The cerimony for the 2012 Gulbenkian awards for stimulating research took place on February 18 2013. The Aveiro University delegation included, from left to right, Carlos Herdeiro, Armando Neves, António Luis Ferreira, António Almeida (awardee), Rui Pereira, José Fernando Mendes, Flávio Coelho (awardee) and Marco Sampaio.