New R&D@USA Fellows 1st semester 2024

Candidates for the R&D@USA scholarships have already been selected.Starting this month, the 18 Master’s, PhD and Junior Researchers 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.

Applications for the 2nd semester of 2024, for internships starting between 1 July and 31 December, are open until 30 April. More information here.

Find out who are the students selected for the first semester of 2024 and what their destination is in the USA:

• Camila Alves Ribeiro (PhD Student, Materials Engineering) – CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials – Universidade de Aveiro/Materials Science & Engineering Department – Penn State University;
• Catarina Carvalhas de Almeida (PhD Student, Biotechnology) – Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular – Universidade de Coimbra/Chronobiology and Sleep Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Perelman School of Medicine – University of Pennsylvania;
• Diana Raquel de Lima Cunha (PhD Student, Pharmaceutical Sciences) – Faculdade de Farmácia – Universidade do Porto/Department of Chemistry – College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Iowa State University;
• João Carlos de Almeida e Silva (PhD Student, Architecture) – Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo – Faculdade de Arquitectura, Universidade do Porto/Department of Architecture – Princeton University;
• João Diogo de Sousa Jardim e Apóstolo (PhD Student, Computer Engineering) – Departamento de Engenharia Informática – Universidade de Coimbra/Department of Computer Science – American University;
• João Paulo Alves Ribeiro (PhD Student, Mechanical Engineering) – INEGI – Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial – Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto/Department of Mechanical Engineering – MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
• Luís Teles de Belo Morais (PhD Student, Economics) – NOVA SBE/Department of Finance – New York University Stern School of Business;
• Mafalda Ramôa da Costa Alves (PhD Student, Computer Science) – International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory/Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech);
• Maria Marques Martelo (Master’s Student, Biomedical Sciences) – IMM – Instituto de Medicina Lolecular – Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa/Stanford School of Medicine – Stanford University;
• Mariana Mónica Barosa (Internship Physician, Medicine) – Hospital Fernando da Fonseca & NOVA Medical School/Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics – University of California;
• Paulo Jorge Félix Faria (PhD Student, Biomedical Sciences) – i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde – Universidade do Porto/Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science at the Bouvé College of Health Sciences – Northeastern University;
• Pedro Giesteira dos Santos Cotovio (PhD Student, Computer Engineering) – LaSIGE – Laboratório de Sistemas de Grande Escala, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa/Department of Computer Science – Kansas State University;
• Rafaela Morais Ribeiro (MD/PhD Student, Medicine) – Instituto de Investigação em Ciências da Vida e Saúde (ICVS) – Universidade do Minho/Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Zuckerman Institute – Columbia University;
• Sara Basto Machado Mesquita (PhD Student, Bioengineering) – Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas and NOVA Medical School/Department of Urban Studies and Planning – MIT;
• Sofia Manuela Moreira Dias (PhD Student, Biomedical Sciences) – i3S – Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde – Universidade do Porto/Department of Bioengineering – University of Pennsylvania;
• Sofia Sapeta Pires Dias (PhD Student, Medicine) – NOVA Medical School and Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Lisboa Central/Laboratory for Computational Intensive Care Medicine – Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine;
• Stefano Grancini (PhD Student, Economics) – NOVA SBE/Economics Department – Princeton University;
• Teresa Maria Nunes Ribeiro (MSc Student, Biomedical Engineering) – Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa/Radiation Physics, Division of Radiation Oncology – MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Congratulations! And good job!