Energy Tech grants in the Netherlands

Between cycles

Funds teams of two to four principal investigators carrying out joint frontier research in any scientific field through ERC Synergy Grants.

Awards INR 25 lakh each to 10 women-led AI teams tackling real-world public challenges.

Between cycles

Supports climate founders with catalytic funding and mentoring to advance early technology ideas into deployment-ready ventures.

Awards a free exhibition pod, travel and mentorship to deep-tech scale-ups that place in this annual competition at GITEX North Star in Dubai.

Lets early-stage deep tech founders worldwide pitch investors live for partner prizes in Riga.

Between cycles

Supports allocation of exascale compute resources for scientific codes and high-impact computing studies.

Between cycles

Runs research teams and institutions for INCITE Allocation in artificial intelligence, quantum systems, and energy systems.

Awards $50,000 each to ten climate-solution organizations across five prize categories.

Between cycles

Pays student teams up to $20,000 each from a $620,000 pool to solve marine energy challenges.

Between cycles

Runs a startup pitch prize for student teams with climate and energy ideas worldwide.

Pays category-winning climate and energy startups €10,000, equity free.

Grants and mentors early-stage clean energy start-ups worldwide toward net zero.

Between cycles

Backs first-of-a-kind clean energy projects in hydrogen, storage, aviation fuel, and direct air capture.

Between cycles

Offers Creative Destruction Lab cohorts with mentorship, customer discovery, and venture readiness to help startups scale.

Pays student teams up to €6,000 to design a locally-buildable clean energy solution that solves a real community's energy access, efficiency or reliability problem.

Pays $10,000 to $15,000 for promising non-patented clean-tech startup ideas in energy transition and the circular economy, with a chance to join A2A's venture-building program.

Pays $20,000 to $30,000 for patentable clean-tech products or processes in energy transition and the circular economy, in exchange for the exclusive right once filed.

Pays $30,000 to $50,000 for already-patented clean-tech products or technologies in energy transition and the circular economy, in exchange for the IP.

Gives selected applied-AI startups a live pitch slot at XTC's AI:360 Summit plus investor and partner introductions.

Pays up to $20,000 for a pilot to automate lab-sample transport in a YPF refinery.

Closed

Connects climate innovators to partner programs delivering climate, AI, energy, and built-environment acceleration.

Closed

Supports early-stage climate ventures through global competition, coaching, and investment readiness across all sectors.

Closed

Pays a 100,000-euro equity-free grand prize to early-stage deep tech startups globally.

Runs a nine-month, government-backed accelerator that helps foreign-founded startups enter and scale in Korea, with prize money for the top 20 teams and further commercialisation grants for the top 8.