Professor Francisco Vieira de Almeida Award, Ongoing Projects

The Professor Francisco Vieira de Almeida Award

The Vasco Vieira de Almeida Foundation and the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon strongly believe that the dissemination of knowledge and science is an essential step in the construction of a more open, engaged and inclusive society. Inspired by this mission, the two entities have launched the Professor Francisco Vieira de Almeida Award with the aim of fostering research and contributing to the development of knowledge and innovation in the field of humanities.

This Award celebrates the work and memory of Professor Francisco Vieira de Almeida, by presenting and promoting new knowledge, talent and scientific works in several different humanities research areas. The award will be held on a biennial basis.

Rules & Regulations

Eligibility of the participants

The Professor Francisco Vieira de Almeida Award is open to applications from undergraduate, Master’s and PhD degree holders, as well as postdoctoral researchers, from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon, within five years of the completion of their academic degree or the end of their postdoctoral researcher status.

The prize

The amount of the Award is €20,000, to which a maximum sum of €5,000 will be added as a contribution towards the publishing expenses of the award-winning paper.

Jury

Vasco Vieira de Almeida

Founding Partner of Vieira de Almeida

Miguel Tamen

Professor (and director of the Program in Literary Theory) at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon

José Pedro Serra

Director of the Library of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon

António Feijó

President of the Board of Trustees of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and Professor in the Department of English Studies and in the Theory of Literature Programme at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon

António Marques

Full Professor, Philosophy Department, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Henrique Leitão

Director of the University of Lisbon Press, Pro-Rector of the University of Lisbon and Principal Researcher in the Department of History and Philosophy of Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon

Hermenegildo Fernandes

Director of the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon and Researcher at the History Center of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon

Matilde Horta e Costa

Corporate Affairs Director at Vieira de Almeida and Member of the Board of Directors of the Vasco Vieira de Almeida Foundation

Calendar - Edition III

july 2023

Prize's third edition launch

july 31
2024

Deadline for submissions

30 november 2024

Deadline for jury deliberation

Mid-December
2024

Results announcement to the candidates and dissemination of the winning work

By the end of December
2024

Award ceremony and launch of the third edition