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Grants

Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP)

Status

Closed for now

The funder has not said when this reopens.

Closed
Amount
£20,000,000

Umbrella portfolio funding hydrogen, long-duration energy storage, heat pumps, industrial fuel switching, CCUS, floating offshore wind and more. Individual competition awards range from tens of thousands to tens of millions.

Funder

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ)

public · national

Deadline: Closed — Ended: the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio funded projects from 2021 to 2025; final report published 25 November 2025.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Check the GOV.UK NZIP collection page for which sub-competitions are currently live.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/net-zero-innovation-portfolio

"From 2021 to 2025, the Net Zero Innovation Portfolio provided funding for low carbon technologies and systems, to help enable the UK to end its contribution to climate change."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.gov.uk

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