Update (March 30, 2026)
The submission deadline for faculty members who served in the reserves during March 2026 is extended to April 13, 2026, at midnight, subject to submission of Form 3010 confirming reserve service in March.
Update (March 22, 2026):
Researchers are requested to submit their proposals directly to the email address [email protected]
Update: The submission deadline for research proposals under the second call of the National Institute for Energy Storage has been extended to April 10, 2026 at 12:00 PM (noon).
The National Institute for Energy Storage (INIES) is pleased to announce calls for proposals to support applied scientific research in energy conversion and storage technologies.
Current global energy consumption relies heavily on fossil fuels, resulting in significant CO₂ emissions that drive dangerous climate change. Decarbonization of electricity generation requires extensive use of renewable energy sources, mainly solar and wind, coupled with advanced energy storage solutions focused on electrochemical technologies.
NIES invites accredited higher education institutions to submit proposals for innovative research projects that advance the development of cost-ffective, durable, and scalable batteries, hydrogen production systems, fuel cells, and related energy storage technologies.
For full details of the 2026 Call for Proposals – Download Documents – Call for Proposals 2026, Appendices A–C.
2026 Grant Recipients
| Co-Investigator | Principal Investigator | Topic |
| Konstantin Borodianskiy (Ariel)
Daniel Sharon (HUJI) |
Netanel Shpigel (Ariel) | Unlocking Reversible Iron Metal Anodes for Durable Aqueous Energy Storage |
| David Zitoun (BIU) | Ron Shnapp (BGU) | Operando Study of Nanofluids Rheology-Hydrodynamics-Electrochemistry Towards Iron Oxide Colloidal Redox Flow Batteries |
| Yair Ein-Eli (Technion) | Menny Shalom (BGU) | Fast, Low-Cost Advanced Synthesis of High-Performance Cathodes |
| Menny Shalom (BGU) | Idan Hod (BGU) | Electrochemical Conversion of CO2 and NOx Into Diverse C N Coupled Energy Carriers via MOF- Enhanced Bimetallic Cu Co/Ni/Fe Catalysts |
| Ilya Grinberg (BIU) | Lior Elbaz (BIU) | Electrocatalysis of CO Reduction Reaction for Production of Sustainable Fuels |
| Hannah-Noa Barad (BIU) | Dual‐function electrochemical platform for CO2 conversion and glycerol valorization | |
| Dan Thomas Major (BIU) | Liel Sapir (BIU) | From Solvation Structure to Electrochemical Performance in Solid-State Polymer Electrolytes for Li- Metal Batteries |
| Daniel Nessim (BIU) | Magnetic Field-Driven Electrolyzer for Low-Voltage Hydrogen and Formate Production | |
| Dario Dekel,
Viatcheslav (Slava) Freger |
Amir Natan (TAU) | Exploring new opportunities and mechanisms for catalysts in AEM-FCs |
| Charles Diesendruck (Technion) |
Elad Gross (HUJI) | Covalently Integrated NHC-Polyurethane Dual-Layer Coatings for Stabilizing Aluminum Current Collectors at Anode Potentials |
| Diana Golodnitsky (TAU) | Yair Ein-Eli (Technion) | Development of Novel Ultra-High Energy Density 3D Binder-free Cathodes for Advanced Sodium-ion Batteries |
| Arava Zohar (Technion) | Unlocking High-Capacity O3 Sodium Cathodes through Structural Stabilization | |
| Hannah-Noa Barad (BIU) | Charlotte Vogt (Technion) | Dynamic Mechanistic Descriptors for Next-Generation Catalyst Design |
| Ronen Gottesman (HUJI) Arava Zohar (Technion) |
Michal Leskes (WIS) | Developing High Entropy Oxides as High Conductivity Li-Ion Solid Electrolytes with Increased Resilience towards Dendrites Formation |
| David Eisenberg (Technion) | Programmable Nano-Reactors for Energy Storage: Heterogenized Electrocatalysts for Nitrogen Fuels |