Are you into developing creative technological solutions?

The TecInnov Santander Innovators’ Challenge 2025 – Sustainable Campus is a competition that will challenge you to develop a project to solve problems in urban planning and sustainability.

Your team could be selected for funding and will have 6 months to build and test a solution to a problem in one of the thematic areas

Target audience

Teams composed primarily of members from Técnico academic community, such as students, professors and researchers.

Each team can submit an application/project.

Thematic Areas

In the Santander Innovators’ Challenge 2025 – TecInnov Sustainable Campus Edition, the proposals submitted must fall within the general theme of urban planning and sustainability, and may address the following topics

• Rehabilitation of buildings on campus with a focus on energy efficiency and sustainability solutions;
• Sustainable art installations on campus, using recycled materials or solutions that promote environmental awareness;
• Innovative technologies for efficient water, energy and waste management on campus;
• Sustainable mobility infrastructures, promoting green transport in and around the campus;
• Zero-energy buildings, using renewable energies and other mechanisms to achieve this goal.

Deadlines

The Santander Innovators’ Challenge 2025 – TecInnov Sustainable Campus will take place in accordance with the following deadlines:

• Submission of applications – from 24 February 2025 to 15:00 on 24 March 2025;
• Evaluation of applications/Pre-selection – from 25 March 2025 to 31 March 2025;
• Summary presentation of each pre-selected application – 31 March 2025 to 7 April;
• Announcement of results – by 8 April 2025;
• Implementation of the Proofs of Concept – by 15 November 2025.

Support values

In the Santander Innovators’ Challenge 2025 – TecInnov Sustainable Campus, support will be granted up to a maximum of €7,500 (seven thousand five hundred euros) for each project selected.
The total amount available for the prizes is €25,000 (twenty-five thousand euros).

Jury

The Jury for the Santander Innovators’ Challenge 2025 – Sustainable Campus will be made up of 5 members:

• 3 representatives of the Instituto Superior Técnico:
  – Miguel Amado, Técnico’s Vice-President for Sustainability and Infrastructures;
  – Paulo Ferrão head of Técnico’s Energy Initiative;
  – Rosalina Castro head of Técnico’s Sustainability Centre.
• 2 representatives from the Santander Foundation, the competition’s partner organisation:
  – Pedro Andrade, Sponsorship Manager;
  – Francisca Matias, Entrepreneurial Manager.

Results Santander Innovators’ Challenge 2025 – Campus Sustentável  

Selected projets:

Projet Name	Team	Suport

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