• The awards ceremony will take place on May 16 at 18:00 in the Kutxa Cultural Square (Tabakalera, Donostia)

• Zientzia eta Teknologia magazine of the UPV/EHU Ekaia will receive the Elhuyar Award of Merit

The aim of CAF-Elhuyar is to promote scientific culture by recognizing and rewarding the work of disseminators, researchers and creators who socialize scientific and technological issues.

This recognition will be held on May 16 at the awards ceremony. Among the winners are representatives of the magazine Ekaia, of the UPV/EHU, who will receive the Elhuyar Prize for their work in the dissemination of science and the normalization of the Basque language, hand of the Board of the Elhuyar Foundation.

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. Last year this category was created and 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 2016, 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:

• Leire Cancio Orueta, Managing Director of Elhuyar
• Arturo Elosegi Irurtia, ecological researcher at the UPV
• Marian Iriarte Ormazabal, chemist and researcher at UPV
• Alberto Barandiaran Amillano, journalist and writer
• Uxune Martínez Mazaga, Head of Scientific Diffusion of the Euskampus Foundation
• 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:

• Maria Gil Rodriguez, head of the scientific unit Elhuyar
• Josu Rekalde Izagirre, Professor at UPV's Department of Art and Technology
• Koldo Almandoz de La Cruz, film director

After the awards ceremony, the Arminorain Animation Group will show the result of the project that last year received the creation scholarship in Science Society: Animation short film Mirail.

For more information contact us.

Izaro Aizpurua Arkauz
Elhuyar
Tfno: 943 363040 ext. : 313 / 663339569