Who funds energy transition research?

We count 122 funded energy transition projects, active between 2021 and 2031, from 3 funders. The most came from EU · Climate, Energy and Mobility (43 projects), EU · MSCA (35 projects) and EU · ERC (20 projects). The median award is $2.6M, across the 120 of 122 projects that list an amount.

Funded projects

122

Funders

3

Median award

$2.6M

Open calls now

4

Top funders of energy transition research

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

Open energy transition funding calls

4 open calls mention energy transition today.

• Accelerating energy transition in Dutch and Taiwanese ports
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €700,000Deadline: October 29, 2026 ·
• Call for Proposals for the PIPE Program - Energy Transition Technological Journey – Phase 1
  São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)Not specifiedDeadline: November 3, 2026 ·
• Clean Energy Transition Partnership Joint Call 2026
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Up to €400,000Deadline: March 11, 2027 ·
• System Perspective on Materials for Strategic Autonomy in the Energy Transition
  Dutch Research Council (NWO)Not specifiedDeadline: April 13, 2027 ·

Funded energy transition projects

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

• Development of next generation pathways leading to just energy transition and industrial deep decarbonization
  UKRI · Horizon Europe Guarantee · £160,168 · ends 2030
• A process-based understanding of magmatic critical metal deposits
  UKRI · UKRI FLF · £593,816 · ends 2029
• Value of Marine Artificial Structures
  UKRI · NERC · £5,572,694 · ends 2029
• Program overview: the energy transition towards net-zero by 2050 demands an unprecedented level of innovation that must be completed in the…
  DOE · $599,501 · ends 2028
• Sustainable transformations? The political geographies of green hydrogen in the Global South
  EU · MSCA · ends 2028
• Impact of metal pollution on freshwater ecosystems submitted to extreme climate events
  EU · Horizon Europe and earlier · ends 2028
• University of Strathclyde and The UK Offshore Energies Association Limited KTP 24_25 R5
  UKRI · Innovate UK · £145,971 · ends 2028
• The Changing Structure of Energy Firms and Retail Energy Pricing: Implications for the Cost-of-Living Crisis and the Transition to Net Zero
  UKRI · ESRC · £231,175 · ends 2028
• Multi-Scale Monitoring of Fluid Flow in Deformed Porous Rocks Using Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing and 4D Synchrotron X-ray Tomography
  EU · MSCA · €267,419 · 2027–2029 · UNIVERSITETET I OSLO
• Load-Deformation Coupling Mechanism of Helical Anchors during Constant-Pressure Torsional Penetration in Stratified Heterogeneous Soils for Offshore Wind
  EU · MSCA · €276,188 · 2027–2029 · UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE

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 transition”. 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.