cleantech grants, awards, incentives - weekly update (dec 11th)
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Skipso Weekly DigestCleantech Grants, Awards, Incentives
December 4th – December 11th 2009
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Summary Skipso Cleantech Grants
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•Number of Grants:
•Value of Grants:
•Countries Covered:
•New Grants this Week:
•Latest update:
540
$38billion*
40+
8
December 11th, 2009
SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: DECEMBER 4th – DECEMBER 11th
*Includes funds allocated for production incentives, loans, tax credits and expired grants
Other countries: Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, China, India, Brazil, Thailand, Switzerland, Holland, Singapore, UAE , Nigeria, Other EU & African countries
53%
25%
3%
3%
3%
2%
2%
2%
1%
1%
187
126
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This Week on Skipso
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• 8 new Cleantech Grants, Awards and Incentives added to Skipso’s funding database
• Focus this week: Cleantech Start-up Competitions, Environment Social Entrepreneurship Awards, new UK Smart Grid Grants, US State Incentives (Michigan, Kansas)
• 2 Skipso Open Innovation Challenges are live: The Green Lighting Challenge ($10k Cash Award) and the Concepts for CO2 Offsetting Challenge ($5k Cash Award)
• 5 grants and awards approaching application deadline
• The Skipso funding section this week has reached 540 Cleantech grants, awards, incentives and over $38b in value, all are accessible for free on http://www.skipso.com
SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: DECEMBER 4th – DECEMBER 11th
East Africa Clean Energy Challenge
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Access to Clean Energy Challenge East Africa
• A business plan competition for entrepreneurs that deliver access to clean energy in Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania & Uganda.
• Clean energy comprises: wind, solar, biogas, hydro, liquefied petroleum gas, biomass and energy efficiency.
• Grant Type: Start-ups• Amount: $100,000• Geographic Focus: East African Countries• Deadline: 15th January 2010
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SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: DECEMBER 4th – DECEMBER 11th
Other Start-up Competitions
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Name Cleantech Focus Details
Duke Start-up Challenge Energy & Environment (the Duke Start-Up Challenge is an entrepreneurship competition that runs the course of the academic year, from November to April.)
•Grant Type: Start-ups•Amount: $30,000•Deadline: 12th Jan 2010• Visit website
•Grant Type: Start-ups•Amount: $40,000•Deadline: TBC• Visit website
AC-NET Clean Tech Competition
Ideas in New Energy or Water Technology that are ready for market
SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: DECEMBER 4th – DECEMBER 11th
Social Entrepreneurship Grants (1 of 2)
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The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship
• The Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship support social entrepreneurs whose work has the potential for large-scale influence on critical challenges of our time: tolerance and human rights, health, economic and social equity, peace and security, institutional responsibility, and environmental sustainability.
• Grant Type: Prize / Award• Amount: Later-stage, or mezzanine, funding• Geographic Focus: Global• Deadline: 17th February 2010
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SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: DECEMBER 4th – DECEMBER 11th
Social Entrepreneurship Grants (2 of 2)
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Sparkseed
• College students with ideas that change the world
• Each year Sparkseed selects up to ten student-led social ventures. The social innovators who lead these for profit and non-profit ventures receive six months of high-impact support from Sparkseed.
• Grant Type: Prize / Award• Amount: $10,000• Geographic Focus: United States• Deadline: 7th February 2010
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SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: DECEMBER 4th – DECEMBER 11th
Cleantech Grant of the Week
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Smart Grid Capital Grants Programme
• The Department of Energy and Climate Change is inviting applications to their new Smart Grid Demonstration Capital Grant Programme.
• Capital funding is available for individual businesses and consortia to develop and demonstrate the innovative technologies needed to meet the Government’s goal of installing a smart meter in every home by 2020.
• Grant Type: Research & Development• Amount: £6,000,000• Geographic Focus: United Kingdom• Deadline: 25th January 2010
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SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: DECEMBER 4th – DECEMBER 11th
US State-Incentives
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Name Cleantech Focus Details
Michigan - Refundable Photovoltaic Manufacturing Tax Credit
Solar Photovoltaic •Grant Type: Tax Relief•Amount: 25% of Capital Costs•Deadline: 31st Dec 2011• Visit website
•Grant Type: Loans•Amount: $30,000 max•Deadline: Ongoing• Visit website
Efficiency Kansas Revolving Loan Program
Energy Efficiency, Green Buildings
SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: DECEMBER 4th – DECEMBER 11th
Skipso – Open Innovation Lab (1 of 2)
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The Green Lighting Challenge
• Grant Type: Prize / Award• Amount: $10,000 / $1,000 referral fee• Geographic Focus: Italy / International• Deadline: 8th March 2010
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• 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.
SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: DECEMBER 4th – DECEMBER 11th
Refer a friend – Win $1,000!
Skipso – Open Innovation Lab (2 of 2)
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Concepts for CO2 Project Sourcing
• 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.
• Grant Type: Prize / Award• Amount: $5,000 / $500 referral fee• Geographic Focus: Developing Countries• Deadline: 25th January 2010
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SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: DECEMBER 4th – DECEMBER 11th
Refer a friend – Win $500!
Upcoming Application Deadlines (1 of 2)
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See all grants on http://www.skipso.com/index.php/grants/list
SKIPSO WEEKLY DIGEST: DECEMBER 4th – DECEMBER 11th
Upcoming Application Deadlines (2 of 2)
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See all grants on http://www.skipso.com/index.php/grants/list
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Grant Finder – Find Cleantech Grants, Awards, Prizes
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