Requirements

• To hold a legal-employment contract with UAlg, as a teacher or researcher, for at least 3 (three) uninterrupted years, as of December 31st of the year prior to the edition of the competition
• Not to have received the UAlg Researcher Award in the 5 (five) years prior to the submission of the application

Prize Operation

• Applications will be accepted from individuals and must be submitted using a fully completed online form.
• The form must contain five articles and/or other relevant works of the applicant's authorship, or research results that highlight the work developed at UAlg, in the 3 (three) years prior to the edition of the competition.
• The jury reserves the right to request further clarification to check the eligibility of the information provided, as well as to clarify aspects necessary for a correct evaluation of the application
• Each candidate may submit only one application
• Only applications that fully comply with the conditions and requirements set out in the Regulation will be admitted

Award

The prize consists of a diploma and an award of 5,000 (five thousand) Euros.

Application

It runs from September 19 to October 20.

The applications are made exclusively through an online form that will be available during the application period.

Contest Jury (2022 edition)

Doctor Raquel Vilaça, Full Professor, Faculty of Letters, University of Coimbra

Doctor Adelino Canário, Full Professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Technology and Director of the Algarve Centre of Marine Sciences, University of Algarve

Doctor Isabel Palmeirim, Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Algarve

Doctor Isabel Dias, Coordinating Researcher at the Nuclear Science and Technology Centre, University of Lisbon

Doctor Luis Azevedo Rodrigues, Director of the Lagos Ciência Viva Centre

Prize Awarding

The prize will be presented in December, of each calendar year, at the public University Day ceremony.