• The awards ceremony will take place on 15 May, from 18:00. 25 of the contest. On the occasion of its anniversary will be held for the first time at CAF headquarters.

• Dr. Jesus Mari Txurruka Argarate in Biology will receive the Elhuyar Merit Award.

The CAF-Elhuyar contest celebrates 25 years promoting scientific culture, recognizing and rewarding the work of disseminators, researchers and creators who socialize scientific and technological issues. The awards ceremony will be held this year at CAF headquarters on 15 May. Among the winners is the Doctor of Biology Jesus Mari Txurruka Argarate, who will receive the Elhuyar Award for his work in the scientific dissemination and normalization of Basque.

Prizes of the following categories will also be awarded:

Original outreach articles. In this category, the scientific and technological works carried out in Basque are awarded. It is divided into two subcategories: general outreach articles and outreach articles based on the author's doctoral thesis. The winner of each subcategory will receive a prize of 2,000 euros and a sculpture by Imanol Andonegi Mendizabal.

NEIKER Special Award. Dedicated to the best work of the primary sector. The winner will receive a prize of 2,000 euros and a sculpture by Imanol Andonegi Mendizabal.

Works of scientific journalism. This category awards a journalistic work created in Basque and published in 2018, with 2,000 euros and the sculpture of Andonegi.

Scholarship of creation in scientific society. This category promotes projects that work the interaction between science/technology and society. The selected project receives a scholarship of 5,000 euros in order to contribute to the development and dissemination of the project to society.

For the selection of the winners, two jurors have analyzed the work. News articles and journalism work have been prepared by:

• Arturo Elosegi Irurtia, ecological researcher at the UPV
• Marian Iriarte Ormazabal, chemist and researcher at UPV
• Alberto Barandiaran Amillano, journalist and writer
• Aitziber Agirre Ruiz de Arkaute, director of Elhuyar magazine
• Eva Ugarte Sagastizabal, Director of Technology and Innovation at NEIKER-Tecnalia (only in the NEIKER Special Prize)

On the other hand, the projects presented to the scholarship of creation in science society have judged:

• Josu Rekalde Izagirre, Professor at UPV's Department of Art and Technology
• Koldo Almandoz de La Cruz, film director
• Leire Cancio Orueta, Managing Director of Elhuyar

After the awards ceremony, the authors, Ander Gortazar Balerdi and Jac Markusiewicz will show the result of the project that last year received a grant of creation in Science Society: Bastartak!.