Rui Sousa
Senior Advisor, EU Programmes & Business Development
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Rui has many years of experience in the industry, working on complex EU projects across many sectors – with a particular focus on health, life sciences, and deep tech. Rui has hands-on experience working across European (Horizon Europe, including RIA/IA/CSA, EIC, MSCA; Eurostars) and Norwegian (IPN, FRIPRO, SFF/SFI) funding programmes, on projects ranging from fundamental research to market-ready products.
Education
- PhD in Theoretical Chemistry – Université de Nantes
- Masters in Biochemistry – Universidade do Porto
Areas of experience and competence
- EU and Norwegian R&D funding
- Health, Life Sciences, biotechnology, AI
- Business Development
Experiences and responsibilites
- >5 years of experience in developing projects for obtaining funding (national and EU)
- Business and partnership development
- Development of AI tools
