Call CaixaResearch Validate for biomedical research

FCT and the "la Caixa" Foundation have opened applications for theCaixaResearch Validate Call for biomedical research projects. Proposals can be submitted until 1pm (Lisbon time) on February 10th. Detailed information, the regulations and the application form are available on the Call page.

This Call, which is being held under the Caixa Validate Program, which is part of the new framework collaboration agreement between the two institutions, signed this month, aims to support research projects in the areas of life sciences, medicine and health whose objective is to enhance and commercialize assets resulting from research, patented or likely to be patented.

In addition to funding of up to 100,000 euros, the selected projects will also receive support through expert supervision, the assignment of a mentor and specialized training in strategic areas such as project management, financing and marketing tools, among others, with a view to providing fundamental tools for defining and successfully implementing the valorization and marketing plan.

Applicants must be non-profit legal entities - universities, university foundations, research and transfer centers, technology centers, hospitals, hospital foundations and non-profit institutions whose main activity is research - registered in Portugal or Spain and with the status of owners or co-owners of the assets that are the subject of the valorization and commercialization plan.

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