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 Call for Proposals details – Downloadable Documents – Appendices A–C
2025 Grant Recipients
| Topic | Principal Investigator | Co-Investigator |
| A low-cost sodium battery for large renewable energy storage | Emanuel Peled (TAU) | Malachi Noked (BIU) |
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Elucidating the Composition and Dynamics of Molecular Layer Deposited (MLD) |
Malachi Noked (BIU) | Michal Leskes (WIS) |
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Ratchet based ion pumps for Li-ion battery recycling |
Charles Diesendruck (IIT) | Gideon Segev (TAU) David Zitoun (BIU) |
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A Closed‐Loop Methanol Energy Storage Cycle: Integrating Advanced CO₂ |
Eran Edri (BGU) | Maya Bar-Sadan (BGU) Maytal Caspary Toroker (IIT) |
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Hierarchical hybrid supercapacitor-batteries (HSBs) for enhanced energy and power densities |
Arie Borenstein (Ariel) | Raz Jelinek (BGU) Daniel Mandler (HUJI) |
| Development of Practical Aqueous Zn-MnO2 Batteries for Large-Scale Energy Storage | Daniel Sharon (HUJI) | Daniel Mandler (HUJI) Netanel Shpigel (Ariel) |