Engineer Jaime Filipe Award

Award for Technological Innovation Engineer Jaime Filipe

Updated: 29-05-2026

O Award for Technological Innovation Engineer Jaime Filipe distinguishes work that contributes most to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities, in accordance with the objectives of the award:

Stimulate development and research in the area of disability, in particular technological and social innovation.
reward and give public recognition to innovative technological inventions, projects or products that contribute to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities.

2026 edition

Submission of applications is available through this form, from 29 May to 31 August 2026.

For a correct application, you should consult the Regulation the Prize and the respective Instructions, available in this tab.

The Institute for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, I.P. (IDiPD), and the Musketeers Group, attribute to the winning project the monetary value of €7 000 (seven thousand euros) and €1 500 (one thousand euros and five hundred euros) to each Honorable Mention.

The awarded projects receive a piece of art created by CEARTE - Professional Training Centre for Crafts and Heritage.

This award is also supported by PlayPlanet and the Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation (IAPMEI).

If you are an inventor, innovator and humanist, submit your application!

For questions or suggestions, please contact us at: INR-premioJaimeFilipe@inr.mtsss.pt

Access the video on the application procedure for the 2026 edition: HERE.

Documents available for download

Awarded 2024

Winner

The winner is the ‘O Mundo na Ponta do Dedo’ project of the Escola de São Gonçalo – Agrupamento de Escolas de São Gonçalo, de Torres Vedras.

Honorable Mention

An honourable mention is made of the ‘One Arm For Margot’ project by Renato Bispo and Ana Fatia.

Honorable Mention

An honourable mention is also made of the project: ‘‘Halo: Silently Controlled Language Generation’ by Unbabel.

Awarded 2023

Winner

The winner is Roberta Dutra de Andrade’s project ‘JUKA - multifunctional wearable device for people with Parkinson’, which will receive a monetary value of €10,000 (ten thousand euros), awarded in equal parts by the National Institute for Rehabilitation, I.P., and the Musketeers Group, and a piece of art created by CEARTE - Vocational Training Centre for Crafts and Heritage.

Honorable Mention

An honourable mention is also given to the Localsapproach Association’s project ‘Manual de Desenvolvimento Local Fórum Urbano’, awarded a piece of art by CEARTE.

Access the promotional video here of the 2023 edition.

Awarded 2022

Winner

Cooperative of Training and Cultural Animation COFAC with the project "educationAccessible.pt".

The project “educacaoacessivel.ulusofona.pt”, which can be found here, is the result of a partnership between Casa Pia de Lisboa, I.P. – CED Jacob Rodrigues Pereira and the Degree in Video Games of the School of Communication, Architecture, Arts and Information Technology (ECATI) of the Lusophone University.

The winner receives Certificate of Winner of the 2022 Edition and 10,000 euros, with € 5,000 awarded by the INR, I.P. and € 5,000 by the Musketeers Group, a partner entity that supports this Prize.

It also receives an art trophy, awarded by CEARTE, Vocational Training Centre for Crafts and Heritage.

Honorable Mention

Helena Gonçalves, with the project “+sense: Wearable sensory biofeedback devices for motor impairments in Parkinson’s disease”.

The winner of the honorable mention receives Honorable Mention Certificate of the 2022 Edition, and an art trophy, awarded by CEARTE, Vocational Training Centre for Crafts and Heritage.

Honorable Mention

The Fraunhofer Portugal Research Association, with the “The Bells” Project.

The winner of the honorable mention receives the Certificate of Honorable Mention of the 2022 Edition, and an art trophy, awarded by CEARTE, Vocational Training Centre for Crafts and Heritage.