The  BIAL Foundation, together with the Medical Association, decided to increase the number of funded researchers and the overall amount of the Maria de Sousa Prize, now distinguishing up to 5 winners and a total amount of up to €125 thousand.

According to the new Regulations, amended on 18 June, this change takes effect immediately, which means that the 1st Edition, whose applications closed on 30 May, will award 5 researchers, instead of 1 as initially foreseen.