Innovation Fund: grants for new climate technology
Grants to demonstrate how new technology can cut climate emissions in practice.
Em inglêsSubsídios para reduzir emissões e adaptar-se às alterações climáticas.
Grants to demonstrate how new technology can cut climate emissions in practice.
Em inglêsGrants covering up to 90% of the preparation costs for large EU investment programmes in energy efficiency, building-integrated renewables or sustainable urban transport.
Em inglêsGrants for organisations developing innovative, practical environmental solutions, with particular attention to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Em inglêsEU grants covering up to 60% of projects that demonstrate and implement practical climate-adaptation solutions.
Em inglêsGrants 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.
Em inglêsGrants for German municipalities and municipal associations completing whole-building energy renovations or buying freshly renovated efficient buildings.
Em inglêsA 30–80% grant for private owners replacing heating or connecting an existing German home to a building or district heat network.
Em inglêsA 30% grant for German municipalities installing efficient heating or connecting existing public buildings to a building or district heat network.
Em inglêsInvestment grants or interest-subsidised loans for companies and public bodies delivering first large-scale demonstrations of environmental technologies in Germany.
Em inglêsA full-time paid fellowship for experienced climate-business professionals to help early-stage climate-technology teams reach market, with an industry-competitive living stipend.
Em inglêsGrants for scientists and researchers worldwide to test high-risk, early-stage climate technologies while remaining in their current university, laboratory or research role.
Em inglêsA 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.
Em inglêsA grant currently covering 30% of eligible heating-upgrade costs for businesses and other investors in existing non-residential buildings in Germany.
Em inglêsGrants covering 10% of capped eligible costs for German municipalities building or buying new homes and other buildings that meet energy and lifecycle-emissions standards.
Em inglêsGrants for German municipalities and eligible public-law bodies to create greener spaces, plant trees and restore paved-over soils.
Em inglêsUp to €2.5 million for startups raising early investment to develop and grow urban mobility solutions, including cleaner transport, smart charging and lower-emission logistics.
Em inglêsGrants and investment for companies taking breakthrough technologies from validated prototypes towards commercial deployment and growth, including clean energy and climate adaptation.
Em inglêsGrants to establish integrated renovation services for private homes, professional landlords or commercial buildings. The documented 2026 round is closed.
Em inglêsGrants to develop and test financing schemes that attract private investment into energy efficiency, potentially alongside renewables and storage. The 2026 round is closed.
Em inglêsGrants for cross-country projects that strengthen energy-community federations or use peer learning to implement new community energy services. The 2026 round is closed.
Em inglêsGrants covering up to 60% of eligible costs for operational projects that cut greenhouse-gas emissions or increase carbon removals in LIFE participating countries.
Em inglêsGrants covering up to 60% of eligible costs for practical climate-governance, policy implementation and behaviour-change projects in LIFE participating countries.
Em inglêsGrants covering up to 95% of technical-assistance costs to prepare and launch substantial energy-efficiency or renewable-energy investments in LIFE participating countries.
Em inglêsGrants covering 95% of eligible costs for international projects that connect industry with clean-energy suppliers or organise energy cooperation among nearby businesses.
Em inglêsA €60,000 grant for SMEs to test new or substantially improved urban-mobility solutions with a committed end-client. Mandatory commercial fees apply; the 2026 round is closed.
Em inglêsGrants covering 95% of eligible costs for international projects helping municipalities and regions deliver integrated local heating and cooling plans.
Em inglêsA €45,000 lump-sum grant and mandatory training to develop a new business plan for an energy community in 31 eligible European countries. The 2026 call is closed.
Em inglês€60,000 grants for single SMEs to develop and demonstrate a solution to a participating city’s mobility challenge. A mandatory commercial agreement applies; the 2026 round is closed.
Em inglêsCompetitive grants paying a fixed premium per kilogram of certified hydrogen produced in the EU/EEA. IF25 is closed; a further auction is planned for December 2026.
Em inglêsCompetitive grants paid against verified low-carbon industrial heat production in the EU and EEA. Applicants finance delivery before payments begin; the 2025 auction is closed.
