E.U. FOAK Grants Decoded: A Guide to the Public Funding Landscape for FOAK in Europe
Join Climate Finance Solutions and friends for a special Europe-focused side event at the Node Climate FOAK Summit during NY Climate Week 2025.
The US public funding landscape for large-scale, first-of-a-kind (FOAK) commercial demonstrations of climate technologies has contracted sharply. The grant programs that once supported hundred-million- or billion-dollar deployments have been rolled back, leaving American growth-scale climate tech companies searching for alternatives.
With long-running, multibillion-euro programs like the Innovation Fund, Horizon Europe, LIFE, and RFCS, Europe now represents the largest and most reliable source of public capital for climate FOAK projects. Yet, this landscape remains underutilized and often misunderstood by US – and even European – companies and investors.
This session will cut through the complexity and equip founders and financiers to navigate the European ecosystem and successfully secure FOAK funding.
You’ll hear practical insights and insider strategies from:
US climate startups actively pursuing EU FOAK funding
Investors who effectively leverage European public capital
Global consultants specializing in FOAK-scale climate projects
Schedule:
11:00 - 11:15 am – Networking
11:15 am - 12:15 pm – Panel
12:15 - 12:30 pm – Networking
Refreshments will be provided.
NOTE: You must request an invite to BOTH this event and the Node Climate event linked above.