Projects
Ongoing Projects
Title: Healthy Learning Environments: Predictive Modelling of Indoor Environmental Quality for Enhanced Cognitive Performance and Well-being in Schools (IQ-SCHOOLS)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 59,970.00€
Duration: 25/01/2026 - 24/07/2027
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator
Title: Engineered nanoparticles with specificity to transport bioactive molecules to target both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria (NanoBiBacT)
Funding agency: FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Approved Budget: 249,998.40€
Duration: 06/10/2025 - 04/10/2028
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: University of Minho (Portugal)
Title: Cidades com Impacto Neutro no Clima (SMART&GREEN)
Funding agency: Norte Portugal Regional Coordination and Development Commission
Approved Budget: 482,353.95€
Duration: 01/05/2025 - 30/04/2028
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (Portugal)
Title: A portable biosensing device designed for rapid detection and discrimination of stroke occurrence (Isense4St)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 49,991.72€
Duration: 15/02/2025 - 14/02/2027
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator
Title: Creation of a group of Excellence on Engineered Biofilms (e.Biofilm)
Funding agency: European Commission
Approved Budget: 2,498,245.00€
Duration: 01/03/2023 - 28/02/2027
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: Montana State University, United States of America
Title: ALiCE - Laboratório Associado em Engenharia Química (ALiCE)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 2,117,844.00€
Duration: 01/01/2021 - 31/12/2026
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
Completed Projects
Title: Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy (LEPABE)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 1,659,342.07€
Duration: 01/01/2025 - 30/06/2026
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Title: Nanotech supplementation natural compounds-based to improve the mental well-being of the elderly (NanoAntiAge)
Funding agency: University of Porto
Approved Budget: 5,000€
Duration: 01/11/2023 - 31/07/2024
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator
Title: Algas marinhas como fonte sustentável de proteínas e péptidos bioativos (SeaProPep)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 49,987.12€
Duration: 12/03/2023 - 11/03/2025
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Title: H2Enable
Funding agency: IAPMEI – Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation, I.P.
Approved Budget: 146,593,902.90€
Duration: 01/01/2023 - 31/12/2025
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: Bondalti Chemicals, S.A. (Portugal), APQUÍMICA - Associação Portuguesa da química, petroquímica e refinação (Portugal), HyLab – Green Hydrogen Collaborative Laboratory (Portugal), DOW EUROPE GmbH (Switzerland), Enkrott, Gestão e Tratamento de Águas, S.A. (Portugal), Sociedade Portuguesa do Ar Líquido Arliquido Lda (Portugal)
Title: AET – Alliance for Energy Transition
Funding agency: IAPMEI – Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation, I.P.
Approved Budget: 254,272,299.30€
Duration: 01/07/2022 - 30/06/2026
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: 83 Portuguese partners (including companies, non-profit institutions, associations, universities, and RD institutes)
Title: Dispositivo de base nanotecnológica para a terapia do glioblastoma (Nano4Glio)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 925,351.00€
Duration: 01/07/2022 - 30/04/2026
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator
Partner institutions: Copenhagen University (Denmark), Institute for Research and Innovation in Health of the University of Porto (Portugal), SINTEF (Norway)
Title: TAT-TrkB, a novel neuroprotective compound to fight Alzheimer´s disease (TAT-TrkB)
Funding agency: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
Approved Budget: 199,560.00€
Duration: 20/06/2022 - 19/06/2025
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes (Portugal), Associação da Faculdade de Farmácia para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (Portugal), Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e o Desenvolvimento (Portugal), Associação para Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina (Portugal), Universidade da Beira Interior (Portugal), Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal)
Title: Desreguladores endócrinos e ambientes interiores saudáveis: investigar a relação entre exposição ambiental, o neurodesenvolvimento e comportamento social em crianças Compatibilidade com leitor de ecrã ativada (EDC(Mind)2)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 243,828.17€
Duration: 17/05/2022 - 16/02/2026
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator
Partner institutions: Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
