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The European Prize for Women Innovators[E8]

UnknownEuropean Commission[E1]

In plain English

What they want: Type of action: HORIZON Recognition Prize. Expected Impact: The prize will boost public awareness of the potential, importance and contribution of women to the EU innovation ecosystem and create strong role models, inspiring more women to become innovators themselves.
Who can bid: No restrictions are stated in the notice data. The tender documents may set more.
Deadline: Buyer's deadline: 1 Dec 2026, 01:00 Central European time (UTC+1). UTC: 1 Dec 2026, 00:00 UTC.
Published 2 Sept 2026.
Value: EUR 100,000
Buyer: European CommissionSee what else this buyer buys and when.
How to apply: Through the buyer's official process. Open the original notice on EU Funding & Tenders Portal (grants and calls for proposals) (opens in a new tab) ↗
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Deadline[E2]: 1 Dec 2026, 01:00 Central European time (UTC+1)
Value[E9]: EUR 100,000
Published[E6]: 2 Sept 2026
Procedure: Not stated
Source: EU Funding & Tenders Portal (grants and calls for proposals) (opens in a new tab)
Last checked: 8 hours ago

About the requirement

From the notice

Type of action: HORIZON Recognition Prize. Expected Impact: The prize will boost public awareness of the potential, importance and contribution of women to the EU innovation ecosystem and create strong role models, inspiring more women to become innovators themselves. Expected Outcome: The prize will boost public awareness of the potential, importance and contribution of women to the EU innovation ecosystem and create strong role models, inspiring more women to become innovators themselves. Objective: The European Prize for Women Innovators celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind Europe’s game-changing innovations, so that they may inspire other women and girls realise their full potential as the EU’s future scientists, innovators, and tech leaders. This prize supports a culture within research and innovation organisations and companies allowing women to become the innovators and entrepreneurs of tomorrow. The prize is awarded every year to women from across the EU and countries associated to Horizon Europe, who have transformed their ideas into disruptive innovations to benefit people and the planet and who are inspiring leaders. As for the previous edition, the 2027 European Prize for Women Innovators is organised in coordination between the Agency and the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT). The winners are chosen by an independent expert jury. The prize has three categories, two funded by the EIC (the Women Innovators and the Rising Innovators categories) and one by the EIT (the EIT Women Leadership category). The Rules of Contest apply to both the EIC…[E3]

Eligibility and requirements

ConditionEU grant rules apply: check the call conditions for who can apply, consortium rules and co-funding.[E4]
The notice data states no restriction on who may bid. Exclusion grounds and selection criteria in the tender documents still apply.

Risks and unknowns

RiskThis is a grant, not a contract. Grants usually need a proposal against the funder's criteria, may need partners and often need co-funding.[E5]
UnknownWe read the published notice, not the full tender documents.

Updates

First seen · 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC
The source published a call for competition with a future deadline.
Source document HORIZON-EIC-2026-PRIZE-WIP:31094502:2026-10-16T12:21:49.851+0200

Evidence

9 facts

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E1
The buyer is European Commission.
Document HORIZON-EIC-2026-PRIZE-WIP:31094502:2026-10-16T12:21:49.851+0200, field /metadata/type/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E2
Proposals must be submitted by 1 Dec 2026, 01:00 Central European time (UTC+1).
“2026-12-01T00:00:00.000+0000”
Document HORIZON-EIC-2026-PRIZE-WIP:31094502:2026-10-16T12:21:49.851+0200, field /metadata/deadlineDate/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E3
The buyer describes the requirement in the notice.
“Expected Impact: The prize will boost public awareness of the potential, importance and contribution of women to the EU innovation ecosystem and create strong role models, inspiring more women to become innovators themselves. Expected Outcome: The prize will boost public awarene…”
Document HORIZON-EIC-2026-PRIZE-WIP:31094502:2026-10-16T12:21:49.851+0200, field /metadata/descriptionByte/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E4
EU grant rules apply: check the call conditions for who can apply, consortium rules and co-funding.
“EU call topic”
Document HORIZON-EIC-2026-PRIZE-WIP:31094502:2026-10-16T12:21:49.851+0200, field /metadata/type/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E5
This call is open for proposals.
“31094502”
Document HORIZON-EIC-2026-PRIZE-WIP:31094502:2026-10-16T12:21:49.851+0200, field /metadata/status/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E6
The notice was published on 2 Sept 2026.
“2026-09-02T00:00:00.000+0000”
Document HORIZON-EIC-2026-PRIZE-WIP:31094502:2026-10-16T12:21:49.851+0200, field /metadata/startDate/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E7
The Funding & Tenders Portal gives the status as open for submission.
Document HORIZON-EIC-2026-PRIZE-WIP:31094502:2026-10-16T12:21:49.851+0200, field /metadata/status/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E8
The notice is titled "The European Prize for Women Innovators".
Document HORIZON-EIC-2026-PRIZE-WIP:31094502:2026-10-16T12:21:49.851+0200, field /metadata/title/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)
E9
The EU contribution per grant is up to EUR 100,000 (from EUR 20,000).
Document HORIZON-EIC-2026-PRIZE-WIP:31094502:2026-10-16T12:21:49.851+0200, field /metadata/budgetOverview/0, read 28 Oct 2026, 21:22 UTC · source (opens in a new tab)

Source: EU Funding & Tenders Portal, © European Union, CC BY 4.0. SLETOR shortened and reformatted the text. Data licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (European Commission) (opens in a new tab). Personal contact details in notices are not stored or shown.

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