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Grants

Net Zero Innovation Portfolio (NZIP)

Status

Status not published

Delivered as a series of separate themed competitions, each with its own window.

Open now
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: Fixed cut-off dates — Delivered as a series of separate themed competitions, each with its own window.

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.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The Companies House number, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/net-zero-innovation-portfolio · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.gov.uk

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