EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology

The EIT - European Institute of Innovation and Technology is an EU-based organization that runs the EIT Awards competition, recognizing innovations addressing global challenges in climate, healthcare, and digitalization. The program offers grants and awards across multiple categories including the Changemaker Award for promising innovators, the Innovation Team Award, and the Venture Award for participants in EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities.

The Awards create role models for change and elevate innovations that most effectively address global challenges in climate, healthcare, digitalisation, and more.

Our Knowledge and Innovation Communities each get to select nominees to compete in four categories:

The Changemaker Award: Our award for the most promising innovator who just completed an EIT Community programme or course.
The Innovation Team Award: Our award for the best innovation team made up of people from
The Venture Award: Our award for the most promising venture to come out of our EIT Community acceleration or structured business support programmes.
The Public Award: The public votes for their top innovation!
The EIT Awards are held during INNOVEIT, our annual innovation forum.

If you’re a woman innovator, compete in the EIT and EIC’s European Women Innovators Prize!
The European Prize for Women Innovators celebrates the women entrepreneurs behind Europe's most ground-breaking innovations. The prize awards women from across the EU and countries associated to Horizon Europe, whose disruptive innovations are driving positive change for people and planet.

If you are a women innovator, don’t hesitate to apply! You can compete in three different categories.