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Two researchers selected for European fellowships

by AI | 09.Dec 2025 | Europe in brief AI

In Portugal, the paleontologist from Técnico RIcardo Araújo and the neuroscientist Juan Álvaro Gallego were selected, who submitted the project through Imperial College but will develop it at the Champallimaud Foundation

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Brussels – The European Research Council today awarded consolidation grants to 349 mid-career researchers, including two projects to be developed in Portugal, for a total amount of 728 million euros.
In Portugal, the European Research Council (ERC), selected a project by Ricardo Araújo, from Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), and another by Juan Álvaro Gallego, who applied through another institution but will develop his idea at the Champalimaud Foundation.
The paleontologist Ricardo Araújo was selected with the project ‘Daedalus’, receiving, according to a joint statement from IST and the foundation, two million euros to study the evolutionary origin of endothermy, that is, the ability to maintain a stable body temperature, in the evolutionary lineage that links dinosaurs to birds.
The Select project by Juan Gallego, on the other hand, will be funded with 2.1 million euros to reveal the neural mechanisms underlying the learning and execution of specialized movements.
Gallego applied for the grant while he was affiliated with Imperial College London, but he will develop his research at the Champalimaud Foundation in Lisbon, which he joined recently, in the field of neuroscience.
The career consolidation grants awarded today will support cutting-edge research in centers and universities in 25 Member States and associated countries. (12/09/25)