Women Leadership Category
Expected Impact: The prize will boost public awareness of the potential, importance and contribution of women to the EU innovation ecosystem and create strong role models, inspiring more women to become innovators themselves.
Funding and competition
- 3grants expected (official)
- €20k–€50kEU contribution per project
- €5Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28Digital Bruxelles / Brussel | Belgium | Other · SME | 17 | 4 | EIT INNOBC, Strategic Synergies, Shared Services |
| Eit Kic Urban Mobility Sl Barcelona | Spain | Company · SME | 14 | 4 | EIT INNOBC, Strategic Synergies, EIT-H2CITIES |
| Eit Food Heverlee | Belgium | Other | 13 | 4 | EIT INNOBC, Strategic Synergies, Shared Services |
| Eit Health Ev Munchen | Germany | Other | 14 | 4 | EIT INNOBC, Strategic Synergies, Shared Services |
| Stichting Climate-Kic International Foundation Amsterdam | Netherlands | Other | 15 | 0 | EIT INNOBC, Strategic Synergies, EIT-H2CITIES |
| Eit Raw Materials Gmbh Berlin | Germany | Company | 12 | 6 | Strategic Synergies, Shared Services, EIT RM BP26-28 |
| Eit Culture & Creativity Gmbh Koln | Germany | Company | 13 | 1 | EIT INNOBC, Strategic Synergies, Shared Services |
| Kic Innoenergy Se Amsterdam | Netherlands | Company | 11 | 3 | Shared Services, Cross-KIC RI, 26-28 EntrEduSkills |
| Eit Manufacturing Asbl Palaiseau | France | Other | 9 | 2 | Strategic Synergies, EIT HEI, Cross-KIC RI |
| Eit Food Clc South S.L. Madrid | Spain | Company · SME | 8 | 0 | EIT INNOBC, Strategic Synergies, EIT HEI |
| Eit Rawmaterials Clc Baltic Sea Oy Espoo | Finland | Company | 6 | 0 | Shared Services, EIT RM BP26-28, Cross-KIC RI |
| Eit Digital Spain Pozuelo De Alarcon | Spain | Other · SME | 5 | 0 | EIT INNOBC, EIT Digital 2026-27, HEI Initiative |
| Eit Culture And Creativity South West Sl Barcelona | Spain | Company | 5 | 0 | Shared Services, EIT HEI, 26-28 EntrEduSkills |
| Eit Urban Mobility Innovation Hubeast S.R.O. Praha | Czechia | Company | 5 | 0 | EIT-H2CITIES, EITUM-BP26-28, Cross-KIC RI |
| Eit Rawmaterials Clc West Brussel | Belgium | University | 5 | 0 | Shared Services, EIT RM BP26-28, HEI Initiative |
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eit Kic Urban Mobility Sl Barcelona | Spain | Company · SME | 14 | 4 | EIT INNOBC, Strategic Synergies, EIT-H2CITIES |
| Eit Food Clc South S.L. Madrid | Spain | Company · SME | 8 | 0 | EIT INNOBC, Strategic Synergies, EIT HEI |
| Eit Digital Spain Pozuelo De Alarcon | Spain | Other · SME | 5 | 0 | EIT INNOBC, EIT Digital 2026-27, HEI Initiative |
| Eit Culture And Creativity South West Sl Barcelona | Spain | Company | 5 | 0 | Shared Services, EIT HEI, 26-28 EntrEduSkills |
| Kic Innoenergy Iberia Sl Barcelona | Spain | Company | 5 | 0 | 26-28 EntrEduSkills, EIT InnoEnergy 2627, EIT InnoEnergy 2025 |
| Eit Manufacturing West Sl Donostia San Sebastian | Spain | Other | 4 | 1 | Strategic Synergies, Women TechEU, EITM BP 2023-2025 |
| Eit Urban Mobility Innovation Hub South Sl Barcelona | Spain | Company | 3 | 0 | Strategic Synergies, EITUM-BP26-28, EITUM-BP23-25 |
| Eit Urban Mobility Foundation Barcelona | Spain | Other | 2 | 0 | EITUM-BP26-28, EITUM-BP23-25 |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 8partners (median)
- 6countries (median)
- 34%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
Read their CORDIS pages to see the full consortium, results and deliverables.
- Womenture – Boosting female entrepreneurship through joint services and activities (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-EIE-2022-CONNECT-01-01)
- GRASS Ceiling – Gender Equality in Rural and Agricultural Innovation SystemS (HORIZON · 2023 · HORIZON-CL6-2022-COMMUNITIES-01-01)
- EEN2EIC – Support to EIC Accelerator by the Enterprise Europe Network (HORIZON · 2022 · HORIZON-EIC-2021-EEN-01-01)
- EIT INNOBC – Innovation and business creation xkic 2026-2028 (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-EIT-2025-KIC-IBA-INBC)
- shemakes.eu – Opportunity Ecosystems Bridging the Gender Gap (H2020 · 2021 · SwafS-26-2020)
- STARTS Prize – STARTS Prize - Grand prize of the European Commission honoring innovation in technology, industry and society stimulated by the arts (H2020 · 2017 · ICT-36-2016)
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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.