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The program will support young artists between the ages of 24 and 31, funding up to 5 scholarships with a maximum of 10 thousand euros each.

An increase of almost 60% in the number of students in one year shows that Portuguese universities and polytechnics are increasingly sought after.

Artists between the ages of 25 and 35 who want to develop a US artist residency can apply until February 14, 2025.

Support for master's students who want to do research at a university or research center in the United States.

The Lisbon-born artist, unanimously chosen by the jury for her innovative work, will receive a prize of 20 thousand euros.

FLAD allocates €111,000 to support the internationalization of Portuguese Higher Education Institutions.

Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute think tank will be in conversation with RTP journalist Márcia Rodrigues.

Optimistic about the results in Germany, France and India, he says that it will be in the US that we will see if 2024 is a good year for democracy.

CEO of the think tank New America is the second guest of FLAD's cycle on the 2024 United States presidential elections.

Publishers who want support for the translation of Portuguese works into English, and works in English into Portuguese can apply for this program.

Distinguished Fellow and advisor to the President of the German Marshall Fund, he is the first guest of FLAD's new conference cycle.

Secondary and vocational school students can apply. The winning team wins a trip to the USA and a prize of 2,000 euros.

Initiative brings together experts in the internationalization of Higher Education from institutions in Europe and the United States in the FLAD auditorium.

Professors may apply by November 18 to teach a semester or academic year at Georgetown.

'O Burro e o Elefante' is the new podcast from FLAD and Expresso dedicated to American politics. Every Wednesday.

Until the elections, the Observador newsletter supported by FLAD will analyze the themes of the campaign, and go beyond New York and Washington D.C.

Presidential candidates debated for the first time. Debate was promoted and moderated by ABC.

This international platform aggregates information, analysis and data that allows us to gauge the state of the relationship between the United States and 16 European countries.

O Burro e o Elefante is the new podcast from FLAD and Expresso dedicated to American politics. Every Wednesday.

Ian Lesser, Distinguished Fellow of the German Marshall Fund, is the first guest of our news series of conferences on the US elections.

Those selected in the first phase must complete their applications by October 13.

Fellowship for the presentation of papers produced in Portugal at North American conferences during the year 2025.

Scholarships to support the participation of North American speakers in workshops, seminars and conferences in Portugal for the year 2025.

FLAD has already selected candidates for the 2nd semester R&D@USA 2024 fellowships who will do research at academic institutions in the USA.

FLAD has already selected candidates for the Short-Term Fellowships who will do research at TT, BNP and archives across the country.

Two professors will be given the opportunity to teach at the prestigious Brown University. Applications are open until November 1st.

Musicologist, she holds a PhD in Historical Musical Sciences from the New University of Lisbon, where she is an invited assistant professor.

The 10 finalists of the FLAD Drawing Award are already chosen. The winner will be known on October 26th at the Drawing Room Lisbon.

Students win with a project to create sustainable biofilters to retain microplastics, using banana waste and microalgae exopolymers.

The master's degree from NOVA University Lisbon will participate in the next congress of the American Political Association (APSA), in Philadelphia.

Fiction invaded reality to tell of a minor episode, in a work that earned Joshua Cohen a Pulitzer in 2022.

Between June 17 and 18, FLAD brings together elected political leaders from the Portuguese-American community from five U.S. states.

Master's students will undertake a four-month research period in the United States.

Young researchers can apply until June 30th. Winning project receives 300,000 euros over three years.

One of the best authors of his generation will be at FLAD for another edition of Meet the Author, a partnership between FLAD and PÚBLICO.

Young people between the ages of 18 and 23 can apply. Winner receives 2,000 euros, and article is published in SÁBADO.

Senior Researcher at Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS will develop a project for people at risk of transitioning to psychosis.

FLAD allocates up to 30 thousand euros per project to support the internationalization of Portuguese Higher Education Institutions.

Author of 'The Rabbit Hutch', winner of the National Book Award 2022, in conversation with journalist Isabel Lucas.

For the fifth year, FLAD will award a research project dedicated to the Atlantic with 300 thousand euros. Applications open on June 1st.

The author of 'The World According To China' was the last guest of the cycle Democracy: The Way Ahead.

Grants for research internships in the USA designed for master's students, doctoral students, and junior researchers from Portuguese institutions.

Applications open between May 1st and 31st. Support for the translation of American works into Portuguese, and Portuguese works into English.

The winner of the National Book Award 2022 for the best work of fiction with 'The Rabbit Hutch', will be at FLAD on the 15th.

Because of the high quality of research, in a competition with dozens of applications, FLAD selected five applications for the final phase.

A conversation about the importance of the relationship between Frank Carlucci and Mário Soares during the troubled period of the 'Hot Summer'.

One of the world's leading experts on China will be at FLAD to talk about how Xi Jinping is transforming the world in China's image.

Professors from the University of Porto and the University of Copenhagen will receive 15,000 euros to develop their research.

A war in Europe, two new members and doubts about future U.S. support: what future for the Alliance after three-quarters of a century?

Artists over the age of 28 can apply until May 9. The winner will be announced on October 27, and will receive a prize of 20 thousand euros.

Author of 'Less' and 'Less is Lost', published in Portugal by Quetzal, he will be at FLAD on April 18 for a conversation with readers.

The session of 'The Future of European Security' took place on the 14th of March, and brought together Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook and Bruno Tertrais.

The program will support five young artists with a maximum of 10 thousand euros each.

Applications are open until April 7. Financial support covers travel to Terceira Island and hotel in Angra do Heroísmo.

