Candidates for the R&D@USA scholarships have already been selected.The 16 Master’s and PhD students, chosen by FLAD, will carry out research internships in the USA, related to innovative scientific or technological topics.

Those selected will have the opportunity to conduct research at academic and scientific institutions in various locations in the US. In addition to the research support component, the FLAD R&D@USA Scholarships also contribute to the approximation of Portuguese and North American institutions in order to increase the knowledge network between the two countries, thus facilitating the development of institutional partnerships.

Find out who are the students selected for the second semester of 2025 and what is their destination in the USA:

  • Sofia Ferraz (PhD Student) – INESC-TEC & Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto/College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University;
  • Frederica Mendonça (PhD Student) – Nova School of Business and Economics/Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE), Yale University;
  • Maria Estevens (Medical Intern) – Santa Cruz Hospital/Pediatric Cardiology, Boston Children’s Hospital;
  • Cláudia Almeida e Silva (PhD Student) – CMEMS – Center for Microelectromechanical Systems, University of Minho/Harvard Medical School;
  • Sara Pego (PhD Student) – CNC – Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra/University of Southern California – Leonard Davis School of Gerontology;
  • Jorge Oliveira (PhD Student) – i3S – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, University of Porto/Eli and Edythe L. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard;
  • Gabriela Rodrigues (PhD Student) – CIBIO/InBio, Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto/VIMS – Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences Eastern Shore Laboratory;
  • Hugo Pereira (PhD Student) – Center for MicroElectroMechanicalSystems – CMEMS, University of Minho/University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus;
  • Pedro Costa (PhD Student) – Centre for Mechanical Engineering, Materials and Processes (CEMMPRE), Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Coimbra/Sloan Automotive Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
  • Nuno Tavares (PhD Student) – Research Center – Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Porto/College of Veterinary Sciences – Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University;
  • Carlos Shiraishi (PhD Student) – Polytechnic Institute of Bragança/Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina;
  • Rafaela Presa (PhD Student) – i3S – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health, University of Porto/Stanford University;
  • Ana Sofia Marques (PhD Student) – CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro/Harvard University;
  • Pedro Mendes (PhD Student) – INET-md – Institute of Ethnomusicology – Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, New University of Lisbon/Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, Duke University;
  • Pedro Fragoso (PhD Student) – Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra/Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic;
  • Maria João Silva (PhD Student) – Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto/Texas A&M University.

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