Applications open for the 2019 Health Marathon Awards
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Applications are open until November 22 for the 2019 Health Marathon Awards in Biomedical Research, which this year aim to distinguish the two best scientific research projects in the field of Cancer, being developed in Portugal.
The Call is made up of two categories, junior and senior, and is aimed at researchers and/or doctors, Portuguese or foreign, who have completed their doctorate less than ten years ago (junior category) or more than ten years ago (senior category) at the time the Call opens. Applications are encouraged for partnerships between research institutions based in Portugal and hospitals or other health institutions, national or foreign. The prize has a unit amount 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 will be mainly financed through donations from civil society raised during the Health Marathon television show broadcast by RTP.
This Call is promoted by FCT and the Maratona da Saúde Association (MdS) under the protocol established between the two entities in 2014. The applications will be assessed by a jury proposed by the FCT, which will be made up 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 is one of the initiative's main partners and will associate its name with one of the Awards.
The five editions of the Health Marathon Awards in Biomedical Research to date have received around 280 applications for projects in the areas of Cancer, Diabetes, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases and Autoimmune Diseases and Allergies. These awards have already honored 13 scientists working in these areas in Portugal.
More information on the Call page