Nominations now open for the Dianne Bevelander Prize 2025

Nominations are now open for the annual Dianne Bevelander Prize to recognise an individual who made a significant contribution to the advancement of women in 2024.

Now in its fourth year, the prize was founded in 2022 to honour Professor Dianne Bevelander, who founded the Erasmus Centre for Women and Organisations (ECWO) 11 years ago to empower women and create a level playing field by building communities for organisational change.

Celebrating Bevelander's bold advocacy

Prof. Bevelander died in 2021 and the Dianne Bevelander Prize was inaugurated as part of the Dianne Bevelander Memorial Fund which, since late 2024, also includes the Dianne Bevelander Travel Grants. It celebrates those who continue her legacy of bold advocacy, leadership, and inclusive impact. The winner will receive a €1,500 grant to implement a project of their choice that amplifies gender equality in any area of society.

Previous winners

Previous winners have been Geke Rosier, founder of RightBrains (2022), Karen Pesse, Executive - Salesforce Global Public Sector and an advocate for gender inclusivity in technology (2023), and Georgina Lara Booth, an Amsterdam-based entrepreneur with a focus on social justice (2024).

Nominees should have made an impact with regards to the following criteria:

* A substantial contribution to strengthening the advancement of women in their organisation or in society during 2024

* A role model who inspires other women to advance their careers and create change.

* An individual who has demonstrated a tangible effort to create systemic change in their organisation and/or society, for the benefit of gender equality

Nominations close at midnight (CET) on July 20th 2025. The form can be found here.

You can find out more about the Dianne Bevelander Memorial Fund, including how to support the initiative here.

More information

Erasmus Centre for Women and Organisations (ECWO) is committed to fostering inclusion. Our founding purpose in 2014 was to empower women and to create a level playing field by building communities for organisational change. Today, ECWO has expanded its perspective to embrace a wider vision of a world of inclusive prosperity. Our new mission is to create a sense of belonging for everyone within organisations through diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), anchored in social safety. We strive for settings where everyone feels valued, respected and supported. We conduct research and produce evidence-led educational programmes, events, coaching, advocacy, and advisory services. We stay true to our roots, and we have evolved to recognise that achieving true inclusion and equity requires encompassing all, regardless of gender or identity.