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InnoEnergy Masters+ Scholarship for the MSc in Advanced Energy Systems and AI
Digital Europe Programme · DIGITAL-2024-ADVANCED-DIGITAL-07-KEYCAPACITY
Full and partial scholarships for students admitted to the MSc in Advanced Energy Systems and AI, awarded over five rounds.
What is this call about?
The call offers full and partial scholarships, as fee waivers, for students admitted to the MSc in Advanced Energy Systems and AI. Two schemes reward academic potential for the energy transition and diversity, entrepreneurship or digital excellence.
What does this call fund?
Scope
The AI4GreenDeal project runs a 120-ECTS double-degree master's programme combining energy knowledge with data and AI skills and innovation and entrepreneurship training. This call offers full or partial scholarships to attract highly qualified candidates and widen access, with a target of at least 30% participation from women and/or people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
Scholarship schemes
- Energy Impact Scholarships: for applicants with strong academic preparation and potential to contribute to the energy transition. Every admitted applicant is considered automatically.
- Diversity, Entrepreneurship and Digital Champions (DED) Scholarships: three strands (diversity, equity and inclusion; entrepreneurship; digital champions). Admitted applicants are considered if they pay the €295 registration fee and submit a one to two minute motivation video.
Scholarship values
Full scholarships are worth €19,000 per year for non-EU students and €9,000 per year for EU/EEA students. Partial scholarships for non-EU students are worth €4,000 per year (Energy Impact) or €5,000 per year (DED). Scholarships take the form of a waiver of the participation fee.
Covered and non-covered items
Covered items include enrolment at the host universities, the ESADE Innovation and Entrepreneurship Track, Masters+ events, extracurricular activities with related travel and accommodation, examination fees and administrative services. Travel to host universities, general accommodation, visas, insurance, books and local transport are not covered.
Budget and selection
The total budget of the call, €1,000,000, is allocated across five application rounds (roughly 30%, 30%, 20%, 10% and 10%), with unused funds moving to the next round. Applications are checked by the Admissions Office, then evaluated and ranked by the Programme Steering Committee, with DED applicants also assessed by a separate DED Selection Committee.
What are the key facts?
- Call code
- DIGITAL-2024-ADVANCED-DIGITAL-07-KEYCAPACITY
- Programme
- Digital Europe Programme
- Funder
- The Institute of Sustainable Energy Stichting, associated partner in AI4GreenDeal
- Eligible applicants
- natural persons from the listed countries admitted to the MSc in Advanced Energy Systems and AI
- Funding per project
- up to €19,000 per year for non-EU students and up to €9,000 per year for EU/EEA students
Who can apply for this call?
- Natural persons holding the nationality of an EU Member State, Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein or Switzerland.
- Also eligible: nationals of Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Argentina, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Georgia, India, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, Morocco, North Macedonia, Palestine, Serbia, Singapore, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, Tunisia, Ukraine and the United States.
- Applicants must be admitted to the MSc in Advanced Energy Systems and AI and accept the InnoEnergy Student Code of Conduct.
- Energy Impact Scholarships additionally require a 180-ECTS bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering or a related science; DED applicants must meet strand-specific profile requirements.
- Excluded: previous InnoEnergy scholarship holders, applicants who gave false or misleading information, those receiving other EU funding for the same costs, and those subject to EU restrictive measures.
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When is the deadline?
Rolling intake in five rounds: 21 September to 1 November 2026, 5 November 2026 to 19 January 2027, 25 January to 9 March 2027, 15 March to 20 April 2027, and 23 April to 30 May 2027.
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Source: the official call page and the official call documents. Always check them before you apply. Official call page Last updated 16 October 2026.