Innovation Fund: grants for new climate technology
Grants to demonstrate how new technology can cut climate emissions in practice.
En anglaisSubventions pour le climat
Des subventions pour réduire les émissions et s’adapter au changement climatique.
Financements (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 anglaisProject funding
Grants for organisations developing innovative, practical environmental solutions, with particular attention to small and medium-sized enterprises.
En anglaisLIFE 2026: climate adaptation grants
EU grants covering up to 60% of projects that demonstrate and implement practical climate-adaptation solutions.
En anglaisGrants 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 anglaisBEG municipal grant (464)
Grants for German municipalities and municipal associations completing whole-building energy renovations or buying freshly renovated efficient buildings.
En anglaisHeating 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 anglaisHeating 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 anglaisUmweltinnovationsprogramm (230)
Investment grants or interest-subsidised loans for companies and public bodies delivering first large-scale demonstrations of environmental technologies in Germany.
En anglaisBusiness 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 anglaisExplorer 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 anglaisHeating 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 anglaisHeating 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 anglaisClimate-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 anglaisMunicipal 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.
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