Mission Innovation 2.0 — R&D
Administers Mission Innovation 2.0 energy calls to fund interdisciplinary teams advancing cleaner energy technologies in pilot settings.
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Mission Innovation 2.0 is a EUR 200 million Italian clean-energy R&D program launched by MASE in spring 2025 as part of the international Green Powered Future and Clean Hydrogen missions. MASE issued five simultaneous competitive calls, each targeting a distinct energy-transition technology area: Non-Programmable Renewable Sources (EUR 60 million, deadline 13 June 2025), Energy Flexibility and Storage (EUR 62 million, deadline 19 June 2025), Data and Network Digitalization (EUR 60 million, deadline 20 June 2025), Electrolyzers and Networks (EUR 6 million, deadline 12 June 2025), and Biohydrogen and Biofuels (EUR 12 million, deadline 12 June 2025). All five calls closed by June 2025.
Project costs must fall between EUR 500,000 and EUR 20 million, with the precise range depending on the specific technology area. The program requires a consortium structure: a company must serve as project lead, with at least one industrial partner and one university or research institution joining as co-partners. Nonprofit organisations, universities, and research institutions may participate as consortium partners but may not act as project lead. Individual applications are not accepted. Eligible entities must be registered and conducting operations in Italy.
Applicants selecting the right thematic call must build a technically credible consortium that combines industrial leadership with research depth, as evaluation criteria weight both scientific merit and commercialisation pathway. The EUR 62 million Energy Flexibility and Storage call represented the largest single budget envelope, making it the most competitive but also the best-resourced track. The EUR 6 million Electrolyzers and Networks call offered the smallest pool, likely meaning fewer competing consortia for applicants with the right electrolyzer or hydrogen-network credentials.
R&D projects across five Italian clean-energy areas: non-programmable renewables, energy flexibility and storage, data and network digitalization, electrolyzers and networks, and biohydrogen and biofuels.
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