2007: 50000€, grant from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (National Research Agency). Intimate violence in youth relationships (PTDC/PSI/65852/2006). PI: Carla Machado e Marlene Matos. Duration: 2 years

 2009: 58000€, grant from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (National Research Agency). Stalking in Portugal: Prevalence, Impact and Intervention, (PIHM/VG/0090/2008). PI: Marlene Matos. Duration: 2 years

2009: 57.951.60€, grant from Comissão para a Cidadania e Igualdade de Género (Comission for Gender Equality). Mutual helping Groups for women victims of domestic violence. PI: Marlene Matos, Researchers: Andreia Machado. Duration: 2 years

2011: 70.048€, grant from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (National Research Agency). Multiple victimization of poor women: Intersection of meanings and pathways to change. PI: Marlene Matos. Duration: 3 years​

2013: 48.013,32€, grant from Comissão para a Cidadania e Igualdade de Género (Comission for Gender Equality). Evaluation of Criminal Proceedings on Human Trafficking in Portugal (2008-2013) and evalaution of the II National Plan Against Human Trafficking. PI: Marlene Matos.

2014: 103 924,95€, grant from Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. CarryOn - Ecossystems and its role on recovering women vitims of intimate partner violence. PI: Ana Lúcia Silva e Marlene Matos Duration: 17 months.

2014: 126.000€, grant from Direção Geral de Reinserção Social e Serviços Prisionais. Recidivism: recidivism assessment of young offenders and prevention of crime. PI: Ângela Maia. Duration: 3 years. ​