Future Energy Systems Center: Funding opportunities
ForecastedInternal — Massachusetts Institute of Technology only
Future Energy Systems Center: Funding opportunities supports MIT researchers studying energy systems, economics, and policy to address challenges in decarbonizing the global economy.
Funder: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Due Dates (Anticipated): February 2027 (Late winter outlines) | June 2027 (Early summer outlines)
Funding Amounts: Short projects: up to $150,000 for up to one year; full projects: up to $300,000 for up to two years
Summary: Supports MIT research on energy systems, economics, and policy to address challenges in decarbonizing the global economy.
Key Information: Applicants must be MIT Principal Investigators; projects are not intended to develop new technologies or inventions.
Description
The MIT Energy Initiative’s (MITEI) Future Energy Systems Center supports research addressing important questions and challenges in decarbonizing the global economy. Projects primarily use established methodologies for systems, economics, or policy analysis. The program funds work examining techno-economics, analyzing energy systems, assessing technology outlooks, and exploring policy impacts, rather than developing new technologies or inventions.
Research priorities span electricity, sustainable fuels, energy storage, transportation, industry, buildings, carbon management, and policy. Across these areas, the Center seeks to address regional differences in resources, needs, assets, and policies by geography and country. As an industry research consortium, it delivers actionable insights for navigating the energy transition through multi-sectoral analyses of emerging technologies, changing policies, and evolving economics.
