What is subsidised?
The prize is awarded in two categories: primary school, secondary school and polytechnic school. It honours team projects that have been developed and completed together with children and young people in the previous two school years. With this award, the City of Innsbruck recognises projects that serve as examples of best practice for other institutions or can be included in a pool of ideas. The aim is to honour the educational quality at municipal compulsory schools and make it visible to the public.
Who awards the prize?
The City of Innsbruck awards the prize every two years. In addition to the awarding of certificates, the projects are honored with vouchers for books and learning materials.
Who decides on the award?
The submissions are viewed and discussed by a jury. This is made up of internal and external members from the city.
Jury
2025
- Deputy Mayor Mag. Elisabeth Mayr (responsible for education)
- Councillor Mag. Karoline Obitzhofer (Chairwoman of the Committee for Education, Society and Diversity)
- Nataša Maroševac (Education Directorate Tyrol)
- Dr ElisabethLukasser-Vogl (external expert, Managing Director of Verein Klasseforschung Tirol, MINT-Koordinationsstelle Tirol)
- Priv.-Doz. Dr. Benedikt Treml, MBA (President of the Tyrolean Parents' Association)
- Sixtus Schmiderer (AHS regional school spokesperson, regional student representative body)
- Mag. Birgit Neu (Head of Department MA V, City of Innsbruck)
2023
- City Councillor for Education Mag. Elisabeth Mayr
- Mag. Birgit Neu (Head of Department MA V, City of Innsbruck)
- Mag. Brigitte Berchtold (Chairwoman of the Education Committee)
- Nataša Maroševac (representative of the Tyrol Education Directorate)
- Prof Christoph Schmarl (external expert, university lecturer)
- Christiane Götz (President of the Tyrolean Parents' Association)
- Paul Kolar (deputy BMHS state school spokesperson, state student representative)
Previous award winners
The Fischerstraße primary school organised a football tournament, to which all Innsbruck primary schools were invited, and was awarded first prize in the "Primary School" category.© Stadt Innsbruck/DJ
The first prize in the "Secondary school" category went to the Hötting secondary school for its "Experiments" project.© Stadt Innsbruck/DJ
| Year | Award winners | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fischerstraße primary school | Football tournament (1st prize) |
| Primary school Dreiheiligen | public end-of-school party | |
| School on the Inn | Learning format "FreiDay" | |
| Hötting secondary school | Experiments (1st prize) | |
| Leopoldstraße secondary school | "Celebrate together, learn from each other" | |
| Ilse-Brüll-Gasse secondary school | Memorial renovation for Wolfgang Tschernutter | |
| Hötting secondary school | interfaith garden project "Love connects" | |
| 2023 | Fischerstraße primary school | Children's participation - children's conference |
| Hötting secondary school with the Schule am Inn | Grow together - our potato-to-go project | |
| Hötting secondary school | Human influence on an ecosystem - chemistry in the aquarium |