Title: Nanotech-double functionalized particles to transport Nucleic Acid Mimics against Staphylococcus aureus (NanoSAURUS)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 49,982.18€
Duration: 01/07/2021 - 15/01/2024
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator
Partner institutions: Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Porto (Portugal)
Title: Engineered Smart materials for Smart citizens (2SMART)
Funding agency: Norte Portugal Regional Coordination and Development Commission
Approved Budget: 588,180.07€
Duration: 01/04/2021 - 30/06/2023
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (Portugal)
Title: Bioengineered nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery in glioblastoma multiforme therapy (Prémio Maratona da Saúde)
Funding agency: Maratona da Saúde Associação
Approved Budget: 20,000.00€
Duration: 01/11/2020 - 31/10/2022
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator
Partner institutions: Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto (Portugal)
Title: A panel of (bio)markers for the surveillance of firefighter's health and safety (BioFirEx)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 299,625.00€
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2023
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Title: Multiannual Funding 2020-2023 for the R&D Unit LEPABE - Laboratory of Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy (LEPABE)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 299,625.00€
Duration: 01/01/2020 - 31/12/2024
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Title: Strategic Project of LEPABE - Laboratory of Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy (LEPABE)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 580,418.00€
Duration: 01/01/2019 - 31/12/2019
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Title: Strengthening the Research Area of Delivery of Nucleic acid mimics (NAMS) into bacteria to fight the antibiotic crisis (DelNAM)
Funding agency: European Commission
Approved Budget: 960,853.70€
Duration: 01/08/2018 - 31/01/2022
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: Syddansk Universitet (Denmark), Universiteit Gent (Belgium)
Title: Novel therapeutic strategy and new biomarker for Alzheimer´s Disease based on BDNF receptor cleavage
Funding agency: Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa
Approved Budget: 200,000.00€
Duration: 01/01/2018 - 31/12/2020
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: João Lobo Antunes Institute of Molecular Medicine (Portugal), Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology of the University of Coimbra (Portugal), Institute of Biomedicine of the University of Eastern Finland (Finland)
Title: LEPABE-2-ECO-INNOVATION
Funding agency: Norte Portugal Regional Coordination and Development Commission
Approved Budget: 2,550,000.00€
Duration: 01/04/2016 - 30/09/2019
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Title: Laboratory of Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy (LEPABE)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 2,321,672.00€
Duration: 01/01/2015 - 31/12/2018
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Title: Nanoparticle enhanced molecular Fluorescence-Endoscopy for detection of early stage colorectal adenocarcinoma (NanoEFEct)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 1,132,539.00€
Duration: 24/04/2014 - 23/03/2017
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: Medizinische Universität Innsbruck (Austria), Central European Society for Anticancer Drug Research - EWIV (Austria), SINTEF (Norway), University Hospital Erlangen (Germany)
Title: (Bio) Chemical Engineering: Multi-Scale Approaches for Sustainable Environment and Health (LEPAE/CEFT - RL2)
Funding agency: Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Regional do Norte
Approved Budget: 431,399.54€
Duration: 01/01/2014 - 30/06/2015
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Title: Incentivo/EQB/UI0511/2014
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 70,077.00€
Duration: 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2015
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Title: Chemical Engineering: Process Optimization and Energy Conversion (LEPAE/CEFT - RL1)
Funding agency: Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Regional do Norte
Approved Budget: 431,390.19€
Duration: 01/01/2014 - 30/06/2015
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Title: Dotar a Região Norte de uma cidade de caracterização avançada de membranas - estrutura e mecanismos de transporte (MEMBRANAS)
Funding agency: Autoridade de Gestão do Programa Operacional Regional do Norte
Approved Budget: 610,864.00€
Duration: 01/12/2013 - 30/06/2015
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologias Agrárias e Agro-Alimentares (Portugal)
Title: How indoor air quality can affect children allergies and asthma (ARIA)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 145,827.00€
