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.

2024 edition

O National Institute for Rehabilitation, I.P., and The Musketeers Group, award the winning project the monetary value of €8,000 (eight thousand euros) and €1,000 (thousand euros) for each Honorable Mention.

The award-winning projects receive a piece of art created by the CEARTE - Vocational Training Centre for Crafts and Heritage.

This award also has the support of PlayPlanet.

Go to here to the promotional video of the 2024 edition.

2024 Awarded Projects

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.

The honourable mentions distinguish the projects: ‘‘Halo: Silently Controlled Language Generation’ by Unbabel and ‘One Arm For Margot’ by Renato Bispo and Ana Fatia.

The ceremony of delivery and presentation of the distinguished projects will take place in public session, on a date to be announced.

Winners 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.

Documents available for download

• Regulamento do Prémio de Inovação Tecnológica Engenheiro Jaime Filipe [PDF | 621 KB | 7 page(s)]
• Constituição do Júri do Prémio de Inovação Tecnológica Engenheiro Jaime Filipe - Edição 2024 [PDF | 132 KB | 2 page(s)]
• Ponderações dos critérios de avaliação dos projetos - Edição 2024 [PDF | 111 KB | 2 page(s)]
• Premiados nas Edições anteriores do Prémio de Inovação Tecnológica Engenheiro Jaime Filipe [PDF | 629 KB | 15 page(s)]

Winners 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.