Portuguese academics can apply to teach History, Political Science, Sociology/Anthropology, or Economics at University of Massachusetts Lowell

Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook (Bertelsmann) and Bruno Tertrais (FRS) will be at FLAD for a debate on European security.

Portuguese Professors will teach one subject each at one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

The new edition of the FLAD Visual Arts Course takes place in Arraiolos between September 20 and November 24, 2024.

Those chosen will teach at the prestigious Brown University, one of the most prestigious in the USA, in the 2024/2025 academic year

In the October 2023 edition of the FLAD Translation Program, six works were selected, whose translation into Portuguese and English will be supported by FLAD. Find out who they are.

The student with the best master's thesis will travel, at FLAD's invitation, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to participate in the APSA congress in September 2024.

Applications for FLAD's 2024 short-term research fellowships for Torre do Tombo, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal and archives and libraries across the country are now open.

Applications for FLAD's 2024 short-term research fellowships for archives and libraries across the country are now open.

Applications for FLAD's 2024 short-term research fellowships for Torre do Tombo are now open.

Applications for the 2nd phase of the FLAD Science Award Mental Health 2024 are now open.

Applications for the 2024 FLAD short-term research fellowships for Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal are now open.

Kori Schake, Senior Fellow and Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies at the American Enterprise Institute, was at FLAD this Thursday.

Portuguese Americans with ages 18 to 25, will have the opportunity to work closely with elected officials of Portuguese descent.

The list of those selected for the R&D@USA 2024 scholarships is now available. The awardees will be able to conduct research at academic institutions in the US.

In a crucial year for democracy, we talk about what America we can expect in the world with one of the most experienced voices among Republicans.

Researcher will try to better understand the role of cleaning mutualisms in the conservation of Atlantic biodiversity.

Author of 'A Day in the Life of Abed Salama', one of the books of the year, in a conversation with PÚBLICO journalist Isabel Lucas.

A fellow at the Hudson Institute and international affairs columnist for the Wall Street Journal, she was at FLAD this Tuesday.

The program will support young artists by funding up to 5 scholarships with a maximum of 10 thousand euros each.

Support for master's students who want to do research at a university or research center in the United States.

The last session of Meet the Author of 2023 will be with author and journalist Nathan Thrall, with one of the books of the year for the Financial Times.

Author of 'The Free World – Art and Thought in the Cold War' was at FLAD, in a conversation moderated by journalist Isabel Lucas.

Wall Street Journal columnist and foreign policy expert will be at FLAD for a conversation on the democratic agenda in times of crisis

Two researchers will receive 15 thousand euros for research projects on current challenges in the field of Security and Defence.

The UP - Higher Education Program has selected five projects that contribute to the internationalization of Portuguese Higher Education Institutions, together with American universities

With his first novel in over a decade, Bret Easton Ellis brings us the book he always wanted to write and explained why at FLAD.

Winner of a Pulitzer Prize, he brings to Lisbon his most recent book, The Free World - Art and Thought in the Cold War

Until November 30th, young researchers can apply for the largest prize for clinical research in Mental Health, 300 thousand euros.

The artist from Vila Nova da Barquinha, unanimously chosen by the jury for her innovative work, will receive a prize of 20 thousand euros.

ZOOM session to present the groundbreaking study ‘Portuguese immigrants and descendants in the USA in the 21st century’.

Secondary and vocational school students can apply. The winning team wins a trip to the USA and a prize of 2,000 euros.

The University of Maia, the University of Évora, the School of Health of the Polytechnic Institute of Porto and the Piaget Institute of Almada are the winners of the second edition of FLAD/OPP – Mental Health in Higher Education.

Controversial, polarizing, and genius. Bret Easton Ellis returns to fiction 13 years later and will be at FLAD for another Meet the Author.

The 4th edition of the largest prize for research in this area in Portugal will award 300 thousand euros to the winner. Daniel Sampaio is a member of the jury.

Applications open between October 1st and October 31st. Support for the translation of American works into Portuguese, and Portuguese works into English.

The second episode takes place on October 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the FLAD Auditorium.

After the success of the first edition held in the Azores, the FLAD Visual Arts Course is taking place in Loulé until November 19.

Professors can apply to teach for one semester or one academic year at Georgetown.

Professors can apply to teach for one semester or one academic year at Georgetown.

Find out here about the initiatives and opportunities already planned for Art and Culture in 2023/2024.

Artists between the ages of 25 and 35 who want to develop a US artist residency can apply until January 15, 2024.

The Transatlantic Trends 2023 report is now available.

Those selected in the first phase must complete their applications by October 13.

The podcast "As Amigas de Eleanor" brings together Raquel Vaz Pinto and Pedro Vieira every month at FLAD.

Grants to support the participation of American speakers in workshops, seminars and conferences in Portugal for the year 2024.

Grant to present articles produced in Portugal at North American conferences during the year 2024.

The list of selected candidates for the R&D@USA 2023 fellowships is now available. The awardees will be able to conduct research at academic institutions in the US.

Until November 1, teachers from Portugal or living in Portugal can apply for two teaching positions at Brown University.

The new edition of the translation program will support the publication in Portugal of works by Louis Menand, Patti Smith and Mary Borden.

The team from Escola Secundária Francisco Franco (Madeira) was the winner of the 2nd edition of the Atlantic Junior Prize.

The 10 finalists of the FLAD Drawing Award are already chosen. The winner will be known on October 28th at the Drawing Room Lisbon.

