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A European Climate Foundation's Core Investment Programme Grant

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An organisation based in France

Summary

A European climate foundation invests €500k–€5M in early-stage deep-tech climate innovations across energy, materials, and industrial sectors with potential to significantly reduce global CO₂ emissions. The programme detects, de-risks, and deploys up to 100 radical solutions capable of major climate impact.

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About this grant

This programme provides grants of €500,000 to €5,000,000 to support early-stage deep-tech climate innovations with potential to significantly reduce global CO₂ emissions. It focuses on radical solutions in energy, materials, and industrial decarbonisation sectors, targeting technologies at the idea, research and development, prototype, pilot, pre-seed or seed stage. Startups, small and medium-sized enterprises, research institutions and universities are eligible to apply. The programme operates globally and seeks transformative approaches to climate mitigation rather than incremental improvements. Up to 100 innovations will be supported through detection, de-risking and deployment phases.

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Frequently asked questions

How much funding does this grant offer?
A European Climate Foundation's Core Investment Programme offers up to $5.5M.
Who can apply for A European Climate Foundation's Core Investment Programme?
Eligibility covers organisations in GLOBAL; startup, sme, research-institution, university. The full eligibility conditions are part of the Pro detail.