Low-Carbon Materials funding
Live grants, contracts, and funders working on low-carbon materials in 2026.
Funding for low-carbon cement, steel, chemicals and novel building materials. The large pots are the EU Innovation Fund, the US DOE Industrial Demonstrations Program and UK IETF, plus corporate offtake from construction and manufacturing buyers.
Raise Lens tracks 34 open low-carbon materials opportunities across grants, government contracts, and corporate offtake programmes, refreshed daily. The list below shows the next deadlines, the most active funders, and when low-carbon materials cheques are landing this quarter.
Live opportunities
- Contract
FE 05.0217/2026/FGB - Alternative Binders for Soil Treatment in Road Earthworks
Deadline 19 Nov 2026Bundesanstalt für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen• $277KThe Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt) seeks research services to test alternative low-CO2 binders, such as clinker-reduced cements, ash and special additives, for soil treatment in road earthworks, and to develop test procedures for non-standardised binders. It suits research institutes, testing laboratories, and specialist consultancies in road materials and soil stabilisation.
- Grant
Growth Cohorts: next-gen low carbon concrete cohort entry round 2
Deadline 2 Dec 2026Innovate UK• Total fund £11,500,000This is a cohort-based innovation programme for UK businesses developing low-carbon concrete solutions. Participants receive funding and sector-specific support to advance decarbonisation technologies and commercialisation plans.
- Grant
Eco-design Study
Deadline 31 Dec 2026Agence de la transition écologique (ADEME)• Jusqu'à 80% du coût de l'étude, dans un maximum de 100 000 €ADEME funds up to 80% of the cost of an eco-design study that helps companies assess and reduce the life-cycle environmental impacts of their products, processes or services. It is aimed at French organisations looking to design lower-impact offers before launching or redesigning them.
- Grant
NOI: PROSPECT Program: Providing Opportunities for Specialized Education in Critical Technologies
Deadline 15 Jan 2027DOE-GFO• See listingThe PROSPECT Program funds educational pathways and workforce development across the critical minerals and materials value chain, from extraction through recycling and supply chain activities. It targets academia, industry, national laboratories, and partners to build a skilled talent pipeline supporting U.S. domestic supply chain competitiveness and energy security.
- Accelerator
Hemp-Based Materials Accelerator
- Accelerator
An Advanced-Materials Accelerator Programme
Active funders
Innovate UK
OpenDOW
Carbon Equity
Deadline calendar
Low-Carbon Materials grants closing in the next 90 days, grouped by urgency. Each card opens the grants listed in that window.
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