National and local grants and subsidies

In addition to EU grants and subsidies, national, regional and local governments offer grants and subsidies as well. These investment instruments generally have the purpose of implementing and fostering policy objectives that are defined by the specific government for its (geographical) context.

Below is a list of national and local grants in the EU that support circular initiatives. Since the number of such grants and subsidies is rapidly growing, we appreciate getting suggestions for updates:

Austria	UFI – Environmental assistance in Austria
Austria	Waste prevention promotion
Austria, Federal State of Salzburg	Support to projects
Austria, Federal State of Upper Austria	Grants on the subject of the environment and nature
Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region	BeCircular Project Call
Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region	Brucircle
Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region	Greenlab Sustainable Accelerator
Belgium, Brussels-Capital Region	Village Finance
Belgium, Flanders Region	Circular Flanders
Czech Republic	National Programme Environment
Czech Republic	Operational Program Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness
Czech Republic	Operational Programme Environment
Denmark	Ecoinnovation subsidy scheme
Denmark	Fund for Green Business Development
Denmark	Innovationsfonden
Estonia	Base funding
Estonia	Research Funding
Finland	Bio and Circular Finland
France	Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Hungary	National Research, Development and Innovation Fund (NKFIH)
Italy, Emilia Romagna	Fund for incentive prevention and reduction of waste in the Emilia-Romagna Region
Luxembourg	Fit4Circularity
Luxembourg	Fonds Climat & Energie
The Netherlands	DEI+ Circulaire Economie
The Netherlands	Nationaal Groenfonds
The Netherlands	Subsidieregeling Circulaire Ketenprojecten
The Netherlands, Amsterdam	Amsterdam Duurzaamheidsfonds
The Netherlands, Amsterdam	Amsterdam Klimaat & Energiefonds
The Netherlands, Limburg	Limburgs Energiefonds
Poland	The Circular Economy in the local community
Portugal	Fundação por la Ciencia e la Tecnologia
Slovakia	Operational Programme Quality of Environment
Spain	National Plan for Research, Science, Technology and Innovation
Spain, Basque Autonomous Community	IHOBE – Projects of demonstration of Circular Economy
Sweden	BioInnovation (Strategic Innovation Program)
United Kingdom	Call Circular Textiles
United Kingdom	Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund – Innovate UK
United Kingdom, London	Circular London Accelerator
United Kingdom, London	Greater London Investment Fund
United Kingdom, Scotland	Circular Economy Investment Fund
United Kingdom, Scotland	Resource Efficient Circular Economy Accelerator Programme
United Kingdom, Scotland	Scottish Institute for Remanufacture (SIR)
United Kingdom, Wales	Circular Economy Capital Investment Fund

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