The EIT Manufacturing RIS LEADERS 2023 Call is open for submissions

The RIS Call LEADERS – Women Innovators in Manufacturing at EIT RIS under the EIT Manufacturing RIS programme is now open (from 19th May)for submissionsand will remain so until July 18th, 2023. The call is a competition that celebrates the women innovators behind the solutions addressing manufacturing-related challenges. 

The Prize is awarded to women innovators, coming from EIT RIS eligible countries, who have significantly impacted the innovation ecosystem by transforming ideas into new and advanced products and/or services to benefit people and the planet. The call is open to applications from women innovators in the EIT RIS eligible countries playing a leading role in developing solutions fitting one of the  EIT Manufacturing flagship areas.

The competition is structured as follows: in the first round of submissions, up to 60 eligible applicants will receive online pitch training. After the second round, and the evaluations of the received submissions by external evaluators, six top-ranked applicants will be invited to an awarding ceremony where three winners will be publicly announced and receive prizes in the amount of EUR 10.000, EUR 7.500 and EUR 5.000. 

All the details can be found on EIT Manufacturing website: https://www.eitmanufacturing.eu/calls/leaders-2023-call/.

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