04 Sep 2024
EC is opening Call for applications for Gender Equality Champions
On 4 September 2024, the European Commission opened the call for applications to the Gender Equality Champions. Interested organisations can apply online via the Funding and Tenders Portal until 16 October 2024 at 17:00 CET.
This prize awards outstanding achievements reached through the implementation of Gender Equality Plans (GEP) put in place by universities, higher education institutions, and other research performing organisations (public or private), established in an EU Member State or a Third Country associated to Horizon Europe.
There are 3 award categories:
- Sustainable Gender Equality Champions: Organisations that can demonstrate a significant and sustained record of activity and a high level of achievement through the implementation of their GEP.
- Newcomer Gender Equality Champions: Organisations that have recently finalised the implementation of their first GEP and can demonstrate the most progress achieved through its implementation.
- Inclusive Gender Equality Champions: Organisations that have developed the most innovative inclusive GEP – i.e. a GEP addressing intersections between gender and at least two other social categories, such as racial or ethnic origin, social origin, sexual orientation and gender identity (LGBTIQ) or disability – and can demonstrate concrete results obtained through its implementation.
The results will be officially announced during an award ceremony to be held in 2025. Each winner will receive a trophy and a €100,000 prize.
Applicants can only apply to one of the three categories and winners from past editions cannot re-apply to another category.
Admissibility, eligibility, and award criteria are detailed in the Rules of Contest, to be read carefully by all applicants before submitting their application.
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