Presentation session for projects by the ‘la Caixa’ Foundation and FCT

On Wednesday, July 25, FCT and the “la Caixa” Foundation will hold a presentation session for the eight research projects with social impact selected in Call first Call “la Caixa” Foundation in the areas of biomedicine and health. These projects fall within the scope of the "Iberian Initiative for Biomedical Research and Innovation, i4b," established in the protocol signed between the "la Caixa" Foundation and the FCT in February 2018. In the protocol, the FCT undertakes to match the investment that the "la Caixa" Foundation allocates to selected research projects in the country in these areas.

The presentation session will be attended by the Minister of Science, Technology, and Higher Education, Manuel Heitor, and the Corporate Director of Research and Strategy at the “la Caixa” Foundation, Ángel Font, who will be accompanied by the Chairman of the FCT Board of Directors, Paulo Ferrão, and the Honorary President of BPI and curator of the “la Caixa” Foundation, Artur Santos Silva. The session is part of the celebrations for the anniversary of the Pavilion of Knowledge, where it will take place at 11:30 a.m.

The eight selected projects represent a total allocation of around five million euros and are distributed across four areas: neurosciences, infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and cross-cutting biomedical projects. The Call 785 applications, 167 of which came from Portugal.

Program

11:30 a.m. – Opening Session

Rosalia Vargas, Living Science

Paulo Ferrão, Foundation for Science and Technology

Ángel Font, La Caixa Foundation

11:45 a.m. – Presentation of the 8 selected projects (5 min each)

12:30 p.m. – Closing

Artur Santos Silva, BPI, and La Caixa Foundation

Manuel Heitor, Minister of Science, Technology, and Higher Education