In the last few weeks, FLAD has presented the findings of this portrait of our community directly in the United States.

One of the most prestigious authors of the moment, Valeria Luiselli is the author of Lost Children Archive and Faces in the Crowd.

A study developed at the request of FLAD by ICS, shows a community dispersing to states such as Florida, Texas, Georgia and Pennsylvania.

Author of 'The Revenge of Geography' (Clube do Autor) was at FLAD to talk about the new geopolitics in a world in permanent crisis.

Support for doctoral students up to $60,000, or master's students up to $26,000 who have been accepted at UC Berkeley.

On June 15, at 6:30pm, a conversation about the new paradigm of geopolitics, moderated by Professor and commentator, Miguel Monjardino.

The annual meeting will bring together some thirty Portuguese-descended politicians in Lisbon, from seven states, from New York to Hawaii.

Joint effort with Agência Nacional Erasmus+ Educação e Formação, from the Fulbright Commission Portugal takes 24 Higher Education institutions to the USA.

Award of 300.000 euros for young researchers in Portugal will give special attention to research on technological and engineering solutions.

The selected will teach 'The Transition to Democracy in Portugal in a European and Global Context' at Brown University.

Researchers Aurora Santos and Duncan Simpson will be the next Visiting Professors at Brown University.

Master's students will undertake a four-month research period in the United States.

Funding line of 100.000 Euros for internationalization projects of Portuguese higher education institutions.

FLAD will make its works available for exhibition in Portuguese museums and art centers. Applications are already open.

Psychiatrist at Universidade de Coimbra to develop clinical trial of innovative treatment for cognitive-social symptoms of schizophrenia

Best master's thesis awarded with participation in the congress of the International Political Science Association, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Applications open between May 1st and 31st. Support for the translation of works from American Portuguese, and from Portuguese works to English

Grants for research internships in the US designed for master's, doctoral students, and junior researchers from Portuguese institutions.

Program with 100 000 euros of funding for projects of psychological intervention in Higher Education also extended to the private sector.

Chief White House correspondent for the New York Times and chief editor of the New Yorker were at FLAD on the 18th.

The author of 'The Sympathizer' and 'The Comitted' will be at FLAD for a conversation on memory, war, and literature. Entry is free.

This grant is targeted for one US based/American artist or curator at any stage of practice and will cover a period of 4 months in 2023.

Artists over the age of 28 can apply until May 3. Winner will be announced on October 28, and will receive a prize of 20,000 euros.

Journalists from the New Yorker and The New York Times will be at FLAD on April 18 at 6.30 p.m. to discuss challenges to American democracy.

Jeanine Cummins, author of American Dirt, was at FLAD to talk about literature, identity and the controversy surrounding her book, in an emotional conversation.

Forum on Sustainability organized by FLAD and novobanco is held in the Azores, within the framework of the cluster agenda "Azores" of GRACE.

Professors from the University of Coimbra and NOVA/FCSH University will teach courses on Europe in the academic year 2023/2024.

Launch of the Portuguese edition of Nuno Monteiro's book March 29, 6h30 p.m. - FLAD's auditorium, Lisbon.

The new project explores Mental Health issues in more depth with news, reports, interviews and chronicles, in text, video and podcast.

The course for future teachers will have Martim Sousa Tavares, Afonso Cruz, Dino D'Santiago, Sandra Vieira Jürgens, and Zia Soares as speakers.

Researcher Luísa Magalhães received the FLAD Science Award Atlantic 2022 at a ceremony in Ponta Delgada, Azores

Applications are open until March 31 for professors of History, Political Science, Anthropology/Sociology or Economics.

American Dirt, already considered a modern classic of American literature, earned him threats and accusations. The author comes to FLAD on March 23.

FLAD supports two Summer Schools in Azorean Islands of Santa Maria and Terceira, in July, with scholarships for PhD students from Portugal and the USA.

Director of brookings center on united states and europe was at FLAD to discuss threats to democracy, with Bruno Cardoso Reis.

Director at the Brookings Institution will be in Lisbon to debate the consequences of the war in Ukraine and the rise of China.

The author of 'The Czar of Love and Technology' was at FLAD to talk about his work and how his father inspired his writing.

FLAD will offer up to seven internships with Portuguese American elected officials for young Portuguese Americans.

The list of selected candidates for the R&D@USA 2023 fellowships is now available. The awardees will be able to conduct research at academic institutions in the US.

The first session of the new lecture series "Democracy: The Way Ahead" had as its first guest John Ikenberry, professor at Princeton University.

The Junior Visiting Researcher fellowship at UC Berkeley is now open. Those selected will have the opportunity to conduct research as part of their PhD at UC Berkeley.

FLAD's new program aims to take the Foundation's contemporary art collection to museums and art centers in Portugal and work in partnership with the selected entities in the conception of the exhibition.

Applications for the 2nd phase of the FLAD Science Award Mental Health 2023 are now open.

Applications are now open for the 2023 short-term FLAD research grants to archives and libraries throughout the country.

Applications are now open for the 2023 short-term FLAD research grants to Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal.

Applications are now open for the 2023 short-term FLAD research grants to Torre do Tombo, Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal, and archives and libraries throughout the country.

Applications are now open for the 2023 short-term FLAD research grants to Torre do Tombo.

Anthony Marra is the next guest on 'Meet the Author - Encounters with American Writers'. The author will be at FLAD on January 30, at 6:30pm.

John Ikenberry is the first guest in this series of conferences that will bring to FLAD leading American specialists in Political Science and International Relations.

After a successful first edition held in the Azores, the FLAD Visual Arts Course comes back in 2023, and Loulé will be its new home.

Intended to support master's students from all areas of study, the Fulbright research grant with FLAD's support is back for the 2023/2024 school year.

Samantha Rose Hill was at FLAD to talk about Hannah Arendt's new biography, and the fascination that led her to dedicate two decades to this thinker.

Author of the best master's thesis in Political Science and International Relations will go to the IPSA congress in Buenos Aires in 2023.

The life and work of one of the most important political thinkers of the twentieth century to talk to his biographer, the author Samantha Rose Hill.

Victories in Arizona and Nevada allow Democrats to maintain control over the Senate. Republicans are favorites for the House of Representatives.

Anthropologist is Principal Researcher at ICS of the University of Lisbon. She will be teaching the "Epidemics in History" chair at UMass Lowell.

On November 8, Americans go to the polls for a midterm election that could profoundly change the balance of power in the U.S.

Applications for the largest research prize in this area in Portugal are open. Applications can be submitted until November 30.

The Lisbon-born artist, chosen unanimously by the jury for the innovative and surprising work, will receive 20,000 euros of prize.

The UP Program - Higher Education selected four projects that contribute to the internationalization of Portuguese Higher Education Institutions, together with American universities

For two days, FLAD brings together specialists in internationalization of Higher Education in the USA, Portugal and others.

On October 19th, FLAD organizes a conference to present the results for Portugal of the Transatlantic Trends 2022.

Investigators will receive 20 thousand euros each to investigate defense cooperation in the South Atlantic, and Arctic security.

Largest prize for research in Mental Health in Portugal will award with 300 thousand euros best project.

The New Yorker's Moscow correspondent Joshua Yaffa explains in his book "Between Two Fires" how ingenious bureaucracy helps the Kremlin sustain its power and an authoritarian regime.

Portuguese are among those who show the greatest confidence in the European Union and in the state of Democracy. China's power and influence on the rise.

The University of Madeira, the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo and the Polytechnic Institute of Guarda are the Institutions of Higher Education that won the first edition of FLAD/OPP – Mental Health in Higher Education.

Project will study parasitic diseases in coastal marine ecosystems and their ecological, economic and society impacts.

Applications open between October 1st and October 31st. Support for the translation of works from American authors to Portuguese, and from Portuguese works to the English language

Get to know the initiatives and opportunities already planned for Art and Culture in 2021/2022.

New rules allow Teachers to apply to teach a semester or a school year in Georgetown.

Colson Whitehead is the first guest author of this FLAD initiative, which will every month feature an American writer.

Artists between the age of 25 and 35 who want to develop a U.S. artist residency can apply until December 15th.

PhDs in History and Social Sciences can now apply for the opportunity at this prestigious University of the USA.

Open applications for secondary and vocational students. Winning team wins trip to the USA and 2000 euros.

Grants to support the participation of speakers from the US  at conferences and seminars in Portugal organized by Portuguese Institutions.

Grants for the presentation of articles produced in Portugal at North-American conferences in 2023.

In the May 2022 edition of the FLAD Translation Program, seven works were selected, whose translation into Portuguese will be supported by FLAD. Find out who they are.

The grantees for the short-term research grants have already been selected, under the FLAD/Torre do Tombo, FLAD/Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal and FLAD Arquivos Portugueses programs.

Fourteen fellows will receive financial support from FLAD to conduct research internships in the United States during the second half of the year.

The Endowed Chair will teach one graduate course on the topic of Portuguese cinema during the Estado Novo. Applications open until the 5th of August.

Applications are open until the 12th of August, for Portuguese professors in the academic areas of History, Political Science, or Economics.

A solar-powered surface autonomous vehicle, innovative leather based on algae extracts, an aquatic robot and an underwater monitoring system. The winning projects of the FLAD Atlântico Júnior Award are known.

From June 24th-30th, New York will host "New Tales From Portuguese Cinema", a festival of Portuguese cinema organized by FLAD in partnership with Anthology Film Archives, programmed by Francisco Valente..

Meet those selected for the Fulbright Research Scholarship with the support of FLAD. This year, two more scholarships were awarded exceptionally for master's degrees and for PhD Professors and Researchers.

FLAD's new initiative will finance projects that promote the internationalization of Portuguese Higher Education Institutions in the USA.

Students of Masters degrees are now eligible for this grant. Two PhD scholarships up to $60,000, or for a masters degree of up to $26,000.

Legislators met with the President of the Republic, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the President of the PSD, among many others.

After its success in Lisbon, FLAD's art collection will be in the Azores between May and September for the first time in its history.

Applications open between 1 and 31 May. Support for the translation of works from American Portuguese, and from Portuguese works to English

Psychiatrist and researcher will develop psychological intervention for people with severe mental illness in the post-hospitalization.

Those selected in the first phase must complete their applications by May 25.

Opportunity for a professor of Political Science and International Relations to teach at one of the best universities in the world.

Program will provide 100,000 euros to prevent the incidence of mental health problems and strengthen student resilience.

Second edition of the prize will distinguish two proposals with 20,000 euros each. Applications open until July 15.

This initiative will reward artistic talent in Portugal. Applications open from April 4 to May 4. The winner will receive an award of 20,000 euros.

FLAD supports two Summer Schools in the islands of Santa Maria and Terceira, Azores, in July, with scholarships for doctoral students from Portugal and the USA.

Opportunity for professors and researchers, affiliated US institutions, to develop on-site research in Portuguese arquives.

