Cartier Women's Initiative Awards
Usually opens in May and June
Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.
Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.
Grants to fellows across nine regional awards plus thematic awards. Cartier reports US$14.1m in total financial support distributed since 2006. Per-fellow amounts are not published on the public pages.
Cartier
private · supranational
Deadline: annual_call — The application deadline for the current edition was 16 June 2026 at 14:00 CEST. Applicants are notified in December 2026 and fellows announced publicly in spring 2027.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Up to 250 employees
- small enterprises
- Sectors: social, climate, health, deeptech, any
- Stage: seed, series_a
- Female founders
Regional awards: annual revenue between US$50,000 and US$5m in the last closed fiscal year, 5-250 people, maximum US$2m equity raised. Must be for-profit and independently registered, so no sole proprietorships, subsidiaries, franchises or corporate spin-offs. Science & Technology Pioneer Award: TRL4 minimum, at most five years commercialising, must not have closed a Series A; university and research spin-offs allowed.
How to apply
- Submit the online application before the mid-June deadline — link
- Shortlisting and jury review; applicants notified in December
- Fellows announced publicly and awarded at the ceremony the following spring
Source. https://www.cartierwomensinitiative.com/faq — checked 2026-08-14
""Application Deadline: June 16, 2026 at 2 PM CEST"; revenue "$50,000 USD and $5 million USD in its last closed fiscal year"; "Maximum $2 million USD" equity raised"