Research funding is obtained from federal and state funding agencies, in addition to various research, technological development and innovation projects in partnership with national and multinational companies, as well as projects financed by the European Community and iTec/FURG.

Examples of projects that have been or are underway include:

- INCTMar - CNPQ project associated with the National Institutes of Science and Technology for the Sea, where the program's professors coordinate the line of technologies for Operational Oceanography (6 professors);

- iTec/FURG EMBRAPII: agreement with the Brazilian Innovation Company involving the technological development of 8 projects with companies in 3 years of operation, involving the areas of Robotics and Automation (10 professors);

- TecNaval - FINEP project involving technologies for autonomous vessels, involving navigation and perception (4 professors);

- OCELUS - Improvement of Equipment and Process for Automatic Linear Welding Based on Computer Vision, funded by Petrobras (6 professors);

- Autonomous Robotic System for Pipe Cleaning, funded by Yara Brasil Fertilizantes SA (5 professors);

- Digital Systems and Technologies for Coastal and Oceanic Ecosystems in the Oil, Gas and Biofuel Industry, funded by the National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels - ANP (5 professors);

- ToT: Digital Verification of Databooks, funded by Petrobras (5 professors);

- Yara-4.0: CleanBot Technological Solutions involving Industry 4.0 - Pipeline Cleaning Robot, funded by Yara Brasil Fertilizantes SA (4 professors);

- Yara-4.0: SensorLess Technological Solutions involving Industry 4.0, funded by Yara Brasil Fertilizantes SA (4 professors);

- iDEIA: Innovation, Teaching, Experimentation, Inclusion and Active Learning as Tools for the Qualification of Scientific Literacy in Basic Education, funded by the Ministry of Education - MEC (3 professors);

- Application of aggregations and pre-aggregations using generalizations of the Choquet integral, funded by the Foundation for Research Support of the State of RS - FAPERGS (3 professors);

- 3DCS - Advanced Automation and Control Technologies for Supervision of Maritime Subsystems, funded by the Financing Agency for Studies and Projects - Finep (2 professors);

- Fuzzy logic and weaker aggregation operators for hybrid and flexible models in Artificial and Computational Intelligence, funded by CNPq (3 professors);

- Evaluation and development of fault tolerance techniques, funded by CNPq (3 professors);

- Exploring Machine Learning Techniques, funded by Vetorial Internet (2 professors);

- Development of a Mobile Game to Raise Children's Awareness about Water Use, funded by Mosaic Fertilizantes (2 professors);

- AVAPolo: Virtual Learning Environment, funded by CAPES (2 professors);

- Bioinformatics applied to personalized medicine: from diagnosis to treatment of diseases, funded by the Foundation for Research Support of the State of RS - FAPERGS (2 professors);

- Structural Bioinformatics of Proteins: models, algorithms and biotechnological applications, funded by CAPES (2 professors);

- Data Mining Applied to Results of Molecular Docking, Virtual Screening and Molecular Dynamics, funded by CNPq (2 professors);

- RDP Brasil - Brazilian Research Data Network, funded by the National Education and Research Network - RNP (1 professor);

- Business Intelligence and Data Analysis, funded by Vetorial Internet (1 professor);

- Development of a Model for Territorial Information Systems Suitable for the Application of the New Law 13465, for Land Regularization, and its Application in the Municipality of São José do Norte, funded by the City Hall of São José do Norte (1 professor);

- Modular Automation Kit for Boom Sprayer focused on Local Smallholders and Family Farmers, funded by IEEE (1 professor);

- Reliability in Approximate Digital Systems, funded by CNPq (1 professor);

- ORUS - Perception for Service Robotics based on Learning, funded by CNPq (1 professor);

- OMNE - Visual Computing and CPS towards Industry 4.0: Context Awareness, Intelligence and Interactivity, funded by CNPq (1 professor);

- Reliability in nanotechnologies - challenges for FinFET technology, funded by CNPq (1 professor);

- AUTOCERES - Automation and Instrumentation in Family Farming, funded by FAPERGS (1 professor);

- Development and Computational Optimization of a Simplified Ground-to-Air Heat Exchanger Considering Sensible and Latent Heat Transfer, funded by FAPERGS (1 professor);

- Structuring iTec/EMBRAPII - Technological Solutions in Automation and Robotic Systems for the Industrial Sector and iTec/FURG, funded by EMBRAPII (5 professors);

- Participatory Management of Water Resources Using Computer Games and Multi-Agent Systems, funded by CAPES (1 professor);

- Hydrone - Unmanned Hybrid Air-Water Vehicle, funded by Robocup Brasil (1 professor);

- Sapiens - Sustainability and Efficiency through Consumer-Focused Technologies for Smart Grids, funded by CNPq (1 professor);

- Use of Games and Simulation for Participatory Management of Water Resources, funded by CAPES (1 professor).