2017 Investment Round for Innovation Projects - InnoEnergy

Are you working on the next revolution in energy innovation?

InnoEnergy, the innovation engine for sustainable energy across Europe, has launched its 2017 Investment Round for Innovation Projects.

In its sixth year, the Investment Round for Innovation Projects – previously the Call for Innovation Proposals – is open to proven technology concepts that will help to change the future of the energy industry.

By connecting successful applicants with our pan-European network of industry experts, businesses and researchers, the round will help European businesses – start-ups, SMEs or larger – to commercialise their technology.

Since 2011, the Investment Round has successfully supported projects to raise €1.2 billion (bn), with InnoEnergy investing €147 million and the remainder being funded by partner companies and investors. This has resulted in the creation of 250 project partners across Europe, with 78 products now commercially viable and linked to €3bn in forecasted sales.

What’s more, this year’s Investment Round has a streamlined questionnaire to make application faster and simpler.  

The Investment Round is open until 7 April 2017. Start your journey with InnoEnergy today – sign up here and let us help turn your concept into a commercial reality.

More information about the application process is also available via two free webinars. Register to view them here.

KIC InnoEnergy Co-Funded Industrial Doctorate

The KIC InnoEnergy PhD School is launching the first round of its KIC InnoEnergy Industrial Doctorate (KID2016).

A KIC InnoEnergy Industrial Doctorate is a joint doctoral training project between KIC InnoEnergy, a company, an academic participant (university, research institution, etc.) and, optionally, a local/regional/national institution committed to the promotion of the industrial doctorate. The research project will be carried out at a company, where PhD candidates will further develop their research training in collaboration with a university, and which is the object of a doctoral thesis addressing at least one of the KIC InnoEnergy Energy Challenges. KIC InnoEnergy will complete the funding provided by the local/regional/national institution in order to cover the cost of the salary.

The benefit for you is to boost the innovation by having a PhD candidate committed to innovation. At the end it could be possible to leverage the Industrial Doctorate results by further participating to a KIC InnoEnergy Innovation Project.

The first step launched today is for project submission. This round will close on May, 31.

You will find a complete description and the submission documents on our website www.kic-innoenergy.com/education/phd-school/kic-innoenergy-industrial-doctorate-projects

The generic email address to contact kid2016.phdschool@kic-innoenergy.com.

A Q&A session will be organized by Skype or phone call on May, 18. Please send us your contact information and availability at least one day before, we will contact you.

Sustainable energy: sustainable innovations

Have you got a product that will make a big difference in the field of sustainable energy?

At KIC InnoEnergy we are looking for businesses with innovative projects that are at the research and development stage, whose goals are to develop products or services to be sold on the market.

By addressing the challenges faced when starting up a business, and providing a variety of skills and resources, we can help make your innovation a success.

Our support programme provides: 

• Access to a network of 160 European partners to support the development of new products
• Investment funding to help make your project a reality
• Identification of market needs and potential customers
• Shortened time to market for innovative ideas
• Prototypes turned into commercial products within five years

The projects we support cover a diverse range of solutions and approaches to energy sustainability in the following thematic fields: 

• Clean Coal and Gas technologies
• Energy Storage
• Energy Efficiency
• Energy from Chemical Fuels
• Renewable Energies
• Smart and Efficient Buildings and Cities
• Smart Electric Grid
• Sustainable Nuclear and Renewable Convergence

Read more and apply now to our Call for Innovation Proposals

KIC InnoEnergy Call for Learning Modules and MOOCs is now open

If you have a business idea linked to a quality educational product or service in sustainable energy, but need additional funding and a network of partners to develop it, then this call is for you.

A learning module proposal should address at least one of the ‘educational topics’. It will be assessed for its potential business opportunity, educational ambition and quality, financial and operational viability, and how well it fits into the KIC InnoEnergy overriding objective of connecting the ‘knowledge triangle’, i.e. innovation, education and entrepreneurship.

Benefits of participation

• Funding a quality educational product or service with a clear market potential hedges the risk of your own investment.
  
  
• Access to KIC InnoEnergy’s European network in sustainable energy involves leading players from academia, industry and research centers, as well as a large number of start-ups. All are focused on developing sustainable energy businesses in a creative collaborative environment.
  
  
• Sales through KIC InnoEnergy online learning platform and other communication channels where the product or service could be delivered or offered.
  
  
• Sales by access to KIC InnoEnergy communication channels/platform.

Who can apply?
Project proposals can come from a university, research institute or company with fresh ideas on how to develop a learning module or MOOC within any of our educational topics*. The applying consortium must include partners with the required expertise to fulfil the goal of the learning modules and MOOC.  Proposals can be submitted either by KIC InnoEnergy formal, associate or project partners, or by organizations that are not currently partners of KIC InnoEnergy.

When to apply?
Last date for submission of proposals is May 22, 2015

Where to apply?
Call for learning modules website

How to find out more?
Visit website or contact Learning Module and MOOC Manager Raquel Fernández: LM@kic-innoenergy.com

KIC InnoEnergy PATHWAYS – Funding and business training for top researchers - Spring session now open!

• Are you a young researcher or engineer looking for international experience in sustainable energy?
• Are you a KIC InnoEnergy partner and looking to find top researchers, get funding and training for your strategic projects?

Then KIC InnoEnergy Pathways could be the program you are looking for.

The PATHWAYS Fellowship Program, crafted and operated by KIC InnoEnergy (KIC-IE), offers 123 two-year fellowships to junior researchers hosted by the KIC-IE Partners and KIC-IE supported startups.

Host organisations will receive a monthly lump sum funding partly their salary costs (40%). In addition, the training activities costs are directly covered by PATHWAYS.

All KIC InnoEnergy partners (research centers, universities, private companies) and startups can benefit from this programme to boosts its research capacities.

Spring session is now open for applications!

Direct link to KIC InnoEnergy Pathways: https://pathways.kic-innoenergy.com/

KIC InnoEnergy Call for Innovation Proposals 2015

Do you have a sustainable energy product or service currently under development?

Are you looking for business support & financial backing to overcome the many hurdles that pave the way to successful commercialisation?

Read more on how you can apply to KIC InnoEnergy Innovation Projects Programme!