The General Council of Official Colleges of Pharmacists announces the fifth edition of the Social Innovation Awards: Pharmacists and SDGs with the aim of publicly recognizing the extraordinary work that pharmacists carry out as agents of social and environmental transformation, contributing to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (“SDGs”).
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, approved by the UN in 2015, constitutes a global roadmap towards a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world, promoting the well-being of people and the protection of the planet under the principle of leaving no one behind.
The Social Innovation Awards: Pharmacists and the SDGs they recognize the extraordinary work carried out by pharmacists, professional associations, and regional councils of pharmacists, as key agents of social and environmental transformation, as well as their contribution to these Sustainable Development Goals through the promotion of innovative initiatives.
In 2026, these awards will celebrate their fifth edition, consolidating themselves —after the success and growing participation in previous calls— as a benchmark within the healthcare and social spheres, by highlighting projects and initiatives that generate a positive impact on the health, social equity, and sustainability of communities.
AWARDS
Social Category
Projects whose ultimate goal is the improvement of society and the well-being and quality of life of vulnerable groups or those at risk of exclusion.
Community Pharmacy Award and SDGs:
In this category, the Jury will select a Winning Project from those presented by community pharmacists (individually or as a group), which will be awarded a cash prize of 1,500 euros to encourage the continuation or advancement of the awarded Project.
Pharmaceutical Award and SDGs:
In this category, the Jury will select a Winning Project from those submitted by pharmacists in any pharmaceutical field outside of community pharmacy (individually or as a group), which will be awarded a monetary prize of 1,500 euros to encourage the continuation or advancement of the awarded Project.
Initiatives driven in modalities such as hospital pharmacy, pharmaceutical distribution, the pharmaceutical industry, laboratories, research, or teaching are included.
Pharmaceutical Colleges and SDGs Award:
In this category, the Jury will select a winning project from those presented by the Official Colleges of Pharmacists and/or Regional Councils of Pharmaceutical Colleges.
This award will not have any monetary endowment.
Environmental category:
Projects whose ultimate goal is the protection of the environment and the ecosystem, and/or the fight against climate change.
Community Pharmacy Award and SDGs:
In this category, the Jury will select a Winning Project from those presented by community pharmacists (individually or as a group), which will be awarded a financial endowment of 1,500 euros to encourage the continuation or advancement of the awarded Project.
Pharmaceutical Award and SDGs:
In this category, the Jury will select a Winning Project from those submitted by pharmacists in any pharmaceutical field outside of community pharmacy (individually or as a group), which will be awarded a monetary prize of 1,500 euros to encourage the continuation or advancement of the awarded Project.
Initiatives driven in modalities such as hospital pharmacy, pharmaceutical distribution, the pharmaceutical industry, laboratories, research, or teaching are included.
Pharmaceutical Colleges and SDGs Award:
In this category, the Jury will select a winning project from those submitted by the Official Colleges of Pharmacists and/or Regional Councils of Pharmaceutical Colleges.
This award will not have any monetary endowment.
These awards do not include projects focused on international development cooperation, for which the General Council already grants specific aid each year.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
Whether presented in the social or environmental category, each project must meet the following requirements:
- In the Community Pharmacy Award and SDGs: to be sponsored by one or more registered pharmacists in Spain in the field of community pharmacy.
- In the Pharmaceutical Award and SDG: to be sponsored by one or more registered pharmacists in Spain in any pharmaceutical field outside of community pharmacy. Initiatives promoted in modalities such as hospital pharmacy, pharmaceutical distribution, the pharmaceutical industry, laboratories, research, or teaching are included.
- In the Pharmaceutical Colleges and SDGs Award: to be promoted by one or more Official Colleges of Pharmacists or Autonomous Councils of Colleges of Pharmacists.
- In the three cases mentioned, having been under development in the two years prior to the call, that is to say, 2024 or 2025. It is necessary to send, along with the enrollment form, justification of the project start date.
- May it be aligned with one of the Sustainable Development Goals established in the 2030 Agenda (to know which specific SDGs to focus on depending on whether the applicant is applying for the social or environmental category, consult the guidelines).
To participate, you only need to fill out the registration form.
SUBMISSION DEADLINES
Application deadline: until April 17, 2026 (10:59 PM, Canary Islands time)
The winning projects will be announced during the award ceremony of this fifth edition of the Social Innovation Awards: Pharmacists and SDGs, which will be held during the current year.
General Council of Official Colleges of Pharmacists