Internships for Portuguese-Americans aged 18 to 25 who want first-hand experience in public office and a desire to promote their community

€300,000 for young researchers in Portugal, will pay special attention to research into technological and engineering solutions

Richard Zenith's biography of Fernando Pessoa and the new novel by pulitzer prize-winning author Colson Whitehead among the chosen ones.

FLAD in partnership with the National Library of Portugal promotes an annual program of short-term research grants.

FLAD and Torre do Tombo promote short-term research grants for researchers in the USA in history, culture and Portuguese language.

New projects, more gatherings, and more Portugal in the United States.

Opportunity for Portuguese students accepted at the University of California, Berkeley, to conduct research for their Doctorate thesis.

Researchers will receive a prize of 20,000 euros each to develop security and defence projects in the Atlantic area.

Advanced training program over eight weeks for artists between 25 and 35 years old. Applications until February 15.

How do we survive the loss of those closest to us? The long and difficult path of mourning, in the testimony of Maria Botelho Moniz.

He went through several periods of deep depression, but only sought help in his thirties. Hugo van der Ding talks about bipolar disorder.

It started when he was a kid, but he wasn't diagnosed until he was 26. The comedian António Raminhos on what it's like to live with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Researcher Barbara Law and Professor Nuno Medeiros will be the next Visiting Professors at Brown University.

Grants for the presentation in the United States of articles produced in Portugal.

Applications are now open for US based/American artists and curators for this independent international visual arts residency program.

Agreement signed with these American universities will strengthen the promotion of Portuguese language and culture in the USA and the exchange of students to Portugal.

The winner was announced at the art fair Drawing Room Lisboa. The artist will receive a prize of 20,000 euros.

Renato Mendes received the FLAD Science Award Atlantic in a ceremony attended by the ministers of the Sea, and Science and Higher Education.

FLAD launches a new open call for young artists who are 25 to 35 years, who want to develop their work in the USA.

The FLAD Science Award Atlantic award session will be broadcast live from 5 pm on October 12.

FLAD and the Observador are launching a series of interviews with Portuguese public figures who talk about their own mental health issues.

Here's how to apply for Visiting Professor at Georgetown University, in the fields of Political Science and International Relations.

Open call to artists in the area of Cinema and Photography. Funding up to 9 months.

Applications open between 1 and 31 October. Support for the translation of works from American Portuguese, and from Portuguese works to English

Get to know the initiatives and opportunities already planned for Art and Culture in 2021/2022.

Initiative will award two research projects with 20,000 euros each. Apply until the 30th of October.

The director and founder of the Arte Institute of New York in a conversation about art, culture and the energy of the Americans.

60 years of theater, from PIDE to the dictatorship of political correctness, of the man who brought musicals to Portugal and who only accepts reincarnating if on Broadway.

Are we living the end of the era of American supremacy? And how important was the fall of 9/11 and the fall of Kabul in this history?

The director and founder of the Arte Institute of New York in a conversation about art, culture and the energy of the Americans.

Joana Lobo Antunes devotes part of her time to trying to improve the way scientists communicate. She's a scientist, a teacher, and a science communicator.

Joana Lobo Antunes devotes part of her time to trying to improve the way scientists communicate. She's a scientist, a teacher, and a science communicator.

Joana Lobo Antunes devotes part of her time to trying to improve the way scientists communicate. She's a scientist, a teacher, and a science communicator.

Joana Lobo Antunes devotes part of her time to trying to improve the way scientists communicate. She's a scientist, a teacher, and a science communicator.

Joana Lobo Antunes devotes part of her time to trying to improve the way scientists communicate. She's a scientist, a teacher, and a science communicator.

The 10 finalists of the FLAD Drawing Award are already chosen. The winner will be known on October 30 at the Drawing Room Lisbon.

The 10 finalists of the FLAD Drawing Award are already chosen. The winner will be known on October 30 at the Drawing Room Lisbon.

PhDs in History and Social Sciences can now apply for the opportunity at this prestigious University of the USA.

The Dean of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa is the first guest of our podcast after the summer break.

This is an essential support of FLAD to an IPSS with 32 years of experience in (re)building the lives of homeless people.

These rooms in the Azores, Lisbon, Porto, Vila Real and Setúbal are the entryway for victims of a crime when seeking help from APAV.

FLAD has decided to support the institution that works with children and young people who are victims of repeated abuse, abuse and neglect. More details here.

The Foundation has joined EPIS Association and will sponsor four master's degrees for young people of academic merit, but from an underprivileged background.

From the Dalai Lama's inspiration to the streets of the country's biggest cities, 365 days a year, helping those who need it most.

Professor at the University of Aveiro will teach a course on institutions and political behaviors in Portugal and the Portuguese-speaking world.

The consequences and responses to the economic shock of the pandemic, with Miguel Faria e Castro, an economist at the Federal Reserve of St. Louis.

The union and mutual help of a group of colleagues led to this national support network, which currently helps 340 families on a regular basis.

CoLAB +Atlantic researcher will develop a project that will culminate in the crossing of an autonomous surface vehicle (ASV) between Porto and the Azores.

Renato Mendes' project aims to give Portugal the ability to know more and better about its continental platform in the Atlantic.

The international political and diplomatic context seen through the eyes of one of Portugal's most experienced ambassadors.

The first edition of this multidisciplinary summer course has as its theme Marine Island (Palaeo)Biogeography. Apply here.

This support aims to help institutions working with vulnerable groups, especially those affected by the pandemic.

