The call for proposals Co-Creation Spaces Climate & Energy 2022 supports innovation labs for the establishment and operation of Co-Creation Spaces Climate & Energy. The funding aims to create an open, discrimination-free environment to foster the interest of children and young people in the fields of climate and energy.

What are Co-Creation Spaces Climate & Energy?

Co-Creation Spaces Climate & Energy are innovative and creative learning environments where learning and educational offerings in the area of climate and energy are developed, tested, and brought together.

• The co-creatively developed learning and educational offerings communicate forward-looking solutions and practices in the innovation areas of "climate protection", "climate change adaptation", and "(urban) renewable energy technologies".
• The user group(s), particularly pupils, gain access to the offerings outside of regular school hours and use them to complement the curriculum.
• The design of the offerings can range from stationary educational offerings to mobile labs through to hybrid learning formats.
• Co-Creation Spaces Climate & Energy drive the connection between theory and practice. This can involve integrating authentic learning and working environments into knowledge transfer.
• Within the Co-Creation Space, stakeholder groups from the fields of schools and the regional economy are actively involved. Innovation projects are jointly advanced and implemented cooperatively.

The call for proposals particularly addresses projects that act in a complementary way to already funded Co-Creation Spaces Climate & Energy from the first call for proposals (thematically, regionally, structurally, etc.).

Further information on the funding conditions and application process can be found in the download centre.

Visit our webinar on 24.11.2022, where we'll be sharing information about the call for proposals.

Mandatory submission consultation

A prerequisite for submission is a mandatory consultation meeting with the Climate and Energy Fund no later than 24.02.2023. To arrange an appointment, please contact the FFG programme management team no later than 10.02.2023.

What is funded?

Funding is provided to the operating organisation of the Co-Creation Space Climate & Energy. Co-Creation Spaces Climate & Energy are funded using the innovation lab funding instrument. They are treated in funding terms as non-economic projects within the meaning of state aid law.

Who is eligible for funding?

Eligible are research and knowledge dissemination institutions (research organisations) in the non-economic sector: universities, universities of applied sciences, non-university research institutions, technology transfer organisations, innovation intermediaries, and other science-oriented organisations (e.g. cluster initiatives, associations pursuant to their stated purpose). This also includes universities of education that fall outside the Austrian federal administration.

All information on funding and contact persons at ffg.at