Applications are now open for the TFG–TFM MONDRAGON Sariak 2026 Awards. This initiative, promoted by Shaking HUB together with the cooperatives and organisations of the MONDRAGON group, aims to recognise the best Bachelor’s and Master’s Final Projects (TFG and TFM) that provide solutions to the challenges of the 21st century, based on innovation, sustainability and a people-centred approach.

A boost to young talent and university–business collaboration

The TFG–TFM MONDRAGON Sariak Awards are a platform to highlight the work of undergraduate and postgraduate students who, through their academic projects, connect with real and relevant challenges faced by society and organisations.

This call underlines the importance of collaboration between universities and the business sector, promoting projects that not only demonstrate academic rigour but also generate impact in productive and social environments.

Who can take part?

The call is open to adults who have presented their TFG or TFM at a university between 1 October 2025 and 30 September 2026. To be eligible, projects must have obtained a minimum grade of 8 out of 10, or an equivalent qualification, and must be aligned with one of the thematic areas established in the competition categories.

What is recognised and how the call is structured

The awards are organised into five main categories, each linked to strategic areas of transformation:

• Danobatgroup Award for Digital Transformation.
• MONDRAGON Award for People-Based Transformation.
• Fagor Taldea Award for Energy-Climate Transformation.
• MONDRAGON HEALTH Award for the Transformation of health and care.
• Laboral Kutxa Award for Transforming Finance to Transform Society.

In addition, three special awards will also be granted:

• Ikerlan Award for the most innovative project.
• Eika Award for the best project in Basque.
• Mundukide Award for the project with the greatest social impact.

In total, the call distributes 12 awards across the main categories (with a first prize of €2,500 and a second prize of €1,250 per category), plus three additional awards of €2,500 each for the special recognitions.

How and until when to apply

Interested candidates can submit their projects through the form available on the Shaking HUB website, where they will also find the full rules, categories and all the information needed to prepare their application. The deadline to submit TFG and TFM projects is 30 September 2026.

The value of participating

Taking part in the TFG–TFM MONDRAGON Sariak Awards is an opportunity for emerging talent to give visibility to their ideas, build connections with companies and institutions within the MONDRAGON ecosystem, and strengthen their academic and professional careers. The real impact of projects awarded in previous editions highlights the value of this initiative as a bridge between universities and the productive sector.

From Shaking HUB, we encourage students, universities and all those interested in the development of young talent to find out more, take part and submit their projects.

For more details and applications, see here: TFG–TFM MONDRAGON 2026 Awards.

The 4th edition of the TFG–TFM MONDRAGON Sariak 2025 Awards has set a new milestone! This year, we reached a record participation with 340 applications submitted by universities from across the country, consolidating this initiative as one of the key spaces for promoting young talent.

The event, held in Bilbao as part of Inpaktuday 2025, brought together 57 finalists and 47 professionals from MONDRAGON cooperatives, in a gathering designed to build a real bridge between the academic and business worlds.

The day was conceived as a space for inspiration and connection. Throughout the event, finalists had the opportunity to:

• Learn first-hand about MONDRAGON’s cooperative culture.
• Take part in group dynamics led by professionals from Danobat Group, MONDRAGON Corporation, Fagor Taldea, Laboral Kutxa, EIKA, Ikerlan and MONDRAGON Health.
• Share experiences, concerns and visions with other young people eager to transform the future through innovation.

The afternoon reserved the most exciting moment: the awards ceremony, where 10 outstanding projects were recognised in key areas such as digital transformation, purpose-driven finance, health and care, energy–climate transformation and social-impact innovation.

2025 Award-Winning Projects

Danobatgroup Award for Digital Transformation: Artificial Intelligence, automation and robotics

• 1st Prize: Jorge Arboleda Álvarez – AI for the Generation and Modification of Robotic Environments (École Nationale Supérieure de Mécanique et des Microtechniques).
• 2nd Prize: Unai Mintegui del Olmo – Implementation of a Vendor Agnostic Multi-Robot Welding Cell Using ROS2 (Mondragon Unibertsitatea).

MONDRAGON Award for People-Centred Transformation: Talent, diversity and inclusion

• 1st Prize: Jorge Castillo Gutiérrez – Creación de una línea de negocio de carácter escalable en dmillennial rural projects y creación de impacto en el medio rural riojano (Mondragon Unibertsitatea).
• 2nd Prize: Antonio Lara Morcillo – Del estudio de arquitectura al ecosistema cooperativo: Amasce.coop como modelo vivo de transformación socioempresarial (Mondragon Unibertsitatea).

Fagor Taldea Award for Energy–Climate Transformation: Decarbonisation, circular economy and climate neutrality

• 1st Prize: Danel Madrazo Unanue – Transferentzia bidezko ikaskuntza tekniketan oinarritutako sodio-ioi baterien egoera-algoritmoak (Mondragon Unibertsitatea).
• 2nd Prize:Lander Gómez de la Cruz – Análisis y optimización bio-hidrodinámica mediante CFD de humedales artificiales para el control, tratamiento y reutilización de escorrentía urbana (Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea).

MONDRAGON Health Award for Health and Care Transformation: Health, social and healthcare services, and biotechnology

• 1st Prize: Javier Abasolo Esteban – Desarrollo de Biorreactores para Producción de Biofármacos Personalizados (Mondragon Unibertsitatea).
• 2nd Prize: Ana Vázquez Palomo – Modelo numérico del desarrollo del daño cerebral en la enfermedad de Alzheimer (Universidad de Oviedo).

Laboral Kutxa Award for Finance that Transforms Society

• 1st Prize: Pilar Clares Cervantes – Integración de autenticación multifactor como capa de seguridad en contratos multifirma sobre blockchain (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia).
• 2nd Prize: Luxi Zhou – Impacto de la Volatilidad del Mercado Inmobiliario en la Hipoteca Inversa (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid).

IKERLAN Award for the Most Innovative Project

• Unique prize: Unai Laskurain Lauzirika – Ikasketa federatu bertikalean ekarpenen kalkulurako pribatutasuna zaintzeko metodo baten garapena (Mondragon Unibertsitatea).

EIKA Award for the Best Project in Basque

• Unique prize: Irune Palacios Orueta – Euskarazko Medikuntzaren Domeinuko Lehenengo Corpus Sintetikoaren Sorrera: Metodologia eta Hastapenak (Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea).

Mundukide Award for the Project with the Greatest Social Impact: Leaving no one behind

• Single prize: Eugenia Ortega Cueto – Diseño de encaje de prótesis modular de miembro superior para zonas en vías de desarrollo (Universidad de Deusto).

You can revisit every moment of the day here 👉Inpaktuday 2025 Galery