Innovation Fund 2024 Call and Battery calls

Details

Status: Open
Publication date: 3 December 2024
Opening date: 3 December 2024
Deadline model: Single-stage
Deadline date: 24 April 2025, 17:00 (CEST)

Funding programme: Innovation Fund (IF) (2021/2027)
Department: European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

Description

On 3 December 2024, the European Commission launched the Innovation Fund 2024 Call and Battery calls, with a total budget of €3.4 billion.

The general call for net-zero technologies worth €2.4 billion (IF24 Call) supports decarbonisation projects of different scale, as well as projects focusing on the manufacturing of components for renewable energy, energy storage, heat pumps, and hydrogen production, and pilots.

For the first time, a €1 billion call for electric vehicle battery cell manufacturing (IF24 Battery) will support projects that can produce innovative electric vehicles battery cells or deploy innovative manufacturing techniques, processes and technologies.

You can find all information and documentation related to the two calls on the Funding & Tenders Portal, including the call text and application forms.

APPLY IF24CALL APPLY IF24BATTERY

The deadline for both calls is 24 April 2025, 17:00 CET.

Events

To provide better guidance to applicants during the submission process, CINEA and DG CLIMA organised an online Info Day on 17-18 December 2024. Participants could learn more about the new calls, the award criteria, and ask their questions via Slido using #IF24Call.

Recording and presentations

Tutorials

CINEA produces a series of tutorials to help you throughout the application process.

Application process	How to fill in PART C	The extra file for data collection (Extended PART C)
Introduction to Business Plan template and lessons learned on financial maturity	Financial Information File	GHG methodology calculation tutorials

GHG Methodology videos

Find here a set of videos on the overview and guidance on the GHG calculations for each project category.

Main principles and step-by-step of the GHG calculation	Section 2: Energy Intensive Industries (EII)	Section 3: Renewable Energy Sources (RES)	Section 4: Energy Storage (ES)
Section 5: Mobility (MOB)	Section 6: Credit for carbon capture and storage (CCS) or utilisation (CCU) (coming soon)	Section 7: Batteries (BATT) - Overview	Section 7: Batteries (BATT) - Manufacturing Carbon Footprint

Supporting documents

To complete the GHG Methodology tutorial and help you with your proposal, templates and examples of GHG calculations are available through the following link.

Still have doubts? Check out the Q&A for the IF24 Call (Net-Zero Call) and the IF24 Battery. If you still need further assistance, don't hesitate to contact the Innovation Fund Helpdesk.