Research for a competitive and sustainable battery value chain

The call aims to foster battery research that contributes to boasting the competitiveness of the Swedish parts of the European battery value chain, delivering a societally cost-effective climate transition, and securing a reliable and resilient supply of energy. It also aims to encourage international and cross-sector collaboration and capacity building that, over time, stimulate new ways of thinking and strengthen the overall quality of the battery ecosystem.

What can be funded?

This call is open to all proposals that can help deliver the program’s intended outcomes. We especially welcome proposals for projects in four specified areas, carried out in collaboration with internationally top-tier research groups or companies based either in Sweden or in countries at the forefront of the field, and which incorporate cross-cutting analyses on technology readiness and commercial viability. To find out more, see the full program description.

Please note that this call levies specific conditions on the choice of project leader and on the incorporation of research exchanges in international collaborations. Furthermore, the maximum amount of funding that any single project may receive is limited to 10 million SEK, with the total amount of funding for all the international partners being capped at 15 percent of the total requested funding. All projects granted funding are expected to submit a non-confidential, deeper analysis of the state-of-the-art with its research area(s) together with the first status report.

For more information, check out the full program descriptions in both English and Swedish (the appendices containing the general terms and conditions are available in Swedish only).

Who can be funded?

The Swedish Energy Agency invites applications from the following types of entities:

• companies (legal entities)
• universities and colleges of higher education
• research institutes
• public sector organisations.

Gender equality and diversity aspects shall be taken into consideration when putting together the project team, when choosing the project leader, during project execution, in the project’s content, and in the goals and the expected outcomes.

Important dates

Submit your application between February 27, 2026 and May 7, 2026 in Swedish Energy Agency’s application portal “Mina Sidor” where the call is titled “Research for a competitive and sustainable battery value chain”.

Note that the timetable may change.

Please refer to the Swedish language version of the full call text for Swedish Energy Agency’s General Terms and Conditions for funding. Applicants are strongly advised to go through the information provided in the full call text and in the General Terms and Conditions carefully before submitting their applications.

We have put together an FAQ for the call, which will be updated periodically. We encourage the applicants to go through the FAQ before submitting their application and before getting in touch with us for support.

Information sessions via Microsoft Teams

The Swedish Energy Agency invites all applicants to attend the call’s two information sessions. You will have an opportunity to ask questions concerning the call and the application process.

When:

Tuesday March 17, 2026, between 9:00–10:30 (presentation of the call, question ans answer session).

Tuesday April 27, 2026, between 9:00-10:00 (question and answer session only).

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The Sustainable Battery Value Chain Program

The vision of the program is to, through research-related initiatives in the battery sector, "enable Sweden’s contribution to a sustainable European battery value chain."

The long-term objective of the program is to contribute to competitiveness, security of supply, and ecological and social sustainability through battery-related research and the development of academic expertise. A key premise of the program is to contribute to strengthened and sustained competitiveness for Swedish actors, sustainable electrification of transport, and a resilient energy system through resource- and energy-efficient, system-efficient, and circular processes throughout the battery value chain.

More in the program description (Swedish language only)

Contact

We answer questions and provide support until 4:00 PM on May 7, 2026.