Programme Category
Programme Name
Programme Description
Horizon Europe is the European Union (EU) funding programme for the period 2021 – 2027, which targets the sectors of research and innovation. The programme’s budget is around € 95.5 billion, of which € 5.4 billion is from NextGenerationEU to stimulate recovery and strengthen the EU’s resilience in the future, and € 4.5 billion is additional aid.
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Call
Summary
This is a call (contest) for an EU recognition prize in the field of gender equality and inclusiveness. The “EU Award for (Academic) Gender Equality Champions” is a Prize scheme meant as a booster and complement to 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, and a tool for advancing inclusive gender equality plans and policies in the framework of the new ERA policy agenda.
In total, there will be four winners:
- two winners in the prize category “Sustainable Gender Equality Champions”
- one winner in the prize category “Newcomer Gender Equality Champions”
- one winner in the prize category “Inclusive Gender Equality Champions”
Detailed Call Description
The Prize will be awarded to up to four academic or research organisations. Contestants can apply to one among the following three prize categories:
- Sustainable Gender Equality Champions – HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-GENDER-Prize-01: 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 – HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-GENDER-Prize-02: Organisations that have recently started implementing a GEP and can demonstrate the most progress in its implementation and achieved results;
- Inclusive Gender Equality Champions – HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-GENDER-Prize-03: Organisations that have developed the most innovative inclusive GEP addressing intersections with other social categories such as ethnicity, social origin, sexual orientation and gender identity (LGBTIQ) or disability.
Call Total Budget
Thematic Categories
- Education and training
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Educational Institutions
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
- Training Centres
Eligibility For Participation Notes
The contestant must be a research performing organisation, including a higher education establishment (e.g. university), public or private body, established in an EU Member State or a country associated to Horizon Europe and comply with the mandatory requirements of the Horizon Europe Gender Equality Plan eligibility criterion.
The applicant’s GEP must meet the four following mandatory process-related requirements:
- publication: a formal document published on the institution’s website and signed by the top management;
- dedicated resources: commitment of resources and expertise in gender equality to implement the plan;
- data collection and monitoring: sex/gender disaggregated data on personnel (and students, for the establishments concerned) and annual reporting based on indicators;
- training: awareness raising/training on gender equality and unconscious gender biases for staff and decision-makers.
Only applications submitted by a single legal entity will be allowed. Joint applications will not be allowed.
Applicants that have already received an EU or Euratom prize – cannot receive a second prize for the same activities. Winners of any category of the 2022 edition of EU Award for Gender Equality Champions are NOT eligible for any category of this prize.
For each of the three prize categories there are additional admissibility criteria. (see page 9 of the Rules of Contest).
Call Opening Date
Call Closing Date
National Contact Point(s)
Research and Innovation Foundation
29a Andrea Michalakopoulou, 1075 Nicosia,
P.B. 23422, 1683 Nicosia
Telephone: +357 22205000
Fax: +357 22205001
Email: support@research.org.cy
Website: https://www.research.org.cy/en/
Contact Persons:
Dr. Kalypso Sepou
Head of the departement
Email: kalypso@research.org.cy
Marsia Trillidou
Scientific Officer Α’
Email: trillidou@research.org.cy
Konstantina Makri
Scientific Officer
Email: cmakri@research.org.cy
Dr Mary Οikonomou
Scientific Officer
Email: meconomou@research.org.cy