Deadline: 1-May-25
The MCS Foundation has launched the Main Grant Programme to fund retrofit-related projects as defined as energy efficiency or renewable generation measures to a domestic building.
Objectives
- Primary
- All homes in the UK decarbonised by 2050
- Secondary
- Creation of an enabling environment (policy and regulation) that supports and accelerates the decarbonisation of UK homes (via electrification)
- Widespread adoption of place-based solutions supporting the entire retrofit system
- Tertiary
- UK to have electricity cheaper than fossil fuels by 2028
- More householders are able and willing to pay for the installation of retrofit measures
- Removal of key barriers to the electrification of heat thereby enabling net zero carbon via electrification
- All new homes are built with zero carbon systems and to MCS (or equivalent) standards by 2025
- More young people entering and staying in the low carbon supply chain
Funding Information
- The maximum grant available will be £50,000 inclusive of VAT. A total funding pot of £300,000 is available and they therefore expect to be funding around 6 grants, if the maximum amount of funding is requested.
Project Types
- Projects will need to be one or both of the following types:
- Retrofit in action: projects demonstrating or experimenting with methodologies in the real world and actively evaluating results
- Retrofit research: research projects which aim to research a particular issue and better inform retrofit work in the future
Eligibility Criteria
- They are looking to fund retrofit-related projects as defined as energy efficiency or renewable generation measures to a domestic building,
- They’re looking for projects that can help them to deliver better, more effective grant schemes.
- They’re looking for projects that can help to determine effective strategies, services or processes. These could look at the problem in terms of marketing, service design, and/or technological developments.
- Applications may be submitted by any incorporated organisation including but not limited to private/public organisations, not-for-profit and charities.
- All project findings will need to be made publicly available on completion of the grant.
- Due diligence will be carried out on all short-listed applications using the Full Circl system and those deemed high risk will not be taken forward.
- Any match-funding being used by the project must be in place prior to application unless agreed with the Foundation Grants Manager.
For more information, visit The MCS Foundation.