Calls

Fourth call for applications for RISEnergy Trasnational Access – Open

Fourth call for applications for RISEnergy Transnational Access is now open!

Call topic: Innovative solutions to improve energy systems and/or reduce the life cycle cost of energy technologies, enabling a wider use of renewable energy.

Eligibility and research areas: This call is open to researchers from both academia and industry working in the areas covered by RISEnergy (biofuels, concentrated solar power, energy storage, hydrogen, information and communication technology, integrated grids, materials for energy, ocean energy, offshore wind, photovoltaics), as well as those that cross-cut the above-mentioned topics.

For further information on eligibility, application guidelines, frequently asked questions, and the list of available infrastructures, please visit the RISEnergy open calls page and the Transnational Access page.

❝RISEnergy gave us access to facilities that we would not otherwise have been able to afford as an SME. I don’t think we could have progressed our technology without this access.❞

Vincent Mc Cormack – CEO & Co-Founder of GKinetic Energy, a company developing hydrokinetic turbine technology to generate renewable electricity from flowing water in rivers and canals.

❝Sometimes, as researchers from Latin America, we assume these opportunities are not for us, that it will be too difficult to get a project approved. RISEnergy showed us otherwise. Moreover, applying to RISEnergy gave me new ideas and a real desire to come back, this time as a project leader. As a woman researcher, it mattered to see that the teams at the facility were balanced. There were women doing science alongside men, working on solar energy in materials. That visibility makes a difference.❞

Linda Viviana García Quiñonez, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico.

We particularly welcome applications from women and researchers from underrepresented groups in energy research.

Available Research Infrastructures: Access is available for the RISEnergy Research Infrastructures (RIs) listed here.

Please note that the following RIs are not included in this call (N°4), meaning that no access to these infrastructures will be granted:

• TA09 – KIT-MARIN-OB
• TA15 – AIT-AIST-FREA
• TA20 – CNR-IMA3 (CNR-IMA3-DiaTHEMA Labs)
• TA21 – CNR-I-ZEB and DEC
• TA25 – NTUA-EES-lab
• TA33 – IEES-HITMOBIL
• TA42 – IREC-EnergySmartLab
• TA45 – PLOCAN-TEST SITE
• TA49 – TUBITAK-TU BIOTHEC
• TA53- UNIEdinburgh-FastBlade
• TA58 – ENEA-PRAGUP
• TA59 – TA62 CENER
• TA63 – CNRS
• TA74 – FZJ-LLEC
• TA75 – IMEC-EV PV Lab
• TA80 – UCC-TYN
• TA81- UCC-EMEC
• TA83 – UCC-VGA-VGATL
• TA84 – UCC-UNIGhent-COB
• TA85- UNIStrathclyde-KHL

How to apply: Applications should be submitted using the official RISEnergy form via https://www.conftool.pro/RISEnergy.

Deadline: 26 April 2026 by 23:59 h CET. To ensure timely review, applications submitted after this date will not be considered.

Questions about your application? Contact Dr. Olga Suminska-Ebersoldt – We are here to help, especially if you are applying for the first time!

Evaluation process: An independent Selection Panel will review and select the most promising applications.

We look forward to your application!

For information: RISEnergy usually publishes calls for TA applications twice a year, at the end of March and the end of September. The final call will be launched in September 2027.

First call for applications for RISEnergy Transnational Access – Closed

First call for applications RISEnergy Transnational Access – Closed

Call topic: Innovative solutions to improve energy systems and/or reduce the life cycle cost of energy technologies enabling a wider use of renewable energy.

Eligibility and research areas: This call was opened to researchers from both academia and industry working in the areas covered by RISEnergy (biofuels, concentrated solar power, energy storage, hydrogen, information and communication technology, integrated grids, materials for energy, ocean energy, offshore wind, photovoltaics) and cross-cutting these.

Applications that covered at least two of the indicated research areas were set to gain an advantage and be prioritised.

Access could only be requested for the RISEnergy research infrastructures listed here.

Deadline: 30th November 2024 (submissions only via https://www.conftool.pro/RISEnergy). Applications submitted after this date were not considered.

Evaluation process: An independent Selection Panel reviewed and selected the most promising applications.

For more information about the process, please visit https://risenergy-project.eu/ta-access/ or contact us here.

Second call for applications for RISEnergy Transnational Access – Closed

Second call for applications RISEnergy Transnational Access – Closed

Call topic: Innovative solutions to improve energy systems and/or reduce the life cycle cost of energy technologies enabling a wider use of renewable energy.

Eligibility and research areas: This call was opened to researchers from both academia and industry working in the areas covered by RISEnergy (biofuels, concentrated solar power, energy storage, hydrogen, information and communication technology, integrated grids, materials for energy, ocean energy, offshore wind, photovoltaics) and cross-cutting these.

Applications that covered at least two of the indicated research areas were set to gain an advantage and be prioritised.

Access can only be requested for the RISEnergy research infrastructures listed here. Only applications submitted using the official RISEnergy form were considered.

Deadline: 4th May 2025 (submissions only via https://www.conftool.pro/RISEnergy). Applications submitted after this date were not considered.

Evaluation process: An independent Selection Panel reviewed and selected the most promising applications.

For more information about the process, please visit https://risenergy-project.eu/ta-access/ or contact us here.

Third call for applications for RISEnergy Transnational Access – Closed

Third call for applications RISEnergy Transnational Access – Closed

Call topic: Innovative solutions to improve energy systems and/or reduce the life cycle cost of energy technologies enabling a wider use of renewable energy.

Eligibility and Research Areas: This call was opened to researchers from both academia and industry working in the areas covered by RISEnergy (biofuels, concentrated solar power, energy storage, hydrogen, information and communication technology, integrated grids, materials for energy, ocean energy, offshore wind, photovoltaics), as well as those that cross-cut the above-mentioned topics.

Access could only be requested for the RISEnergy Research Infrastructures (RIs) listed here. The following RIs were excluded from the current call (N°3) and the upcoming one (N°4), meaning that no access to these infrastructures were granted:

• TA20 – CNR-IMA3 (CNR-IMA3-DiaTHEMA Labs)
• TA21 – CNR-I-ZEB and DEC
• TA25 – NTUA-EES-lab
• TA33 – IEES-HITMOBIL
• TA49 – TUBITAK-TU BIOTHEC
• TA74 – FZJ-LLEC
• TA75 – IMEC-EV PV Lab
• TA80 – UCC-TYN
• TA83 – UCC-VGA-VGATL
• TA84 – UCC-UNIGhent-COB

Only applications submitted using the official RISEnergy form were considered. 

Deadline: 9th November 2025 (submissions only via https://www.conftool.pro/RISEnergy). Applications submitted after this date were not considered.

Evaluation Process: An independent Selection Panel reviewed and selected the most promising applications.