Champalimaud Foundation

2026 · research · AACR Trailblazer Cancer Research Grants for Early-stage Investigators

Neuro-immune Regulation of Metastatic Breast Cancer Dormancy

Ana L. Correia · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by American Association for Cancer Research

2025–2027 · commercialization · HORIZON-ERC-POC

AI-Enhanced Zebrafish Screening: A Low-Cost Solution for High-Throughput Biomedical Research

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council

€150kZebrafish Biomedical Research Applications

2025–2030 · grant · CEEC IND6ed

Targeting cIrcadian iMmune axes to rEstore Tissue physiOlogy and HEALth - TIME TO HEAL

Cristina Sofia Godinho Da Silva · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

€379k

2025–2030 · research · HORIZON-ERC

Disentangling self-paced from cued action initiation in the motor thalamus

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council

€1.5M

2025–2027 · fellowship · HORIZON - HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

Nutritional Retinoic Acid as an early cDC2A fate instructive signal in the bone marrow

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

€191.3kRetinoids in leukemia and cellular processes

2024–2028 · research · HORIZON-ERC

Conventional Dendritic Cells – Ecology, Diversity, and Function

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council

€1.8MImmunotherapy and Immune Responses

2024–2026 · commercialization · HORIZON-ERC-POC

Modulating feeding behavior in obesity: from brain lesions to non-invasive brain stimulation targets

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council

€150k

2024–2026 · fellowship · HORIZON - HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

Unraveling the cellular and molecular dynamics of adult neurogenic niches and brain-body communication during regeneration

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

€156.8kNeurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms

2024–2027 · award

Unraveling the cellular and molecular dynamics of adult neurogenic niches

Juan Sánchez · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by Human Frontier Science Program

2024–2026 · fellowship · HORIZON - HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

The Role of Ascending Proprioceptive Information in Decision-Making Processes in Walking Drosophila

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

€156.8kNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

2024–2026 · fellowship · HORIZON - HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

Supervised mechanisms for locomotor learning in the cerebellum

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

€156.8kVestibular and auditory disorders

2024–2028 · research · HORIZON-ERC

Architecture of Peripheral Neuroimmune Circuits and Synapses

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council

€3.5MIL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways

2024–2026 · fellowship · HORIZON - HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

Neuronal Control of Fine Movement Components of Egg Laying in Fruit Fly

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

€172.6k

2024–2026 · fellowship · HORIZON - HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

Uncovering the cell of origin of Group 4 Medulloblastoma

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

€156.8k

2024–2028 · research · HORIZON-ERC

Neural Circuits for Error Correction

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE European Research Council

€2MNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

2023–2025 · fellowship · HORIZON - HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

Cell-specific functional connectivity of cerebellar outputs for locomotor learning

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

€156.8kVestibular and auditory disorders

2023–2029 · grant · CEEC IND5ed

DysCo: cholinergic effects on the striatal control of dystonic muscular contraction

Filipa França De Barros · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

€31.3k

2023–2025 · fellowship · HORIZON - HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

Evasion of antitumor immunity and immunotherapy by melanoma extracellular vesicles

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

€172.6kExtracellular vesicles in disease

2023–2027 · fellowship · EMBO Installation Grantee

Tissue-specific immune regulation of disseminated tumor cell dormancy

Ana Luisa Correia · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by European Molecular Biology Organization

2023 · fellowship · Young Investigator

BBRF Young Investigator (2023) - Gonçalo Cotovio Ph.D

Gonçalo Cotovio Ph.D · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by Brain and Behavior Research Foundation

$70k

2023–2025 · fellowship · HORIZON - HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

Sensorimotor Integration, Motor Planning and Learning In FLY

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

€172.6kNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

2023–2024 · grant · Rubicon ENW 2022-3 ENW

Communication in the brain: flexible signalling with fixed lines

Matthijs Oude Lohuis · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek

Neural dynamics and brain function

2022–2028 · research · ["Vici"]

Immunological memory of the tissues: how the tumor microenvironment shapes T-cell responses

Dr. K.P.J.M. Van Gisbergen · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by ZonMw

2022–2028 · grant · CEEC IND4ed

Identifying the metabolites that mediate the effect of commensal bacteria on food choice in Drosophila melanogaster

Sílvia Catarina Filipe Henriques · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

€27.9k

2022–2025 · award

Cell-specific functional connectivity of cerebellar outputs for locomotor learning

Coralie Herent · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by Human Frontier Science Program

Vestibular and auditory disorders

2022–2028 · grant · CEEC IND4ed

Correlation Tensor MRI: a paradigm shift for stroke imaging

Rafael Neto Henriques · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

€97.6k

2022–2028 · grant · CEEC IND4ed

Chromatin and transcription dynamics during cell competition

Ana Queirós · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

€27.9k

2022–2024 · fellowship · H2020 - MSCA-IF

Neural mechanism underlying the central regulation of male sexual arousal and ejaculation

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by European Commission

€159.8kHypothalamic control of reproductive hormones

2022–2026 · research · HORIZON - HORIZON-RIA

Clinical Validation of an AI-based approach to improve the shared decision-making process and outcomes in Breast Cancer Patients proposed for Locoregional treatment

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by European Commission

€5.4M

2021–2024 · fellowship · H2020 - MSCA-IF

Multi-dimensional mapping of the interplay between stability and plasticity in the adult visual pathway

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by European Commission

€147.8k

2021–2024 · fellowship · H2020 - MSCA-IF

How does a need turn to a want: using Drosophila melanogaster to identify how the gut-brain axis mediates protein appetite

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by European Commission

€159.8kNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

2021–2023 · fellowship · H2020 - MSCA-IF

The impact of genetic background in the activity of single neurons

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by European Commission

€159.8kNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

2021–2024 · fellowship · H2020 - MSCA-IF

Mesoscale holographic interrogation of visual circuits mediating predictive coding

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by European Commission

€257.2k

2021–2027 · grant · CEEC IND 3ed

Disentangling cued from self-paced actions in corticostriatal circuits

Joaquim Alves Da Silva · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

€88.4k

2021 · fellowship · EFSD Rising Star Fellowship Programme supported by Novo Nordisk

A neuroepithelial circuit responsible for intestinal metabolism

Roksana Pirzgalska · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes

2020 · grant · FACC/Apoios Especiais

MoodUP: A digital platform to accelerate access to Mental Health care for cancer patients amid COVID-19 pandemic

Jaime Manuel Novo Grácio - Diana Frasquilho Guerreiro · Champalimaud Foundation · funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

€182

2020–2026 · fellowship · ERC-COG

Cerebellar circuits for locomotor learning in space and time

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by H2020 European Research Council

€2MVestibular and auditory disorders

2020–2022 · fellowship · H2020 - MSCA-IF

MRI based mapping of microscopic brain composition in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by European Commission

€159.8kAlzheimer's disease research and treatments

2020–2022 · fellowship · H2020 - MSCA-IF

Neural regulation of the immune system in the Gut

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by European Commission

€159.8kNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms

2020–2022 · fellowship · H2020 - MSCA-IF

Active Sensation In Motor-control Of Flies

Champalimaud Foundation · funded by European Commission

€147.8kNeurobiology and Insect Physiology Research