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Prize for Women Innovators 2014
04-07-2013

After the success of the first Prizes for Women Innovators, awarded in 2011, the Commission continues its drive to spotlight women researchers who have brought about outstanding innovations to the market. Europe urgently needs more innovators to stay competitive in the coming decades. The large number of well-educated women researchers who, for various reasons, including lack of awareness, do not consider entrepreneurship as an option, represents a tremendous untapped pool of innovation. Awards have a strong potential to drive innovation through the recognition of achievements and the promotion of role models.
The Prize for Women Innovators 2014 will aim to increase public awareness of this issue, to encourage women to exploit the commercial and business opportunities offered by their research projects and become entrepreneurs, it will therefore help to achieve the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy. The prizes will not reward research or innovation proposed for the future, but results that have been already obtained.
The Commission intends to award up to three "Prize for Women Innovators 2014" following a contest.
Implementation and management:
The rules of the contest are established and published by the Commission. Applications have to be submitted by the contestant (natural person) via the web-based submission forms on www.ec.europa.eu/women-innovators. The applicant will have to provide proof of eligibility and a written presentation of her achievements, which will be presented to a High Level Jury for evaluation. The High Level Jury will consist of a group of independent experts from business and academia appointed by the Commission. They will appraise the quality of the entries and submit to the Commission the final list of up to 3 women selected for the award of the following prizes:
First prize: EUR 100.000, Second prize: EUR 50.000, Third prize: EUR 25.000

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