Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives - Weekly Update (Feb 26th)

Skipso Weekly Digest
Cleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives

February 19th – February 26th 2010

enabling sustainable innovation www.skipso.com

Summary Skipso Cleantech Grants

• Number of Grants: 612

• Value of Grants: $39billion*

• Countries Covered: 40+

• New Grants this Week: 5

• Latest update: February 26th, 2010

*Includes funds allocated for production incentives, loans, tax credits and expired grants

SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: FEBRUARY 19th – FEBRUARY 26th enabling sustainable innovation www.skipso.com

This Week on Skipso

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

• Focus this week: new UK Energy Efficiency and Low Carbon R&D Grants,
Swiss Start-up and Entrepreneurial funding grants, 2010 US Cleantech
Open announced

• Live Skipso Open Innovation Challenges: University CleanTech Challenge –
Phase 2 (£5k Cash Award) The Green Lighting Challenge ($10k Cash Award)
and the Concepts for CO2 Offsetting Challenge ($5k Cash Award)

• 9 grants and awards approaching application deadline

• The Skipso funding section this week has reached 612 Cleantech grants,
awards, incentives and over $39b in value, all are accessible for free on
http://www.skipso.com/grants/grid.html


UK Energy Efficiency Grants

Tees Valley Industrial Programme
Energy Efficiency Capital Grants

• Grant Type: Installation Projects
• Amount: Not disclosed
• Geographic Focus: UK, North East
• Deadline: 31st March 2012
http://www.onenortheast.co.uk/page/tvip-eecg/index.cfm

• The Energy Efficiency Capital Grant is one of the schemes available through the Tees
Valley Industrial Programme. The grants will enable industry to implement technology and
energy management solutions leading to reduced energy consumption and carbon
intensity, cost savings and improved resilience to energy price volatility.


UK Low Carbon R&D Grant

Grant for Research and Development
(GRD) – Low Carbon R&D

• Grant Type: Research & Development
• Amount: £5.5 million fund
• Geographic Focus: East of England
• Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.eeda.org.uk/4850.asp

• Companies carrying out low carbon research and development in the East of England
will be able to benefit from an extra £5.5 million in funding secured by EEDA.

• The funding will support the region’s position as a global provider of innovative low
carbon goods and services.


Switzerland Start-up Funding (1 of 2)

Venture Kick Start Capital

• Grant Type: Start-ups
• Amount: CHF 130,000
• Geographic Focus: Switzerland
• Deadline: 1st October 2010
http://www.venturekick.ch/

• Venture Kick aims for an early detection and promotion of promising business ideas at Swiss
universities and schools of higher education. The goal of this privately-funded support
initiative is to double the number of spin-offs by accelerating the founding process and by
making startups attractive for professional investors.


Switzerland Start-up Funding (2 of 2)

Venture 2010

• Grant Type: Start-ups
• Amount: CHF 150,000
• Geographic Focus: Switzerland
• Deadline: 31st March 2010

http://www.venture.ch/

• Venture 2010 is an initiative of the ETH Zurich, the innovation promotion agency CTI and
McKinsey & Company, Switzerland.

• Venture 2010 aims to put to use untapped innovation potential by encouraging young
entrepreneurs to develop a business idea.


Cleantech Business Plan Competition

2010 Cleantech Open

• Grant Type: Prize / Award
• Amount: Not disclosed yet
• Geographic Focus: US
• Deadline: 22nd May 2010
http://www.cleantechopen.com/app.cgi/content/competition/business/index

• The Cleantech Open Business Competition can accelerate your business launch and
growth. Just by entering you'll immediately start receiving resources and support to grow your
company into a successful, sustainable business.

• Register your interest in competing in the 2010 competition. You'll get a head start on
developing your network and learning the skills you'll need to win.


Skipso – Open Innovation Lab (1 of 3)
Refer a friend – Win $1,000!

The Green Lighting Challenge

• Amount: $10,000 / $1,000 referral fee
• Geographic Focus: Italy / International
• Deadline: 8th March 2010

http://www.skipso.com

• GC is looking for innovative solutions and products to enhance the performance of its LED-based
product line and extend its functional application to a wider range of fittings.

• Win $10,000 cash award for submitting solutions that will allow GC to meet the required
illumination coefficients and to expand its Green Lighting fittings to motorways, urban
areas, sports installations and other public areas.


Refer a friend – Win $500!

Concepts for CO2 Project Sourcing

• Amount: $5,000 / $500 referral fee
• Geographic Focus: Developing Countries
• Deadline: 10th March 2010

• Myclimate, The Climate Protection Partnership, is looking for innovative approaches to secure and
expand the sourcing of carbon offsetting projects.

Win $5,000 for submitting the most compelling concept for myclimate to find and approach
Cleantech companies, technology providers and other organizations that apply and implement
CO2-reducing technologies and initiatives in developing countries, mainly in the field of
renewable energy and energy efficiency.



University CleanTech Challenge

• Amount: £5,000
• Geographic Focus: Europe
• Deadline: 1st April 2010 (Phase 2)
http://www.cleantechnologychallenge.com

• The CleanTech Challenge is a student competition jointly hosted by London Business School
and University College London where students from top European business and engineering
schools compete in cross-functional teams. The challenge is to develop innovative clean technology
ideas from the concept phase to a stage in which they would attract Series A funding or otherwise
be self-sustainable.


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