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Eligibility for Cartier Women's Initiative

Global program funding women impact entrepreneurs with grants and a year-long fellowship aligned to UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Amount $100,000
Deadline Closes on: June 16, 2026
Location Global
Category Grants For For-Profit Businesses
Questions 19 total
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View full grant on Grantaura Updated April 25, 2026 on Grantaura.

Oftentimes founders approach high-stakes grants assuming the money is the hard part. It rarely is. The real friction usually sits in the eligibility screen, the one that quietly rejects perfectly capable businesses before they even write a single word. I spent days cross-referencing the 2027 applicant guides and scoring rubrics to figure out exactly where applicants trip up. Is it the revenue bands? The equity caps? The technology readiness threshold? It depends entirely on your track. This page does not just list requirements. It forces you to check your fit against the actual gates before you commit twenty-five hours to a form that will not forgive missing documents or mismatched categories. You need to know if the program aligns with your current operational reality. Let us look at the filters. Answer the checker questions honestly. The logic is built straight from the official guidelines, and it will tell you quickly whether this is a viable path or a distraction.

Track Selection and Core Filters

The eligibility gates split cleanly into two paths once you pass the universal checks. Both tracks demand that you identify as a woman founder, hold a primary leadership role, operate a for-profit registered entity, and contribute measurably to a UN SDG. Where they diverge is in what they actually measure. Regional Awards care about traction. They want to see revenue between $50K and $5M, a team size of 5 to 250 people, and a funding history that stays under a $2M equity cap. The Science & Technology Pioneer Award ignores revenue bands and focuses entirely on innovation depth. You need protected or hard-to-reproduce advances at TRL4 or above, no Series A funding, and less than five years of commercialization. Which side are you on? The application portal will not let you hedge. Pick one, and prepare accordingly.

Document Readiness and Submission Friction

Seven required items sit between you and submission. A one-minute video replaces a polished pitch deck as your introduction, and that shift catches plenty of applicants off guard. You also need a cap table that accounts for fully diluted SAFEs, audited financial statements for two fiscal years, and a mandatory AI disclosure field built directly into the form. Draft every long-form answer offline first. The Submittable portal lets you save drafts, but once you hit submit, any correction request takes up to two business days. There is no quick rollback. Build outside the portal. Paste only when the narrative is finalized. If you are navigating edge cases near the equity cap, unsure whether your tech meets the TRL4 threshold, or worried about how your revenue mix looks on paper, do not guess. A Grant Assessment at Grantaura maps your business facts against both tracks and gives you a clear call before you start drafting. Your Grant Assessment fee is non-refundable, but the base assessment fee can be deducted once toward the same grant's Full Application when you choose the optional checkbox at checkout. Run the eligibility checker above. If the tool flags uncertainty, use the assessment modal to lock in your positioning against the official rubric.

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Eligibility Requirements (Source-Based)

  1. Do you identify as a woman? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  2. Are you part of the founding team? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  3. Do you hold a main leadership position like CEO, COO, or CTO? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  4. Is your ownership share at least equal to each co-founder's share? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  5. Is your business a for-profit entity? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  6. Is the business an independent registered entity rather than a sole proprietorship? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  7. Does your business contribute measurably to at least one UN Sustainable Development Goal? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  8. Will you be at least 18 years old on the application deadline? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  9. Is your English proficiency at CEFR B2 or above? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  10. Can you commit to the fellowship from January to December 2027 and three years of impact reporting? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  11. Have you or any co-founder ever been selected as a CWI fellow? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  12. Which award category are you applying to? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  13. Did your business generate between $50K and $5M in annual revenue in the last fiscal year? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  14. Does your business have between 5 and 250 team members? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  15. Has your business raised more than $2M in equity or quasi-equity funding? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  16. Is your business commercializing science-based or technological innovation built around protected or hard-to-reproduce advances? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  17. Has your business achieved at least TRL4? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  18. Has your business commercialized its final product or service for more than 5 years? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source
  19. Has your business raised Series A funding? Required
    Confidence: H
    Source