National Inst. for Energy Storage (under the Ministry of Energy): Research Grants on Energy Storage (Preliminary Institutional Proposal)

https://www.trdf.co.il/files/Energy_Storage_updated_call_2025_with Q&A.pdf

Submission to the Research Authority: February 13th, Full Proposal Submission to the Ministry: March 9th

Objective: to develop advanced and practical technologies for energy storage and conversion, including highly efficient rechargeable batteries, hydrogen production systems, and fuel cells, with a focus on low cost, durability, and material availability.  Proposals for applied research are invited, with preference given to those involving inter-institutional collaboration, in the following areas:

1. Development of materials and technologies for energy conversion and storage.
2. Enhancing technological readiness to enable industrial scaling and support energy industry development.

Proposal Requirements: Each proposal must have a Principal Investigator (PI) from their institution. Additional co-investigators from other institutions may be included. Each researcher may participate in up to 2 proposals: one as PI and one as a co-PI.

Budget: 256,400K NIS per year, for of up to 3 years (7.5% overhead included).

Internal Technion Submission Process:  As each institution is limited to two proposals, the Technion will conduct an internal selection process as follows:

Preliminary proposals (4 pages +CV(s)) should be submitted by February 13th to ra-tec@trdf.technion.ac.il according to the following structure:

• Title, PI and co-PI names, and affiliations
• Research objectives and specific aims
• Description of the proposed research
• Significance, innovation, and potential benefits
• Applicability
• Budget: For each PI and co-PI – total requested.
• Bibliography

All the above is limited to 4 pages. In addition, include CVs with relevant publications (up to 2 pages) for each PI and co-PI.  All documents should be submitted in a single PDF file.

https://www.trdf.co.il/files/Energy_Storage_updated_call_2025_with Q&A.pdf

https://www.trdf.co.il/files/RESEARCH PROPOSAL.docx