Diversity and Gender Balance

Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo Award

Since 2016, Instituto Superior Técnico (Técnico) has been promoting the Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo Award aiming to recognise and reward annually two women, graduated at Técnico, as a way to promote the gender balance policy at Técnico and recognise the crucial role that women have in all fields of Engineering. Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo was an Engineer and a distinguished alumna of Técnico with a high impact on Portuguese society and policy her whole life, being the first woman who held the position of Prime Minister of Portugal.

The award is divided into two categories:

  • A former student who has completed her studies at Técnico for over 15 years and who has made outstanding contributions throughout her professional career;
  • A young graduate from Técnico, aged under 27 years on 31st December of the year preceding the one to which the prize refers, whose Master’s thesis has been distinguished for its scientific quality and whose academic performance at Técnico has been remarkable.

In both categories, nominations and applications must be sent, along with all relevant documentation, by e-mail to premiomlp@tecnico.ulisboa.pt. If the documentation size is above 10MB or the threshold supported by e-mail system, we suggest creating a file archive (zip or equivalent) and storing it on a website or private storage repository (Dropbox, Google Drive or other) and sending by e-mail just the link to the archive (in this case, please confirm that the link is open for reading).

2024 – 8th Edition

The Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo Award Ceremony (8th Edition) will take place on 26 November, 5 p.m., at Técnico Congress Centre.
The Award has the high patronage of his excellency the President of the Portuguese Republic, Professor Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

List of former awards

In the category of Alumna with a professional career of more than 15 years (Role Model):

In the category of young graduate (Young Alumna):