Deadline: 14 November 2018
Applications are open for Energy Catalyst Round 6: Transforming Energy Access to support highly innovative, market-focused energy solutions in any technology or sector or international market.
The Department for International Development (DFID) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) will invest up to £10 million in innovation projects. These must encourage technology that will help countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia access secure, low cost and low carbon energy.
Elements
Proposals must also address all 3 elements of the energy ‘trilemma’:
- cost
- emissions
- security of supply and energy access
Specific Themes
Applicant’s project could focus on, for example:
- demonstrating that a technology works in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia
- making new solutions more affordable
- integrating technologies in new systems or business models to help unlock finance and deployment
- developing technologies or business models that address other barriers to deployment, such as skills required to develop or maintain technologies
- unlocking underserved market segments that existing solutions are not reaching at scale, such as rural areas, frontier markets or specific energy end-users
- bioenergy
Funding Information
- Early stage projects can have total costs of £50,000 to £300,000 and last 6 to 12 months.
- Mid stage: £50,000 to £1.5 million, 12 to 24 months.
- Late stage: £50,000 to £3 million, 12 to 30 months. Projects must start by 1 April 2019 and end by 30 Sept 2021.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for funding for any strand applicant must:
- be a business, academic organisation, charity, public sector organisation or research and technology organisation (RTO)
- apply as part of a collaboration with a UK organisation if applicant are based in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia
- intend to exploit the results to help deliver clean energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia
- involve at least one micro, small or medium-sized enterprise (SME)
- They will fund organisations from anywhere in the world.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
For more information, please visit Transforming Energy Access.