Low-Carbon Materials grants — page 2
209 listings tracked right now · page 2 of 5
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. Listed below are the open low-carbon materials grant calls in that landscape, taken from each funder's own notice and re-checked on every refresh.
Industrial grants are capital-heavy and correspondingly slow. The recurring large pots are the EU Innovation Fund, the US Industrial Demonstrations Program, and the UK Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, all of which expect a named site, a credible counterfactual for emissions saved, and matched investment already committed. Smaller circular-economy and waste calls come through EU LIFE, national environment agencies and local authorities, where the eligibility is broader and the cheques are far smaller.
This page lists open low-carbon materials grants currently tracked by Raise Lens — 209 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 low-carbon materials work rather than anything whose description happens to mention it.
The funders publishing low-carbon materials grants here include 50129307, 50138782, 50138041, among 2 others. 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.
Geographic coverage on this page spans EUROPE, GLOBAL, LATAM, AFRICA, ASIA. Eligibility is usually tied to where the work happens or where the applying organisation is registered, and the two are not always the same — worth checking before investing time in an application.
Novel approaches towards next-generation battery concepts, leveraging the enabling role of innovative advanced materials (BATT4EU and IAM4EU Partnerships)
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This Horizon Europe call funds research and innovation projects developing next-generation battery technologies and advanced materials to enable the energy transition and sustainable mobility. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, SMEs, large companies, and consortia across EU member states and associated countries.
International dimension of the circular bio-based economy: seeking win-win opportunities
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This Horizon Europe call funds international research and innovation projects advancing the circular bio-based economy, with emphasis on win-win partnerships between developed and developing regions. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, SMEs, large companies, and consortia working on bioeconomy governance, biomass trade, biorefining, and fair transition pathways.
Research & Innovation in Support of the Clean Industrial Deal: Decarbonisation of energy intensive industries (IA) (Processes4Planet and Clean Steel partnerships)
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This is a Horizon Europe Innovation Action call funding research and innovation to decarbonise energy-intensive industries through the Processes4Planet and Clean Steel partnerships. It supports industrial decarbonisation projects including process electrification, low-emissions steel production, and related clean industrial technologies.
Integrating circularity in LCA-based modelling frameworks for renovation of buildings
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This Horizon Europe call funds research and innovation projects integrating circular economy principles into life-cycle assessment (LCA) modelling frameworks for building renovation. It targets consortia developing tools, methods, and demonstration projects to reduce embodied carbon and material waste in the built environment.
Improving biomass flows for a sustainable and circular bioeconomy
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This Horizon Europe call funds research and innovation projects to improve biomass resource flows and develop circular bioeconomy solutions, supporting sustainable use of biological materials across value chains. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, SMEs, large companies, and consortia across EU member states and associated countries.
Increasing the circularity of bio-based sector: upcycling and recycling for higher value and environmental benefits
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This Horizon Europe call funds research and innovation projects that advance circular economy practices in the bio-based sector through upcycling and recycling technologies, targeting higher value recovery and environmental benefits. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, SMEs, large companies, and consortia across EU member states and associated countries.
Europe-wide environmental benchmarking system of the industrial bioeconomy sectors
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This grant funds the development of a Europe-wide environmental benchmarking system for industrial bioeconomy sectors, supporting monitoring, standardization, and emissions reduction across bio-based manufacturing and related industries. It targets research institutions, consortia, and industry partners working on sustainable bioeconomy practices and zero-pollution outcomes.
Replacing hazardous substances in biocidal products
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This Horizon Europe call funds research and innovation to replace hazardous substances in biocidal products with safer alternatives, supporting the development of bio-based and sustainable solutions. It targets companies, research institutions, and consortia working on chemical substitution, environmental biotechnology, and circular-economy approaches to pest control and wood preservation.
Enhancing ecodesign and circularity of consumer electronics
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This Horizon Europe call funds innovation projects to enhance the environmental design and circular economy practices of consumer electronics, including design for recycling, resource efficiency, and new business models. Eligible applicants include research institutions, companies, and consortia across EU member states and associated countries.
