Outstanding Female Scientist Prize

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Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking

Programme Description

The Global Health EDCTP3 Joint Undertaking (GH EDCTP3) builds on the first and second European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership programmes. This new joint undertaking (JU) is a partnership between the EU and the EDCTP Association, whose members are several European and African countries. The partnership will deliver new solutions for reducing the burden of infectious diseases in SSA and strengthen research capacities to prepare and respond to re-emerging infectious diseases in this region and across the world.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

HORIZON-JU-EDCTP3-2025-OutsFemaleScientistPrize

Call

Outstanding Female Scientist Prize

Summary

The EDCTP Prizes 2025 are recognition prizes funded under Horizon Europe. This topic is focused on the Outstanding Female Scientist Prize.

Prizes are financial contributions given as rewards following the publication of a contest.

‘recognition prize’ is used to recognise past achievements and outstanding work after it has been performed, whereas an ‘inducement prize’ is used to spur investment in a given direction, by specifying a target prior to the performance of the work.

Detailed Call Description

Applications will have to clearly state the involvement of the applicants in the research and innovation activities within the remit of the Global Health EDCTP3 programme. Applicants will have to provide proof of eligibility and a written presentation of the achievements, which will be presented to an independent panel of experts for evaluation.

The amounts of the prizes are specified in section 3. They are not linked to the costs incurred by the winner.

EDCTP3 Prizes 2025 and related award criteria: The prizes will be awarded to the entry that, in the opinion of the independent expert jury, demonstrates having best addressed the cumulative criteria specified under the respective descriptions below.

Applications will be graded on a total of 100 points. Where relevant, the number of points for each award criterion is indicated below.

The objective of the prize is to support new and/or established women scientists.

Award criteria: This prize is awarded to the entry that best addresses the following cumulative criteria based on their application, that should also include a letter of support from other member(s) of the research community:

Scientific contribution and excellence: Contestants should have been involved in research and innovation activities in sub-Saharan Africa within the scope of the Global Health EDCTP3 programme and have made a significant scientific contribution (50 points).

Impact: Contestants should have built a measurable and impactful research capacity through training and mentorship for the future generation of researchers/scientists in Africa (50 points).

Call Total Budget

Outstanding Female Scientist Prize: €20.000.

Thematic Categories

  • Health
  • Research, Technological Development and Innovation

Eligibility for Participation

  • Economically Inactive Women
  • Natual person / Citizen / Individual
  • Other Beneficiaries
  • Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions

Eligibility For Participation Notes

Eligible participants – Outstanding Female Scientist Prize: In order to be eligible, the applicants must:

  • be a natural person;
  • be established (residing) in a SSA country that is a member of the EDCTP Association or the EU or a country associated to Horizon Europe;
  • identify as female.

Call Opening Date

11/03/2025

Call Closing Date

01/04/2025

EU Contact Point

For individual questions on the Portal Submission System, please contact the IT Helpdesk.

Non-IT related questions should be sent to the following email address: applicants@global-health-edctp3.europa.eu

Please indicate clearly the reference of the call and topic to which your question relates.