They are registered at FCT NOVA and NOVA Medical School and will have the opportunity to carry out part of their research in the United States during the 2024/2025 academic year.
The Fulbright Commission, responsible for awarding grants that allow Portuguese students and researchers to continue their work in the USA, has just announced the results of the grants awarded for the 2024/2025 academic year.
The list of winners, which can be found here, includes three PhD students from NOVA University Lisbon.
Ana Isabel Roque, Biology, – Harvard Medical School (FCT NOVA)
Beatriz Mariz, Biology, NOVA University Lisbon – Carnegie Mellon University (FCT NOVA)
Nelson Descalço, Neuropsychiatry, NOVA University Lisbon – Stanford University (NOVA Medical School).
The Fulbright Programme, which operates in more than 150 countries, was created in the United States in 1946 at the suggestion of Senator J. William Fulbright, to promote the exchange of ideas and the search for solutions to global problems through international exchanges of students and teachers. In Portugal, the programme is managed by the Fulbright Commission, and since its inception in 1960, it has awarded annual grants to students and researchers, both Portuguese and American, in various academic fields.