EU Funding for Energy & Climate
Energy and climate research and innovation are central to Europe’s transition towards climate neutrality, energy security, and sustainable economic growth. European funding programmes support the development and deployment of clean technologies, renewable energy systems, climate adaptation solutions, and sustainable industrial transformation.
Key funding opportunities include:
- European Research Council (ERC): Frontier research funding for ambitious projects in climate science, energy systems, environmental science, and sustainability technologies.
- Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA): Doctoral training, postdoctoral fellowships, and international researcher mobility in energy, climate, and environmental research.
- Horizon Europe – Cluster 5 Climate, Energy and Mobility: Collaborative projects addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation, renewable energy, energy systems, transport decarbonisation, and sustainable mobility.
- European Innovation Council (EIC): Supports breakthrough clean technologies, climate tech, energy storage, hydrogen, and net-zero innovations.
- EU Missions – Climate Adaptation: Supports large-scale actions to build resilience to climate impacts and extreme weather events.
- EU Missions – Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities: Supports urban transformation towards climate neutrality and sustainable city systems.
- Innovation Fund: Funds large-scale demonstration projects for low-carbon technologies, renewable energy, and industrial decarbonisation.
- LIFE Programme: Supports environmental protection, climate action, biodiversity, and circular economy projects.
- Connecting Europe Facility (CEF Energy): Supports cross-border energy infrastructure and European energy system integration.
- InvestEU Programme: Provides financing for sustainable infrastructure, clean energy investments, and green innovation scale-up.
At EFMC, we support universities, research institutes, companies, public authorities, and consortia in developing competitive proposals across the full spectrum of energy and climate funding programmes, from early-stage research to large-scale deployment and investment readiness.