BIAL Foundation - 30 Years
1994-2024
BIAL Foundation celebrates 30 Years with António Damásio and Hanna Damásio in a filled Aula Magna
To mark its 30th anniversary, the BIAL Foundation invited António Damásio and Hanna Damásio to Portugal to present the conference "On the Physiology of the Mind 2024".
On 9 October, the Aula Magna da Reitoria da Universidade de Lisboa welcomed around 1500 people in person and nearly 3000 online to celebrate the 30 Years of the BIAL Foundation with the internationally renowned couple of neuroscientists as guests in an event chaired by the Portuguese Prime Minister, Luís Montenegro.
The event also included the ceremony for the 4th edition of the Maria de Sousa Award, where five young Portuguese researchers took center stage to be awarded in stem cells, stroke, ageing, fungal respiratory disease, and inflammatory bowel disease.
See the event's photo gallery below and watch the Best of video here. Read the news piece here.
The Award Universidade de Lisboa|Fundação BIAL 30 Years was created to stimulate reflection, interpretation, and critical analysis of university students from all over the country, challenging them to write an Essay on the theme of the BIAL Foundation's 30th-anniversary conference, entitled ‘On the Physiology of the Mind 2024’, by António Damásio and Hanna Damásio.
The winners were announced on 25 November at the award ceremony held as part of the 6th Meeting of Students of the Mind-Brain College at the Rectory of the University of Lisbon.
Ten prizes were awarded to students from the three cycles of higher education, from different institutions, disciplinary areas and regions of the country.
Meet the winners and learn more about the Award here.
Created on 6 May 1994 by the BIAL pharmaceutical company together with the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities, the BIAL Foundation celebrates its thirtieth anniversary in 2024. Over three decades, the BIAL Foundation has awarded and supported those who seek to advance science and knowledge in Portugal and around the world.
Always with transparency and rigour as its flagships, and from a patronage stance, the BIAL Foundation will continue to promote research and stimulate discoveries that enable human beings to live better lives, using all their potential and respecting Universal Laws.
BIAL Foundation Chairman’s Message
“In deep gratitude to all those who have selflessly contributed to the BIAL Foundation, we affirm our will to strengthen our structure and our activities, reinforcing the quality of the science that we support and distinguish, so that we can increasingly contribute to the enlightenment of humanity, both from a physical and a spiritual point of view."
Luís Portela
Founder and Chairman of the BIAL Foundation
