The 2026 CQE/IMS@CIÊNCIAS Call for Mini-Projects has selected seven proposals for seed funding. Each project has received €7,000 for 12 months to support innovative research, strengthen collaborations between CQE members and other IMS research sites, and leverage future competitive national and international funding applications.
- Photoactivated Rhenium–Ferrocene Chemotherapeutics for Cancer
Team: Isabel Correia; Maria Helena Soares, Bruno Carmona
- Engineering next-generation therapeutic formulations against drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis
Team: Artur Valente, Dina Murtinho, Ana Ribeiro; Filomena Martins, Filipa Santos, Cristina Moiteiro; Íris Caramalho
- Nanoparticles for Controlled Clathrate Hydrate Nucleation: Towards Sustainable Applications (NANO-NUC)
PI: Mohammad Tariq
Team: Ermelinda Eusébio; Carlos Bernardes, Olinda Monteiro
- SMARTDOP: Smart Dopants for High Capacity Conducting Polymer Cathodes for Sodium-Ion Batteries
PI: Jorge Correia
Team: Artur Valente, Ana Ribeiro; Paulo N. Martinho
- Deciphering ALMS1 Dysfunction in Age-Related Macular Degeneration: The Cytoskeleton–Membrane–ECM Axis as an Early Driver of Disease
Team: Gonçalo Justino; Rodrigo F. M. de Almeida, Carlos Bernardes, Bruno Carmona; Pedro Camacho
- SeaIBD – From Marine Biodiversity to Bioactive Nanoformulations: A Proof-of-Concept for Intestinal Inflammation
PI: Rita Pacheco
Team: Alexandra Antunes; Vasco Cachatra
- Targeting SARS-CoV-2 Nsp1: from membrane biology to novel antiviral inhibitors
PI: Célia Romão
Team: Maria João Moreno; Ana Coutinho, Vasco Cachatra
Congratulations to all the winning teams!
