Skipso Monthly Digest: Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives

Skipso Monthly Digest
Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives
September 18th – October 18th 2010
enabling sustainable innovation www.skipso.com

This Week on Skipso
• 12 new Cleantech Grants, Awards and Incentives added to Skipso’s

funding database
• Focus this week: Vestas Wind Competition, EU FP7 Programme and

other EU Research Grants, Danish and Scandinavian Grants and
Funding Programmes, UK Carbon Trust Wind Competition, US
Market Access Competition, Scottish Marine Wave Prize
•
• 12 grants and awards approaching application deadline
• 3 Open Innovation Challenge live on Skipso
• The Skipso funding section this week has reached 770 Cleantech grants,
awards, incentives, all are accessible for free on
http://www.skipso.com/grants/grid.html
SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: SEPTEMBER 18th - OCTOBER 18th enabling sustainable innovation www.skipso.com
Vestas Wind Competition
Vestas Winnovation Challenge 2011
• Grant Type: Prize Award

• Amount: Airline tickets for a trip around the world
• Geographic Focus: EU
• Deadline: 26th November 2010
http://www.vestas.com/en/jobs/events/winnovation-2011.aspx
• Help us take on one of the most important challenges of our time - and win a trip around the
world! Twice already, Vestas has challenged top students around the world. Now, it’s your
chance to participate in the Vestas Winnovation case competition 2011.
• In February 2011, Vestas, the world leader in wind energy solutions, is challenging Master’s
degree students within engineering to come up with ideas that could impact our clients
around the globe and the world’s wind energy market
EU FP7 Programme (1 of 2)
EU FP7 Framework Programme – Capacities

Programme
• Grant Type: Research & Development

• Amount: €3,000,000
• Deadline: 8th December 2010
ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/calls/capacities/sme/p-ct-201102_en.pdf
• A distinct programme activity under the sub-programme ”Capacities” in EU’s 7th Framework
Programme. Projects where a group of SME Associations outsource research and development
to knowledge partners (RTD suppliers) on a commercial basis in order to develop technology to
the benefit of their member SMEs. Rights to technology/products are transferred to the
participating SME Associations.
EU FP7 Programme (2 of 2)
EU FP7 Framework Programme – People

Programme

• Amount: €3,000,000
ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/calls/people/m-ct-201101_en.pdf
• Programme under the sub-programme ”People” in EU’s 7th Framework Programme which
serves to ensure knowledge and technology transfer between universities and
companies. Funds are sought in order to link researchers from universities and the corporate
world to a concrete project where the programme funds expenses for a two-way job-posting,
including salary.
EU Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research Grants
Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Technology

Initiative (FCH)

• Amount: €12,000,000 max funding
• Deadline: 13th October 2010
ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/fp7/docs/calls/capacities/sme/p-ct-201102_en.pdf
• EU Joint Technology Initiative supporting research, technological development and

demonstration (RTD) activities in fuel cell and hydrogen energy technologies in Europe.
• Its aim is to accelerate the market introduction of these technologies,
EU Energy Efficiency Grants
Intelligent Energy Europe Programme (IEE)

• Amount: €2,500,000
• Deadline: 1st October 2011
http://ec.europa.eu/cip/iee/index_en.htm
• The objective of the Intelligent Energy - Europe Programme is to contribute to secure,

sustainable and competitively priced energy for Europe, by providing for action to foster
energy efficiency and the rational use of energy resources; to promote new and
renewable energy sources and to support energy diversification; to promote energy
efficiency and the use of new and renewable energy sources in transport.
Scandinavian Countries Grants
Nordic Energy Research

• Amount: €1,500,000 max funding
• Geographic Focus: Nordic Countries
• Deadline: 31st December 2014
http://www.nordicenergy.net/index.cfm?id=3-0&path=48
• Nordic Energy Research is the funding institution for energy research under the Nordic Council
of Ministers, promoting research and innovation in new energy technologies and systems in
the Nordic region.
Danish Research Grants (1 of 2)
START Funding

• Amount: €30,000 max funding
http://www.fi.dk/stoette/opslag-stoettemuligheder/2010/ftp-opslag-efteraar-2010/call-f
or-proposals-autumn-2010-ftp
• With a view to sustaining and improving the international competitiveness of Danish research
and strengthening Danish researchers' possibilities of successfully applying for international
financing sources, the Danish Council for Independent Research, through its individual research
councils, provides funding for the preparation of international research applications
EUDP

