EU Prize for Women Innovators

The European Commission will award up to four women innovators in total (three women and one young woman innovator, so-called ‘rising innovator’) who have created the largest impact on the innovation ecosystem by transforming ideas into new and advanced products and/or services for the benefit and wealth of the European citizens.

Eligibility

• The contestant must be a woman.
  For the Rising Innovator Award, she must be aged 30 or younger at the start of the call year.
• The contestant must be a resident of an EU Member State or a country associated to Horizon Europe.
• The contestant must be the founder or co-founder of an existing and active innovative company registered at least two years before the submission deadline (company must be registered before 1 January 2020)

Award Criteria

• Breakthrough Innovation;
• Impact;
• Inspiration.

Prizes

There are two prize categories:

1. ‘Women Innovators’ (three prizes of EUR 100 000 each)
2. ‘Rising Innovators’ (three prizes of EUR 50 000).

Deadline

18 August 2022, 17:00 CET

More information: EURODESK