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Fifth call for applications for RISEnergy Transnational Access
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.
❝We got some nice results; this access [RISEnergy’s] was instrumental for our product. We are now able to talk to customers and tell them that we have tested our product. We can demonstrate it works in a real environment❞
Dr. Bernhard Adams – Physicist and CTO of Heliosync, an Estonia-based company enabling cost-effective solar thermal applications.
❝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.
Applications from women and researchers from underrepresented groups in energy research are particularly encouraged.
Available Research Infrastructures: Access is available for the RISEnergy Research Infrastructures (RIs) listed here.
Please note that the RI DLR-TFCL (TA67) is currently not available for any activities, applications for this infrastructure can be considered as of January 2028 or later.
Submission only via https://www.conftool.pro/RISEnergy. Only applications submitted using the official RISEnergy form will be considered.
Deadline: 18th November 2026 by 23:59 h CET. To ensure timely review, applications submitted after this date will not be considered.
Evaluation process: An independent Selection Panel will review and select the most promising applications. For more information about the process, please visit https://risenergy-project.eu/ta-access/ or contact us here.
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.
Available Research Infrastructures: 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
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.
For more information about the process, please visit https://risenergy-project.eu/ta-access/ or contact us here.
Fourth call for applications for RISEnergy Trasnational Access – Closed
Fourth call for applications for 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 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.
❝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.
Applications from women and researchers from underrepresented groups in energy research were particularly encourage.
Available Research Infrastructures: Access was available for the RISEnergy Research Infrastructures (RIs) listed here. The following RIs were not included in this call (N°4), meaning that no access to these infrastructures was 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
- 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
Deadline: 26th April 2026 by 23:59 h CET. To ensure timely review, applications submitted after this date were not considered.
Evaluation process: An independent Selection Panel will review and select the most promising applications.
For more information about the process, please visit https://risenergy-project.eu/ta-access/ or contact us here.