ULisboa/CGD Scientific Awards honour eight researchers from Ciências ULisboa

The 2026 edition of the ULisboa/CGD Scientific Awards will honour eight researchers from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. Luís Campos Ribeiro, from the Department of History and Philosophy of Science (DHFC), was awarded the main prize in the field of History and Philosophy.

In addition to this prize, the competition awarded honourable mentions to Andreia Figueiredo, lecturer in the Department of Biology; Catarina Frazão, from the Department of Biology; Carlos Miguel Farinha, lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; Raquel Conceição, lecturer in the Department of Physics; Tiago Guerreiro, lecturer in the Department of Informatics; Nuno Galamba, a lecturer in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; and Diana Prata, a researcher in the Department of Physics. The awards will be presented at a ceremony scheduled for 16 June.

The ULisboa/CGD Scientific Awards annually recognise researchers and lecturers from the various schools of the University of Lisbon (ULisboa) for their work across 26 areas of study and research. Both main awards and honourable mentions are decided by a jury. The Awards are organised by ULisboa in partnership with Caixa Geral de Depósitos and aim to reward researchers with the highest indicators of scientific productivity who entered the competition.

ULisboa has already published the full list of all researchers from the various faculties who have received awards or honourable mentions.

Among the award winners from Ciências ULisboa are two distinctions in the field of Biology, Biological Engineering, Biochemistry and Biotechnology; two others in the field of Biomedical Sciences; one in Computer Science and Computer Engineering; another in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; one in Health; and, finally, History and Philosophy.