Skipso Monthly Digest - Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives (June 2011)

Skipso Monthly Digest
Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives

May 6th 2011 – June 6th 2011

powering the Cleantech Revolution www.skipso.com

This Week on Skipso

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

• Focus this month: 6 Prizes / Awards, 5 Research & Development
Grants, 6 Installation Projects, 1 Start-up Grant

• 12 grants and awards approaching application deadline

• The Skipso funding section this week has reached 871 Cleantech
grants, awards, incentives, all are accessible for free on: http://
www.skipso.com/grants/grid.html

SKIPSO DIGEST: MAY 6TH 2011 – JUNE 6th 2011 powering the Cleantech Revolution www.skipso.com

The Cleantech Open

The Cleantech Open Global Ideas
Competition 2011

• Grant Type: Prize / Award
• Amount: $100’000 in Support Services
• Geographic Focus: Global
• Deadline: 12th September 2011

http://www.cleantechopen.com/app.cgi/content/competition/ideas/index

• The Cleantech Open runs the world's largest clean technology business competition and we're
looking for the best clean technology ideas from around the world.

Just for telling us your idea, you could win a prize package of services worth $100,000 to help
you start a business to grow your idea!


IDTechEx

Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air Awards 2011

• Amount: Recognition
• Geographic Focus: USA
• Deadline: 28th June 2011

http://www.idtechex.com/electric-vehicles-europe-11/awards.asp

• The IDTechEx Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air Awards recognizes company development and
success. The award ceremony will be held at the special awards dinner on Tuesday 28 June
2011. Any company operating within the Electric Vehicles industry is welcome to apply.


Technology Strategy Board

Materials for Energy Call

• Grant Type: Research and Development
• Amount: £3 Million
• Geographic Focus: United Kingdom
• Deadline: 3rd August 2011

http://www.innovateuk.org/content/competition/collaborative-research-and-
developmentmaterials-for-energy.ashx

• The Technology Strategy Board has allocated up to £3m to invest in highly innovative,
collaborative R&D projects.

• The focus of the competition will be on projects that support applied research, experimental
development and application of materials technologies which address challenges in scaling up
technologies, from initial laboratory proof of concept to small-scale technology demonstrations
and pilots in a representative environment.


Postcode Lottery · PICNIC

The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge 2011

• Amount: £500,000
• Deadline: 29th July 2011

http://www.greenchallenge.info/Home.htm

• The Postcode Lottery Green Challenge is for people who can instigate change – creative,
innovative thought leaders and their organisations.

We're looking for products and services that contribute to an eco-friendly lifestyle, directly
reduce greenhouse gas emissions and score highly on convenience, quality and design.


Derry City Council

Derry City Green Creativity Awards

• Amount: £ 10,000 worth of business support services
• Deadline: 24th June 2011

http://www.derrycity.gov.uk/EnterprisingDerry/GreenCreativity/Award-
Guidelines

• Derry City Council has launched a competition to find the best idea for a commercially viable
green product or technology, with £10,000 worth of business support on offer to commercialise
the winning entry and develop the idea into a marketable product.


EUREKA · EU FP7 Framework

EUREKA Eurostars Programme September 2011

• Amount: €400 Million Fund
• Geographic Focus: EU Member States
• Deadline: 31st December 2013

http://www.eurostars-eureka.eu/home.do

• The Eurostars Programme (”Eurostars") is a European innovation programme. It is managed by
EUREKA. Its purpose is to provide funding for market-oriented research and development with
the active participation of research and development - performing small - and medium-sized
enterprises (R&D-performing SMEs) Eurostars is a joint initiative between EUREKA and the EU
Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7).


British Ecological Society

Ecological Engagement Award

• Amount: £1,000

http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/grants/honours_awards_prizes/ecol_engagement.php

• The Ecological Engagement Award is an annual award to recognise an exceptional contribution
to facilitating the use and understanding of ecology. The Award is an honorarium of £1,000 plus
a certificate. The award is given annually at the BES Annual Meeting.


British Ecological Society

Marsh Award for Climate Change Research

• Grant Type: Research & Development
• Amount: £1,000

http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/about_bes/

• The Marsh Award for Climate Change Research is normally awarded annually. It is supported by
the Marsh Christian Trust and administered by the British Ecological Society. It is awarded for an
outstanding contribution to climate change research. The Award is an honorarium of £1,000
plus a certificate and is open to ecologists from anywhere in the world.


GreenStart

GreenStart 2011

• Grant Type: Start-ups
• Amount: $25,000
• Geographic Focus: San Francisco
• Deadline: 3rd July2011

http://greenstart.com/

• The program kicks off in San Francisco on September 12, 2011, and ends December 14, 2011.
Applications must be received by July 3. We want to learn about you, your business concept,
and your progress to date.

• If you are selected as a finalist, we will contact you by July 15 to set up an in-person meeting
sometime between July 18-29. We will reimburse you for up to $500 in travel expenses. On
August 3, we’ll announce which startups have been selected for our inaugural program.


