Elhuyar Zientzia Azoka 2026 has finished with the award ceremony at the Arenal in Bilbao. The act of delivery took place at 13:00 hours and was presented by the journalist and content creator Eleder Iglesias Pérez and the professor and researcher Arantza Muguruza Montero. The awards have been given by the sponsors of Elhuyar Zientzia Azoka and by members of Elhuyar.

The winning projects have been the following:

• Professor Miren Pelaez of the educational center La Salle de Beasain with the project "Biomass: Praka Bakeroek Sortzen Duten Kutsadurari Aurre Egiteko Aukera” has been awarded an invitation to participate in the Science in Action fair.

• The project “Konbutxazko larrua” of the Bizilabe Esperanza center has been awarded with an invitation to participate in the fair Exporecerca Jove.

The awards have been given by Amaia Esquisabel Alegria, director of Scientific Policy of the Basque Government.

• The project "Biomass: Praka Bakeroek Sortzen Duten Kutsadurari Aurre Egiteko Aukera” of the La Salle educational center in Beasain has been awarded with an invitation to participate in the Blólab Knowledge Fair.

• The project “Biodegradable barriers: sustainable solutions against forest fires” of the educational center Colegio Pluriingüe San Jose-Josefina Ourense has been awarded with an invitation to participate in the Open Science fair.

The awards were given by Begoña Pacheco Delgado, head of the Business Promotion and Employment Service of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia.

• The project “Kristalen Presiotik Elektrizitatera, Piezoelektrizitate Plaka” of the Eguzkibegi educational center has been awarded with an invitation to participate in the fair Science in the Street.

• The project “Luz y Agua” of the educational center IES Isaac Díaz Pardo de Sada de A Coruña has been awarded with an invitation to participate in the fair Vila-ciencia.

• The “Gogoan” project of the La Salle educational center in Bilbao has been awarded with an invitation to participate in the Seville Fair.

The awards were presented by Javier Garcinuño Zabala, General Manager of Bilbao Ekintza.

• The project “Farola berriztagarria eta iraunkorra” of the Lauaxeta educational center has been awarded with an invitation to participate in the Science and Innovation Fair of Asturias.

• The project “Kirolak Loan Duen Eraginari Buruzko Ikerketa Miguel De Unamuno BHIn” of the Miguel de Unamuno BHI educational center has been awarded with an invitation to participate in the fair Exporecerca Jove.

• The project “Eraginkortasunez Garbitzen Dugu Ahoa” of the Amazabal BHI educational center has been awarded with an invitation to participate in the Mostra Nacional de Ciência Portuguesa of Porto.

The awards have been given by Edurne Gaston Estanga, coordinator of the Elhuyar Science Unit.

Elhuyar Zientzia Azoka

This year's edition of Elhuyar Zientzia Azoka has been extended for four days, from May 6 to 9, and has taken place in the Arenal de Bilbao. It has showcased 183 projects and involved 660 young people from 60 schools. In addition to young people from the educational centers of the Basque Country, winners of other fairs both in Spain and abroad 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 in this fair that is held in the Arenal, but also throughout the year. In addition to young students, research centres and universities from the Basque Country also participate in the fair. It is also necessary 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, 80 researchers (48 women) from universities and technology centers offered to work with the students throughout the course, and during the course of the fair they have carried out evaluation tasks.

The Zientzia Azoka initiative, organized 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 Navarre and Erabi.