Energy Tech grants in the Netherlands

Backs youth-led renewable energy and climate ventures with a four-month acceleration programme.

Pays $20,000 to pilot a real-time sensor system that detects unsafe scaffolding changes at a refinery.

Closed

Funds student-led startup teams competing for investment, non-dilutive cash, and in-kind prizes at Rice University.

Pays up to $575,000 across three phases for a rapid seal that stops dam conduit failures.

Closed

Runs a 10-week, no-cost, non-dilutive accelerator for early-stage security, resiliency, and dual-use founders, from Pre-Seed through Series A+, culminating in enterprise pilots and investor-ready pitches.

Awards early-stage climate tech and energy start-ups an equity-free cash prize, a fully-covered trip to Berlin, and investor exposure at the SET Tech Festival.

Awards $250,000 in non-dilutive funding to a bold, high-potential climate solution.

Closed

Funds quantum application teams bridging fundamental discovery to practical deployment-ready technologies.

Closed

Supports water-solvers advancing desalination systems and infrastructure for severe scarcity conditions.

Discontinued

Invests in Scandinavian deep-tech and energy ventures with long-horizon backing from Equinor-linked venture operations.

Discontinued

Offers United Arab Emirates investors and strategic startups with growth capital and partnership options across technology and energy.

Pays existing ERC grant holders a EUR 150,000 lump sum to explore the commercial or social innovation potential of their ERC-funded research.

Open

Funds five €1M projects that help universities and research organisations turn academic inventions into licences, spin-offs and industry deals.

Open

Pays international research consortiums roughly €3-3.75 million to build cross-regional creative-industry and cultural-diplomacy partnerships between Europe and world regions such as Africa, Asia and Latin America.

Open

Pays research consortiums roughly €3.5-4 million to develop policy solutions for the sustainable, science-informed governance of shared global resources like the climate, biodiversity and outer space.

Open

Pays research consortiums roughly €3.5-4 million to study how EU and Associated Country governments are reinventing internal operations and preparing their civil services for the future.

Open

Pays research consortiums roughly €3-3.3 million to study what draws and keeps non-EU students, researchers and high-skilled workers in Europe.

Open

Pays research consortiums roughly €5-5.75 million to document, map and help safeguard Europe's regional, minority and endangered languages.

Open

Pays research consortiums roughly €3-4 million to produce EU-specific evidence on the cost of child poverty and how to close gaps in disadvantaged children's access to early childhood education.

Open

Pays research consortiums roughly €3.5-4 million to study, and recommend policy responses to, gender-based violence against politically active women and LGBTIQ people.

Open

Pays social finance intermediaries in the EU and ESF+ Associated Countries to cover due-diligence, legal and business-development costs on risk-capital investments under €1 million into social enterprises.

Open

Funds a Europe-wide support service that helps Widening-country research institutions build stronger management teams, systems and training.

Open

Funds one €7M action for research centres in widening regions to share expertise, build capacity and create lasting regional and European impact.

Open

Pays public authorities, social partners, universities and research bodies to improve cross-border cooperation and information on posted workers' rights.