Em inglêsFunding to test and expand climate-adaptation solutions that can improve the lives of millions of people living in poverty in developing countries. Applications are currently closed.
Em inglêsGrants of up to US$5 million to scale or spread innovative climate-adaptation solutions in eligible developing countries, submitted through accredited implementing entities.
Em inglêsA grant for owners, tenants and owners’ associations to get expert advice and a renovation plan for an older residential building in Germany.
Em inglêsA grant for businesses, municipalities and nonprofit organisations towards professional advice on energy-saving improvements to non-residential buildings and operations, including preparation for contracts that guarantee energy savings.
Em inglêsGrants for owners and other eligible investors improving insulation, building systems, existing heating or small shared heat networks in Germany.
Em inglêsGrants help network developers and owners plan, build and decarbonise heat networks in Germany, with additional operating support for eligible solar heat and electric heat pumps.
Em inglêsGrants for businesses, municipalities and institutions installing efficient refrigeration and air-conditioning systems with halogen-free refrigerants in Germany.
Em inglêsGrants for municipalities and eligible local institutions in Germany to plan climate action, employ climate staff and invest in lighting, cycling, waste and water infrastructure.
Em inglêsA two-year grant for young companies developing innovative, environmentally beneficial business models, mainly covering founder living costs.
Em inglêsPrivate individuals living in Germany can receive €1,500–€6,000 towards buying or leasing a qualifying new electric car, with the amount depending on vehicle type, household income and children.
Em inglêsGrants for public and private organisations implementing circular-economy and pollution-reduction projects, including water resilience and more energy-efficient wastewater treatment.
Em inglêsGrants for organisations restoring habitats and protecting wild species, including carbon-rich ecosystems and flood and drought resilience; the 2026 round is closed.
Em inglêsGrants for partnerships implementing large climate adaptation and emissions-reduction plans alongside other funding.
Em inglêsGrants for partnerships involving the responsible public authorities to put large-scale environmental plans into practice, including flood and drought resilience.
Em inglêsGrants for organisations working together across countries to reduce household energy poverty through public-policy coordination or support for apartment-building renovation.
Em inglêsGrants for cross-border partnerships testing scalable building renovation models and practical energy assessment tools.
Em inglêsGrants for organisations bringing national partners together to plan workforce skills for energy-efficient buildings and attract people to energy-efficiency professions.
Em inglêsGrants for public and private organisations working together to help EU countries implement energy-efficiency and building-performance rules.
Em inglêsGrants for international partnerships to remove regulatory and financing barriers to heat pumps and solar thermal in existing buildings.
Em inglêsGrants for consortia helping electricity distribution network operators build staff skills and digitalisation roadmaps for integrating clean energy.
Em inglêsA grant for a consortium to help European cities turn proven clean-energy solutions into implementation plans, with training and local-authority roadmap grants.
Em inglêsGrants for organisations improving environmental decision-making, compliance and public awareness, including proactive drought management.
Em inglêsDirect grants help businesses in Germany replace inefficient equipment, use renewable process heat and cut energy use or material waste.
Em inglêsGrants supported whole-building energy renovations in North Rhine-Westphalia for municipalities, municipal organisations and eligible charitable bodies; funding is now exhausted.
Em inglêsGrants for commercial small and medium-sized businesses in Hessen to introduce resource-saving production methods and business processes that cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Em inglêsGrants help companies and municipalities investigate geothermal heat in North Rhine-Westphalia, with conditionally repayable risk support for companies drilling their first productive borehole.
Em inglêsGrants for charging infrastructure, electric-mobility plans and specified electric vehicles for residential applicants, businesses and municipalities with projects in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Em inglêsAdditional grants for Baden-Württemberg municipalities renovating existing public buildings, alongside approved federal building-efficiency or public-school renovation funding.
Em inglêsGrants for renewable energy, climate-related training and advice, and eligible building projects in North Rhine-Westphalia, with separate rules for each activity and applicant group.
