Elhuyar Zientzia Azoka 2025 ended with the award ceremony at the Arenal de Bilbao. The event, which took place at 13:00, was presented by actor Joanes Echeveste Dernet and scientist Sara Alicante Martínez. The sponsors of Elhuyar Zientzia Azoka and members of Elhuyar have been in charge of delivering the awards.

The awarded projects have been as follows:

• Professor Ander Arantzamendi of the project “JEIKIT: Mugikortasun Arazoei bideratutako autonomizazio sistema” of the educational center Miguel de Unamuno BHI of Vitoria-Gasteiz has been awarded the participation in the “Science in Action” fair.
• The project “Lyme gaisotasuna saihesten laguntzen duen aplikazioa” by Bizilabe Elgoibar has been awarded the participation in the fair Galiciencia. The awards have been given by Amaia Esquisabel Alegría, Director of Scientific Policy of the Basque Government.
• Bizilabe Laudio’s “Esekitoki automatikoa” project has been awarded with participation in the Science on the Street fair.
• The “Liztor asiatikoa tranpatzea” project of the Larramendi educational center in Mungia has been awarded the participation in the Open Science fair.The awards have been given by Isabel Sarrionères-Ibarra Fernandez, head of the Business Promotion Service of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia.
• The project “Errenazimenguko muraleen zaharberritzea Adiemen Artifizialarekin” of the Lasalle de Beasain educational center has been awarded the participation in the Vilaciencia fair.
• The “Auto berriztagarria” project of the educational center Andra Mari de Etxarri Aranatz has been awarded the participation in the fair Exporecerca Jove.
• The “NEXUS” project of the educational center IES Joan Coromines (Valencia) has been awarded the participation in the Portuguese National Exhibition. The awards have been given by Kontxi Claver Zurro, Councilor for Economic Development and Trade of the City of Bilbao.
• The “Onddoen eragin antibiotikoa” project of the Amazabal BHI educational center in Leiza has been awarded the participation in the Exporecerca Jove exhibition.
• The project “Mugikortasun Arazoei bideratutako autonomizazio sistema” of the educational center Miguel de Unamuno BHI of Vitoria-Gasteiz has been awarded the participation in the Feria de Sevilla.
• The project “Hobetu daiteke adineko pertsonen egoera botikarik gabe?” of the Biurdana BHI educational center of Pamplona has been awarded the participation in the I Giovani e le Science fair in Milan. The awards were given by Jon Abril Olaetxea, general coordinator of Elhuyar.

Elhuyar Zientzia

The edition of Elhuyar Zientzia Azoka this year has been extended for four days, from 28 to 31 May, and has taken place in the Arenal of Bilbao. It has exposed 160 projects and involved 640 young people from 60 schools. In addition to young people from the educational centers of the Basque Country, winners of other fairs from both the Spanish and international scope have also participated: in total, 9 teams have attended Bilbao.

The objective of Elhuyar Zientzia Azoka is to offer young people experiences related to science, as well as to promote and disseminate scientific culture, not only at this fair that is held in Arenal, but also throughout the year. In addition to young students, research centers and universities in the Basque Country also participate in the fair. It is also important to highlight the commitment of all of them to this project, a commitment that they renew year after year: thus, at the beginning of the school year, 94 researchers (51 women and 43 men) from universities and technology centers offered to work with students throughout the course and evaluate the work after completion, and during the course 73 researchers (45 women and 28 men) have carried out evaluation work.

The Zientzia Azoka initiative, organised by Elhuyar, has the collaboration of the Department of Education, Universities and Research of the Basque Government, the FECYT (Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology), the Provincial Council of Bizkaia, the City Council of Bilbao, the Government of Navarra and Erabi.