Belmiro de Azevedo Foundation Award

The Belmiro de Azevedo Foundation Award is an initiative resulting from an agreement between the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Belmiro de Azevedo Foundation (FBA), which aims to promote the implementation of projects with clear merit and impact at national and international level in the field of conservation, restoration, and monitoring of biodiversity in Portugal.

Applications are evaluated by a jury composed of individuals, preferably with foreign affiliation, of recognized international merit in the field of biodiversity-related sciences, nominated by FCT and FBA.

Non-profit private legal entities based in Portugal may apply, including scientific societies or non-profit scientific associations, higher education institutions and their R&D institutes and units, whether public or private. Each proposal must indicate a researcher responsible for coordinating the entity's work, who has held a PhD for at least 5 years.

In each annual edition of the award, the two foundations, in equal parts, award one or more prizes up to a maximum value of €500,000 (five hundred thousand euros). Each of the prizes to be awarded is a maximum of €250,000.00 (two hundred and fifty thousand euros) and a minimum of €100,000.00 (one hundred thousand euros).