European Prize for Women Innovators — Women Leadership category (EIT)
Pays a share of a EUR 100,000 prize to women founders with a direct link to the EIT Community who lead breakthrough European innovations.
The European Prize for Women Innovators — Women Leadership category is a prize from the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) for women who founded or co-founded a breakthrough, disruptive innovation and have a direct link to the EIT Community or one of its Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs). Applicants apply as individuals with Application Form Parts A and B (a 15-page te…
This EIT-funded category of the European Prize for Women Innovators looks for women who are the founder or co-founder of a company or organisation built around a breakthrough, disruptive innovation, and who have a direct link to the EIT Community or one of its Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs). Applicants and their company or organisation must be based in an EU Member State or a country associated to Horizon Europe.
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