Award Ceremony The winners of the Maria de Sousa Award 3rd edition - 2023 will be announced in the Award ceremony that will take place on November 16, 2023, at 6 p.m. in Lisbon, and will be held in a hybrid format, so everyone can watch online. The event will be chaired by the Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education.



Watch online via Público newspaper channels (Website, YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn). No registration is required.




Award Ceremony

The winners of the Maria de Sousa Award 4th edition - 2024 will be announced at the award ceremony, which will take place on 9 October 2024, at 5 pm, at the Aula Magna da Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa, and will this year be part of the Conference 30 Years BIAL Foundation.

Registration for online participation is open until 30 September here.

More information here

About the Award

To honour the memory of the physician and great researcher Maria de Sousa, contributing to scientific research in the area of Health Sciences, the Portuguese Medical Association and the BIAL Foundation promote, in exclusive partnership, the Maria de Sousa Award, which aims to award and support up to five young Portuguese scientific researchers, aged 35 or under, with scientific projects in the area of Health Sciences, including a mandatory internship in an international center of excellence.

Maria de Sousa Award: the next edition is scheduled for 2025

Awards up to:
5 applications| €30.000 each

The Maria de Sousa Award: 4th edition – 2024 application process is now closed. The next edition is scheduled for 2025.

Maria de Sousa Award: 4th edition – 2024

Jury
Rui Costa - President
Maria do Carmo Fonseca
Miguel Castelo-Branco
Joana Palha
João Relvas

Previous Editions


2024

Maria de Sousa Award - 4th edition
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2023

Maria de Sousa Award - 3rd edition
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2022

Maria de Sousa Award - 2nd edition
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2021

Maria de Sousa Award - 1st edition
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