EU Innovation Fund - Industrial Process Heat Auction
Innovation Fund Industrial Heat Auction (IF25/IF26 Heat Auction)
Usually opens in December and February
Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.
Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.
IF25 Heat Auction budget up to EUR 1 billion; a second round in 2026 also carries a EUR 1 billion budget. Support is auctioned to the most cost-effective CO2 abatement bids.
European Commission (DG CLIMA) / CINEA
public · supranational
Deadline: annual_call — IF25 Heat Auction bids closed 19 February 2026. A second (IF26) Heat Auction round is planned for 2026 with a EUR 1 billion budget; draft terms went to public consultation with a stakeholder workshop on 7 July 2026.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: energy, climate, manufacturing
- Stage: growth
- Locally registered entity required
Open to all industrial sectors and project sizes; technologies include heat pumps, electric boilers, resistance and induction heating, solar thermal and geothermal, and hybrids.
Source. https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/eu-funding-climate-action/innovation-fund/calls-proposals_en — checked 2026-08-14
"A second round of the IF Heat Auction will be held in 2026 with a budget of EUR 1 billion."