Breakthrough Energy Fellows
Usually opens in September and October and November
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.
Two years of funding and support for the Innovator Fellowship, covering project costs and salary. Breakthrough Energy does not publish a fixed award figure.
Breakthrough Energy
private · supranational
Deadline: annual_call — 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.
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: climate, energy, deeptech
- Stage: idea, pre_seed
- R&D activity required
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
- Submit a concept paper during the open window — link
- Selected candidates complete a full application
- Deep-dive interviews for shortlisted candidates
Source. https://befellows.smapply.org/ — checked 2026-08-14
""Applications for Cohort 6 are closed. Cohort 7 applications will reopen in Fall 2026.""