RvO
RvO – The Netherlands Enterprise Agency supports entrepreneurs, NGOs, knowledge institutions and organisations. They are a government agency which operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. Its activities are commissioned by the various Dutch ministries and the European Union.
RvO Grants Overview
RvO aims to improve entrepreneurship and collaboration in the Netherlands and abroad. RVO provides a diverse portfolio of Research and Development grants, tax schemes and loans. RVO is also the National Contact Point for many European funding programmes.
MOOI (Mission-driven Research, Development and Innovation)
This call aims for innovative solutions that contribute to the climate goals of the Dutch Agreement aiming to have an energy system without CO2 emission by 2050. Therefore, the consortium of collaborating parties must develop the innovative solution in a comprehensive manner converging all relevant disciplines and perspectives; entrepreneurs, scientist, societal organizations and stakeholders.
The project must include concrete SMART formulated milestones.
The call is divided into 5 different topics:
- Electricity: the project focuses on the generation of solar and wind energy on land and at sea. Additionally it includes one of the following themes:
- Accelerating the development of offshore wind energy and removing barriers
- Labor and material saving innovations as part of renewable electricity production on land
- Multiple land use in renewable electricity production on land
- Industry: The project focuses on making industrial production processes and product more sustainable. It also includes one of the following themes:
- Process innovation through electrification and chain innovation
- Sustainable raw materials and intermediate products based on CO and CO2
- Built Environment: This project focuses the large-scale sustainability of existing residential and non-residential buildings. Also it includes on of the following themes
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- Sustainable solutions for existing built environment
- Future proof energy system for residential areas, including estates office or shopping areas
- System integration:The project focuses on making industrial production processes and products more sustainable and includes one of the following themes:
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- Process innovation through electrification and chain innovations
- Sustainable raw materials and intermediate products based on CO and CO2
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- Biobased circular: The project focuses on making industrial production processes and products more sustainable and includes the following themes:
- Development of new bio-based raw materials for the conversion of chemical building blocks into polymers
- Development of a new generation of bio-based building blocks (such as polyols, dicarboxylic acids, or hydroxycarboxylic acids) and resulting polyesters
Applicant Criteria: Consortia consisting of a minimum of 3 Dutch entities such as innovative SMEs and stakeholders. Stakeholders may include suppliers, customers, users, and local parties.
An application can only be submitted if the mandatory pre-registration has been submitted previously. Subsidy provider RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency) assesses the applications according to the tender principle: the best projects receive a subsidy (so quality takes precedence over speed).
- The project has at least €2 million in costs that are covered by the subsidy (eligible costs).
- Research organizations do not incur more than 50% of the eligible costs.
- The subsidy is at least €25,000 for each participant.
- The subsidy is a maximum of € 4 million for the total project.
Funding type: Grant
Budget: € 4.000.000
Total budget: € 61.050.000
Funding rate: depending on type of activities in the project, to be determined upon official publication of the call
Deadline: The only call currently open is MOOI: System integration.
Pre-proposal 17 April 2025
Full proposal 4 September 2025
DEI+ Call: Demonstration Energy- and Climate Innovation
The DEI+ is a call for innovative techniques regarding energy and climate innovation.
The goal of the grant is to support pilot and demonstration projects that contribute to a cost-effective reduction of CO2 emission in the Netherlands in 2030. New technologies, systems and/or devices are applied in practice by SMEs. The project must apply to one of the following subjects:
- Carbon capture, Utilisation and Storage
- Circular economy
- Energy efficiency, other than in buildings
- Promotion of energy from renewable sources
- Flexibility of the energy system
- Local infrastructure
- Other co2 reduction measures in the industry, electricity sector or built environment
- Hydrogen and green chemistry à see the specific call
Project duration: Max. 4 year
Funding type: Grant
Budget: € 30M for demonstration projects € 25M for pilot projects and also for experimental infrastructure projects.
Total budget: € 175M
Funding rate: between 25%-80%
Deadline: 28 August 2025
DEI+: Circular Economy:
The goal of the grant is to support smaller pilot and demonstration projects that contribute to a cost-effective reduction of CO2 emission in the Netherlands in 2030. New technologies, systems and/or devices are applied in practice by SMEs. The projects must apply to one of the following subjects:
- Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage
- Circular economy
- Energy efficiency, other than in buildings
- promotion of energy from renewable sources
- Flexibility of the energy system
- Local infrastructure
- Other CO2 reduction measures in the industry, electricity sector or built environment
- Hydrogen and green chemistry (check the DEI+ hydrogen specific call)
Funding type: Grant
Budget: € 30M for demonstration projects and € 25M for a pilot and test and experimental infrastructure project
Total budget: € 80M
Funding rate: between 25%-80%
Deadline: 28 August 2025
Dei+ Gasification of residual streams:
The project concerns a demonstration project of an innovation that reduces CO2 emissions in the Netherlands at low costs. This call is for demonstration projects for an installation for the gasification of residual streams*. These concern biogenic and mixed residual streams. Biogenic residual flows consist of organic material that remains as a by-product or waste of biological processes. This mainly comes from sectors such as agriculture, food production, forestry and factory farming. The material is degradable biological material. The installation converts the residual flow into renewable (sustainable) energy carriers, such as green gas and biofuels, or as raw material for the circular economy.
The call covers the entire chain of gasification, including pre-treatment, torrefaction, gasification, cleaning and upgrading.
*The installation has a minimal thermal input capacity of at least 5 MW
Funding type: Grant
Budget: € 30.000.000
Total budget: € 109M
Funding rate: between 15%-70%
Deadline: 28 August 2025
Innovatiekrediet (IK)
Subsidy: €10M (Clinical development); €10,M (Technical development); €30M for clinical ánd technical development projects
Scope: The Innovation Credit is a risk bearing loan to fund high risk, technological innovation projects. Although funding is meant for a technological risky project, typically used for more for more later stage development projects. At the end of the project the product should be on the market or otherwise bringing revenues to the company (licensing deal, new investor round, co-development).
Read more about this call or visit the RVO website
Vroegefasefinanciering (VFF)
Subsidy: €50,000 – 350,000
Scope: With a loan from the VFF, starters and SMEs investigate whether their idea has a chance of success in the market (idea on paper – concept phase). Development of the first prototype is covered by the aim of investigating technical feasibility. Selling proto types or products that have already been granted IP, are not eligible, as that development is too mature for this loan.
Mkb-innovatiestimulering Regio en Topsectoren (MIT)
RVO MIT Haalbaarheidsstudie
Subsidy: €20,000
Scope: A feasibility project maps the technical and economic risks of a proposed innovation project. A feasibility study consists of a feasibility study, possibly supplemented by industrial research or experimental development.
A feasibility study typically includes literature research, patent research, inventory of available technology and potential partners, market research and competition analysis.
RVO MIT R&D samenwerkingsprojecten
Subsidy: €200,000 – 350,000 (big projects); €50,000 – 200,000 (small projects)
Scope: The project consists of industrial research and/or experimental development. Requests are evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Technological renewal or substantial new uses of an existing product, product, process, or service;
- Economic value creation for participants in the MIT-R&D cooperation, in the relevant top sectors, or the Dutch economy;
- The quality of R&D cooperation, reflecting at least the level of complementarity of the participants, the capacities of the participants and the quality of the project organization;
- Combinations of sectors that are not conventional. RVO DTIF (Dutch Trade and Investment Fund)
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