Awards for High School Research Projects

The Award is open to any Upper Secondary School student who submits a research project (TDR) related to:

(i) Tourism and Hospitality
(ii) Culinary Arts and Gastronomy
(iii) Marketing and Events

during the 2026-2027 academic year.

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Two prizes will be awarded in each of the following categories:

• Tourism and Hospitality
• Gastronomy and Culinary Arts
• Marketing and Events

First Prize

For the author:

• A scholarship of up to €4,000 towards a Bachelor's Degree programme, or up to €2,000 towards a Higher Vocational Education programme, should the winner enrol at the CETT School of Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy.
• A MacBook Air (or equivalent model) if the winner chooses not to study at CETT.

For the educational institution:

• A €1,000 gift voucher for educational materials.

Second Prize

For the author:

• A scholarship of up to €2,000 towards a Bachelor's Degree programme, or up to €1,000 towards a Higher Vocational Education programme, should the winner enrol at the CETT School of Tourism, Hospitality and Gastronomy.
• An iPad Air (or equivalent model) if the winner chooses not to study at CETT.

For the educational institution:

• A €500 gift voucher for educational materials.

If any of the winners wants to study at a university or school in Barcelona, and lives more than 50 km. away from the city, they will receive a 30% discount on the cost of their stay at the Àgora BCN International Residence Hall during their first university year. 

Participants must complete the online application form.

The deadline for submitting applications is 6 April 2027 at 11:59 p.m. (CET).

As indicated in the online form, applicants must upload two PDF documents:

• The Research Project
• A Summary of the Project

Participation implies full acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

The PDF filenames must follow this format:

• PROJECT_projecttitle (for the research project)
• SUMMARY_projecttitle (for the summary)

If the project title is particularly long, applicants should abbreviate the filename using the key words of the title.

Neither the research project nor the summary may contain any information identifying the author(s) or the educational institution. Only the title of the project may appear.

Research projects may be submitted in Catalan, Spanish, English, or French and may be of any length.

The summary may not exceed five pages and must include:

• The objectives of the project
• The hypotheses proposed
• The methodology used
• The main conclusions of the research

STAGE I

On behalf of the jury, a technical committee composed of CETT lecturers and researchers specializing in Tourism and Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Gastronomy, and Marketing and Events will select the finalist projects according to the criteria outlined in the section “The Jury”.

Only projects selected to proceed to Stage II will be notified.

STAGE II

Finalists will be required to defend their research project before the jury through a 10-minute oral presentation.

The presentations will take place online during the first half of May 2027.

After hearing the presentations, the jury will select the projects it considers worthy of receiving the awards.

All finalists will be informed of the jury's final decision.

The CETT Fundació Awards for high school research projects are organised by the CETT Fundació and the CETT, sponsored by the residència Àgora BCN and supported by the Catalan Youth Agency, the Department of Education, the Department of Business and Employment of the Generalitat of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona,