This annual prize, launched in 2022, is the European Commission’s initiative to recognise and celebrate the outstanding results achieved by European academic and research organisations through the implementation of Gender Equality Plans.
Deadline for submission for the 2023 edition is 25 January 2024 at 17.00 (CET).
Learn more in the how to apply section below.
Why this prize
The EU Award for Gender Equality Champions aims to
- complement and boost the requirement for higher education and research organisations applying to Horizon Europe to have in place a Gender Equality Plan (GEP) as an eligibility criterion
- be an incentive to advance inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new European Research Area (ERA) policy agenda
- act as an enabler for the transformation agenda for universities set in the new ERA, and in line with the new European Strategy for Universities
This prize is also intended to create a community of champions inspiring other academic and research organisations to become gender equality champions themselves, and to raise public awareness of the importance of addressing gender equality in academic and research organisations through institutional change.
Designed by the European Commission (DG Research and Innovation), the prize is managed by the European Research Executive Agency (REA) and its winners are selected by an independent expert jury for each prize category.
See Horizon Europe Widening participation and strengthening the European Research Area Work Programme 2023-2024 featuring the 2023 Prize (p. 136 of 162).
EU Award for Gender Equality Champions – European Commission (europa.eu)