EU Prize for Women Innovators 2016 (€ 100,000)

The European Commission has launched the 3rd edition of the EU Women Innovators Prize. Deadline for applications is October 20, 2015. The prize is meant to reward women who have achieved outstanding innovations and brought them to market. The first prize is worth € 100,000, the second prize € 50,000 and the third prize € 30,000. The contest is open to all women who have (co-)founded their company and who have at some point of their careers benefitted from EU's research and innovation funding.

The EU Prize for Women Innovators Prize was launched in 2011 to give public recognition to outstanding women entrepreneurs who brought their innovative ideas to the market and to inspire other women to follow in their footsteps. The winners of the two previous editions are Saskia Biskup (Germany), Laura van 't Veer (The Netherlands), Ana Maiques (Spain), Gitte Neubauer (Germany), Fabienne Hermitte (France) and Ilaria Rosso (Italy).