To support women founders and entrepreneurs leading early-stage deep tech start-ups from Europe to grow into tomorrow’s tech leaders and to put women at the forefront of deep tech in Europe.

Proposals must be submitted by a consortium including at least three legal entities, independent from each other and each established in a different country as follows:

Ensure the sound design, organisation and management of the Women TechEU, ensuring continuity of the initiative;

Implementing calls for proposals and organizing the evaluation of proposalsand award of support to successful applicants. The call should use, where appropriate, the same evaluation criteria as for the EIC Accelerator;

Create linkages with the Business Acceleration Services (BAS) for the Women Leadership Programme and EIC Community Platform to selected applicants;

Implement project reviews of awardees as a basis to access the Fast Track to theEIC Accelerator;

Communicate and promote the scheme in order to secure quality applications;

Organise landmark events, building a network of Women TechEU grantees, and help them to connect with the overall EIC community;

Promote cooperation and networking activities among the community of women entrepreneurs in the deep tech field;

Promote a diversity in geographical participation and technological areas to be covered by the scheme;

Report on the implementation of the scheme (key data on applications,evaluation, start-ups funded, demographics of end-beneficiaries of the scheme,etc.) to European Commission services.

The consortium will provide financial support to the third parties in form of grants. The consortium must allocate at least 75% of the total proposed budget to financial support to third parties. The maximum amount to be granted to each third party is EUR 75 000.