European Prize for Women Innovators

The European Prize for Women Innovators’ winners will be awarded by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) and the European Innovation Council (EIC) at the R&I Week opening. Together the EIT and EIC are giving visibility to an even larger pool of women candidates, offering more opportunities to more innovators and more inspiring role models for women and girls everywhere.

The three categories’ contestants competing in are:

• Women Innovators, for all women founders and co-founders across the EU and Associated Countries. The winner will receive EUR 100 000, and two runners-up EUR 70 000 and EUR 50 000 respectively;
• Rising Innovators for promising young women innovators under the age of 35. The winner receives EUR 50 000, and two runners-up EUR 30 000 and EUR 20 000 respectively;
• EIT Women Leadership for exceptional members of the EIT Community. The winner gets EUR 50 000, and two runners-up EUR 30 000 and EUR 20 000 respectively.

Meet the finalists and read more here