Maritime Masterplan 2026
Funds Dutch-led ship consortia developing hydrogen, methanol, ammonia or carbon-capture propulsion.
Funding rates scale with the type of work and company size: research organisations can have up to 100% of non-economic research or experimental development covered, a company's own industrial research is covered up to 50% and experimental development up to 25%, with a further 10-point uplift for medium-sized companies, 20 points for small ones, and up to 15 more points for consortia meeting specif…
This is for consortia of at least two unconnected companies — SMEs, larger firms, and research or knowledge institutions — developing or retrofitting a ship around a hydrogen, methanol, ammonia, bio-ethanol or LNG/methanol-linked carbon-capture energy line. The lead applicant must be a Dutch-based individual or legal entity.
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