Conselho Geral
Presidente do Conselho Geral
Professora Doutora
Susana Mira Leal
Message from the President of the General Council
The Gaspar Frutuoso Foundation (FGF) was created by the University of the Azores (UAc) in March 1999, and formally recognized in 2000 through Ordinance No. 674/2000, of March 13, published in the 2nd Diário da República. series, n.º 92, of April 18th). In 2012, the Regional Government of the Azores recognized the status of public utility to the FGF.
Throughout its existence, the FGF has played a fundamental role in supporting the scientific and technological activity of the University of the Azores, managing a portfolio of research and service projects participated in and/or led by UAc professors and researchers.
Its young and increasingly qualified technical team has provided fundamental support to the UAc research units and an adequate and efficient response to the challenges and opportunities that the various funding programs, at regional, national and European level, have provided, working in articulation and complementarity with the science management structures of the University of the Azores.
Today, the FGF presents itself with a renewed image and has gained greater visibility in the community. It annually awards the Ana Neto prize to the best graduate in Biology, in memory of the professor and researcher who bore her name, who died prematurely, and has developed and supported some initiatives of a social and cultural nature, an action that should be reinforced in the coming years through the support for specific UAc projects.
Governing Board
Presidente do Conselho Diretivo
Prof. Doutor
José Noronha Rodrigues
Vice-Presidente do Conselho Diretivo
Dr.
Simão Pedro Ferreira Cabral Neves
Vogal do Conselho Diretivo
Prof. Doutor
Vítor Manuel da Costa Gonçalves
Fiscal Único
Duarte Giesta & Associado, SROC, Lda.
Dr.
Duarte Félix Tavares Giesta
The Foundation's bodies are: the General Council, the Board of Directors and the Single Auditor.
The General Council is made up of the president, Professor Susana Mira Leal and the members, Professor Suzana Nunes Caldeira, Prof. Doctor Francisco Cipriano da Cunha Martins, Prof. Doctor Adolfo Fernando da Fonte Fialho and Doctor Artur José Freire Gil vice-rectors, Professor Doctor Alfredo Emílio Silveira de Borba, representative of the presidents of the organic teaching and research units, Professor Doctor Paulo Vieira Borges, representative of the directors of the research and development units , Professor Doctor Vasco Manuel Verdasca da Silva Garcia, 3rd rector of the University of the Azores (UAc), Professor Doctor Avelino de Freitas de Meneses, 4th Rector of the UAc, Professor Doctor Jorge Manuel Rosa de Medeiros, 5th rector of UAC, Professor Doctor João Luís Roque Baptista Gaspar, 6th rector of UAc, Dr. António Bensaúde de Castro Freire, Professor Doctor Roberto de Sousa Rocha Amaral and Dr. João Paulo Alvão Serra de Medeiros Constância, individuals designated under the terms of paragraph h ) of number 2 of article 10 of the FGF Statutes.
By extraordinary resolution of the General Council dated 26 January 2023, and upon a substantiated proposal by the Rector of the University of the Azores and Chair of the General Council of FGF (Professor Susana da Conceição Miranda Silva Mira Leal), Professor José Noronha Rodrigues was appointed as President of the Executive Board and Professor Vítor Manuel da Costa Gonçalves as Member of the Board. Furthermore, by extraordinary resolution of the General Council dated 20 December 2024, Dr Simão Pedro Ferreira Cabral Neves was appointed as Member of the Board with executive functions, assuming the office of Vice‑President on 3 February 2025, the date on which the said extraordinary resolution took effect.
The sole auditor is appointed by the General Council on a proposal from the rector of the University of the Azores, from among official auditors or audit firms. He is currently represented by the Society of Chartered Accountants Duarte Giesta & Associado, SROC, in the person of Dr. Dr. Duarte Félix Tavares Giesta.