Duration: 01/10/2013 - 30/11/2015
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (Portugal), Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences of the University of Porto (Portugal), Institute of Mechanical Engineering - IST Campus (Portugal), Institute of Public Health of the University of Porto (Portugal)
Title: PROJECTO ESTRATÉGICO - UI 511 - 2013-2014 (UI0511)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 162,116.00€
Duration: 01/01/2013 - 31/12/2014
Title: Assessing exposure and impacts of particulate matter and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon in pre-school children: data collection, analysis and health risks (IPG 121/2011)
Funding agency: Investigação Científica na Pré-Graduação
Approved Budget: 3,500.00€
Duration: 01/10/2012 - 31/12/2014
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator
Title: Antibody-directed liposomes for Alzheimer’s disease
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 140,000.00€
Duration: 01/03/2012 - 30/06/2015
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator
Title: Engenharia num minuto
Funding agency: Associação Ciência Viva - ANCCT
Approved Budget: 187,706.31€
Duration: 01/04/2011 - 31/12/2012
Title: Biomolecules delivery by functionalized inorganic/organic nanoparticles (BIONANO)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 134,000.00€
Duration: 01/02/2012 - 31/07/2014
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator
Title: PROJECTO ESTRATÉGICO - UI 511 - 2011-2012 (PEst-C/EQB/UI0511/2011)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 325,656.00€
Duration: 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2012
Title: Design and Biological Activity of Fluorinated Peptides on the Amyloid Beta-Peptide Aggregation
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 116,784.00€
Duration: 01/06/2010 - 30/11/2013
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator
Title: Smart joint implants using bionanocomposites (SIMBIO)
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 200,853.00€
Duration: 01/10/2009 - 31/12/2011
Partner institutions: University of Minho (Portugal), Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (Portugal), Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (Portugal), Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and Industrial Engineering (Portugal), University of Aveiro (Portugal), University of Évora (Portugal)
Title: Functional nanoparticles for stabilization of amyloid beta-peptides
Funding agency: CRUP - Conselho de Reitores das Universidades Portuguesas
Approved Budget: 4,000.00€
Duration: 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2010
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator
Title: Development of encapsulation processes for bioactive ingredients
Funding agency: Agência de Inovação, S.A.
Approved Budget: 183,969.00€
Duration: 01/07/2008 - 31/12/2010
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator
Partner institutions: SUPER BOCK BEBIDAS, S.A.
Title: Functionalized micro- and nanostructures to combat biofouling of industrial surfaces
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 108,750.00€
Duration: 01/11/2007 - 31/01/2011
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Title: Polymer carriers for the delivery of biopharmaceutical peptides
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 115,000.00€
Duration: 01/05/2007 - 31/10/2010
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator
Title: Valorização de Produtos Agrícolas em Aplicações não Alimentares (AGRIVAL)
Funding agency: European Commission
Approved Budget: 1,190,430.50€
Duration: 01/01/2007 - 30/06/2008
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentàries (Spain), CATAR-CRITT Agroresources (France), Centro Tecnológico Agrario y Agroalimentario (Spain)
Title: Bioaerosols, Non biological Pollutants and Public Health (Gulbenkian2006)
Funding agency:
Approved Budget: 57,105.00€
Duration: 02/01/2006 - 30/12/2008
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (Portugal), S. João Hospital (Portugal), Santo António General Hospital (Portugal), Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology (Portugal)
Title: Nanocapsules with functionalized surfaces and walls (NANOCAPSULES)
Funding agency: European Commission
Approved Budget: 1,400,000.00€
Duration: 01/09/2000 - 31/08/2004
Role of Nano4Med: Partner
Partner institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), École Normale Supérieure (France), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland), Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia (Italy), Max Plank Institut (Germany), Universitat fur Bodenkultur Wien (Austria)
Title: In vitro Studies of the Interaction Between Biocompatible Polymers and Alzheimer Beta-Amyloid Peptides
Funding agency: FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology
Approved Budget: 40,560.00€
Duration: 01/04/2003 - 31/03/2006
Role of Nano4Med: Coordinator