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    CASCADE FUNDING

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    Run by NORTH ADRIATIC SMART COMMUNITIES HYDROGEN ACCELERATOR · Can apply alone

    18 Jan 2027
    Deadline
    €60k
    Per company
    €600k
    Total for all companies

    What this call funds

    This call funds small and medium sized companies to test, validate and demonstrate hydrogen technologies, such as prototyping, system integration, safety certification and market analysis. Projects run for six to nine months and focus on real world pilots in sustainable irrigation, urban energy storage, island resilience, refuelling and hydrogen storage. It is delivered as cascade funding from an EU funded hydrogen accelerator project.

    hydrogen · energy storage · renewable energy · sme scaleup

    Who wins this

    A hydrogen focused SME or start up based in one of the eligible European regions that wants to test or scale an innovative hydrogen solution either alone or with up to two partner SMEs.

    Could you win this call?

    Only the website is required.

    The call in detail

    Indicative grant size
    €60k
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    Cascade funding
    Partners
    Not required. You can apply on your own.
    Eligible applicants
    SME, startup
    Support to third parties
    Up to EUR 60,000 per SME or EUR 180,000 per consortium of up to three SMEs.
    Also required
    Applicants must be SMEs established in specified eligible regions of Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, France, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Czechia, Lithuania and Latvia, and applications must be submitted in English.

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