InnovateUkraine 2025

The aim of this competition is to accelerate Ukraine’s recovery and ensure the country’s energy supply is low-carbon, affordable, and secure. It focuses on creating immediate energy security for Ukraine while helping its long-term ambition to transition away from hydrocarbons.

Your project can support the development, testing, or scaling up of innovative technologies or business models. Your project must meet all four of the following criteria:

• Focus on the specific needs of Ukraine’s energy recovery.
• Be an innovative technology or business model that is low-carbon, affordable, and secure.
• Create energy resilience against attacks in the short term or build access to clean energy in the future.
• Adhere to the principle of “leave no one behind,” meaning due attention should be paid to ensure benefits reach the poorest and most marginalised.

While any technology that meets the above criteria is eligible, priority will be given to projects that can practically demonstrate innovations in pilot projects supporting the following themes:

• Smart Green Grids
• Renewable Generation
• Renewable Heat
• Green Fuels
• Low Carbon Buildings and Homes
• Re-purposing Existing Infrastructure
• Industrial Decarbonisation

To be eligible for InnovateUkraine funding, your project must:

• Have total project costs between £50,000 and £2 million
• Qualify as industrial research and involve an element of field demonstration
• Start on or after 1 December 2025
• End by 31 December 2027
• Have a maximum duration of 24 months
• Involve at least one partner with a legal entity in Ukraine
• Include a UK-registered administrative lead
• Involve a business of any size
• Involve at least one legally separate collaborator
• Your project can also involve any organisation from any country

Lead Organisations

There are two types of lead in this competition: an administrative lead, who will complete the application on the application portal, and a technology lead, who will lead the project work.

The administrative lead will manage and be accountable for the finances of the project in accordance with the terms and conditions of the award. The administrative lead must:

• Be a UK-registered entity of any size and be capable of distributing funding to other collaborating partners.
• Be eligible to claim grant funding through this competition, including funding for their administrative function.

The technology lead will oversee the development of the scope, work packages, and any other technical work for the project. They will also lead the creation of intellectual property (IP) for the project.

Project Team

To collaborate with the lead, your organisation must be one of the following:

• Business of any size
• Academic institution
• R&D institution
• Charity
• Not-for-profit
• Non-governmental organisation (NGO)
• Research and technology organisation (RTO)