The New Energies Coalition is launching a collaborative partnership program — the “Innovation Game” — to tackle 3 key challenges in transport decarbonisation and accelerate concrete innovation solutions across the entire ecosystem, from Lab to Market. This program is opened to ecosystems working on co-innovation mode for transport decarbonization: corporates, startups, SMEs, public and private stakeholders, mobility & logistics experts.

• Innovative companies and startups (any size, any country) developing low-carbon solutions for transport & logistics
• Research labs, universities and technology providers with mature, deployable concepts
• Industrial partners willing to co-develop and test solutions with Coalition members

• ✅ Access to 15+ major industrial experts from the entire transport & logistics value chain
• ✅ Multidisciplinary Squads of senior experts and young talents to accelerate the development of your solution
• ✅ 6 month of Collaborative Design Sprints to structure, test and refine your solution
• ✅ Direct access to the decision-makers of NEC partners
• ✅ Lab-to-market support to prototype and deploy your innovation
• ✅ Direct exposure to investors, buyers and market experts
• ✅ Up to €50,000 to finance a PoC or pilot with the New Energies Coalition partners

• May – June:Challenges Design and Official Launch of the programme – call for partners & challengers.
• July – August:Evaluation and selection of the challengers by Jury – application deadline: 08th of August. Selection challengers: 30th of August.
• 23 – 24 September:Squad Design Sprint at Tangram in Marseille.
• Oct – Dec:Lab-to-Market – prototyping and developing market-ready solutions.
• December:Award for the Winner – pitch in front of investors, buyers and market experts.

1. Download the challenge card of the challenge that fits your solution (links above).
2. Access the Innovation Game application page.
3. Submit your application via the online form or by uploading your application documents (PDF, Word, PowerPoint).
4. Deadline: 08th of August 2026.

1. What are your motivations for participating in this challenge?
2. Why is your proposed solution innovative and differentiating?
3. What types and how many of resources do you plan to mobilize?
4. What impact can we expect from your proposed solution?
5. How will you ensure the readiness of your solution to be commercial on the market?
6. How your solution innovates among market state of the art?