After signing an agreement with Philips with the aim of halving its CO2 emissions, the Champalimaud Foundation is now partnering with the Greenvolt Group to achieve carbon neutrality. Utilising the energy generated by the solar panels at the Champalimaud Center for the Unknown, along with the energy shared by other Greenvolt communities, the institution will become the first healthcare facility in the world to exclusively consume clean energy.

These two programmes provide students with an integrative, state-of-the-art education in either Neuroscience or Cancer. A central goal of these programmes is to foster inquiry and discovery by encouraging active participation, critical thinking, and problem-solving among the students.

This donation was officially formalised on November 23rd and was announced by Dr. Leonor Beleza, during the latest annual meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Champalimaud Foundation. The announcement took place in the presence of all board members, including Queen Sofia of Spain.

The funding provided by the Würth Group and the non-profit Würth Foundation is intended to support research into pancreatic cancer - a type of malignancy that persists as one of the most lethal, yet remains among the least explored.

This agreement, formally signed yesterday in a ceremony that took place at the Lisbon City Hall, will allow women under 50 in the city to undergo free breast cancer screenings. This initiative, set to be implemented by the end of the year, aims to tackle the alarming rise in cancer incidence among younger women.

A novel infrastructure for storing, consulting and analysing medical data will be presented at the Open Day of the Champalimaud Foundation (FC) Breast Unit, which is taking place today, October 16. It was created by the Unit's Digital Surgery Lab, a multidisciplinary team led by surgeon Pedro Gouveia, in partnership with the telecommunications company Altice and the Portuguese company BMD Software.

We watch, hear and read.
We can’t ignore it.

Sophia de Mello Breyner, Poet 
 

You have to be able to see it, to be it.

Billie Jean King, Tennis Champion & Social Activist 
 

I had no interest in it,
then I looked inside and now I am enchanted by it.

David Shirley, Visual Artist
 

The Tejo riverfront by the Champalimaud Foundation's open-air amphitheatre served as the backdrop for this event that saw sailors and enthusiasts gather to celebrate both history and competition.

This public event, organised by the RAISE consortium – Researchers in Action for Inclusion in Science and Education, composed of the NGO Native Scientists (NS), the Champalimaud Foundation (CF) and the João Lobo Antunes Institute of Molecular Medicine (iMM) - joins 49 other NEIs that will take place in 25 European countries, on the same date.
 

In the midst of a territory that has long been a hotspot for armed confrontation and humanitarian instability, the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group (SJEHG) has managed to provide top quality eye care, as well as ophthalmic training to local medical professionals. 

“For its commitment to providing essential eye care in a region marked by conflict”, the Group has now been recognized with the one-million-euro 2023 António Champalimaud Vision Award, the Champalimaud Foundation announced in a statement.

Presided over by the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the event served as a testament to Dr. Botelho's commitment to advancing the Champalimaud Foundation's mission.