New Grants Added This Week – 14th December 2025 to 21st December 2025
There were 94 new schemes added last week with a total amount available of £1,682,500.
The amounts available range from £2,000 to £1,000,000.
Money is available for the following funding purposes: Buildings and Renovation, Business Growth, Business Innovation, Energy Efficiency, Purchasing Equipment, Recruit and Develop Staff and Working Capital.
Money is available for the following business types: Academic, Large Business, Medium Business, Micro Business, Research Organisation, Small Business and Start-ups.
Top 10 Funding Opportunities:
Large-Scale Demonstration of Heavy-Duty Battery Electric Vehicles (HD BEV) Towards Long-Haul Logistics Operations (2ZERO Partnership)
The results of the projects supported under this topic are expected to contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, increased percentage of Heavy Duty Battery Electric Vehicles (HD-BEV) tested and used in operations by the logistics and transport operators involved in the demonstrations, compared to the current fleets.
R&I in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal: Decarbonisation of Energy Intensive Industries (IA) (Processes4Planet and Clean Steel Partnerships)
The results of the projects supported under this topic are expected to contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, accelerating the use of innovative technologies to decarbonise industrial processes and bring to the market more cost-effective clean products to strengthen the competitiveness, sustainability (including biodiversity), and resilience of EU industries.
European Startup and Scaleup Hubs Pilot
The results of the project supported under this topic are expected to contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, accelerating market expansion for European deep tech startups across EU regions and beyond by fostering collaboration and mutual support among European tech startup ecosystem actors.
Energy-Efficient Software-Defined EVs (2ZERO Partnership)
The results of the project supported under this topic are expected to contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, demonstrating energy-efficient, electric Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs), with purposely developed and strategically positioned traction and chassis hardware (HW) subsystems leveraging opportunities of the software (SW) abstraction layers as the cornerstone of SDV, and overall scalable.
Affordable and Sustainable Primary Equipment for Future-Ready Multi-Terminal HVDC Systems
The results of the projects supported under this topic are expected to contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, the expansion of High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) infrastructure across Europe being facilitated and supporting the EU’s energy transition through more performant, sustainable and affordable HVDC equipment that ensure higher grid reliability and stability.
Shipyards of the Future (ZEWT Partnership)
The results of the projects supported under this topic are expected to contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, a strengthened European value chain cooperation and integration between equipment manufacturers and large, medium, and small-scale shipyards resulting in enhanced European competitiveness.
Ports of the Future (ZEWT Partnership)
The results of the projects supported under this topic are expected to contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, ensured applicability and replicability of sustainable and digital strategies at port level for middle and small-size maritime ports and inland ports across all the EU, balancing geography and size.
Industrial Scale up and Circularity Pathway for IPV Technologies (EUPI-PV Partnership)
The results of the projects supported under this topic are expected to contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, increasing the potential for commercialisation of IPV technologies creating a competitive technological know-how for the European PV industrial base.
Grid-Forming Capabilities for More Resilient and RES-Based Electricity Grids
The results of the projects supported under this topic are expected to contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, improved preparedness of the electricity grids to support the EU’s binding target for 2030 of minimum 42.5% renewables in gross final energy consumption, with the aspiration to reach 45% by 2030 and full decarbonisation by 2050.
Development of Safe and Sustainable Alternatives to Substances of Concern (IA)
The results of the projects supported under this topic are expected to contribute to outcomes including, but not limited to, making safer and more sustainable alternatives to substances of concern available to the industries offering products with targeted performances and supporting their competitiveness.