Grants on Green Deal Innovations for Economic Recovery

Deadline: 6-Oct-21

The European Commission (EC) is offering grants on Green Deal Innovations for Economic Recovery.

This call will complement and be coordinated with activities supported by other relevant pan-European public-private and public-public partnerships for circular bio-based solutions, green hydrogen, batteries or low-carbon industries. In particular it will focus on disruptive and breakthrough innovations by SMEs (including midcaps) and start-ups. This will also contribute to the implementation of various EU-wide initiatives, including the New Industrial Strategy for Europe regarding the decarbonisation and modernisation of energy intensive industries, the Renovation Wave for more energy efficient buildings, the Biodiversity Strategy, the Farm to Fork Strategy or the new Circular Economy Action Plan.

Goals

If your project supports the Green Deal implementation by significantly contributing to at least one of the following sustainability goals:

Increasing the EU’s climate mitigation and/or adaptation ambition;
Supplying clean, affordable and secure energy;
Transitioning of industry to a clean and/or circular economy (including waste prevention and/or recycling);
Building and renovating in an energy and resource efficient way;
Accelerating the shift to sustainable and smart mobility;
Transition to a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system;
Preserving and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity (including nature based solutions that provide co-benefits for climate adaptation and mitigation);
Realising a zero pollution ambition and a toxic-free environment.

Areas

Within the Green Deal goals, specific priority is given to projects relating to key innovations for the green economic transition as identified in the Recovery Plan for Europe. In that particular regard, at least 50% of the companies selected for the interview phase must have submitted proposals relating to one the following areas:

Renewable energy, including renewable Hydrogen and energy storage
Deep Renovation of buildings
Low carbon industries
Batteries and other energy storage systems

Funding Information

The Indicative Budget: EUR 495.10 million.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for funding, applicants must be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:

the Member States of the European Union, including their outermost regions;
the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) linked to the Member States;
eligible non-EU countries:
- countries associated to Horizon Europe;
- low- and middle-income countries.

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