Grants for research internships in the US designed for master's, doctoral students, and junior researchers from Portuguese institutions.

Meet, here, the new R&D@PhD selected candidates. Support for Portuguese doctoral students for research internships in the USA.

An opportunity for U.S. citizens to study and research in Portugal during the AY2022/2023. Find out how to apply here.

The future has already reached the newsrooms of the largest newspapers, by the hands of people like Francesco Marconi. But what does that mean?

Why does the U.S. continue to lead the business world in terms of innovation and what role will post-pandemic working from home play?

At the grant ceremony of FLAD's Science Award Mental Health to Pedro Morgado, the Foundation guaranteed the continuation of this award and more initiatives.

This initiative will reward artistic talent in Portugal. Applications open between June 15-30. The selected candidate will receive an award of 20.000 euros.

Our guest this week explains to us the complex history of a secular America in which religion has a lot of weight and influence.

Today we celebrate 36 years of work for Portugal, the Portuguese and Portuguese-Americans. We celebrate our history, focused on the future.

From today you can visit our exhibition in an immersive online experience and with more information about the 228 artworks of 61 artists.

FLAD and AiR 351 announce the new grant recipients for 2021/2022. Find out more about this opportunity and the artists selected here.

Democracy in the USA, ghosts of a new Cold War with China and the relationship with Europe. Lívia Franco is our guest this week.

Second edition of support for the translation and dissemination of Portuguese books in the USA and American books in Portugal. More details here.

The psychiatrist and researcher from Minho University wins with a project to improve diagnosis and treatment of the obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Researcher Pedro Morgado will test a new diagnostic tool and make a clinical trial of the drug used today in Parkinson's patients.

A conversation about classical music that is made of America, with conductor Martim Sousa Tavares, this week's guest of the Atlantic Talks.

He discovered Basketball in a fluke worthy of a movie. Since then, it's his life: from coach in the USA to NBA in Asia. Carlos Barroca in the Atlantic Talks.

Opportunity to teach at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in the Spring semester of 2022. More information here.

Researcher at the University of Coimbra has successfully completed a clinical trial to test new therapies and calls for greater investment in rehabilitation.

A conversation about the scientific knowledge that led to the COVID-19 vaccine, science in Portugal and the upcoming ethical debate.

FLAD's Collection and the Arquipélago, join in an exhibition to bring awareness to the artist Ana Hatherly, in the Azores. More info here.

A journey through time with one of the most successful Portuguese travel journalists, about the places, the people, and the American identity.

See how to apply for Visiting Professor at Georgetown, in the areas of Political Science and International Relations, for the Spring semester of 2022.

From the road trip on the East Coast of the US to the sound of Portuguese radio and to the economic recovery after the pandemic, Mário Centeno is our first guest.

FLAD with Torre do Tombo promotes short-term research grants, for US researchers, in Portuguese language, culture and history. Get to know all the details here.

Opportunity to teach at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in the Fall semester of 2021. More information here.

FLAD's first podcast, the Atlantic Talks, is now available in book format. Find out all the details here.

From Hawaii to New York, there are many Portuguese-Americans that have been elected to positions of responsibility. In this new space, we want to show who they are and what they do.

The second edition will allow the English translation of António Guterres's biography and the book "Armários Vazios" by Maria Judite de Carvalho.

The first edition will support the English translation of a book by Ricardo Araújo Pereira, and, among others, works by Nobel Prize winner Louise Glück.

The FLAD/AiR 351 grant aims to promote the exchange between the artistic community in Portugal and the US.

One month left to apply for the Fulbright Grant for Research with FLAD's support. Get to know all the necessary steps for application here!

The power and limitations of governing by executive order in the United States and an interview with Jim Costa, a Portuguese Congressman.

This week, Nuno Severiano Teixeira, Professor and Director of IPRI-NOVA, analyzes Joe Biden's inaugural address and first decisions.

The importance of the new president's inauguration speech. And yet, an interview with Dylan Fernandes, a Luso congressman from Massachusetts.

FLAD´s president wants a collection that is alive and displayed for everyone to appreciate. At the same time as the exhibition, the collection is now available online in full.

This week, Professor Teresa Botelho and Political Consultant Lee Neves analyze Trump's second impeachment and the consequences for Joe Biden's presidency.

Analysis of the historical events that happened around joe biden's victory certification and interview with comedian Derrick DeMelo.

Rita Faden, president of FLAD, reviewed the Foundation's work for the year that ended and talks about the projects for 2021.

How does the balance of forces between the President and the Senate work? Interview with neuropsychologist Margaret Lança on the impact of the pandemic on mental health.

Fulbright-FLAD grant for master's students of Portuguese universities for the realization of research projects in the USA.

Fulbright-FLAD grant for master's students of Portuguese universities for the realization of research projects in the USA.

The Electoral College vote for the 2020 U.S. presidential election is approaching. What are faithless voters? And also an interview with Diana Marie Afonso.

A program aimed to support Portuguese authors to enter the U.S. market and national publishers to translate American books to reach Portugal.

The Republican challenge to the Democratic victory is highlighting the transition process. What is it and why is so important? Also, an interview with Rosa Rebimbas.

Minister of Foreign Affairs is the guest of the last episode of the Atlantic Talks. Trump, Biden, and the strength of the Portuguese community in the U.S. under discussion.

President Joe Biden's team and what these choices mean for the future of American politics, with Germano Almeida in the new episode of América Vinte Vinte.

