Tekever
The TecInnov TEKEVER Competition aims to challenge Técnico students to create proof-of-concept projects developed around strategic challenges proposed by TEKEVER, with a focus on topics in aerospace engineering, drone innovation, autonomous systems, and advanced navigation.
Applications:
Soon available
Target Audience:
Eligible participants in the TecInnov TEKEVER 2025 Competition are undergraduate, master’s, and PhD students from Instituto Superior Técnico.
Teams should be composed predominantly of members of the Técnico academic community.
Thematic Areas / Challenges
- Enclosed High Lifting Device for Improved Effieciency in Reduced Speeds
- UAV Design for Saturn Moon Applications
- Morphing Wing For High Speed and Low Speed Applications
- Visual-Based Navigation and Real-Time Mapping in GNSS-Denied Environments
- How to turn remote piloting into a sustainable, recognized, and attractive long-term career path for top engineering talent
- Drone on Drone Fight
- Projects that fall within the scope of TEKEVER’s activities
Datas:
- Submission of applications – until November 17, 2025
- Evaluation of applications / Pre-selection – until November 21, 2025
- Brief presentation (pitch) of each pre-selected application – until November 28, 2025
- Final selection and announcement of results– by December 5, 2025
- Implementation of Proofs of Concept – by May 30, 2026.
Funding
In the TEKEVER 2025 edition of TecInnov, grants of up to €2,500 (two thousand five hundred euros) will be awarded per project submitted to the competition, with a total funding amount of €7,500 (seven thousand five hundred euros).
Jury
The jury will consist of 3 members from Técnico and 2 members from TEKEVER.
The jury for TecInnov 2025 is composed of:
- Luís Caldas de Oliveira – Deputy Director of iStart Lab at Instituto Superior Técnico
- Diogo Henriques – iStart lab Team at Instituto Superior Técnico
- Fernando Lau – Coordenator of the Master in Aerospace Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico
- António Relvas – Innovation Director at TEKEVER
- Tiago Marques – System Architect Director at TEKEVER
Applications
- Son available
Supporting Documents
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