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European Commission Prize for Women Innovators

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A Prize for Women Innovators has been launched by the European Commission at the end of last month. The competition – which aims to highlight the successes of three women who have brought outstanding innovations to the market – is hoped will raise public awareness of the need for more innovation, and for more female entrepreneurs.

There are three cash prizes available to win – 100,000, 50,000 and 25,000 Euros respectively – which will be presented at an award ceremony during the European Commission’s Innovation Convention on 5 December this year.

Applicants must have, at some time, been the recipients of funding under either the RTD Framework Programme (FP) or the Competitive and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP). The Contestants achievements will be assessed by an independent panel of judges from academia and business.

The deadline for applications is 17.00Brussels local time on 20 September 2011.

For more information, to submit an application and for the contest rules – please visit the competition webpage, or email the competition organisers rtd-women-innovators [at] ec [dot] europa [dot] eu. Alternatively, a helpline is also available at 0032 483 506 825.




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