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Energy Tech grants in Canada

Explore Energy Tech grants for companies in Canada. This list brings together funding for renewables, storage, grids, hydrogen, nuclear and energy efficiency from Canadian innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in Canada, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Energy Tech in Canada come first.

Showing 193-216 of 393 grants

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Sustainable processing and refining of raw materials to produce battery grade Li-ion battery materials

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds demonstrations that refine primary or secondary raw materials into battery-grade lithium-ion metals and active materials in Europe.

Energy TechAdvanced Materials
€10M
European Commission logo
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Synergies and mutual learning with national and regional initiatives in Europe on Industrial decarbonisation

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays a single coordination project to link up national and regional governments working on industrial-decarbonisation funding, roadmaps and strategy.

Energy Tech
€1M
European Commission logo
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Targeting key value chain components for increasing the competitiveness of renewable energy technologies in Europe

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds research that fixes one clear competitiveness bottleneck in a renewable energy technology’s value chain, from feedstock to end use.

Energy Tech
€3M
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Towards commercialisation of Perovskite PV and development of dedicated manufacturing equipment (EUPI-PV Partnership)

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds development of manufacturing equipment and stability fixes needed to commercialise perovskite solar cells.

Energy TechAdvanced Materials+1
€8M
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Towards human-centric, sustainable and resilient energy-intensive industries

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Pays a single coordination project to map Industry 5.0 technologies — wearables, human digital twins, extended reality — for energy-intensive industry workplaces.

Advanced ManufacturingEnergy Tech
€2M
European Commission logo
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Underground Thermal Energy Storage in dense urban areas

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds demonstrators of underground thermal energy storage systems that cut the cost of heat storage in dense European cities.

Energy TechBuilt Environment
€9M
European Commission logo
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Understand and minimise the environmental impacts of offshore wind energy

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds research that measures and reduces the environmental impact of large-scale offshore wind farms on marine ecosystems.

Energy TechClimate Tech
€5M
European Commission logo
Closed

Waste-to-value devices - circular production of renewable fuels, chemicals and materials

🇪🇺European Commission · European Union

Funds research turning hard-to-recycle waste streams like plastics, flue gases and desalination brine into fuels, chemicals and materials, with EU contributions up to EUR 4 million per project.

Advanced MaterialsEnergy Tech+2
€500K – €4M
UT
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Desjardins Startup Prize — Early-Stage Prize

🇨🇦UTE · Canada

Awards University of Toronto-affiliated early-stage founders up to $15,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes.

CAD 5K – CAD 15KNov'26
UT
Open

Desjardins Startup Prize — Later-Stage Prize

🇨🇦UTE · Canada

Awards University of Toronto-affiliated later-stage founders up to $40,000 CAD for a three-minute pitch, as part of an annual competition with over $100,000 in total prizes.

CAD 10K – CAD 40KNov'26
Province of British Columbia logo
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BC Small Business Venture Capital Tax Credit

🇨🇦Province of BC · Canada

Funds private investment in British Columbia small businesses through tax-supported incentives and provincial partnership support.

CAD 300K
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada logo
Open

Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund

🇨🇦ISED · Canada

Funds loan participation for Black Canadian entrepreneurs through mission-aligned lenders to expand growth-capable businesses.

CAD 250K
Y Combinator logo
Open

Y Combinator Accelerator Program

🇺🇸YC · United States

Runs Y Combinator Accelerator for early-stage startups with a three-month batch, investment, and mentoring support.

$500K
GO
Between cycles

Canada Job Grant

🇨🇦Government of Canada · Canada

Pays Canadian employers up to about $10,000 per employee toward eligible training costs when they upskill their team.

CAD 10K
GA
Between cycles

CanExport SMEs

🇨🇦GAC · Canada

Covers up to 50% of eligible export development costs for Canadian SMEs, up to a maximum of $50,000 per project.

CAD 50K
KI
Between cycles

Dunin-Deshpande Seed Funding Prize (Mayor's Innovation Challenge)

🇨🇦Kingston · Canada

Gives Kingston post-secondary students phased seed funding and a part-time venture-building program for projects that improve city life or municipal services.

CAD 5K
ME
Between cycles

The Arena Pitch Competition

🇨🇦Metronomics · Canada

Awards Canadian student founders up to $10,000 in a national bracket-style pitch competition.

CAD 1K – CAD 10K
Canada Revenue Agency logo
Between cycles

Canada SR&ED Federal

🇨🇦CRA · Canada

Funds Canadian companies through federal innovation tax deductions for qualifying innovation experimentation costs.

CAD 1 – CAD 2.1M
Provincial governments logo
Between cycles

Provincial SR&ED top-ups (Ontario Quebec BC etc)

🇨🇦Provincial governments · Canada

Offers Canadian provinces extra incentives that top up federal measures for qualifying innovation activity.

CAD 1 – CAD 5M
IN
Closed

Ingenious+ Youth Innovation Challenge

🇨🇦Ingenious+ · Canada

Pays Canadian youth aged 14 to 18 cash awards for innovation projects that address community, national or global challenges.

CAD 1K – CAD 10K
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation logo
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Sloan Research Fellowships

🇺🇸Sloan Foundation · United States

Funds exceptional early-career North American STEM researchers through prestigious academic fellowships.

$75K
RA
Open

Global Quantum + AI Challenge 2026

Resonance Alliance · Canada

Offers $200,000 in prizes across five enterprise challenge streams for teams building quantum, AI and HPC solutions to real industrial problems.

QuantumAI+4
Sep'26
SP
Open

SpinLab Accelerator 2027

SpinLab · Germany

Awards up to €50,000 in equity-free funding and mentoring to energy, smart-city and eHealth startups.

Energy TechBuilt Environment+1
€6K – €50KOct'26
GL
Open

Go Make 2027: Advanced Carbon Materials with ExxonMobil

Greentown Labs · United States

Runs a climatetech accelerator that pairs carbon-materials startups with ExxonMobil for validation and collaboration, including a needs-based stipend to support participation.

Advanced MaterialsEnergy Tech+2
Oct'26

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