The University of Minho annually recognizes the merit of a Professor / Researcher who has distinguished himself for his research activity, through a prize awarded on the occasion of the anniversary ceremony.
List of awardees:
2009 – Nuno Peres (School of Science)
2010 – Rui L. Reis (School of Engineering, currently I3Bs)
2011 – Carlos Mendes de Sousa (School of Arts and Humanities)
2012 – Odd Rune Straume (School of Economics and Management)
2013 – Nuno Sousa (School of Medicine)
2014 – Armando Machado (School of Psychology)
2015 – José António Teixeira (School of Engineering)
2016 – Moisés de Lemos Martins (Institute of Social Sciences)
2017 – Paulo Lourenço (School of Engineering)
2018 – José González Méijome (School of Science)
2019 – Leandro Almeida (Institute of Education)
2020 – Patrícia Jerónimo (School of Law)
2021 – António Vicente (School of Engineering)