The EU Innovation Fund offers EUR 2.9 billion in financial support to companies investing in innovative solutions to decarbonise EU’s energy and industry. The new call texts (IF25) were published on the 4th of December 2025 with topics for different CAPEX scales, clean-tech manufacturing and pilots. With a strong track record of successful projects with our customers, we are again looking forward to providing our expertise to the project development and proposal preparation process – whether a new project or a resubmission.
Deadline: 23 April 2026, with results in October-November 2026
Large scale (CAPEX over EUR 100 million) budget: EUR 1.2 billion (same as in 2024)
Medium scale (CAPEX between EUR 20 and 100 million) budget: EUR 300 million (EUR 200 million in 2024)
Small scale (CAPEX between EUR 2,5 million and 20 million) budget: EUR 100 million (EUR 100 million in 2024)
Clean-tech manufacturing budget: EUR 1 billion million (EUR 700 million in 2024)
Pilot budget: EUR 300 million (EUR 200 million in 2024)
Eligible countries: EU Member States, Norway and Iceland
Emphasized sectors: Synthetic aviation fuel, maritime fuel.
| No separate topic for batteries |
| Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) methodology implementation now required |
| Replicability restructured: “Further deployment” criterion removed |
| Bonus points restructured: “Other GHG savings” and “Commitment to use electricity from additional renewable sources or to use RFNBOs” removed. “ |
| Bonus point for “projects coordinated and implemented by small and medium-sized enterprises” added. |
Our approach has been put to the test many times and we have received highly positive feedback from our customers. We support and accelerate your large-scale investment planning as follows:
| Support in creating the business and financial plan for successful evaluation of financial maturity |
| High-quality feasibility study with concepting and project development support to excel in technical and operational maturity |
| Credible implementation plan and substantiated scale-up and replicability plan for maximum points in replicability |
| Greenhouse emission calculations according to Innovation Fund methodology |
| A facilitated and comprehensive strategic planning process, leveraging Spinverse's expert project management to ensure efficient coordination, well-defined innovation description, and successful project execution. |
In addition to supporting in the proposal preparation, Spinverse offers support in the Grant Agreement Preparation (GAP) and the Project Management phases.
Spinverse has extensive experience in preparing project proposals in the field of sustainable industries. To date, we have supported 18 winning Innovation Fund cases, several securing grants of over EUR 100 million each. In total, our clients’ projects have been granted over EUR 1 billion of funding from Innovation Fund alone.
We would be happy to check if your project has the right fit for the Innovation Fund! Our experts in Innovation Fund, GHG calculations and financial maturity are ready to evaluate your project’s fit. Contact Janne Kaukojärvi, Jonas Norrman or Sergei Chekurov to set up a meeting for next steps!
janne.kaukojarvi@spinverse.com
+358 50 528 6197
jonas.norrman@spinverse.com
+46 766 365 301
sergei.chekurov@spinverse.com
+358 50 5908 649
Innovation Fund 2025 call text (4.12.2025)
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