The EU Prize for Women Innovators recognizes and celebrates women who have benefitted from EU funding related to Research and Innovation and who have combined their scientific excellence with an aptitude for business in setting up innovative enterprises and brought innovations to the market.
After the successful forerunners in 2011 and 2014, the European Commission intends to award up to three Prizes for Women Innovators following a contest:
First prize: 100,000 EUR. Second prize: 50,000 EUR. Third prize: 30,000 EUR.
Date of opening of the contest:聽10聽March 2015, at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time).
Deadline to submit applications:聽20 October 2015, at 17:00:00 (Brussels local time)