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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri">Dear Informatics Europe
Members, Dear Colleagues,<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri">We are sending the
following announcement from the European Commission</font><font
face="Calibri"> regarding 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.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri">Many thanks, Best wishes,<br>
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size="2"><font size="2">---------------------------------------------------------------</font><br>
</font></font></font></font></font><b>Apply until 15
October for the </b></font></font><b><span><font
face="Trebuchet MS"><font size="2"><span style="COLOR:
#1f497d"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
title="blocked::http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm?section=women-innovators&pg=home"
href="http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm?section=women-innovators&pg=home">EU
Prize for Women Innovators 2014</a></span></font></font></span></b><font
face="Trebuchet MS"><font size="2"><b><o:p></o:p></b></font></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font size="2">After
a successful first edition in 2011, the European Commission
has launched the second edition of the <b>EU Prize for Women
Innovators to reward three women</b> who have developed
outstanding innovations and brought them to market.<o:p></o:p></font></font></p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><font
face="Trebuchet MS"><font size="2">The contest is open <b>until
15 October 2013, 5:00 pm (Brussels time)</b> to <b>all
women who have founded or co-founded their own company</b>
and who have at some point in their career benefited from
the EU's research framework programmes or the
Competitiveness and Innovation framework programme.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY:
'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US"><font
face="Trebuchet MS"><font size="2">The first prize is <b>EUR
100,000</b>, second prize <b>EUR 50,000</b> and the third
prize <b>EUR 25,000</b>. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">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. </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Compete and
tell your story now to inspire other women to follow in your
footsteps!</font></p>
<font face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">Applications can be submitted via
the competition website until <b>15 October 2013 (5 p.m. Brussels
time)</b>: </font><a
title="blocked::http://www.ec.europa.eu/women-innovators"
href="http://www.ec.europa.eu/women-innovators%20"><font
face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">www.ec.europa.eu/women-innovators </font></a>
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<span><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font size="2">European Commission</font></font></span>
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<span><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font size="2">DG Research &
Innovation<o:p></o:p></font></font></span> <br>
<span><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font size="2">Innovation Policy
Unit <o:p></o:p></font></font></span><br>
<span lang="PL"><font face="Trebuchet MS"><font size="2">B-1049
Brussels/Belgium<o:p></o:p></font></font></span> <br>
<span><a title="blocked::mailto:rtd-women-innovators@ec.europa.eu"
href="mailto:rtd-women-innovators@ec.europa.eu"><span
title="blocked::mailto:rtd-women-innovators@ec.europa.eu"><font
face="Trebuchet MS" size="2">rtd-women-innovators@ec.europa.eu</font></span></a></span><br>
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