This year marks the 10th edition of the Minerva Informatics Equality Award, a significant milestone in our community’s commitment to gender equality in Informatics. Drive the impact forward — nominate an initiative now:10th Minerva Informatics Equality Award (2025)
Nomination Deadline: 2 June 2025
Prize: EUR 5,000, with increased impact and visibility across Europe
Nominees’ eligibility:
- Lead, as an individual or a group, impactful initiatives that support women’s careers in Informatics research and education at any stage.
- Be affiliated with an institution in the Council of Europe member/candidate country.
- Not a member of the 2025 Award Committee (ineligible to apply).
The Committee may split the prize among multiple winners. To promote broader adoption of gender equality initiatives, all nominations will be showcased as best practices and may be featured in future IE publications. For full details and nominations, please visit the Award webpage.
In addition to the Minerva Award, join us on March 20th for a special event led by IE’s Diversity & Inclusion Working Group, reinforcing efforts to build a more diverse and inclusive Informatics community in Europe:
United for Impact: Women in Informatics
20 March 2025 | 15:00 – 16:30 CET via Zoom here
Open to all academic staff, students, researchers, professionals and leaders at all career stages, this event offers a great opportunity to connect with experts and leading organisations, driving diversity and inclusion at regional and national levels. Our featured speakers:
- Prof. Letizia Jaccheri – ACM Distinguished Speaker, EUGAIN Action Chair
- Prof. Ana Lucia Varbanescu – ICT-Research Platform Netherlands (IPN) Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)
- Prof. Mathew Barr – Ada Scotland
- Prof. Maria Pia Giovanni – CDIT, Italy
We look forward to receiving your Award nominations and meeting you at our special event!Best regards,
Informatics Europe

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