Innovation and Networks Executive Agency

€212.5 million available to renewable energy projects

INEA ceased operations on 31 March 2021. The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) was established on 1 April 2021 to take over its legacy portfolio as well as additional EU funding programmes.

Creation date: October 31, 2017

The application period started today – candidates can submit their proposals until 31 January 2018 (two-stage application process) or 13 February 2018 (single-stage application process).

From today, you can apply for funding in eight energy topics under the 2018-2020 Horizon 2020 Work Programme that are now open for proposal submission. The total available funding is €212.5 million.

The topics open for applications are:

Call identifier Topic Budget   Application process
LC-SC3-RES-4-2018  Renewable energy system integrated at the   building scale   €27.5m  two-stage
LC-SC3-RES-5-2018  Increased performance of technologies for local   heating and cooling solutions   €10 m single-  stage 
LC-SC3-RES-6-2018  Demonstrate significant cost reduction for Building   Integrated PV (BIPV) solutions  €30 m single-stage 
LC-SC3-RES-11-2018  Developing solutions to reduce the cost and   increase performance of renewable technologies  €30 m two-stage
LC-SC3-RES-12-2018  Demonstrate highly performant renewable   technologies for combined heat and power (CHP)   generation and their integration in the EU's energy   system   €30 m single-stage
LC-SC3-RES-13-2018  Demonstrate solutions that significantly reduce the   cost of renewable power generation   €45 m single-stage 
LC-SC3-RES-21-2018  Development of next generation biofuels and   alternative renewable fuel technologies for road   transport  €25 m single-stage 
LC-SC3-RES-28-2018-2019-2020  Market uptake support  €15 m single-stage

 

For topics with a two-stage submission process, candidates should submit their short proposal no later than 31 January 2018 at 5 PM (GMT+1). They will be then informed within three months after the topic's deadline if they have qualified to the second stage of the selection process. If so, they will be invited to submit a full project proposal by 23 August 2018. The final decision about which projects will receive EU funding will be known the latest by 23 January 2019.

For topics with a single-stage submission process, the deadline for application is 13 February 2018. The results of the selection will be announced not later than 13 July 2018.

The focus of the above funding opportunities is to support research and innovation activities in relation with renewable energy. Please note that there might be further EU funding opportunities in energy research announced on the Participant Portal.

 

What are the requirements for participation?

The requirements for submitting a research proposal are detailed in the relevant call documents published on each topic page. Please also consult the General Annexes

of the H2020 Work Programme for 2018-2020 for general rules on funding, such as the list of countries that can apply for funding, standard eligibility criteria, submission rules, types of projects and their funding rates and other useful information.

  

How to apply?

Applicants have to submit their proposal electronically, following the link from the topic page on the Participant Portal. Please follow the guidelines on proposal submission and evaluation. For all questions related to Horizon 2020, please contact the Research Enquiry Service.

 

How will the grants be awarded?

The submitted proposals are evaluated by external experts drawn from the European Commission's independent expert database. Applicants will receive the evaluation results at the latest five months after the submission deadline. Grant agreements will be signed with the successful applicants within eight months after the submission deadline.

 

Become an expert

External evaluators of project proposals are drawn from the European Commission's independent expert database. The Commission is looking to expand the database through a call for experts covering a very broad range of fields. If you fit the expert profile rather than that of an applicant, and would like to be considered as a proposal evaluator, sign up in the Participant Portal.