Em inglêsGrants for companies, researchers and public or nonprofit bodies developing energy technologies and industrial processes that reduce emissions, mainly in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Em inglêsGrants for companies building, expanding or modernising public-supply heat and cooling networks in North Rhine-Westphalia, including connected equipment and studies.
Em inglêsUp to €50,000 for manufacturing SMEs in the EU to buy external services for greener production, including energy efficiency and renewable-energy integration, alongside free technical advice.
Em inglêsGrants of up to €60,000 per small or medium-sized business to develop technologies close to market for floating offshore wind.
Em inglêsGrants of up to €50,000 help small businesses develop open-source farm decision tools, including cereal adaptation and drought-resilience applications.
Em inglêsA grant covering 95% of initial energy advice costs for owners and authorized managers of rental apartment buildings in Berlin.
Em inglêsGrants help private property owners in Bremen and Bremerhaven add green roofs or façades, remove sealed paving, and install rainwater or greywater systems.
Em inglêsGrants for local residents, property owners and organizations to improve buildings and gardens or buy an electric cargo bicycle in Cloppenburg.
Em inglêsResidents and nonprofit organizations in Siegen can get help buying a qualifying cargo bike, including an electric cargo bike.
Em inglêsA grant for individuals and organisations arranging a joint noise study for air-source heat pumps serving at least two existing buildings in Würzburg.
Em inglêsGrants for Eislingen residents buying and installing new plug-in solar panels at an occupied home.
Em inglêsA €150 grant helps adult residents of Kassel buy a new plug-in solar system for their home.
Em inglêsUp to €250 for residents buying a new plug-in solar system for their own home or rented dwelling in Bad Kreuznach.
Em inglêsGrants for solar panels with battery storage at residential buildings in Neuburg an der Donau, for local residents, associations and foundations.
Em inglêsA €100 grant for Neuwied residents installing a new plug-in solar system at their own home or rented dwelling.
Em inglêsGrants help Holzgerlingen residents buy their first plug-in solar electricity system or solar thermal system for private use.
Em inglêsA one-off grant of €100 per solar module, up to €200, for eligible owners and tenants with their main residence in Amstetten.
Em inglêsGrants for household solar panels, fossil-heating replacement and rainwater storage at residential properties in Filderstadt.
Em inglêsA grant for a new plug-in solar system for tenants and residents of owned flats in Cremlingen.
Em inglêsGrants for fixed solar electricity systems and battery storage on homes and association buildings in Walldorf.
Em inglêsGrants help Berlin property owners and roof users add solar-electricity storage, suitable metering and special photovoltaic installations, with planning support for larger buildings.
Em inglêsGrants for individuals, businesses, associations and cooperatives to remove sealed surfaces and permanently plant the ground in Emsdetten.
Em inglêsGrants help residents improve their self-occupied homes in Bad Kreuznach with rainwater collection, greening, trees and removal of sealed surfaces.
Em inglêsGrants help Bavarian municipal bodies reduce heat impacts through shade, green roofs, climate parks, cooling fountains and rainwater systems.
Em inglêsGrants help cities and municipalities in Region Hannover remove paving, add shade and greenery, and retain rainwater to reduce climate impacts.
Em inglêsGrants for Baden-Württemberg municipalities to hire help preparing measures from existing climate adaptation plans or commission detailed local climate analyses.
Em inglêsA grant for property owners and holders of hereditary building rights to create green roofs and façades on private properties in Billerbeck.
Em inglêsGrants for Memmingen residents who own or rent homes to remove sealed surfaces, green roofs or facades, or collect rainwater.
Em inglêsGrants help property owners, tenants, associations, businesses and religious communities add green roofs and facades, remove sealed surfaces and manage water in Dreieich.
Em inglêsA €100 grant for a new plug-in solar system for households with their main residence in Westerkappeln.
Em inglêsA grant for Munich residents buying and installing a new balcony solar device, paying €0.40 per watt peak up to €320 and 50% of eligible costs.
Em inglêsGrants for adult residents installing rooftop or balcony solar panels together with a new battery in Schwandorf.
