Battery and energy materials
Ideas about materials for storing and converting energy, such as batteries, electrolytes, solar cells and perovskites, fuel cells, hydrogen and energy harvesting.
Who funds this idea
10 calls from 3 funders currently fund work on this idea. Most calls: European Commission (Horizon Europe) (6), Innovate UK (3), NSF (1).8 calls for this idea welcome industry or international partners
Open now (7)
Advanced Materials for Miniaturised Energy Harvesting Systems
Deadline: 28 Oct 2026 (6 days)
materialsenergy & batteriesestablished / PI
CfI: Battery innovation for dual use and defence phase 1
Deadline: 04 Nov 2026 (13 days)
energy & batteriesestablished / PI
Battery innovation: concept development round three
Deadline: 02 Dec 2026 (41 days)
materialsenergy & batteriesindustry / SME
Battery innovation: feasibility studies round three
Deadline: 02 Dec 2026 (41 days)
materialsenergy & batteriesindustry / SME
Efficient energy input from renewable sources and energy management in the process industries (IA) (Processes4Planet and Innovative Advanced Materials for the EU partnerships)
Deadline: 02 Feb 2027 (103 days)
materialsenergy & batteriesestablished / PIindustry / SME
Expert network on Critical raw materials (CSA)
Deadline: 02 Feb 2027 (103 days)
materialsestablished / PI
Chemical Process Systems (CPS)
Deadline: Rolling / no fixed deadline
chemistrymaterialsestablished / PI
Opening soon (3)
Enhanced electric operation and battery durability (ZEWT Partnership)
Opening soon: not yet open
Deadline: 14 Apr 2027 (174 days)
energy & batteriesestablished / PI
Novel approaches towards next-generation battery concepts, leveraging the enabling role of innovative advanced materials (BATT4EU and IAM4EU Partnerships)
Opening soon: not yet open
Deadline: 14 Apr 2027 (174 days)
chemistrymaterialsenergy & batteriesestablished / PI
Demonstration for Long-duration Battery Energy Storage Systems (BATT4EU Partnership)
Opening soon: not yet open
Deadline: 15 Sep 2027 (328 days)
materialsenergy & batteriesestablished / PI
Recently funded work on this idea
37 awards from NSF and NIH in our sample of the last 24 months match this idea. Latest examples:
| Award (official page) | Institution | Amount | Start date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPMD: Overcoming Multiscale Heterogeneity of Printed Halide Perovskites with Self-Leveling Inks and Targeted Passivation | Dartmouth College | $450,000 | 15 Oct 2026 |
| EIR: Close-Space Sublimation for Scalable Perovskite Optoelectronics Manufacturing | Albany State University | $1,328,340 | 01 Sep 2026 |
| CAREER: Predicting the Synthesis and Synthesizability of Metastable Epitaxial Thin Films | Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | $653,618 | 01 Sep 2026 |
| Hydrogen-Mediated Phase & Property Control in Rutile Oxides | Tulane University | $580,800 | 01 Sep 2026 |