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Open calls
The Commission has launched the 2025 Net-Zero Technologies call with a budget of €2.9 billion, the third auction for hydrogen production under the European Hydrogen Bank with €1.3 billion, and the first-ever auction for decarbonisation of industrial process heat under the Industrial Decarbonisation Bank with a €1 billion budget.
Please consult the dedicated Calls and Auctions pages below to access materials and information to help with your application. All applications must be sent via the EU Funding & Tenders Portal within the required timeframes.
Questionnaire
We’ve created a questionnaire to help you understand if your project broadly fits the objectives, scope, and key requirements of the Innovation Fund 2025 Call for Net-Zero Technologies (IF25 NZT Call).
Grants and Auctions 'as-a-Service'
For the upcoming 2025 Calls, Member States have the option to allocate additional national budgets to fund extra projects on their territory, thereby benefiting from a simplified State aid assessment procedure.
For Member State participation in auctions, see the Auctions-as-a-Service concept note
For Member State participation in regular grants see the Grants-as-a-Service concept note
Previous calls
- 3 December 2024IF24 Calls for proposals
The Commission launched 2 calls for proposals and an auction under the Innovation Fund, making €4.6 billion in EU Emission Trading System revenues available for funding.
- 23 November 2023IF23 Calls for proposals
The Commission launched the IF23 Call for Net-Zero technologies and the pilot IF23 Auction for hydrogen production under the European Hydrogen Bank on 23 November 2023. A total of €4 billion in support from the EU Emission Trading System was made available for projects.
- 2020 and 2023Before the IF23 Call
Between 2020-2023, the Commission held 3 large-scale and 3 small-scale calls for proposals.
For more information about awarded projects, check our Innovation Fund projects factsheets.

