“The BIAL Foundation is soliciting nominations for its 2025 BIAL Award in Biomedicine. The Award recognises a single paper of empirical biomedical research of outstanding scientific quality published in a peer-reviewed journal since 2016. The Award consists of a prize of 350,000 Euro. Nominations may be submitted by an organised group of scientists, such as a university, society, academy, or research institute. The nomination group should not include individuals who contributed to the nominated work. Nominations are welcomed for works authored by scientists at any stage of their career, and from any country around the world.”
About the Award
The BIAL Award in Biomedicine, with an increased amount of 350.000 Euro, seeks to recognise a work published in the broad biomedical field within the last ten years, the results of which are considered of exceptional quality and scientific relevance.
Nominations are submitted by Scientific Societies, Heads of Medical Schools, Heads of Biomedical Research Institutes, Heads of prestigious Academies, Members of the Jury, Members of the Scientific Board of the BIAL Foundation, and previous winners of the BIAL Award. The Jury may also invite other scientific institutions to submit nominations. Self-nominations are not allowed.
The BIAL Award in Biomedicine, which has the patronage of the President of the Portuguese Republic, the Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities, and the European Medical Association, from 2019 onwards started to be attributed in odd years, alternating with the Prémio BIAL de Medicina Clínica.
BIAL Award in Biomedicine 2025
Regulation 2025 Guide for Nominators
Submit here your nomination for the BIAL Award in Biomedicine.
Nominations deadline: 30 June 2025
Message from the President of the Jury
Ralph Adolphs
President of the JuryWatch the testimony of the President of the Jury to learn more about the BIAL Award in Biomedicine 2025 and read the interview here
BIAL Award in Biomedicine 2025
Jury
President
Ralph Adolphs
Members
European Research Council
Sarah Bray
Nektarios Tavernarakis
Council of Rectors of Portuguese Universities
Helena Canhão
Fátima Carneiro
European Medical Association
Simon Taylor-Robinson
Guglielmo Trovato
Scientific Board of the BIAL Foundation
Hugo Critchley
Menno Witter
Previous winners of the BIAL Award
Daniel Pipeleers
Peter St. George-Hyslop
Scientific Journals
Kamran Abbasi - BMJ
Eric Rubin - NEJM
Previous Editions
