€5.2B EU Innovation Fund Now Open – What it Takes to Compete
Join Climate Finance Solutions for a focused, 60-minute expert briefing designed to help project teams assess, through an evaluator lens, whether and how to compete for the EU Innovation Fund.
The Innovation Fund 2025 call is now live, with €5.2B available for first-of-a-kind commercial deployments and large-scale demonstrations of breakthrough climate technologies.
This is not a generic overview. It is a focused session designed for founders, project developers, and investors making near-term capital-stack decisions within a longer-term EU deployment and funding roadmap.
💶 IF25 At a Glance
€2.9B grant-based Net Zero Technologies calls
Pilot, Small-, Medium-, and Large-Scale Projects; and Clean Tech Manufacturing
Deadline: 23 April 2026€2.3B in price-based auctions
Industrial Heat Decarbonisation; Hydrogen & Clean Fuels
Deadline: 19 February 2026
With multiple call types and staggered deadlines, early positioning decisions materially affect competitiveness.
🎯 What This Session Will Help You Decide
Is your project realistically competitive in this cycle?
Which call fits your readiness and scale
Whether your application would be differentiated as high-scoring under the evaluation criteria
What must be secured early (site, permitting, partners, offtake, TEA/LCA, CAPEX, execution plan)
When Horizon Europe or other EU instruments may be a better strategic fit
👥 Who Should Attend
Founders, project developers, and investors advancing late-stage pilots, demonstrations, or first commercial facilities and actively assessing EU funding pathways.
Note that the programme is open to applicants globally, provided projects are deployed in the EU, Norway, or Iceland.
📌 Registration includes live access, the recording and slides, and the CFS Innovation Fund 2025 Guide — a practical reference used by project teams to assess fit, readiness, and competitiveness