EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and youth Mariya Gabriel communicated on the occasion of the ‘International Day of Women and Girls in Science’, celebrated on 11 February each year, the Commission’s commitment to gender equality in research and innovation. This commitment is set out in the Gender Equality Strategy for 2020-2025, which addresses the introduction of new measures in the new programme Horizon Europe. These measures include the possibility to require a gender equality plan from applicants and an initiative to increase the number of women-led technology start-ups. Funding for gender and intersectional research will also be made available and gender balance among researchers involved in projects will be strongly encouraged and will be taken into account for equally ranked proposals.
The new strengthened provisions for gender equality in Horizon Europe are summarized in the factsheet published by the EC ‘Gender Equality: a strengthened commitment in Horizon Europe’. Click here to download the factsheet and learn more!