Teresa Carvalho and Ana Isabel Melo have presented the paper "Teaching and Research Balance in Portuguese Academia: Is it Still Possible to Differentiate between Teaching and Research Institutions?" at the 'Hiroshima International Conference' on 'Academics' Teaching and Research Activities in The Knowledge Society: Main findings from national surveys', which took place in Hiroshima, on the 4th and 5th of March. This paper presents the first results of the questionnaire from the project Know-Best (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-029427- supported by FEDER, COMPETE2020 - Operational Thematic Program for Competitiveness and Internationalization (POCI), and the State Budget, through FCT/MCTES).