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Report Fostering gender equality – Key figures from Horizon Europe (2025)

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Programmes Enhancing EU R&I

This monitoring report presents an overview of gender equality in EU R&I programmes, particularly in Horizon Europe. It focuses both on main indicators of equality within the programme – such as gender balance of research teams, leading positions, expert evaluations and expert groups – and then on how concretely the programme addresses the issue of gender equality in R&I, such as through requesting adoption of Gender Equality Plans, promoting gender mainstreaming in research, and addressing gender gaps in innovative entrepreneurship. (from the back cover)

1. Introduction (p.3)
2. Key indicators: women participation across the Framework Programmes (p. 8)
3. Project coordinators (p. 9)
4. Project researchers (p. 10)
5. Empowering women innovators (p. 14)
6. Gender equality plans (GEPs) as eligibility criterion (p. 15)
7. Integration of the gender dimension in R&I activities in Horizon Europe (p. 18)
8. Gender equality in European Partnerships (p. 22)

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ERC grants awarded to professor Inez Germeys

Professor Inez Germeys leads the Center for Contextual Psychiatry at KU Leuven, which is a large multi-disciplinary research group focusing on the interaction between the person and the environment in the development of psychopathology. She has received a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator grant (INTERACT) and Proof of Concept grant (IMPACT). With these grants professor Germeys and her team researched a new mobile self-management therapy for patients with a psychotic disorder. The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in Daily Life (ACT-DL) was further developed for the clinical environment. In line with that the Horizon 2020 IMMERSE project aims to thoroughly evaluate strategies, processes, and outcomes of implementing a digital mobile mental health solution.