Em inglêsA grant for property owners and authorized applicants to add voluntary extensive green roofs to existing buildings in Radevormwald.
Em inglêsGrants for property owners, tenants and small businesses to green roofs and façades or replace sealed ground with planting in Markkleeberg.
Em inglêsHomeowners in Brühl (Baden) can receive 50% of construction costs, up to €770, to green a roof larger than 30 m².
Em inglêsA €50-per-square-metre grant for private property owners adding a green roof in the eligible Emscher-Lippe catchments.
Em inglêsGrants for Bissendorf residents and registered associations buying plug-in solar devices or electric cargo bikes, or creating green roofs and façades.
Em inglêsGet up to 70% of the cost of small greening projects at residential properties in the Schalke-Nord and Bismarck-West renewal area reimbursed.
Em inglêsProperty owners can receive up to €500 to remove gravel gardens or replace sealed private surfaces with natural landscaping in Hambrücken.
Em inglêsGrants help building owners, owners associations and tenants install rainwater cisterns for garden irrigation on properties in Gräfelfing.
Em inglêsProperty owners and other property-right holders in Eschborn or Niederhöchstadt can get grants for expert flood-risk advice and recommended mobile barriers.
Em inglêsProperty owners and other qualifying rights holders in Eschborn or Niederhöchstadt can get grants for rainwater advice and cisterns that collect roof runoff for garden watering.
Em inglêsGrants for property owners, occupiers and legal entities in Eppelborn to disconnect paved surfaces from the combined sewer or retain rainwater.
Em inglêsGrants of up to £2,000 for community-led climate-resilience projects by Communities for Nature partners and groups in their partner communities.
Em inglêsHomeowners in Ochtrup can receive up to €200 towards container delivery and disposal when they remove hard surfaces and permanently plant the area.
Em inglêsA grant for Barsinghausen residents installing rainwater cisterns of at least 2 m³ to water gardens at existing homes.
Em inglêsGrants cover 50% of eligible professional roof-greening costs for private and commercially used buildings in Pulheim.
Em inglêsAdult homeowners living in Lotte can receive €150 per full cubic metre for a new underground garden-watering cistern of 3–5 m³.
Em inglêsPrivate-property water customers in Herford, Hiddenhausen and Spenge can receive €50 per m³ of rainwater storage for garden irrigation, credited to their water bill.
Em inglêsLandowners in Landkreis Wesermarsch can receive 30% of eligible gross costs for a new garden rainwater system, up to €1,500 underground or €500 above ground.
Em inglêsProperty owners and owners’ associations can receive up to €2,500 to remove sealed surfaces and plant them on residential properties in Germering.
Em inglêsGrants for property owners and tenants in Ergolding to green roofs and façades, remove sealed surfaces and collect rainwater.
Em inglêsGrants for Denzlingen residents joining carsharing and for rainwater storage at homes in Denzlingen.
Em inglêsGrants help adult Minden residents buy or privately lease a new or used cargo bike, with or without electric assistance.
Em inglêsGrants for Heinsberg residents to install green roofs or planting attached to facades on buildings in the city.
Em inglêsGrants for resident homeowners and tenants to install fixed rainwater storage or infiltration systems in Werther (Westf.).
Em inglêsGrants for TWO energy customers replacing coal or oil heating with a heat pump, adding solar storage, buying efficient household appliances or obtaining energy advice.
Em inglêsA €500 net grant helps electricity customers install rooftop solar planned, supplied and installed through Stadtwerke Stein.
Em inglêsGrants of up to €100,000 help individuals and nonprofit groups run community projects that cut emissions or prepare Lübeck for climate impacts.
Em inglêsGrants help Menslage residents insulate existing buildings, with additional support for contractor labour.
Em inglêsGrants help nonprofit initiatives and associations run public climate-action events in Göttingen.
Em inglêsA €100 grant towards a new plug-in solar device installed and used on a building in Gelsenkirchen.
Em inglêsGet €300 towards your first heat-pump installation as a Stadtwerke Dinslaken customer using its DINStrom+ heat-pump green-electricity tariff.
