Student José Clodoalves from SIlva Júnior is among the 15 finalists of the Empreenda Santander Award 2k17, in the category Entrepreneur University. The objective of the category is to support IDEAS to become future businesses and has as a target audience undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in Higher Education Institutions recognized by the MEC. Empreenda Santander 2K17 is the evolution of the Santander Universidades Awards, with the aim of encouraging more and more ideas and entrepreneurial projects from all over Brazil.

It is a complete program of development of three profiles: university, entrepreneurs startups. There will be 17 businesses that can receive financial support, scholarships and mentoring. The focus is to foster entrepreneurial culture, support its authors in enabling their ideas, and consequently thrive their business.