Maria de Sousa Award 2026: award ceremony
The 6th edition of the Maria de Sousa Award honours once again five young Portuguese researchers in Health Sciences. Discover the winners at the award ceremony on November 6 in Lisbon and follow the event live on the Bial Foundation's social media.
Published Oct 23, 2026
The winners of the Maria de Sousa Award 6th edition - 2026 will be announced at the award ceremony taking place on November 6, 2026, at 3:30 PM in Lisbon.
The event will be shared live on the social media channels of the Bial Foundation. Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram or X and stay up to date with every moment of the ceremony.
Promoted by the Portuguese Medical Association and the Bial Foundation, Maria de Sousa Award aims to award and support young Portuguese researchers aged 35 or under with scientific projects in Health Sciences, including a mandatory internship in an international centre of excellence.
The Jury is chaired by Rui Costa, president and CEO of the Allen Institute (USA), and includes researchers who had a close connection to Maria de Sousa: Miguel Castelo-Branco, director of the Center for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT) at the University of Coimbra; Maria Manuel Mota, CEO of the Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM); Joana Palha, full professor at the School of Medicine of the University of Minho; and João Relvas, researcher and group leader at the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (i3S) of the University of Porto.
Created in 2021 to honour Maria de Sousa's legacy, the award has already recognised 25 young researchers, selected from 300 applications submitted across its first five editions.