Enhancing ecodesign and circularity of construction products
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This Horizon Europe call funds innovation projects to enhance ecodesign and circular economy principles in construction products, supporting lifecycle assessment, sustainable design for recycling, and resource efficiency. Eligible applicants include companies, research institutions, and consortia across EU member states and associated countries.
Crafting routes to a circular economy
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This Horizon Europe call funds research and innovation projects advancing circular economy principles through design, business models, and sustainable practices across sectors including textiles, food, construction, and cultural heritage. Eligible applicants include universities, research institutions, SMEs, large companies, and nonprofits collaborating on closed-loop systems, adaptive reuse, and frugal innovation aligned with the New European Bauhaus.
Mass customisation of offsite manufactured modular construction components to transform the existing built environment
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This grant funds innovation in mass-customised, offsite-manufactured modular construction components designed to retrofit and transform existing buildings toward sustainability and social inclusion. It targets projects that integrate beauty, accessibility, and environmental responsibility into neighbourhood-scale built environment interventions.
Combining conventional and innovative construction materials, products and techniques for sustainable and beautiful buildings
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This grant funds research and innovation projects combining conventional and innovative construction materials, products, and techniques to create sustainable and beautiful buildings aligned with New European Bauhaus principles. It targets consortia developing integrated solutions for neighbourhood renovation and regeneration that balance environmental sustainability, aesthetic design, and social inclusiveness.
Industrial processes and equipment for innovative, reliable and scalable tandem technologies (Photovoltaics Partnership)
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This call funds industrial processes and equipment development for innovative, reliable, and scalable perovskite-silicon tandem photovoltaic technologies. It targets companies and consortia advancing next-generation solar manufacturing and deployment to support Europe's clean energy transition.
Ecodesign investments to improve environmental performance
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ADEME funds eco-design investment projects that reduce environmental impacts of products and services through lifecycle approaches, supporting companies moving from diagnostics to implementation of proven or innovative sustainable technologies. Eligible applicants are companies of all sizes that have completed eco-design feasibility studies and seek to deploy eco-designed products, processes, or services with aid intensity ranging from 15–60% based on project nature and company size.
Ecodesign Studies of Products and Services
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ADEME funds in-depth ecodesign studies for products and services, covering diagnostic phases and implementation phases to improve environmental and economic performance. The programme supports organisations of all sizes, with dedicated tracks for SME diagnostics, European Ecolabel certification, and ecodesign standard testing.
Investment Portfolio (Venture Capital Fund)
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The funder is a venture capital fund providing seed to Series A equity investments in AI, Fintech, Cleantech, and Proptech companies. The cleantech focus prioritizes scalable technologies with rapid commercialization potential, low capital requirements, and early market validation through pilots, revenues, or partnerships.
Data Center Innovation Initiative
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This grant funds technology startups developing next-generation energy, materials, and cooling innovations for data center infrastructure, with investments of $500K–$5M per project through 2027. Eligible technologies are tested in real data centers or demonstration sites in partnership with major cloud providers (Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft).
A European Climate Innovation Fund
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This fund deploys €500k–€5M in equity investments across 100 radical deep-tech climate innovations targeting major CO₂ reductions in energy, materials, plastics, and ocean sectors. It targets early-stage scientific breakthroughs and recruits entrepreneurs to co-manage companies alongside the scientists behind each innovation.
A Deep-Tech Venture Fund – Follow-On Vehicle
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Follow-on venture capital from the funder's $306M Fund V for portfolio companies across seed through Series B+ stages in deep-tech, biotech, hardware, climate-tech, and life-sciences. This is a continuation fund designed to support existing the funder portfolio companies through subsequent funding rounds.
A Hardtech Venture Capital Fund
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The funder invests in physical technology companies combining hardware with AI/software across healthcare, sustainability, and automation sectors, targeting companies at or near commercialization with particular interest in early-stage ventures in undercapitalized regions like the Midwest. The fund backs medical devices, energy systems, advanced materials, robotics, semiconductors, and related hardtech innovations.