• Amount: €1,500,000
http://www.ens.dk/en-us/Sider/forside.aspx
• The programme supports the following types of projects: a ) projects including development
and / or demonstration of new efficient energy technologies, b) research projects which
directly prepare or support demonstration, c) development of public / private partnerships
aimed at new energy technologies d) International cooperation, e) dissemination.
Offshore Wind Accelerator Competition

• Amount: £1,100,000
http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/emerging-technologies/current-focus-areas/offshore-win
d/pages/offshore-wind-access-challenge.aspx
• The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) competition is a Carbon Trust initiative to

accelerate the research, development and deployment of technologies to meet offshore wind
energy generation targets and reduce the overall cost of generating energy from offshore win
US Market Entry Competition
Go Global: Silicon Valley Competition
• Grant Type: Start-ups

• Amount: $100,000
• Geographic Focus: Global
• Deadline: 31st October 2010
http://www.usmarketaccess.com/global.html
• Register today for your chance to win a free two-month stay at the US Market Access
Center in Silicon Valley, which includes a one-week boot camp, one-to-one mentoring,
networking events and meetings with qualified potential investors, partners and customers.
Scottish Marine Technology Prize
The Saltire Prize
• Grant Type: Prize / Award

• Amount: £10,000,000
• Geographic Focus: Scotland
• Deadline: January 2015
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/Energy/Action/leading/saltire-pri
ze
• The Saltire Prize, Scotland's £10 million challenge to accelerate the commercial development
of marine energy
• £10 million will be awarded to the team that can demonstrate in Scottish waters, a
commercially viable wave or tidal stream energy technology that achieves the greatest
volume of electrical output over the set minimum hurdle of 100GWh over a continuous 2 year
period using only the power of the sea.
Open Innovation Challenges (1 of 3)
Cleantech Innovation Predictor Challenge

• Amount: $5,000
http://www.skipso.com/innovation.html
• How to predict the future environmental impact and effectiveness of ‘Clean’

technologies?
• Win a $5,000 cash award for submitting your innovative methodology to help the seeker
organisation develop the first Cleantech Innovation Predictor.
NewNet Cleantech Start-up Challenge
• Grant Type: Start-ups

• Amount: Non-monetary
• NewNet’s Cleantech Startup Challenge is a competition reserved for the most exciting and
innovative start-ups focused on the environmental, clean technology or renewable
energy sectors.
• The winner, as selected by NewNet’s expert judging panel, will get a free stand at this year’s
Envirotech & Clean Energy Summit as well as 2 free delegate passes and extensive exposure
to a global network of over 50,000 relevant professionals via NewNet’s online news service.
GCCA Later Stage Award

• Amount: Non-monetary
• The Global Cleantech Cluster Association (GCCA) creates momentum and moves the
Cleantech market by building a global coordination and collaboration of Cleantech clusters and
their member companies.
• To find and build the next generation of global players in the Cleantech sector we are launching
the first ever “GCCA Later Stage Award” – vetting out the most promising later stage Cleantech
companies across the globe and introducing them to growth capital and management guidance.
Upcoming Application Deadlines (1 of 3)
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Skipso Monthly Digest

Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives

September 18th – October 18th 2010

enabling sustainable innovation www.skipso.com

• 12 new Cleantech Grants, Awards and Incentives added to Skipso’s

• Focus this week: Vestas Wind Competition, EU FP7 Programme and

• 3 Open Innovation Challenge live on Skipso

Vestas Winnovation Challenge 2011

• Grant Type: Prize Award

EU FP7 Framework Programme – Capacities

• Grant Type: Research & Development

EU FP7 Framework Programme – People

• Grant Type: Research & Development

Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Technology

• Grant Type: Research & Development

• EU Joint Technology Initiative supporting research, technological development and

• Its aim is to accelerate the market introduction of these technologies,

Intelligent Energy Europe Programme (IEE)

• Grant Type: Research & Development

• The objective of the Intelligent Energy - Europe Programme is to contribute to secure,

Nordic Energy Research

• Grant Type: Research & Development

• Grant Type: Research & Development

• Grant Type: Research & Development

Offshore Wind Accelerator Competition

• Grant Type: Research & Development

• The Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) competition is a Carbon Trust initiative to

Go Global: Silicon Valley Competition

• Grant Type: Start-ups

The Saltire Prize

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

Cleantech Innovation Predictor Challenge

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

• How to predict the future environmental impact and effectiveness of ‘Clean’

NewNet Cleantech Start-up Challenge

• Grant Type: Start-ups

GCCA Later Stage Award

• Grant Type: Prize / Award

Join Now for Free!

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