Announcement of the winners of the 2018 Arquivo.pt Awards

The 2018 Arquivo.pt Awards were announced at "Ciência 2018 - Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia", which is taking place from July 2 to 4 at the Lisbon Congress Center.

The 1st prize, worth 10,000 euros, was awarded to the work "Conta-me Histórias", led by Ricardo Campos. The 2nd prize, worth 3,000 euros, was awarded to the work "Framing the concept of 'homosexuality' in 20 years of publication of the Expresso newspaper: a mixed study (quantitative and qualitative)", by João Teixeira Duarte. The 3rd prize, worth 2,000 euros, was awarded to "Arquivo de Opinião", by Miguel Won. In this first edition of the Arquivo.pt Awards, entries were received in areas such as: Technology, Social Sciences and Humanities.

The awards were presented by the European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carlos Moedas, the Minister for the Presidency and Administrative Modernization, Maria Leitão Marques, and the Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor, during the plenary session "New frontiers of the digital age in Europe and the world".

These prizes are awarded by the FCT with the aim of highlighting original and innovative work that uses the thousands of pages available on Arquivo.pt as a source, and that highlights the importance of preserving the information that is published on the Internet.