[ie-announce] EU Prize for Women Innovators

[Cristina Pereira]

Dear Informatics Europe Members, Dear Colleagues,

We are sending the following announcement from the European 
Commissionregarding the EU Prize for Women Innovators 2014 (below and 
pdf attached). Please forward it to your colleagues in your department 
and specially to women you know that might be interested in applying for 
the prize.

Many thanks, Best wishes,

Cristina


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*Apply until 15 October for the **EU Prize for Women Innovators 2014 
<http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm?section=women-innovators&pg=home>***

After a successful first edition in 2011, the European Commission has 
launched the second edition of the *EU Prize for Women Innovators to 
reward three women* who have developed outstanding innovations and 
brought them to market.

The contest is open *until 15 October 2013, 5:00 pm (Brussels time)* to 
*all women who have founded or co-founded their own company* and who 
have at some point in their career benefited from the EU's research 
framework programmes or the Competitiveness and Innovation framework 
programme.

The first prize is *EUR 100,000*, second prize *EUR 50,000* and the 
third prize *EUR 25,000*.

With this Prize, the European Commission aims to raise awareness about 
the contribution, potential and importance of Women researchers to 
entrepreneurship and to encourage women to exploit the commercial and 
business opportunities offered by their research projects and become 
entrepreneurs.

Compete and tell your story now to inspire other women to follow in your 
footsteps!

Applications can be submitted via the competition website until *15 
October 2013 (5 p.m. Brussels time)*: www.ec.europa.eu/women-innovators 
<http://www.ec.europa.eu/women-innovators%20>

European Commission
DG Research & Innovation
Innovation Policy Unit
B-1049 Brussels/Belgium
rtd-women-innovators at ec.europa.eu <mailto:rtd-women-innovators at ec.europa.eu>






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