# Cyprus: money for firms and researchers to test offshore wind technology

_Aperto · Status as of Friday 23 October 2026, 02:50 (Nicosia time)_

## In brief
- Funding Programmes Portal funds Grants and funding.
- Who can apply: company, university or research body.
- The grant goes up to €100,000 and covers up to 50% of eligible costs.
- Applications run from Friday 11 September 2026 to Friday 13 November 2026 (time not stated).

## Key facts
- **Funder:** Funding Programmes Portal
- **Who can apply:** Company, University or research body
- **Area:** Cyprus
- **Instrument:** Grant
- **Total budget:** €2,100,000
- **Maximum grant:** €100,000
- **Funding rate:** 50%
- **Minimum project cost:** not stated in the call
- **Published on:** not stated in the call
- **Opens:** Friday 11 September 2026 (time not stated)
- **Closes:** Friday 13 November 2026 (time not stated)
- **Procedure:** not stated in the call
- **How to submit:** not stated in the call
- **Application language:** not stated in the call
- **Difficulty:** 2/5
- **Chances:** Cannot be estimated

## It suits you if…
- You run a small, medium or large company.
- You work at a university or research body.
- You want to test or validate technology in offshore wind settings.
- You can cover the part of the cost the grant does not pay.

## It is not for you if…
- Your organisation is neither a company nor a university or research body.
- Your work has nothing to do with offshore wind energy technologies.
- You plan to start the work before you apply.

## What you need
- Proof that your organisation is a company or a university or research body
- Your company size category: small, medium or large
- A short description of the technology you want to test and where
- A plan for paying your own share of the costs

## How to apply
1. Write to the EU contact point to ask where and how to apply: the call does not state the channel.
2. Check that your organisation is a company or a university or research body.
3. Describe the technology you want to test in offshore wind settings.
4. Reread the official call before you submit: the act prevails.
5. Submit by Friday 13 November 2026 and keep the receipt.

## Official source and checks
- Official page of the call: https://www.fundingprogrammesportal.gov.cy/call/aenaon-open-call-1-gr-2026/

> This card explains the call in plain language and does not replace it. The official text prevails. We recheck the sources automatically every day, but dates and rules can change: check the funder's website before you apply. We are not the body that manages the call.
> Text generated with artificial intelligence from the official text and checked automatically by a second AI system. The official call prevails, rechecked on Monday 19 October 2026.

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