A Major Foundation's Evergreen Fund – Circular Economy
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The funder's Evergreen Fund invests in technology-driven circular economy solutions that convert linear systems into circular ones, including material innovation, advanced recycling, and industrial optimization. The fund targets early-stage companies (Seed to Series A) globally, with geographic emphasis on Europe, US, and India.
Climate Tech Venture Building Programme
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The funder co-founds and accelerates pre-seed and early-stage physical climate tech start-ups targeting hard-to-decarbonize industries with potential to reduce at least 100Mt CO2e annually. The programme provides team building, shared services, ecosystem access, and comprehensive financing (equity, debt, grants).
A growth-stage venture fund in sustainable industrial packaging
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ESPIF is a growth-stage venture fund focused on sustainable industrial packaging and related technologies, backed by the funder with SFDR sustainability disclosure. It targets companies innovating in industrial materials and processes with environmental benefits.
Builder Platform from a US federal research agency
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NSF-backed platform supporting 9 Regional Innovation the funders and 130+ ecosystem partners to commercialize research breakthroughs into Tough Tech ventures across deep-tech, climate, biotech, and advanced-materials sectors. Eligible ventures can access funding, mentorship, and ecosystem support to scale from research to market.
Sustainable Planet
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The funder invests in early-stage companies developing clean energy, sustainable materials, and decarbonization technologies. The fund targets seed through growth-stage startups building solutions for a more sustainable planet.
Collections – Sustainable Products
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This grant funds the development of a sustainable, luxury product line built on zero-waste principles that integrates economic development, talent training, and responsible supply chains with traceable materials science. It targets entrepreneurs and organizations creating high-end sustainable products with measurable social and environmental impact.
M-ERA.NET 2026/27
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M-ERA.NET 2026/27 is a European transnational research call funding collaborative projects in materials science and engineering that drive innovation across Europe. It targets research institutions and consortia developing advanced materials and engineering solutions with commercial or societal impact potential.
European Climate and DeepTech Growth Fund
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Growth-stage equity fund investing €5–50M per company in DeepTech and ClimateTech firms across Industry, Computing, Climate, and Life Science sectors, backed by Germany's public development funds. Targets Series A and beyond companies with long development cycles and high capital intensity.
A Series of Indian Venture Funds
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The funder operates three venture funds investing in early-stage deep science and technology companies across India, targeting breakthrough innovations in life sciences, clean energy, advanced materials, machine learning, food and agriculture, and semiconductors. The fund is designed for founders building transformative technology companies in these sectors.
A European Early-Stage Climate-Tech Fund
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The funder is a European climate-tech and deep-tech VC fund backing early-stage founders solving systemic sustainability and climate challenges, with initial cheques of €500k–€4m across pre-seed to Series A stages. The fund targets pan-European companies from London to Zurich and beyond.
Growth Investment
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High Tech Gruenderfonds offers follow-on growth capital of up to €30 million per company to support scaling of existing portfolio companies through exit or IPO. The fund targets deep-tech, climate-tech, industrial-tech, life-sciences, and digital-tech ventures.
Funding Initiative: Raw Materials for the Energy Transition
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This grant funds sustainable sourcing, processing, and use of critical raw materials (lithium, cobalt, rare earths, etc.) essential for renewable energy and energy-transition technologies. It targets organizations working on circular economy, responsible mining, material efficiency, and supply-chain sustainability in the energy sector.
Industrials & Materials
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QIA offers equity investments in industrials and materials companies globally, with a sustainability focus. This is a portfolio-level investment programme targeting companies in the industrial and materials sectors that align with sustainability objectives.
Industry Decarbonization
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This grant provides concessional finance to support decarbonization of hard-to-abate industrial sectors (such as steel, cement, chemicals) in emerging markets, catalyzing private investment in clean industrial technology. It targets companies and projects in developing economies seeking to reduce industrial emissions through technology deployment and process transformation.
