XI. CAF-Elhuyar Awards

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XI CAF-Elhuyar Awards. the edition is underway. The deadline for submission of the papers ends on 15 December, so scientific disseminators are still in time to present themselves to the prizes. There will be three main awards and a special prize for young people, with a total of 2,100...

Like every year, and thanks to the sponsorship of the company CAF Beasain, the CAF-Elhuyar awards are underway. Since 1994, with the aim of promoting scientific dissemination in Basque, dozens of scientists and writers have had the opportunity to publish their work thanks to the CAF-Elhuyar awards.

This edition will play three main prizes and a special prize for young people. In total 2,100 prizes will be distributed: the first prize will be 1,000 euros, the second prize of 500 euros and the third prize will be 300 for the winner and the special prize for young people.

X. Winners of the CAF-Elhuyar Awards.
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The jury, made up of experts with extensive experience in the field of Basque and science, will announce the winners of this year at the end of January 2005. In March the awards ceremony will be held and the winning works will be published in the magazine Elhuyar Zientzia eta Teknika and on the website www.zientzia.net.

In the last edition, a total of 21 articles were presented. The first prize went to young biologists Oihana Izagirre and Oihane Lakar with the article Meandroen mina. The second prize went to Karmele and Montxo L fish of Ipi and Aitzol Ezeiza for their work Replikantearen jazz arima. The third prize went to Aitziber Mendiguren, Luis Callado and Joseba Pineda for their work Kafeina: a pleasure that can become a necessity.

Finally, the young Gorka Azkune Galparsoro won a special award for young people thanks to the article Izarren energia bila. These works, the winning works of the other editions and the bases of this edition are available at www.zientzia.net or www.elhuyar.org.

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