João Monjardino Award 2022 dedicated to viral diseases

The 2022 João Monjardino Award is dedicated to the theme “Viral Diseases: Epidemiology, Etiopathogenesis and Control”. The submission of applications will be from June 15 to September 30, 2022.

This award was created in 2021, replacing the former Pulido Valente Award, and is the result of a protocol signed between the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the Professor Francisco Pulido Valente Foundation. Its purpose is to distinguish the best article published under the theme proposed for each edition, this year it is “Viral Diseases: Epidemiology, Etiopathogenesis and Control”, which addresses the results of research carried out by a researcher under 35 years of age on the date of submission of the application, in an institution of the national scientific and technological system. There is no restriction on the year of publication of the article.

Candidates may participate with a single original work, which has been published or accepted for publication (duly proven) in a national or international journal of the specialty, and must be the first author or co-author (provided that it is recognized in the publication as having a contribution identical to that of the first author).

The value of this Prize is 10,000 EUR (ten thousand euros), shared equally by the two Foundations and awarded in a single installment.
Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria: Scientific quality of the article; Relevance of the study and relevance of the results obtained within the scope of the theme of Call ; and Contribution of the candidate to the work published, or accepted for publication.

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