EU Funding - Ideal for Innovative Companies
EU provides a multitude of funding opportunities, pushing visionary ideas into reality. European funding programmes play a pivotal role in driving progress across everything from nanotech, biotech, health to clean energy, cybersecurity and much more. And we're here to guide you through this ecosystem such as:
Horizon Europe is EU's ambitious EUR 100 billion research and innovation programme committed to fostering innovation and research excellence. It emphasizes on disruptive innovations, breakthrough technologies, and high-impact solutions addressing global challenges within industries such as cities, agriculture, digital, energy and oceans!
CINEA manages various European funding programs and initiatives dedicated to advancing sustainability, climate resilience, and infrastructure excellence. CINEA serves as a catalyst for channeling financial resources and expertise to projects that have a lasting impact on our environment and society.
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Having an innovative idea that addresses one or more focus areas of the EC policies is an indispensable condition for being successful in the grant application process.
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Funding Schemes for green tech and decarbonisation
Focus is on innovative low-carbon technologies and processes in energy intensive industries with the objective of launching industrial solutions to decarbonise Europe and support its transition to climate neutrality. For all projects sizes, applicants can get up to 60% of the total project capital expenditure.
In addition to the existing grants programme, the EC has developed a new support mechanism of competitive bidding (auctions). IF Hydrogen Auction is designed to cost-efficiently support the production of renewable fuel of non-biological origin (RFNBO) hydrogen within the European Economic Area.
Both IA and RIA are main vehicles for project-based collaborative technology development supported by the EC. IA is geared towards advancing innovative solutions towards market readiness and RIA is focused on pushing the boundaries of knowledge through pioneering research.
LIFE offers new grant opportunities and is the EU's flagship funding programme that supports climate and environment actions. The 2024 Calls for proposals are now open. So, have a look if you have a green project that will conserve nature, protect the environment, take climate action and transition Europe to clean energy.
Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)
A key deliver to the European Green Deal and a EU's decarbonization objectives for 2030 and 2050. With a total budget of €20.73 billion for 2021-2027, the CEF drives economic growth and competitiveness through targeted infrastructure investment supporting the development of the trans-European networks.
Clean Hydrogen Partnership
Also known as Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking is a public-private partnership supporting European R&I activities in hydrogen technologies. Moreover, it aims to strengthen and integrate EU scientific capacity to accelerate the development and improvement of advanced clean hydrogen applications.
Breakthrough Energy Catalyst
Aims to raise €840 million to fund emerging climate technology projects that significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions but are currently too costly to scale. The projects include large-scale demonstrations and unique industrial initiatives for clean technologies aligned with the European Green Deal.
The CETPartnership programme aims to empower the clean energy transition and foster collaboration among innovative businesses, promoting cross-border projects for clean energy transition. It offers funding covering 50-75% of project costs, making it an ideal step for SMEs pursuing international projects.
Circular Biobased Europe Partnership
CBE JU is a €2 billion partnership between the European Union and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC). To advance the European circular bio-economy, CBE JU funds projects that develop innovative and sustainable bio-based solutions.
Horizon Europe Cluster 4
Under the areas of circular industries & low carbon and clean industries, the focus is to promote innovations that enhance resource efficiency, sustainable manufacturing processes and circular business models, technologies & processes which reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Horizon Europe Cluster 5
Cluster 5 is dedicated to accelerating Europe’s green and digital transitions, driving economic, industrial, and societal transformation towards achieving climate neutrality by 2050. This includes the energy and mobility sectors to greenhouse gas neutrality alongside supporting other sectors.
Horizon Cluster 6
Under the areas of bio-based and circular innovation systems, the aim is driving Europe towards sustainability by leveraging bio-based resources and transitioning to a circular economy. Also supporting green deal objectives like fostering cross-sector collaborations.
Other Popular EU Funding Programmes
Aimed for international projects that accelerate marketable innovative products. It is entry point enabling SMEs to merge and share expertise across borders. The consortium must have partners based in at least two different Eurostars countries. Funding average ranges of 50-75% of project costs.
It gives grants and equity funding to innovative startups and SMEs with high impact/risk products or services. A unique combination of funding from €0.5 to 17.5 million to support innovative, products, services or business models that can create new markets or disrupt existing ones. New application process - 3 main stages.
The programme consists of a combination of both open and challenge driven funding. It supports the exploration of bold ideas for radically new technologies and welcomes the high-risk and interdisciplinary cutting-edge science collaborations that underpin technological breakthroughs.
This programme gives funding to turn research results into innovation opportunities. The goal is to help mature the technologies and develop business cases for the future commercialization. This can be in any field of science/technology and deal with specific challenges in various strategic fields.