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EU Prize for Women Innovators

Sep 5, 2017 | News

(05 September 2017) – The European Commission has launched the fifth edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators to award women entrepreneurs who have achieved outstanding innovations and brought them to market.

EU Prize for Women Innovators

The contest is open to women across the EU or country associated to Horizon 2020 who have founded a successful company and brought innovation to market, and benefitted from R&I funding from the public or private sector.

The award criteria are: the originality and marketability of the developed product or service provided by the company of the contestant; the economic impact of the product or service; the societal impact (measured by the number of jobs created and the potential of the service or product to help Europe in addressing societal challenges); The impact and leadership role of the contestant.

Application deadline: 15 November 2017.

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