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European Prize for Women Innovators, powered by EIC & EIT

European Prize for Women Innovators

Status

Closes in 50 days

Applications close 2026-12-01.

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Amount
€100,000

EIC Women Innovators: EUR 100,000 / 70,000 / 50,000; EIC Rising Innovators (under 35): EUR 50,000 / 30,000 / 20,000; EIT Women Leadership Award: EUR 50,000 / 30,000 / 20,000.

Funder

European Innovation Council (EIC) and European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), via EISMEA

public · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — 2027 edition: applications opened 2 September 2026; deadline 1 December 2026, 17:00 CET.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Applicant must be a woman applying as a natural person (not a legal entity), legally established in an EU Member State/OCT/Horizon Europe associated country, and founder or co-founder of the company or organisation, registered at least one year before the call year. Rising Innovators must be under 35 at the start of the call year. Only one category per applicant.

How to apply

  1. Check the category you fit: EIC Women Innovators, EIC Rising Innovators (under 35 at the start of the call year), or the EIT Women Leadership Award. — link
  2. Apply as an individual (not as a legal entity) via the category-specific link on the EU Funding and Tenders Portal. — link

What you will need

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-prizes/european-prize-women-innovators-powered-eic-eit_en

"The applicant must be a woman (you must apply as a natural person and not as a legal entity) ... Deadline for applications 1 December 2026 (17:00 CET)"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: eic.ec.europa.eu

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