Who they are and the power of men in the most powerful unelected office in American politics really have? Also, an interview with The State Senator, Michael Rodrigues.

Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Monica Ferro, in the new episode of the Atlantic Talks on Human Rights and civic movements.

The results of the elections continue to be contested. What can we expect from the power transition process? Nuno Monteiro with Ricardo Alexandre.

Every Monday, FLAD and the Observador continue to present a newsletter on the US elections, now focused on the period until Inauguration Day.

IPRI associate researcher and one of the most prominent international relations commentators in Portugal, Bernardo Pires de Lima, and the American elections.

Joe Biden has been declared the winner, but Donald Trump disputes that victory, even in the courts. What follows until the inauguration on January 20th?

With a series of appointments and layoffs in the U.S. political structure, what can we expect from this transition period between the Trump and Biden administration? Luís Nuno Rodrigues and Luís Tomé.

A week after Election Day, there is a winner declared unofficially, but no one assumes defeat. What's a concession speech worth?

Pianist, cultural manager, Member of the Parliament, and Minister. Gabriela Canavilhas has a long curriculum in the area of Culture and a strong connection to the Azores and the USA.

With the world on hold, Professor Raquel Vaz Pinto of Nova University of Lisbon analyzes the election night at TSF, with Ricardo Alexandre.

Swing States, mail-in ballot, voting, projections, and winners: US Election Day has finally arrived and we have tips for this long night.

The Portuguese-descendant journalist, winner of a Pulitzer at the Boston Globe, on the challenges of this election and what follows. A partnership between FLAD and SÁBADO.

See here in full the conversation with collectors António Cachola, José Correia de Lima and José Carlos Santana Pinto. An initiative of FLAD and MAAT.

Hillary Clinton won the popular vote in 2016, but wasn't elected. She wasn't the only one either. On election day, the Observador explains what is at stake.

She had the feeling that the world was stoping in Spain, so now she brings the international film industry to the actors in Portugal. Patrícia Vasconcelos is our guest.

This week, journalist Germano Almeida and University of Columbia Professor André Corrêa d'Almeida analyze the programs and the latest surveys.

In 1948, Truman laughed last holding a newspaper that gave Dewey the victory. In 2016, it was Trump's turn. Can we trust the polls?

Tiago Moreira de Sá, Associate Professor at IPRI at Universidade Nova, analyzes the vice debate and Trump's decision not to participate in a virtual debate.

This week Isabel Lucas talks about books and life in America, and analyst Ricardo Evangelista, takes a look at the world's largest economy.

A different debate, with different rules, but equally intense. Watch second and final debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden.

The message is simple: climate change is the reality and the more time it is lost, the worse the solutions will be. The president of IPMA at the Atlantic Talks.

From 'Eisenhower responds to America' to Barack Obama's 'Yes We Can', how do campaign ads influence campaigns for the US Presidency?

One of today's most newsworthy economic voices, Susana Peralta on what inequality is and how it is seen, and how the profession can be reclaimed.

Silvia Curado, on Science in the USA, and Nuno Mota Pinto, on the impact of the economic crisis on the presidential elections in América Vinte Vinte.

Arrival of a second wave can disproportionately affect Republicans. Trump's strategy makes results harder to predict, experts say.

See here the first of the two debates of the partnership between FLAD and SIC-Expresso, with Alan Abramowitz, Mary Stegmaier, Pedro Magalhães and David Dinis.

Debates with experts and interviews with our congressmen are the initiatives we have developed together for the 2020 US elections.

From the heart attack hidden by Woodrow Wilson to John McCain's 1,173-page report, the candidates health is a thorny topic. Will it have an impact on November 3rd?

He arrived in the U.S. with $200 in his pocket and a friend's couch waiting. Today, he is a recognized Chef in New York, a mecca of catering.

A "devastating impact". That is how the WHO describes the effect of COVID-19 on the access to Mental Health care, an area that FLAD intends to develop.

Between the 10/10/2020 and 23/01/2021, visit the exhibition with a guided tour by Carlos Carillho and Cristina Campos, at the Central Tejo from MAAT.

Sitting at a table, separated by plexiglas, the debate of the 'Vices' was dominated by the pandemic and the Supreme Court nominations as expected.

When they head to the polls on November 3, Americans will have to choose far beyond Trump or Biden. What's at stake?

The fascination with America came late and by postcard, but it remains. Rui Tavares recounts his experience, talks about polarization and anticipates a left turn in the American politics.

Ricardo Alexandre analyzes in TSF the first debate between Trump and Biden with journalist José Alberto Lemos and the U.S. economic model with Ricardo Cabral.

Rui Seabra received the Science Award Atlantic at a ceremony at FLAD. Rita Faden maintains the Foundation's commitment to supporting a new generation of scientists.

Nixon, Kennedy, Ford or Dukakis. Many candidates made themselves (or break) in presidential debates. Do debates remain that significant today?

Donald Trump and Joe Biden faced each other for the first time in a debate, which was full of interruptions and attacks from each part.

With the US elections approaching, Pedro Magalhães in an essential conversation about the electoral system, polls, and polarization.

This week, an interview with the president of the American Club: "The election will be decided by a small number of voters, in a small number of States"

In an interview with the curators, we understand the origin of the “three words that cover the exhibition” and many other details of the FFF.

Barack Obama became famous in 2004 with a speech of unity in which he said that there was only one United States of America. But when we get to election day, is that really true?

The MAAT in Lisbon, will make known more than two hundred contemporary works. All works belonging to the collection of the Luso-American Development Foundation. Until January 25th.

