Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives - Weekly Update (July 19th)

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Skipso Weekly Digest

Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives

June 12th July 19th 2010

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This Week on Skipso


5 new Cleantech Grants,Awards and Incentives added to Skipsosfunding database

Focus this week: new UK Cleantech Entrepreneurs Support Program,Environmental Research Grants for African Scientists, new

Ecomagination $200m Smart Grid Challenge, Intelligent EuropeEnergy Program, Finnish Biomass Grants

4 grants and awards approaching application deadline

3 Open Innovation Challenges live on Skipso

The Skipso funding section this week has reached 729 Cleantech grants,awards, incentives, all are accessible for free onhttp://www.skipso.com/grants/grid.html

SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: JUNE 12th JULY 19th


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UK Cleantech Entrepreneurs Support


Carbon Trust Entrepreneurs Fast TrackProgram

The Carbon Trust has today launched a new service designed to turbo charge and stimulate

investment in early-stage clean tech companies. This will help create a step-change in thegrowth of high tech, low carbon businesses in the UK.

The principal aim of Carbon Trust Entrepreneurs FastTrack is to accelerate thecommercialisation of Britains best early stage clean tech companies, taking themfrom high risk start-ups to attractive investment propositions.

Grant Type: Research & Development

Amount: Not disclosed Geographic Focus: UK Deadline: Applications open September 2010

http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/emerging-technologies/fast-track/pages/default.aspx



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Environmental Research Grants for African Scientists


START Grants for Global Environmental ChangeResearch in Africa

STARTs Grants for Global Environmental Change Research in Africa are awarded toAfrican

scientists for one-year projects on global environmental change (GEC) in Africa.

The outcomes of the research conducted as part of this program contribute to global changescience knowledge in Africa, create long-term, international collaborative researchpartnerships among African scientists and scientists in developed countries, enhance theunderstanding of the impacts and consequences of global changes in Africa.


Amount: Not disclosed Geographic Focus: Africa Deadline: ongoing

http://start.org/programs/africangec



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GE Smart Grid Challenge


Ecomagination Challenge: Powering the Grid

Welcome to the GE Ecomagination Challenge, a $200 million innovation experiment

where businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators and students share their best ideas on how tobuild the next-generation power grid and just might get funded.

Enter the challenge, submit your ideas, vote for the most promising teams and help uschange the way the world uses energy in powerful new ways. Who knows? One of the ideasselected could be yours.

Grant Type: Prize / Award

Amount: $200 million overall budget Geographic Focus: Global Deadline: 30th September 2010

http://challenge.ecomagination.com/ideas



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EU Energy Grants Call for Proposals


Intelligent Energy-Europe Programme

The second Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) programme began in early 2007 and runs till

2013. It is one ofthe European Competitiveness and Innovation FrameworkProgramme's (CIP) three sub-programmes.

The IEE programme funds projects aimed at: Capacity building; building and spreading of know-how, skills and methods; exchanges of experience; development of market and intelligence;policy input; awareness raising and information provision; and education and training.


Amount: $45 million fund Geographic Focus: Global Deadline: 31stDecember 2013

http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/index_en.html



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Finland Biomass Grants


The BioRefine Programme

The BioRefine Programme for 20072012 will generate new and unique expertise in theprocessing of biomass and apply it to the creation of processes, products and services related tobiorefineries. The programme budget totals 137 million.

Grant Type: Installation Projects

Amount:137 million total budget Geographic Focus: Finland Deadline: 31stDecember 2012

http://akseli.tekes.fi/opencms/opencms/OhjelmaPortaali/ohjelmat/BioRefine/en/etusivu.html



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How to predict the future environmental impact and effectiveness of Cleantechnologies?

Win a $5,000 cash award for submitting your innovative methodology to help the seekerorganisation develop the firstCleantech Innovation Predictor.


Amount: $5,000 Geographic Focus: Global Deadline: 30th November 2010

http://www.skipso.com/innovation.html

Open Innovation Challenges (1 of 3)

Cleantech Innovation Predictor Challenge



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The Seeker Organisation is looking for a high-profile non-executive director to helpdevelop its wind and solar business.

Apply directly for this position or refer a colleague, friend or professional you know andearn a $1,500 cash award if they get the job!


Amount: $1,500 Geographic Focus: London Deadline: 30th November 2010



Cleantech Advisor Challenge



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Does your organization have a critical Cleantech-related Challenge, that you would like

to see addressed and solved by Skipso's global Cleantech expert community?

Skipso is looking for the Cleantech Challenge question that matters most to you today andoffers you a chance to win $10,000 worth of Skipso services!


Amount: $ 10,000 worth of services Geographic Focus: Global Deadline: 27th July 2010



YOUR Cleantech Challenge Question



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