Minerva Informatics Equality Award
The Minerva Informatics Equality Award (MIEA) recognises outstanding European initiatives and best practices that encourage and support women's careers in Informatics research and education.
The Award marks its 10th anniversary in 2025! To mark this occasion, the Minerva Informatics Equality Award Catalogue, prepared by the Informatics Europe Working Group on Diversity and Inclusion,has been published, bringing together a decade of best practices submitted to the Award and celebrating European initiatives that advance gender equality in Informatics research and education.
[Read the 2025 Award Results Press Release]
The Award annually recognises impactful initiatives that have successfully supported women's careers at all stages in Informatics research and education. These initiatives serve as best practice exemplars, inspiring broader adoption across institutions.
Until 2022, the Award followed a three-year cycle, each year focusing on a different career stage. As of 2023, the Award considers initiatives at any stage of the career pipeline, including but not limited to:
- Encouraging female students to enrol and persist in Informatics/Computer Science programmes;
- Supporting PhD and postdoctoral researchers in transitioning to faculty positions;
- Advancing the careers of female faculty through retention and promotion.
Since its launch in 2016, the Award was presented annually, carrying a minimum prize of 5,000 EUR.
Nominations for the Award are open to individuals or groups. Eligible nominees should be affiliated with institutions located in one of the European countries. Members of the Award Committee are not eligible as Award recipients.
The Award Committee reviews all nominations received each year and reserves the right to divide the prize between up to two winners. Additionally, to encourage the broader adoption of gender equality initiatives, all nominated entries will be showcased as best practice exemplars on our webpage here and may be featured in future Informatics Europe publications.
The 2025 Award was presented at the 21st European Informatics Leaders Summit (ECSS) in Rennes (France), between October 27-29, where a representative of the winning proposal was invited to give a short talk on their achievements.
We would like to express our gratitude to the 2025 Award Committee:
- Sarah Jane Delany, TU Dublin, Ireland (Chair)
- Erika Abraham, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
- Oana Andrei, University of Glasgow, UK
- Elisabetta Fersini, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
- Luca Forlizzi, University of L’Aquila, Italy
- Ana-Belén Gil-González, University of Salamanca, Spain
- Jose David Patón-Romero, Simula Metropolitan Center for Digital Engineering (SimulaMet), Norway
- Marta Turcsanyi-Szabo, ELTE Budapest, Hungary
Call for Sponsorship
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