Call for proposals for a new recognition prize: EU Award for Gender Equality Champions

A call for proposals is open for the new recognition prize EU Award for Gender Equality Champions. The prize is meant to:

• complement and boost the requirement for higher education and research organisations applying to Horizon Europe to have a Gender Equality Plan (GEP) as an eligibility criterion
• be a tool 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

There are three prize categories:

• Sustainable Gender Equality Champions
• Newcomer Gender Equality Champions
• Inclusive Gender Equality Champions

Candidates can only apply to one of these three categories. Applicants can be a university, higher education institution, or research performing organisation (public or private) located in an EU Member State or a country associated to Horizon Europe.

Deadline for applications is 13 October 2022 at 17.00 (CET). Winners receive a prize of 100.000 euro. In the Sustainable Gender Equality Champions category two winners will be awarded a prize. Winners will be announced before the end of 2022 (HE WIDERA work programme 2021-2022, p.154-156).