L’Oréal Portugal Medals of Honor for Women in Science recognize four more Portuguese scientists

Four scientific projects have been honored this year with the L'Oréal Portugal Medals of Honor for Women in Science. This initiative by L'Oréal Portugal, in partnership with FCT and the Portuguese National Commission for UNESCO (CNU), has already honored 69 Portuguese women scientists.

The program, now in its 20th edition, will support research by Laetitia Gaspar – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology at the University of Coimbra; Cláudia Deus – Multidisciplinary Institute of Aging at the University of Coimbra; Sara Silva Pereira – Biomedical Research Center at the Portuguese Catholic University; and Mariana Osswald – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health at the University of Porto. Find out more about the winning projects here.

The four researchers, all PhD holders aged between 31 and 37, receive an individual prize of €15,000, out of a total of €60,000 to support the four research projects. The selection was made by a scientific jury chaired by Alexandre Quintanilha, retired professor and researcher in the field of physics.

L'Oréal's support for women in science formally began in 1998 with a partnership with UNESCO, which gave rise to the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program, awarding five renowned scientists annually, one from each region of the world.

This international program has inspired dozens of local initiatives aimed at young people and women researchers. It was in this context that the L'Oréal Portugal Medals of Honor for Women in Science were created in 2004.