Celebrating 35 years, FLAD shows its art collection at MAAT in the exhibition "Feast. Fury. Femina - Works from FLAD's Collection", until January 25th.

A space for debate and analysis of current affairs every week at TSF, conducted by journalist Ricardo Alexandre, every Thursday at 15:00.

The generational dialogue between works and artists since the 1960s, in FLAD's largest exhibition, is already open to the public at the Central Tejo of the MAAT.

The exhibition Feast. Fury. Femina. – Works from FLAD's collection mark FLAD's 35th anniversary and is constituted almost exclusively of works by Portuguese artists.

She has traveled 97.000 kilometers for a year looking for the meaning of the American dream. Isabel Lucas takes us on this trip of American literature.

António Pinto Ribeiro and Sandra Vieira Jürgens are the curators of the exhibition Fast. Fury. Femina. – Works from FLAD's Collection, at the MAAT – Central Tejo from September 22, 2020, to January 25, 2021.

FLAD and the 4 partner Portuguese universities signed the renewal of the protocol of the Foundation's study abroad program, Study in Portugal Network (SiPN).

This week's Observador Special American Elections newsletter discusses the consequences of small-party candidates on presidential elections. More information here.

Engineer, manager, politician, Europeanist convinced by Science and Innovation. Our guest this week is Carlos Moedas.

Thus, and in celebration, MAAT now presents the exhibition Feast. Fury. Femina. – Works from FLAD's Collection, the largest ever made from FLAD's compilation.

Feast. Fury. Femina. – Works from FLAD's Collection is in the process of assembly at the Central Tejo / MAAT until the inauguration on September 22nd.

What is a swing-state and how important are these states in U.S. presidential elections? This is what we're going to discover in this week's 'Special American Elections' newsletter.

Complex philosophy about minutiae, sensitivity in philately, and why the Buchas earn more than the Esticas. Ricardo Araújo Pereira in our podcast.

Joseph I. Castro, President of Fresno State, on the importance of Portuguese culture in California and the close relationship between FLAD and the University.

Grant to support the participation of North-American speakers in workshops, seminars, and conferences in Portugal.

FLAD's new art exhibition is almost here with 228 Portuguese artworks waiting for you at the MAAT. More information here.

In this week's Newsletter 'Special American Elections' from Observador we talk about the importance of the Vice President to the U.S. elections and government.

More than 200 works by 61 artists of various generations will be gathered in the exhibition "Feast. Fury. Femina.", from FLAD, starting September 22nd, at MAAT.

The Portuguese radio station WJFD, based in Massachusetts, USA, celebrates more than 4 decades of experience in promoting the Portuguese-American community.

The Republican Party begins today the national convention in a hybrid model. Learn more here.

Every Monday, FLAD and Observador presents a newsletter on the 2020 US elections. Under the authorship of João de Almeida Dias, this week is about the importance of the National Conventions.

Diniz Borges, Portuguese-American from the Azores and director of the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute explains how the institute's initiatives have adapted to COVID-19.

Henrique Pita Barros is collecting information in the Torre do Tombo to analyze the impact of wars on present development.

The pandemic prevented the gathering of delegates and candidates in Milwaukee. For four days, Democrats will try to cheer the troops through videoconference.

Manuel Eduardo Vieira, Portuguese-American from Pico Island, Azores, explains how his company, A.V. Thomas Produce, has adapted to the pandemic.

Laughing is the best medicine, and our Portuguese Kids know how to treat us. See how "juízo" is maintained in times of pandemic.

The former California attorney general and current state senator is the first African-American woman to join the ticket by one of the two largest parties.

FLAD/BNP 2020 grantee, is in Portugal, to understand the strength of digitization and identity issues in the research of Portuguese literary estates.

Paulo Pereira, Portuguese-American and Deputy Mayor of Mineola, New York, explains what steps have been taken to deal with COVID-19.

Linda Vieira, Chair of the Board of Directors at the Luso-American Financial, explains what measures have been implemented to monitor COVID-19.

Richard Machado, President and Co-Founder of Agrian, explains the different measures implemented to ensure the safety of its workers.

A newsletter that will allow us to reach all generations of the Portuguese-American community and show them the most important parts of the Azores, also in English.

Maria Hortencia Silveira, a Portuguese-American immigrant in California, tells us what security measures are being put in place to deal with COVID-19.

Grant for conducting research internships in the USA for doctoral candidates from Portuguese institutions.

The signed agreement will promote Portugal, the Portuguese Language and Portuguese researchers to one of the best universities in the world.

Opportunity for Portuguese students accepted at the University of California, Berkeley, to develop research for a doctoral thesis.

FLAD and the University of California, Berkeley, make $20.000 available to two Portuguese doctoral candidates to fund their first year of studies at Berkeley.

FLAD and the University of California, Berkeley, make $20.000 available to two Portuguese doctoral candidates to fund their first year of studies at Berkeley.

Who will lead the world and how can the pandemic change the balance of forces between the world's major powers? The analysis of Nuno Severiano Teixeira.

Jesse MacLachlan, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives since 2014, tells us how U.S.-Portugal ties are reinforced during the pandemic.

Data privacy, artificial intelligence, science fiction and the impact of technology on income. Arlindo Oliveira is this week's guest.

The influence of American journalism, the impact of CNN and the Internet, fake news, and racial issues. Talking to Catarina Carvalho.

The doubts are still many, but experts agree that the online format is here to stay (at least in part) and that much is lost without face-to-face teaching.