Grants
Grants programme for scientific research
GRANTS
In 1994 the BIAL Foundation launched a Grants programme for scientific research with the aim of encouraging the research into healthy human being’s physical and mental processes, namely in fields still largely unexplored but which warrant further scientific analysis, as Psychophysiology and Parapsychology.Since its launch, applications to the BIAL Foundation Grants have been increasing. Up to now 775 projects have been supported, involving 1624 researchers from 29 countries.
The approved applications will benefit from grants up to a maximum amount of €60,000. The amount to be granted is fixed by the Scientific Board according to the needs of each project.
The research funded by the BIAL Foundation from 1994 to July 2022 has resulted in the publication of 2036 papers, 1632 of which in indexed journals (in Scopus or Web of Science) and 1404 in impact factor journals. Almost half of the papers were published in journals that ranked in the first quartile (Q1) in their subject area. By July 2022, 1472 papers were cited on average 24 times.
Among the researchers supported by the BIAL Foundation, is worth highlighting the presence of scientists from prestigious universities from the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, France, Australia, Russia, Spain and Japan, among many others.
Some of the Research Centres supported by BIAL FoundationGrants Management System
The Bial Foundation Grants Management System (BF-GMS) denotes the restricted access components of the Bial Foundation Grants Management System and offers functionality to researchers and reviewers involved in the BF system of Grants for Scientific Research.
Here you can register to the website, complete your profile, create and submit a new application when a new Financial Support programme is available, as well as manage supported projects since 2014 – e.g. submit scientific and financial progress/final reports.
To use all the functionalities of the system you should first register through the link below. After registering to the website you will find PDF guide that will help you navigating through the System.
We remind you that you can only register once in the BF-GMS registration system. If you have lost and forgotten your login credentials please use the automated recovery tool.
If you still have any doubts, please contact fundacao@bial.com or +351 229 866 150.
BIAL Foundation Grants Management System (BF-GMS)
At the moment, it is not possible to create an account in the BF-GMS, since the Grants Programme for Scientific Research is not open to applications
Testimonials about some Supported Projects
Below you can find some testimonials of the supported researchers
Marc Wittmann & Damisela Linares Gutiérrez
Changes in the temporal width of the present moment after meditation
Julia Mossbridge
A trait-and-state analysis of precognitive remote viewing focusing on gender, emotions, and pregnancy status
Ana Teixeira Santos
Getting the aging brain to train: A working memory and neurostimulation approach
Miguel Farias
The mind possessed project: Mapping the varieties of possession experiences
Stephen Baumgart
Signal or noise? Using a psychophysical approach to investigate the effects of attention and neurofeedback
Caroline Di Luft
Two-brain directed synchronization during eye contact
São Luís Castro
The impact of music training on reading and mathematical abilities of normal and reading disabled children
Nolween Marie
Phenomenological experience and neurophysiological correlates of shamanic trance in healthy individuals
Devin Terhune
Atypical metacognition and time perception
Rui Alves and Teresa Jacques
Mind-Body Interactions in Writing (M-BW)
Elena Antonova
EEG microstates in experienced meditators, from letters to grammar
Anna Ciaunica
Estranged from oneself, estranged from the others
Dean Radin
Psi, nonlocality and entangled photons
Julie Beischel
Correlating accurate intuition with learning styles and sensory modality preferences
Christine Simmonds-Moore
Correlates and nature of subjective apparitional experiences
Clara Pretus
A neuroimaging study of religious and nationalist radicals
Arnaud Delorme
A study about anomalous psychological phenomena
Marilyn Schlitz
The role of beliefs in psi in a precognition study
Stephen Badham
Age-related changes in brain
Sofia Machado
Producing a Near-Death Experience like through hypnosis
Nicholas Furl
Brain encoding of the distinctive movements of facial expressions
Amir Raz
Consciousness training
Thilo Hinterberger
Paced Breathing
Jennifer Kim Penberthy
Extraordinary experiences
Lénia Amaral
Episodic memory enhancement
Mark Blagrove
Electrophysiological correlation
Helané Wahbeh
Full-trance channeling
Aaron Koralek
Dopamine in behavior & action
Tal Dotan Ben-Soussan
Consciousness and selfhood
Joana Coutinho
Empathy in couples
Miguel Farias
Neural stimulation & paranormal
Jason Braithwaite
The dissociated self
Julie Beischel
Information reception in mediums
John Kruth
Mood and emotion
Catherine French
Conditional Foxp2 deletion
Veena Kumari
The mindful eye
Stefan Schmidt
Libet revisited
Etzel Cardeña
Alterations of consciousness
Numbers & Statistics
Throughout several editions, the Grants for Scientific Research of the BIAL Foundation have been increasingly recognized. In the first edition of Grants, in 1994, the BIAL Foundation received a total of 48 applications and supported 10 projects. Since then, the number of applications has increased significantly and in the last edition of 2020, 395 research projects involving 1102 researchers were received, out of which 84 projects were funded. The graph shows the percentage of the funded projects according to the total number of applications received in each edition.
In total, in the 14 editions, 775 research projects were supported, involving 1624 researchers from 29 countries. The supported projects are equivalent to 26% of total applications, and are divided in the fields of Psychophysiology (51%), Parapsychology (31%) and both (18%).
Reflecting the increasing awareness of the BIAL Foundation, supporting research in psychophysiology and parapsychology within the international scientific community, the most significant numbers of applications, apart from Portugal, come from the UK, USA, and Italy.
The research funded by the BIAL Foundation in the areas of Psychophysiology and Parapsychology from 1994 to July 2022 has resulted in the publication of 1632 articles in indexed journals (in Scopus or Web of Science), 1404 of which in journals with an average impact factor of 4.1 and 301 in journals with an impact factor greater than 5. By July 2022, there was a substantial number of citations (35.256), with 486 publications cited more than 20 times.
Globally, the researchers supported by the BIAL Foundation published 3190 scientific papers, chapters, book chapters, conference abstracts and master and doctoral theses.
A study conducted by Cordeiro, Marinho, Guedes and Sousa, presented at the 13th Symposium of the BIAL Foundation, held in Porto from April 6 to 9, 2022, gives an overview of the changes in the number of publications from 1994 to March 2022 and can be accessed at the following link. In addition, the Foundation provides an open online database that can be accessed by the scientific community and by the general public here.
Supported Projects
Find here the lists of supported projects per Grant Edition.