Regional Growth Fund · Carbon Trust

£1.9 Million Funding Scheme

• Grant Type: Installation Projects
• Amount: £1.9 Million Funding Scheme
• Deadline: Ongoing

http://www.carbontrust.co.uk/news/news/press-centre/2011/Pages/new-
funding.aspx

• The Carbon Trust has secured £1.9 million of new funding from the Regional Growth Fund. In
response to the news that the Carbon Trust has been successful in its application for funding to
the first round of the Regional Growth Fund Benjamin Sykes, Director of Innovation said:


WRAP Cymru

Low Carbon Innovation Fund

• Amount: £500,000
• Geographic Focus: Wales, United Kingdom

https://www.lowcarbonfund.co.uk/LCIF/

• Funding voucher scheme to help manufacturing businesses in Wales assess the viability of
introducing or increasing the use of recycled materials in products, processes and packaging.


Oxford Investment Opportunity Network

OION Co-Investment Fund

• Amount: £50 Million Fund
• Geographic Focus: London, United Kingdom
http://www.oion.co.uk/news.html

• Europe's leading technology business angel network, Oxford Investment Opportunity Network
(OION), has secured access to a £50 million co-investment fund.

• OION is one of the few private sector angel networks in the UK. It assists companies
throughout the UK to secure business development funding from £200,000 to £2 million.


Siemens Financial Services · Carbon Trust

Energy Efficiency Financing Scheme


http://www.energyefficiencyfinancing.co.uk/Pages/home.aspx

• Funding for UK businesses to invest in cost effective energy efficiency equipment and other low
carbon technologies, such as new efficient lighting and biomass heating.

• With an overall budget of £550 million over the next three years, the scheme will enable UK
businesses to invest in cost effective energy efficiency equipment and other low carbon
technologies, such as new efficient lighting and biomass heating.



Grant for Research and Development

• Amount: £25,000 to 250,000
• Deadline: 1st March 2012

http://www.innovateuk.org

• A new Technology Strategy Board scheme is offering funding to small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) to engage in R&D projects in the strategically important areas of science,
engineering and technology, from which successful new products, processes and services could
emerge.


The South East Sustainability Loan Fund

Funding for Green Businesses in South East
England

• Grant Type: Research & Development
• Deadline: 1st January 2014
http://www.financesoutheast.com/ourfunds/index.aspx?id=1654

• The South East Sustainability Loan Fund (SESLF), launched in 2010, has recently funded its
tenth deal, which brings the total funding to South East based, growth oriented green
technology related businesses to almost £750,000 over the past year.

Providing funding between £20,000 and £200,000, the SESLF will continue to provide essential
growth finance to innovative green businesses until 31 December 2014.


NYSERDA

Customer-Sited Tier Fuel Cell Program

• Amount: $21.6 Million Fund
http://cleanedge.com/news/story.php?nID=7492

• NYSERDA's Customer-Sited Tier Fuel Cell Program will provide as much as $21.6 million through
2015. The program provides an incentive toward the cost of fuel cell installation, plus payments
over the first three years of operation based on power produced. Companies can collect a total
payment of up to $1 million for fuel cells, based on the size of the project. Funding is awarded
to applications received on a first-come, first-serve basis.


Copeland Council · Cumbria Business Environment Network

Copeland Council Low Carbon Grant

• Amount: £500 to £4’000
• Geographic Focus: Whitehaven, United Kingdom
http://www.cumbriaben.com/Enworks/Copeland-Low-Carbon-Grant.aspx

• An event to launch the Copeland Council Low Carbon Grant, which will be available to small and
medium-sized enterprises in Copeland carrying out carbon saving projects, will be held on 06
April 2011 at the Beacon Centre in Whitehaven.

• Grant assistance will be available from £500 - £4,000, 50% of which should be match funded.
Applicants should evidence a saving of 1.5 tonnes of CO2 per £1,000 of grant.


Low Carbon Innovation Fund

Low Carbon Innovation Fund for SMEs
Relocating to the East of England

• Amount: £20 Million
• Deadline: 1st January 2015
http://uk.ibtimes.com/articles/20110309/regional-sme-low-carbon-fund-looks-beyond-east-
england.htm

• A low carbon innovation fund for small businesses in the East of England is planning to invest in
firms from outside of the region that are happy to relocate.

• The Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF), which is provided by the University of East Anglia for
small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), was launched in 2010, and is worth £20 million,
providing assistance for businesses until the end of 2015.



£10 Million Funding for Low Carbon Vehicle
Projects


http://www.innovateuk.org

• The Government's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is providing
£10 million for three major projects to address fundamental research questions in developing
low carbon vehicles.

• These projects have been developed by EPSRC with the Technology Strategy Board (TSB)
through the Low Carbon Vehicle Innovation Platform Integrated Delivery Programme.


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