Innovation Fund: grants for new climate technology
Grants to demonstrate how new technology can cut climate emissions in practice.
En inglésSubvenciones climáticas
Subvenciones para reducir emisiones y adaptarse al cambio climático.
Oportunidades de financiación (15)
ELENA – European Local Energy Assistance
Grants covering up to 90% of the preparation costs for large EU investment programmes in energy efficiency, building-integrated renewables or sustainable urban transport.
En inglésProject funding
Grants for organisations developing innovative, practical environmental solutions, with particular attention to small and medium-sized enterprises.
En inglésLIFE 2026: climate adaptation grants
EU grants covering up to 60% of projects that demonstrate and implement practical climate-adaptation solutions.
En inglésGrants to scale ecosystem-based adaptation
Grants of up to USD 250,000 for organisations scaling ecosystem-based adaptation, with priority for work in ODA-eligible small island developing states and least developed countries.
En inglésBEG municipal grant (464)
Grants for German municipalities and municipal associations completing whole-building energy renovations or buying freshly renovated efficient buildings.
En inglésHeating grant for private owners – residential buildings
A 30–80% grant for private owners replacing heating or connecting an existing German home to a building or district heat network.
En inglésHeating grant for municipalities – residential and non-residential buildings
A 30% grant for German municipalities installing efficient heating or connecting existing public buildings to a building or district heat network.
En inglésUmweltinnovationsprogramm (230)
Investment grants or interest-subsidised loans for companies and public bodies delivering first large-scale demonstrations of environmental technologies in Germany.
En inglésBusiness Fellowship
A full-time paid fellowship for experienced climate-business professionals to help early-stage climate-technology teams reach market, with an industry-competitive living stipend.
En inglésExplorer Grants
Grants for scientists and researchers worldwide to test high-risk, early-stage climate technologies while remaining in their current university, laboratory or research role.
En inglésHeating grant for businesses – residential buildings (459)
A grant covering 30% of eligible costs for businesses and other organisations installing efficient heating or connecting existing residential buildings in Germany to a heat network.
En inglésHeating grant for non-residential buildings (522)
A grant currently covering 30% of eligible heating-upgrade costs for businesses and other investors in existing non-residential buildings in Germany.
En inglésClimate-friendly municipal new-build grant (498/499)
Grants covering 10% of capped eligible costs for German municipalities building or buying new homes and other buildings that meet energy and lifecycle-emissions standards.
En inglésMunicipal nature-based climate protection grant (444)
Grants for German municipalities and eligible public-law bodies to create greener spaces, plant trees and restore paved-over soils.
En inglés