Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives - Weekly Digest (Oct 23)

Skipso Weekly DigestCleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives

October 16th – October 23rd 2009

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Summary Skipso Cleantech Grants


•Number of Grants:

•Value of Grants:

•Countries Covered:

•New Grants this Week:

•Latest update:

481

$35billion*

25

8

October 23rd, 2009

SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: OCTOBER 16th - OCTOBER 23rd

*Includes funds allocated for production incentives, loans, tax credits Other countries: Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, China, India, Brazil, Thailand, Switzerland, Holland, Singapore, UAE

179

10886

38

1531

1014

54%

24%

4%

4%

3%

2%

1%

1%

1%

1%

This Week on Skipso


• 8 new Cleantech Grants, Awards and Incentives added to Skipso’s funding database

• Focus this week: new UK Research & Development Grants, U.S. State Incentives (New Jersey, Connecticut, Hawaii), White House Green Government Challenge and new International Renewable Energy Competition

• 11 grants and awards approaching application deadline

• The Skipso funding section this week has reached 481 Cleantech grants, awards, incentives and over $34b in value, all are accessible for free on http://www.skipso.com


Cleantech Grant of the Week


New Approaches to Crop Protection Funding Competition

• New Approaches to Crop Protection is the first competition to be offered through the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Innovation Platform, an initiative bringing together the Technology Strategy Board, DEFRA, and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

• Up to £13m funding is being made available to support collaborative R&D projects that aim to respond to the dual challenges of increasing the productivity of crops whilst at the same time reducing the environmental impact of crop production

• Grant Type: Research & Development• Amount: £13,000,000• Geographic Focus: U.K.• Deadline: 25th February 2009

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UK Cleantech Research Grants (1 of 2)


User-centred Design for Energy Efficiency in Buildings

• Applications are invited to attend an interactive workshop (sandpit) to generate and develop innovative approaches to energy efficiency in new and existing non-domestic buildings, through human factors research and user-centred design

• £2m to fund industry-led collaborative research arising from the sandpit

• Grant Type: Research & Development• Amount: £2,000,000• Geographic Focus: UK• Deadline: 17th Dec 2009

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UK Cleantech Research Grants (2 of 2)


METRC Short Term Project Funding

• Short Term Project Funding is designed to support small research projects to explore the feasibility of innovative new products and processes

• METRC supports research across a wide range of disciplines, including physics, chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering and electrical engineering; funding will be allocated on a first come first served basis

• Grant Type: Research & Development• Amount: £10,000 max grant value• Geographic Focus: UK• Deadline: Ongoing

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U.S. State Incentives


Incentive Name Cleantech Focus Details

New Jersey - Edison Innovation Clean Energy Fund

Energy efficiency or technologies, renewable energy sources, clean electricity generation

•Grant Type: R&D, US•Amount: $6m total budget•Deadline: 11th Dec 2009•Visit website

Connecticut – Solar Thermal Incentive Program

$4m dollar ARRA funding to support solar hot water heating in the State

•Grant Type: Installation Proj., US•Amount: $4m budget•Deadline: 1st Mar 2012•Visit website

Hawaii – Feed-in Tariff Aims to develop innovative energy-efficient technologies and renewable-energy technologies

•Grant Type: Prod Inc., US•Amount: Not disclosed•Deadline: Ongoing•Visit website


White House ‘Greening Government’ Challenge


GreenGov Challenge

• To harness the collective wisdom of the more than 1.8 million civilian employees and our men and women in uniform, we’re launching the GreenGov Challenge, an online participatory way for Federal employees to suggest clean energy ideas and vote on others

• Though anyone can see your ideas, only Federal employees can participate – so this is your chance to positively impact how your agency will meet its 2020 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target

• Grant Type: Other • Amount: Non-monetary • Geographic Focus: US• Deadline: 31st Oct 2009

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International Energy Competition


International Renewable Energy Case Competition

• A business plan competition focused on finding renewable technologies that are immediately applicable in emerging markets

• The International Renewable Energy Case Competition (IRECC) is organized centrally by Investors Beyond Borders

• Grant Type: Start-ups• Amount: Not disclosed• Geographic Focus: US• Deadline: 31st Jan 2009

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