Carbon Capture grants
7 listings tracked right now
Capturing CO₂ at scale is one of the most capital-intensive sustainability sectors, and the funding mix reflects that, sovereign-backed first-of-a-kind deployment grants, multilateral debt for industrial retrofits, and corporate offtake commitments for engineered removals. Listed below are the open carbon capture grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
Carbon funding is unusually concentrated in sovereign and philanthropic money, because most of the sector has no natural commercial buyer yet. The large recurring programmes are the US Department of Energy, the EU Innovation Fund and its Carbon Removal Certification work, UK DESNZ, and foundations including the Bezos Earth Fund. Advance purchase commitments from Frontier and Microsoft behave like grants for early deployment, and are worth tracking alongside the calls proper.
This page lists open carbon capture grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 7 of them right now, sorted with the soonest deadline first. Every listing has been classified against the sustainability taxonomy rather than matched on keywords, so what appears here is carbon capture work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
4 distinct funders are publishing the carbon capture grants on this page. Who is funding matters as much as what: eligibility, reporting burden and the realistic timeline to a decision vary far more between funders than between individual calls, which is why the listing names the funder on every opportunity it opens.
SDE++: Aanvragen
Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO)
SDE++ is a Dutch government subsidy that pays companies and non-profit organisations to produce renewable energy or use other techniques that cut CO2 emissions. The call window runs from 27 October to 26 November 2026, and the funding is an operating subsidy tied to the emissions reduced.
IBaC PME
Agence de la transition écologique (ADEME)
IBaC PME co-finances research, development and innovation projects led by SMEs that decarbonise industry, such as energy efficiency, heat decarbonisation, process decarbonisation and CO2 capture and use. Projects must cost under €1.5M in total; larger projects are redirected to the DEMIBaC scheme.
DEMIBaC
Agence de la transition écologique (ADEME)
DEMIBaC is an ADEME call for innovation projects that decarbonise industry, covering energy efficiency, low-carbon heat, process decarbonisation and CO2 capture, storage and valorisation. It targets consortia of technology providers, academics and industrial users, with projects under €1.5M redirected to the IBaC scheme.
Support to the implementation of an EU policy framework for CO2 transport and storage infrastructure
European Commission (Horizon Europe)
This Horizon Europe call funds research, innovation, and coordination activities to support the implementation of EU policy frameworks for CO2 transport and storage infrastructure. It targets consortia of research institutions, industry, and policy stakeholders working on carbon capture and storage deployment, regulatory harmonization, and infrastructure development.
Acquisition of Geological Data for Low-Carbon Industries (AGIBaC)
Agence de la transition écologique (ADEME)
AGIBaC is an ADEME call that funds subsurface geological data acquisition and pilot tests of CO₂ storage in France, across four axes: CO₂ injection in depleted reservoirs, 2D/3D seismic campaigns, characterisation during boreholes, and dissolved CO₂ injection in geothermal doublets. It is aimed at project leaders developing low-carbon industries in France, and one leader may apply to several axes.
Process Systems, Reaction Engineering, and Molecular Thermodynamics
NSF
NSF program funding fundamental engineering research on chemical reaction engineering, process systems, and molecular thermodynamics to advance design and optimization of chemical reactors and production of specialized materials. Eligible applicants include universities and research institutions developing advanced optimization algorithms, molecular modeling, reactor innovations, process intensification, CO2 capture and conversion, and reactive polymer processing with sustainability outcomes.
Catalysis
NSF
NSF Catalysis program funds fundamental research and development of catalytic materials, processes, and technologies to advance fuels, chemicals, environmental remediation, biomass conversion, and greenhouse gas mitigation. The program welcomes university researchers, national labs, and industry partners working on heterogeneous catalysis with emphasis on renewable energy, carbon-cycle closure, and commercially scalable catalyst synthesis.