Clean Energy Transition Partnership 2024 Research & Innovation Funding Call

What is it? 

The Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP) 2024 Research & Innovation Funding Call is a £5 million fund available for Scottish businesses (and partnering universities and research organisations) to access funding for research and innovation projects that support the energy transition.

About the challenge

The CETP programme is a transformative Research, Technological Development and Innovation (RTDI) programme, designed to accelerate clean energy transition through annual funding calls.

It’s an international collaboration involving 30 countries and more than 50 funding agencies, supported through the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme.

In Scotland, Scottish Enterprise is leading and delivering the programme on behalf of Scottish Government, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and South of Scotland Enterprise.

Through this partnership, there are 10 different funding areas that can be supported: 

• Data spaces and inoperability
• Energy system flexibility: renewables production, storage and system integration
• Advanced renewable energy technologies for power production
• Carbon capture, utilisation and storage
• Hydrogen and renewable fuels
• Heating and cooling technologies
• Geothermal energy technologies
• Integrated regional energy systems
• Integrated industrial energy systems
• Clean energy integration in the built environment

Applications will be considered under all 10 funding modules. However, as part of our eligibility process, projects will be expected to demonstrate relevance to the Scottish Government's energy strategies and should contribute to economic development in Scotland.

Am I eligible?

We want to hear from you if your project is:

• Based in a company, university, or research institute
• Transnational – your work must be collaborative between at least three independent partners from three different countries, of which at least two must be EU member states or Horizon Europe Associated Countries

Timescales 

• 19 September 2024 — funding call opens
• 21 November 2024 — pre-proposal submissions date
• 2 April 2025 — Stage 2 full proposal submission date

Find out more and enquire

Further information and the enquiry form is available on the Scottish Enterprise website.