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InteliGente – A Curated List of Awards and Recognitions
InteliGente has been selected for the HundrED Global Collection 2026, placing us among the most impactful and scalable innovations in education worldwide. InteliGente stood out among 800+ global innovations reviewed by 250 experts, being recognized as one of the world’s most impactful.
InteliGente won the 26th edition of the Professor Mário Palmério Top Educational Award - ABMES - Associação Brasileira de Mantenedoras de Ensino Superior. Elected among the most transformative projects in Brazil (164 submitted), receiving R$8,000.
ConsCiêncIA Project (Literacy in Artificial Intelligence), recognized as the best ongoing research project in the field of Humanities and Applied Social Sciences in Brazil for undergraduate scientific initiation by Conic-Semesp (the Largest Scientific Initiation Congress in Brazil), among more than 1,400 registered projects, receiving R$1,500.
For the third consecutive year, one of our students has been selected by Prototypes for Humanity — this time, ChemAutoML, a project for drug discovery. From over 3,300 entries across 100+ countries, it was chosen among the top 100 innovations in the world.
InteliGente received the official endorsement of the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC), the most important computing organization in the country, recognizing its relevance in Artificial Intelligence for education and social impact.
We received the V Academic Recognition Award in Human Rights, granted by the University of Campinas (Unicamp) and the Vladimir Herzog Institute, in the category Exact Sciences, Engineering, and Technology – Doctorate. The award recognizes research that makes a significant contribution to the promotion of human rights through social impact, innovation, and scientific relevance.
Dr. Bonidia and Dr. Carvalho are winners of the USP Outstanding Thesis Award 2025 (Prêmio Tese Destaque USP 2025), granted to the best doctoral thesis of the year in Exact and Earth Sciences by the University of São Paulo. This award recognizes research of excellence and high academic impact, and is one of the most prestigious distinctions from Brazil's leading public university and a reference in Latin America.
Our project, AutoAI-Pandemics, was the only initiative from our country (Brazil) selected among the top 21 ideas in a prestigious global call promoted by AI4PEP, IDRC, and the UK International Development. The project received a grant of CAD 206,400 to advance its mission of using AI for pandemic preparedness and equity in the Global South.
Our book is a finalist (5 books) for the Jabuti Academic Award, recognized among the best in Brazil in the field of computer science in 2024. The Jabuti is the most prestigious literary prizes in Brazil, celebrating excellence in academic and literary production across the country.
Honorable Mention – CAPES Thesis Award (2025). Recognized as one of the best doctoral theses in Brazil in the field of Computer Science and Mathematics. CAPES is Brazil’s top national award for PhD theses (Honorable Mention indicates recognition among the best theses in the country).
InteliGente was named the third most transformative educational project in the State of São Paulo (Brazil) by the Transformative Educator Award.
Our BioAutoML project received an honorable mention from the Young Bioinformatics Award 2024, being chosen among the best theses in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in Brazil.
Our BioAutoML project received third place in the ARTUR ZIVIANI THESIS AWARD (SBCAS), being chosen among the best theses in computing applied to health in Brazil.
BioAutoML - Top 10 Finalist - Santander X Brazil Award - Selected among the top 10 university projects (from over 200 entries) in Brazil in the national innovation competition promoted by Banco Santander.
BioPrediction (Bruno, André, and Robson) was awarded as the best undergraduate project in the world in computer science by the Global Undergraduate Awards 2024, marking the first time this award in the field has been given to Latin America.
InteliGente was awarded as the most transformative project (Open and Free Internet) in Latin America by the Regional Fund for Digital Innovation in Latin America and the Caribbean (FRIDA), receiving a $10,000 prize.
BioAutoML - Project selected to participate in Prototypes for Humanity 2024, chosen from 2700 entries, from more than 100 countries, standing out among the 100 best in the world, Prototypes for Humanity 2024.
Is That True? - Project selected to participate in Prototypes for Humanity 2024, chosen from 2700 entries, from more than 100 countries, standing out among the 100 best in the world, Prototypes for Humanity 2024.
InteliGente has been selected for the next phase of the LED Prize 2025 (chosen from a total of 2,041 entries), an initiative by Globo and the Roberto Marinho Foundation, which aims to recognize innovative initiatives that are driving transformations in Brazilian education.
Finalist at the global GESS Education Awards 2024, recognized for the InteliGente project, which promotes equality through the democratization of AI knowledge.
Global Finalist — Social Shifters Global Innovation Challenge 2024 (JPMorganChase) - Selected as finalist among 5,186 teams from 122 countries, in a global challenge that supported the development of 2,840 social impact solutions with the involvement of 2,180 volunteers worldwide.
Hollie's Hub for Good - DigitalOcean. InteliGente: Building Paths of Equality with Artificial Intelligence, 2023, 2024, 2025 ($8.250,00).
AutoAI-Pandemics, which was selected as one of the most promising proposals (a total of 221 proposals from 47 countries) in a global competition, held by the Global South Artificial Intelligence for Pandemic and Epidemic Preparedness and Response Network - AI4PEP - 2023 - CAN$362,500.
Helmholtz Visiting Researcher Grant/Award - Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy (HIDA). Project Title: BioAutoML-Fast: End-to-End Multi-Threaded Machine Learning Package for Life Sciences (€: 10.000,00).
Certificate of excellence for the distinction achieved at Falling Walls Lab Brazil 2023 as Advisor Professor, Faculdade Estadual de Tecnologia de Ourinhos - Fatec.
Winning Team (Advisor), 1st place, "Breaking the Wall of Fake News", Falling Walls Lab Brazil 2023, DWIH São Paulo, Falling Walls Foundation, DAAD, The German Center for Research and Innovation.
Finalist Team (Advisor), "Breaking the Wall of Alzheimer’s Detection", Falling Walls Lab Brazil 2023, DWIH São Paulo, Falling Walls Foundation, DAAD, The German Center for Research and Innovation.
BioPrediction - Project selected to participate in Prototypes for Humanity 2023, during COP28-Dubai, chosen from 3000 entries, from more than 100 countries, standing out among the 100 best, Prototypes for Humanity - COP28-Dubai.
FEMS Research & Training Grant/Award - Federation of European Microbiological Societies (€: 5.000,00) - BioAutoML Project.
Artificial Intelligence for Early Detection of Breast Cancer, recognized as the best ongoing research project in the field of Exact and Earth Sciences in Brazil for undergraduate scientific initiation by Conic-Semesp (the Largest Scientific Initiation Congress in Brazil), among more than 1,200 registered projects
Finalist in the Higher Education Category (Among the 10 finalists - 2897 subscribers - BioFatecou Project), Transformer Educator Award - Sebrae, Instituto Significare and Bett Brasil, which aims to select the most transformative projects in Brazil.
Honorable mention to the BioFatecou Project (more than 200 submissions) - 25th edition of the Professor Mário Palmério Top Educational Award - ABMES - Associação Brasileira de Mantenedoras de Ensino Superior - Brasil. Elected among the 5 most transformative projects in Brazil.
Finalists (BioAutoML - Ideas Contest - Top 15 of 82), Falling Walls Lab Brazil 2022, DWIH São Paulo, Falling Walls Foundation, DAAD, The German Center for Research and Innovation.
Google Latin America Research Awards (LARA), Google, 2021. Elected by LARA-Google among the 24 most promising ideas in Latin America (24 awarded projects, from a base of 700 submissions). Scholarship: 2022-2023 (USD: 14.400,00).