Applications Open for the 2019 Health Marathon Awards

Applications for the 2019 Health Marathon Awards in Biomedical Research are open until November 22. This year, the awards aim to recognize the two best scientific research projects in the field of cancer being developed in Portugal.

The Call of two categories, junior and senior, and is aimed at Portuguese or foreign researchers and/or doctors who have completed their doctorate less than ten years ago (junior category) or more than ten years ago (senior category) at the date of the Call opening. Applications that include partnerships between research institutions based in Portugal and hospitals or other health institutions, whether national or foreign, are encouraged. The award has a unit value of €20,000 (twenty thousand euros) to be awarded to each project for a maximum period of two years, starting between May and October 2020, and is mainly financed through donations from civil society raised during the Health Marathon television show broadcast by RTP.

This Call promoted by FCTand Maratona da Saúde Associação (MdS) under the protocol established between both entities in 2014. In this regard, applications will be evaluated by a Jury proposed by FCT, which will be composed of scientists of recognized international merit in the field of biomedicine. The scientific merit of the candidates and the contribution that the proposed work could make to the discovery of better treatments, cures, and prevention of cancer are two of the various criteria on which the evaluation and selection process is based. In this 6th edition, Janssen was one of the main partners of the initiative and will associate its name with one of the Awards.

The five editions of the Health Marathon Awards in Biomedical Research held to date have received around 280 project applications in the areas of Cancer, Diabetes, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Autoimmune Diseases and Allergies. These awards have already recognized 13 scientists who carry out their research work in these areas in Portugal.

More information on the Call page