The Universidad Europea del Atlántico (European Atlantic University, UNEATLANTICO) together with the Foundation for Innovation and Development (FIDBAN) launch the first edition of the UNEATLANTICO University Entrepreneurship Award, an initiative aimed at fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in academia during the 2025-2026 school year.
The competition is aimed at students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs of UNEATLANTICO and La Fundación Universitaria Iberoamericana (FUNIBER), as well as graduates who have completed their studies in the last five years. Participation may be on an individual basis or in teams of up to six people, with only one project per participant or group.
The projects must be original and innovative, and oriented towards responding to a market need or problem. They should also have a business plan including market analysis, marketing strategy, economic and financial plan and defined business model. The projects submitted must be feasible and implementable within a maximum of 12 months.
Registration for the contest must be formalized before 30 March through the website of UNEATLANTICO. The deadline for submission of projects is 20 May 2025. The required documentation will include an executive summary, a one pager, an investor deck presentation, a three-minute video pitch and the project’s defense at a Demo Day before the jury.
Projects will be evaluated by a jury composed of entrepreneurship experts, university professors and representatives from the business sector. The prize will consist of an exemption from tuition fees worth 1,500 euros for the registration of an official master’s degree taught by UNEATLANTICO, to be chosen between the University Master in Business Administration and Management (MBA) and the University Master in Design, Project management and direction. In addition, the winning project will have access to expert advice from the University-Business Entrepreneurship and Relations Area.
With this initiative, UNEATLANTICO once again reinforces its commitment to the integral training of students, the promotion of innovation and the promotion of initiatives that contribute to academic, professional and social development from the university environment.