New support to bid for DRIVE35 Scale-Up Funding

The DRIVE35 Scale-Up Fund is a major, ongoing grant funding programme. It offers funding to help UK companies scale-up manufacturing and industrialise advanced propulsion technologies. Hydrogen is in scope when applied to vehicles, such as in fuel-cell integration, hydrogen storage, and thermal or energy management systems.

GW-SHIFT is offering eligible companies (alongside an academic collaborator) funded support to bid for a share of this £150m funding opportunity.

Find out more: https://www.gw-shift.org/hydrogen-mobility

Want to find out how you could leverage DRIVE35 funding?
Why not join our webinar for more information?

Webinar: The economics of Hydrogen
23 January 2026, 12:00 – 13:00, Online

Hydrogen is widely seen as a key pillar of the future net-zero energy system – but is it economically viable today? And what would it take to make it truly cost-competitive?

Join GW-SHIFT for a free one-hour webinar with Professor Paul Dodds, Professor of Energy Systems at the UCL Energy Institute, to explore the real economics behind hydrogen production.

This session will dive into the techno-economics of hydrogen and examine how technology choices, policy decisions, and market dynamics shape the future hydrogen economy.

In this session, you’ll learn:

• The real cost drivers behind hydrogen production technologies
• How investors and society value hydrogen differently
• How innovation and electricity market design could reduce renewable hydrogen costs
• The economic trade-offs between producing hydrogen from renewables vs nuclear power

Register now to secure your place: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gw-shift-seminar-series-the-economics-of-hydrogen-tickets-1972567559671?aff=oddtdtcreator

Research Impact Training: Hydrogen

Turn your green hydrogen research into real-world impact.

This fully funded, blended online training gives you immediate access to materials, followed by live coaching sessions to put your learning into practice. Explore commercialisation pathways, innovation ecosystems, and partnership propositions, and learn from real-world hydrogen case studies.

Delivered by SETsquared as part of the GW-SHIFT programme and funded by EPSRC, this training offers access to the SETsquared Innovation Platform, specialist sector support, and a certificate of participation.

If you’re a researcher in green hydrogen or sustainable energy at a UK-based university, this programme supports your ideas, technologies, and innovative approaches.

Find out more: RESEARCH IMPACT TRAINING — GW Shift