"ADORACIÓN HOLGADO SÁNCHEZ RESEARCH AWARD" OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMES FOR OLDER ADULTS 2017

Last June 13th, the XVI AEPUM Assembly unanimously agreed on renaming the Research Award of the Spanish National Association of University Programmes created in 2003, the "ADORACIÓN HOLGADO SÁNCHEZ RESEARCH AWARD" OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMES FOR OLDER ADULTS 2017, as homage to the first AEPUM Secretary, avid impeller of these programmes and promoter of the creation of AEPUM.

This is the 4th Edition and call of the award, created in order to distinguish the best research projects conducted around those topics and training and research fields that coincide with the objectives and interests developed in the Universities integrated by the AEPUM, who carry out University Programmes in Spain.

The award serves as an acknowledgment that the AEPUM grants researchers who dedicate their efforts to finding innovative solutions in favour of permanent learning, as means to promote education, personal development and the improvement of older adults' quality of life.

Reminder that the call for entries is open until September 15th, 2017, which is why we encourage professors and researchers of those Universities which are members of AEPUM to submit their investigations, following the RULES AND REGULATIONS 4th EDITION CALL, ADORACIÓN HOLGADO SÁNCHEZ RESEARCH AWARD AEPUM 2017.