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January 31, 2014

Research into gastric cancer, malaria, and anesthetic gas awarded L’Oréal Medals

Inês Gonçalves, Joana Tavares, and Luísa Neves are the researchers honored in the 10th edition of the initiative.

January 30, 2014

FCCN conferences in February

From February 5 to 7 in Évora, the conference will bring together the research and higher education community around topics such as b-on, RCAAP, and others.

January 28, 2014

Parliamentary Hearing with the President of FCT

On January 24, Miguel Seabra attended the Parliamentary Committee on Education, Science, and Culture.

January 22, 2014

21 Portuguese nationals on technology internships at CERN, ESA, and ESO

The FCT approved new Studentships Call 2013 Call Technological Internships, in technological areas of strategic interest to the country.

January 20, 2014

Fulbright and FCT sign cooperation agreements

On January 16, FCT and the Fulbright Commission signed three cooperation protocols that strengthen scientific cooperation and exchange between Portugal and the United States of America.

January 19, 2014

Gene therapy for progressive blindness with positive results

The twenty-year investigation, led by Miguel Seabra, current president of FCT, paved the way for encouraging results from the first gene therapy for a form of hereditary blindness.

January 14, 2014

Four scientists in Portugal receive funding from the European Research Council

Rui Costa, Lars Jansen, Edgar Gomes, and Sofia Aboim will receive a total of €7 million over five years to consolidate their research teams and develop their ideas.

December 23, 2013

Collaborative project on Biomedical Materials brings together researchers from Portugal and China

The project selected in the first Call the Portugal-China Joint Innovation Center for Advanced Materials investigates cardiovascular intervention devices.

December 20, 2013

Extension of ESO headquarters in Germany inaugurated

The European Southern Observatory inaugurated its new facilities on December 4. A Portuguese company collaborated on the building's structure.

December 14, 2013

2013 Pessoa Award given to a scientist

Maria Mota, a researcher at the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine in Lisbon, is the winner of the 2013 edition of the prestigious Pessoa Prize.

December 13, 2013

SCOAP3 Open Access Initiative launches in January 2014

CERN has confirmed the launch of an initiative that will make a large number of scientific articles
in the field of particle physics available on an open access basis.

December 13, 2013

First Calls 2020 Calls launched

The first Calls new European framework program for research and innovation were launched this week, outlining funding opportunities for 2014 and 2015.