Dear Cambridge Cleantech member,
In this Winter Grant Alert, we would like to:
- Invite you to our next finance-focused event After TRL 3: funding and scale up opportunities for your cleantech business
- Invite you to join Cleantech Venture Day if you will be seeking funding in May 2022
- Give you access to the current grant funding opportunities available to the cleantech sector
Happy reading!
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Funding and scale up opportunities for your cleantech business
📅 3rd February
🎫 Online | Free for members
Learn about the dos and don'ts to consider when seeking funding and hear about exciting scaling up opportunities for your cleantech business.
Speakers include: At One Ventures, HSBC, and Consensus Business Group.
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📅 Deadline for applications: 10th March 2022
📅 Pitch day: 19th May 2022
Apply to pitch in front of an audience of sustainability-minded investors
Over the years, Cleantech Venture Days have attracted some of the biggest names in climate investment including Goldman Sachs, BP Ventures, Sustainable Ventures, Seedrs, Longwall Ventures, Cyan Finance, SET Ventures, and Barclays.
Companies that have pitched before have gone on to win millions in funding, so don't miss this great opportunity!
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Grant Funding Opportunities
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If you are looking for advice on grant applications, please reach out to our founder member Granted Consultancy, who are offering Cambridge Cleantech members a free 1-on-1 call with their funding experts. Contact the team today.
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HSBC UK launches £500m Green SME fund 📉🌱
HSBC UK has announced the launch of a £500m Green SME Fund as part of its commitment to support businesses of all sizes to transition and thrive in a low carbon economy.
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Green Grants available to help businesses cut emissions 📉📍
📅 Deadline: 11th March or sooner | Cambridge
Allia is working with Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce to manage Green Business Grants on behalf of Cambridge City Council. Businesses in Cambridge can apply now for a grant of up to £10,000 to help reduce their energy consumption, save money and improve their productivity.
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JRCT to launch a £1m pilot fund to support grassroots movements 🎤
📅 Account Registration Deadline: 11th March | UK
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) is launching a £1 million pilot fund to support grassroots social movements working on developing sustainable, low-carbon alternatives to the current consumerist and growth-based paradigm. If you think your solution can help, please apply.
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Is your project helping to boost green skills and training, create new, decent jobs, and accelerate the transition to a more inclusive, green economy? Apply today for this brilliant opportunity to gain visibility in the cleantech sector.
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Eureka Eurostars 3: call for collaborative research projects 🧑🏿💡🧑🏻
📅 Deadline: 24th March | UK
SMEs registered in the UK can apply for a share of up to £2.5million to develop collaborative research in partnership with organisations from participating Eureka Eurostars member countries.
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Innovate UK opens new round of smart grants 🧠⚙️
📅 Deadline: 13th April | UK
UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy.
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UK Request for Proposals On Emerging Climate Technology Projects 🌱
📅 Deadline: 15th April | UK
Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, has launched a Request for Proposals to identify and select emerging climate technology projects for project-level financing, as part of a new partnership with the UK Government to mobilize public and private funding in emerging climate technology projects in the UK.
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📅 Deadline: 2nd March | UK
Businesses registered in the UK can apply for a share of £25 million for late stage research and development projects that help accelerate the UK towards a net zero automotive future, delivered by the Advanced Propulsion Centre.
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Automotive Transformation Fund Feasibility Studies: Round 3
📅 Deadline: 9th March | UK
Organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million for business case feasibility studies to support scaling up the UK’s zero emission automotive supply chain.
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Smart Energy GB in Communities Fund Opens for Applications
📅 Deadline: 12th February | UK
The Smart Energy GB in Communities programme is part of Smart Energy GB’s campaign to inform and inspire people about smart meters and the benefits they can bring.
- Grants of between £15,000 - £25,000 for organisations reaching people who are offline: adults who have no personal internet access anywhere.
- Grants of between £7,500 - £10,000 for organisations reaching people on a low income.
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Heat Pump Ready Programme: apply for Stream 1 opportunities
📅 Deadline: 22nd February | UK
This programme supports the deployment of heat pumps through the development and trial of innovative solutions and methodologies for the optimised deployment of domestic heat pumps, at high-density, in the UK.
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Grants for Technologies Producing Hydrogen Biomass Now Available
📅 Deadline: 4th March | UK
BEIS is providing £5 million in funding to support innovation in hydrogen BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) technologies.
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Thanks and best wishes,
The Cambridge Cleantech team
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