Em inglêsA €200 grant for existing and new stm energy customers installing a heat pump in a building in the Meerbusch supply area.
Em inglêsPayments towards solar panels and battery storage bought directly through Stadtwerke Witten for buildings in Witten.
Em inglêsA €50 grant helps utility customers replace an old heating-circulation pump with a regulated class A high-efficiency pump.
Em inglêsA €70 rebate helps household electricity customers buy a new plug-in balcony solar installation.
Em inglêsElectricity customers can receive a €150 bill credit for installing a heat pump, paid across their next two annual bills.
Em inglêsElectricity customers can receive €100 towards a factory-new electric scooter in the Stadtwerke Zweibrücken supply area.
Em inglêsA €75 grant per new class A household appliance for customers who commit to electricity and gas supply from Stadtwerke Bliestal.
Em inglêsA one-off grant for private owners and tenants installing fixed solar PV on mainly residential buildings in the Elmshorn utility network area.
Em inglêsA €500 grant helps eligible utility customers install heat-recovery ventilation in existing residential buildings or buildings used for charitable purposes.
Em inglêsA €150 grant per new electric bicycle for electricity customers living or based in Schwerin.
Em inglêsA €200 grant for energy customers installing a new heat pump in a residential or non-residential building in the Willich service area.
Em inglêsElectricity customers can receive €50 or €100 towards efficient appliances, plug-in solar, electric mobility and domestic hot-water heat pumps.
Em inglêsGet a €300 grant towards a home EV wallbox bought and installed through LadeBox if you are an eligible household electricity customer in the utility’s service area.
Em inglêsA €30 purchase grant helps electricity customers on special contracts buy an energy-label class-A washing machine.
Em inglêsElectricity customers can receive €50 in bill credits over five years when replacing an old household appliance with a new model rated B or better.
Em inglêsGrants of €250 for an electric heating heat pump or €100 for a home EV charger for eligible Stadtwerke Detmold customers.
Em inglêsA grant for naturliebeStrom customers replacing old household appliances with energy-efficient models.
Em inglêsHousehold electricity customers can receive €75 for an electrician to commission and register a small solar installation of up to 800 W.
Em inglêsPrivate customers can receive grants for solar panels, batteries, electric heat pumps or home EV chargers, tied to five years of electricity supply.
Em inglêsStadtwerke Erkrath customers can receive up to €500 for electrical installation upgrades needed for a new heat pump in an existing Erkrath building.
Em inglêsGet €50 towards a new e-bike if you are an adult EVH electricity or gas customer living in Germany.
Em inglêsElectricity customers can receive €500 towards a new electric car if they keep their electricity supply for five years.
Em inglêsGrants for Hockenheim electricity customers buying a wallbox, electric cargo bike, electric moped or electric scooter for noncommercial use.
Em inglêsProperty owners in Schwerte can receive up to EUR750 for an underground rainwater cistern at an already developed residential property.
Em inglêsProperty owners can receive up to €5,000 to install their first rainwater-use system for an existing building in Geisenheim.
Em inglêsEligible water and energy customers can receive 25% of the cost of a rain barrel or rainwater cistern, up to €100 per customer per year.
Em inglêsHouseholds in Schöneck can receive grants for efficient appliances, heating improvements, a cargo e-bike or other listed energy-saving measures.
Em inglêsCustomers on EWR*STROM Natur Plus can receive €30 or €60 per new eligible energy-efficient appliance.
Em inglêsLong-standing ENTEGA green-electricity customers can receive €50 for a second eligible energy-efficient household appliance bought in the year.
Em inglêsA €100 grant per dwelling helps individual landlords, tenants and owners install new plug-in solar equipment in Waltrop.
Em inglêsGrants towards new cargo bikes and cargo trailers for residents of Schwetzingen.
Em inglêsGrants for electric cargo bikes, mopeds, charging equipment and charging plans for green-electricity customers living or working in the Mainzer Netze area.
Em inglêsA €300 grant towards a wallbox or charging pillar in Lichtenfels for private individuals and private-law legal entities with a Korb.Strom electricity contract.
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