Mrs. Cavaco Silva was present, in the Pavilion of Knowledge, Lisbon, at the award ceremony of the 2015 L’Oreál Portugal Prizes for Women in Science.

Prizes were awarded this year to scientists Sónia Melo, a researcher in the Institute of Pathology and Molecular Immunology (IPATIMUP), Porto University, Raquel Ferreira, researcher in the Health Sciences Research Centre (CICS), Beira Interior University, and Vânia Calisto, researcher in the Sea and Environment Study Centre (CESAM), University of Aveiro.