The EIT Awards recognise the most promising entrepreneurs and innovators in Europe
The Awards create role models for change and elevate innovations that most effectively address global challenges in climate, healthcare, digitalisation, and more.
Our Knowledge and Innovation Communities each get to select nominees to compete in four categories:
- The Changemaker Award: Our award for the most promising EIT Community member, who acts as a role model / leader whose activities have the potential to generate a significant social impact.
- The Innovation Team Award: Our award for the best innovation team made up of people from across the knowledge triangle who have developed a unique product or service with breakthrough potential in their respective field.
- The Venture Award: Our award for the most promising venture to come out of our EIT Community acceleration or structured business support programmes.
- The Public Award: The public votes for their top innovation!
EIT Awards Declaration of Honour
Woman innovators rise to the top in the EIT and EIC’s European Women Innovators Prize!
The European Prize for Women Innovators celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind Europe's most ground-breaking innovations. The prize awards women from across the EU and countries associated to Horizon Europe, whose disruptive innovations are driving positive change for people and planet.
2025 Prize Categories and Awards:
EIC Women Innovators category: Open to women founders and co-founders from the EU and Associated Countries. Three prizes of EUR 100 000, EUR 70 000 and EUR 50 000 are awarded to the three highest-ranked applications.
EIC Rising Innovators category: Targeting promising innovators under the age of 35. Three prizes of EUR 50 000, EUR 30 000 and EUR 20 000 are awarded to the three highest-ranked applications.
EIT Women Leadership category: Focused on women with a direct link to the EIT Community. Three prizes of EUR 50 000, EUR 30 000 and EUR 20 000 are awarded to the three highest-ranked applications.
Important Dates:
- Online Info-session for applicants: 5 July 2024 (from 11.00 to 12.00 CET)
- Application deadline: 25 September 2024 - 17.00 CET
Walk the Hall of Fame
Turn the year all the way back to 2012 to see which innovators and innovations caught our eye!
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