| International Conferences | 294 |
| National Conferences | 32 |
| Patents | 2 |
| Technical Reports | 30 |
| Special Issues of Journals (edition) | 3 |
| Conference Proceedings | 4 |
| Total | 512 |
Dissertations
| TYPE | ONGOING | COMPLETED | Total |
| PhD Theses | 145 | 27 | 172 |
| MSc Theses | 319 | 92 | 411 |
| Graduation Theses | 32 | 0 | 32 |
| Total | 496 | 119 | 615 |
Organization of Scientific Events
| TYPE OF ACTION | Number |
| Associate Editor of Journal | 11 |
| Committee Chair | 12 |
| Committee Member | 82 |
| General Chair | 3 |
| Invited Speaker | 5 |
| Reviewer | 47 |
Summary
| PROJECTS | 98 |
| R&D PUBLICATIONS | 512 |
| DISSERTATIONS | 615 |
| SCIENTIFIC EVENTS | 160 |