CARE Open Innovation programme combines physical events and curated digital tools to bring together individuals and organisations from different specialities, communities and geographies in knowledge exchange and cross-sectoral collaboration.

Our goal is to drive engagement across strategic research areas and to facilitate the generation of ideas to solve the challenges of CARE Missions.

Contact us
The simplest way to connect with new collaborators is via the CARE mailbox care@gimm.pt. Let us know i) which research topics you are interested in, ii) what you are looking for (advice, tools, facilities, samples) and/or iii) your expertise and what you are able to offer, and CARE team will facilitate the connections. Please also mention your affiliation(s) (e.g. which hospital and service, which institute).

CARE Science Rounds

Like medical rounds, CARE Science Rounds aim to act as a platform for information exchange and collaboration, in this case between healthcare professionals and researchers.

Events will take place monthly (second Tuesday of each month) at GIMM, inviting healthcare professionals and GIMM researchers to give an informal 15 min talk about their work or ideas for a collaborative research project. A light lunch is provided.

Event topics rotate through CARE’s five Mission areas: Pediatric and Rare diseases, Cancer, Inflammation and Infection, Aging and Brain diseases, and Cardiovascular diseases, ensuring that each topic is covered twice a year.

Next Science Rounds (no registration necessary):

• February 10, 2026 | 12:30 | Egas Moniz Building – Room TBD
  Topic: TBD
• March 10, 2026 | 12:30 | Egas Moniz Building – Room TBD
  Topic: TBD
• April 14, 2026 | 12:30 | Egas Moniz Building – Room TBD
  Topic: TBD
• May 12, 2026 | 12:30 | Egas Moniz Building – Room TBD
  Topic: TBD
• June 9, 2026 | 12:30 | Egas Moniz Building – Room TBD
  Topic: TBD

In the future, hybrid participation will be facilitated via a dedicated Microsoft Teams channel.