At the Champalimaud Foundation we believe that people are our greatest asset and we look to create working conditions which are fair, equal, healthy, safe and stable in order to foster creativity and the personal and professional development of our staff. Our recruitment policy has a focus on inclusion and diversity: diversity of people, diversity of thought and diversity of experience. We seek to promote and reward excellence so that we may turn the impossible into the possible.

The mission of the Champalimaud Foundation is to develop programmes of advanced biomedical research and provide clinical care of excellence, with a focus on translating pioneering scientific discoveries into solutions which can improve the quality of life of individuals around the world. This is done with independence, rigour, dedication, creativity and with a commitment to meet the highest ethical and scientific standards. By its actions the Foundation strives to be a world leader in scientific and technological innovation with the ultimate objective of preventing, diagnosing and treating disease. In so doing, the Foundation is guided by the constant challenge of finding new solutions to humanity’s most pressing health problems.