HORIZON-JU-EDCTP3-2026-Outstanding Female Scientist Prize

About this call

Objective:

1. Background

The EDCTP Prizes 2026-2027 are recognition prizes funded under Horizon Europe.

Prizes are financial contributions given as rewards following the publication of a contest. A ‘recognition prize’ is used to recognise past achievements and outstanding work after it has been performed, whereas an ‘inducement prize’ is used to spur investment in a given direction, by specifying a target prior to the performance of the work.

Applications will have to clearly state the involvement of the applicants in the research and innovation activities within the remit of the Global Health EDCTP3 programme. Applicants will have to provide proof of eligibility and a written presentation of the achievements, which will be presented to an independent panel of experts for evaluation.

The amounts of the prizes are specified in section 3. They are not linked to the costs incurred by the winner.

2. EDCTP3 Prizes 2026 and related award criteria

The prizes will be awarded to the entry that, in the opinion of the independent expert jury, demonstrates having best addressed the cumulative criteria specified under the respective descriptions below.

Applications will be graded on a total of 100 points. Where relevant, the number of points for each award criterion is indicated below.

Outstanding Female Scientist Prize

The objective of the prize is to support new and/or established women scientists.

Award criteria

This prize is awarded to the entry that best addresses the following cumulative criteria based on their application, that should also include a letter of support from other member(s) of the research community:

Scientific contribution and excellence: Contestants should have been involved in research and innovation activities in sub-Saharan Africa within the scope of the Global Health EDCTP3 programme and have made a significant scientific contribution (50 points).

Impact: Contestants should have built a measurable and impactful research capacity through training and mentorship for the future generation of researchers/scientists in Africa (50 points).

3. Available budget

The prizes budget is:

Outstanding Female Scientist Prize: EUR 20,000

4. Timetable and deadlines

As indicated in the Funding & Tenders Portal. Additional information on the Global Health EDCTP3 site

5. Admissibility and documents

Applications must be submitted before the contest deadline .

Applications must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section). Paper submissions are NOT possible.

Applications (including annexes and supporting documents) must be submitted using the forms provided inside the Submission System ( NOT the documents available on the Topic page — they are only for information).

Applications must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:

Application Form Part A — contains administrative information about the applicant (to be filled in directly online)

Application Form Part B — contains the technical description of the application (to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed and then assembled and re-uploaded)

mandatory annexes and supporting documents (to be uploaded) : letter(s) of support from a reputable scientist and short CV of the person providing the letter.

CV of the applicant(s).

Your application must be readable , accessible and printable .