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Horizon Europe Cluster 5 — Climate, Energy and Mobility

Major Energy Savings for Long-Distance Ships

Funds disruptive onboard technologies that cut long-distance ship energy use by at least 25% and work across routes and vessel types.

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Long-distance shipping must reduce energy demand as well as change fuels. This topic seeks disruptive onboard technologies and concepts whose savings are large enough to matter across international operations and can be measured against a consistent baseline.

Projects must develop technologies or operating concepts that demonstrate at least 25% energy savings against 2008 levels. They should crea

Projects must develop technologies or operating concepts that demonstrate at least 25% energy savings against 2008 levels. They should create an assessment method aligned with IMO and FuelEU Maritime rules, test scalability across ship types and routes, and analyse economics, climate and environmental effects, safety, operations and workforce skills.

CycleiHow often this grant runs — e.g. annually, on a rolling basis, or a one-off call.One-off
Next deadlineiThe next date applications are due. Rolling means you can apply any time.
Decision timeiTypical time from the deadline to the funder's decision.22 weeks
Project durationiHow long the funded work is expected to run.
Award typeiThe form of funding — grant, equity, loan, tax credit, etc.Grant
Match fundingiThe share of project costs you must cover yourself. 0% = fully funded.0%
Funding pooliThe total budget available across all awards in this round.€15M

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Last verified: 25 Aug 2026Funder reference: HORIZON-CL5-2026-06-TWO-STAGE-D5-10Source: ec.europa.eu