Who funds energy storage research?

We count 241 funded energy storage projects, active between 2021 and 2031, from 5 funders. The most came from EU · MSCA (72 projects), EU · Climate, Energy and Mobility (57 projects) and EU · ERC (37 projects). The median award is $1.7M, across the 236 of 241 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

241

Funders

5

Median award

$1.7M

Open calls now

4

Top funders of energy storage research

Projects whose title or summary mentions energy storage. Median award: of the projects that list an amount, in US dollars; “—” when fewer than 3 do.

Open energy storage funding calls

4 open calls mention energy storage today.

• Energy Storage
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·
• Demonstration for Long-duration Battery Energy Storage Systems (BATT4EU Partnership)
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €9,400,000Deadline: September 15, 2027 ·
• Integrated Approaches for Retrofitting Infrastructures with Innovative Energy Storage Technologies
  European Commission · Horizon EuropeUp to €7,500,000Deadline: December 1, 2027 ·
• Energy Technologies
  National Science Foundation (SBIR/STTR)Not specifiedDeadline: July 7, 2027 ·

Funded energy storage projects

A sample, latest start first, at most three per program.

• CAREER: Database-Enabled Discovery and Design of Ferroics Using Materials Theory and Computing
  NSF · MPS · $600,326 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Mechanistic Foundations for Sustained and Scalable Hydrogen Generation from Stimulated Rock Formations
  NSF · GEO · $899,184 · ends 2031
• CAREER: Materials, Electrolyte, and Interphase Design for Rechargeable Fluoride-Ion Batteries
  NSF · ENG · $660,000 · ends 2031
• Chemo-Mechanical Degradation of Solid Electrolytes: Unveiling Fracture Mechanisms Through Experimental and Computational Synergy
  NSF · ENG · $675,000 · ends 2029
• Collaborative Research: Understanding Metastability in Nanostructured Metal Oxides via Electrochemically Driven Amorphous-to-Crystalline Phase Transformations
  NSF · ENG · $313,520 · ends 2029
• Advancing Structure-Property Relationships of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Adducts: A Tunable Framework for Catalysis and Energy Applications
  NSF · MPS · $600,000 · ends 2029
• Reversible Two-Electron Ni(II/0) Redox Couples for Grid-Scale Battery Storage
  NSF · MPS · $600,000 · ends 2029
• Natural Hydrogen (Nat-H2)
  UKRI · NERC · £774,054 · ends 2029
• New award to khemia metals inc
  DOE · $3,000,725 · ends 2029
• Tailored Resilient Electrodes for Sustainable Long Duration Energy Storage (TREES)
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £593,332 · ends 2029

How we count

Funded projects come from public award records (NIH RePORTER, NSF, EU CORDIS, UKRI Gateway to Research, Wellcome, the Gates Foundation, DOE, NASA and USDA NIFA) whose title or summary matches “energy storage”. NIH lists each budget year separately; one project counts once. Amounts are as the funder lists them; medians use only projects that list one, in US dollars. Open calls and forecasts are from our listings of October 28, 2026. A project can mention a topic without being mainly about it, so treat the counts as a guide to who funds the area.