A Japanese chemicals company's corporate venture capital arm
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The funder's corporate venture capital arm invests in early-stage startups developing innovative materials, chemicals, and solutions that align with the group's core business verticals: housing, infrastructure, plastics, electronics, healthcare, and sustainability. The fund targets companies whose technologies complement or extend Sekisui's existing portfolio in advanced materials and chemical solutions.
Climate-Focused Venture Fund
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The funder Venture Fund backs founders building transformational deep-tech solutions across energy, industry, materials, and built environment with measurable climate outcomes and strong financial returns. The fund targets early to growth-stage companies developing technologies that drive decarbonization and climate impact.
Abundant Manufacturing
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ARIA's Abundant Manufacturing programme funds research and innovation to transform food and material production systems toward sustainability, speed, precision, and supply-chain resilience in the face of climate volatility. The grant targets technologies and approaches that decouple resource-intensive production from environmental impact while building adaptive capacity.
Raw Materials for the Energy Transition Initiative
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This grant funds sustainable sourcing, processing, and use of critical raw materials (lithium, cobalt, rare earths, etc.) essential for renewable energy and energy-transition technologies. It targets organizations working on circular economy, responsible mining, material efficiency, and supply-chain sustainability in the energy sector.
Fashion: Programme supporting systemic change in the fashion industry to transition to sustainable and equitable practices
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This grant programme funds systemic change initiatives in the fashion industry to transition toward sustainable and equitable practices. It targets organizations working on supply-chain transformation, labor equity, and environmental impact reduction across textiles and apparel.
Residency at a US hard-tech accelerator
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The funder provides early-stage hard-tech companies with access to 220,000+ sq ft of wet lab, the funderering, and office space plus 1,880+ pieces of specialized equipment and expert staff support. This is a residency program designed to accelerate development of tough-tech ventures in climate, biotech, advanced manufacturing, energy, and materials sectors.
A Pre-Company Founder Programme for Tough Tech
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Whiteboard is a pre-company programme for first-time and aspiring founders in deep tech, climate, biotech, and advanced materials, providing education, resources, and mentorship to move ideas toward venture creation. The programme targets founders with no prior founding experience and helps them develop business fundamentals before formal company launch.
Blueprint Accelerator Programme
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Blueprint is an accelerator programme for early-stage deep tech companies commercializing transformational science and the funderering in climate, biotech, advanced materials, and hardware. It provides capital, mentorship, and network access to help founders scale breakthrough technologies from lab to market.
Deeptech Seed Fund
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The funder's Deeptech Seed Fund invests $500K–$2M initial checks into pre-seed and seed-stage hardware startups across robotics, semiconductors, energy, medtech, climate, materials, transportation, manufacturing, biotech, space, and agriculture. The fund targets deep-technology founders building physical products with follow-on capacity up to $15M for top performers.
A Climate Tech Venture Building Programme
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The funder co-founds and builds climate tech start-ups from inception, focusing on physical climate solutions in hard-to-decarbonize sectors with potential to reduce at least 100Mt CO2e annually. The programme provides team building, shared services, ecosystem access, and comprehensive financing (equity, debt, grants) to early-stage climate entrepreneurs.
A Hardtech Venture Fund
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ATOMS Hardtech Fund invests in engineering and science-driven hardtech companies at or near commercialization across health, sustainability, and automation sectors with defensible IP. The fund prioritizes the US market, especially the Midwest and undercapitalized regions.
Undaunted Climate Accelerator
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The Undaunted Climate Accelerator supports early-stage climate technology startups and SMEs through mentorship, acceleration services, and investment pathways across cleantech sectors including renewable energy, materials, agriculture, and transport. Eligible founders receive structured support to scale climate innovation from idea through to investment.
A Global Circular Economy Venture Fund
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A global venture capital fund investing in growth-stage companies advancing circular economy innovation, including new materials, recycling, packaging, and clean technologies. Eligible companies operate across North America, Europe, and Asia and must demonstrate traction in circular business models or waste/resource efficiency.