EU announces Prize for Women Innovators


By Aoileann Ní Bhroin

The European Commission has launched the fifth edition of the EU Prize for Women Innovators to award women entrepreneurs who have achieved outstanding innovations and brought them to market. The first prize is €100,000, with second and third prizes of €50,000 and €30,000 respectively. A special prize of €20,000 will be dedicated to the Rising Innovator Award (30-years-old or younger) for an exceptional innovator at the beginning of her career.

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