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Grants

Breakthrough Energy Fellows

Status

Usually opens in September and October and November

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
Not published

Two years of funding and support for the Innovator Fellowship, covering project costs and salary. Breakthrough Energy does not publish a fixed award figure.

Funder

Breakthrough Energy

private · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — Cohort 6 concept papers closed on 10 November 2025 and that cohort starts September 2026. Business Fellows and Explorers are recruited on a rolling basis.

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

The Innovator Fellowship requires less than US$2m in prior dilutive funding and legal incorporation by the cohort start date. Technologies must plausibly reduce or capture at least 500 million tonnes of greenhouse gases a year, or meaningfully address climate adaptation.

How to apply

  1. Submit a concept paper during the open window — link
  2. Selected candidates complete a full application
  3. Deep-dive interviews for shortlisted candidates

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://befellows.smapply.org/

""Applications for Cohort 6 are closed. Cohort 7 applications will reopen in Fall 2026.""

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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