MOOI Mission-Driven Innovation
Funds mission-driven Dutch innovation missions combining multiple partners to tackle energy and climate priorities.
MOOI (Missiegedreven Onderzoek, Ontwikkeling en Innovatie) is a large-scale R&D grant programme administered by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and commissioned jointly by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (EZK) and the Ministry of Climate and Green Growth. It funds multi-year, multi-party collaborations tackling the Netherlands' seven national energy and climate transition missions: Nuclear Energy, Electricity (renewable integration), Industry, Built Environment, Carbon Removal (new in 2026), System Integration, and Biobased Circular. The maximum grant per project is €4 million; the 2026 budget for the System Integration stream alone is €21.5 million. Projects are expected to reach practical application within 10 years, or within 5 years for the Built Environment stream. The minimum consortium size is three organisations, and the programme requires multi-year cooperation agreements across all streams.
The 2026 cycle uses a two-stage process: mandatory pre-registration (17 March–16 April 2026) followed by full applications (2 June–3 September 2026). The pre-registration window is now closed; consortia that did not pre-register cannot participate in the 2026 cycle. At least one research institution must be included in every consortium alongside companies and other partners. For the new Carbon Removal stream, consortia of entrepreneurs and research institutions collaborating to develop carbon dioxide removal (CDR) techniques are the target applicant profile. For-profit companies, nonprofits, and universities are all eligible as consortium members provided the research institution requirement is met.
Given the mandatory pre-registration gate, MOOI is effectively a managed competition: only pre-registered consortia are eligible for the September 2026 deadline. Teams intending to apply in future cycles should begin identifying multi-party collaborations and research institution partners well before the next pre-registration window opens. Proposals that explicitly map to one of the seven mission streams and define a credible pathway to market deployment within the prescribed time horizon are better positioned in evaluation.
Large-scale mission-driven R&D grants for multi-party Dutch consortia addressing the seven national energy and climate transition missions, including nuclear energy, electricity, industry, built environment, carbon removal, system integration, and biobased circular.
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