Funding

External funding opportunities

There are many external funding options available to support your studies. On this page, we highlight funding sources that have formal agreements with InnoEnergy, as well as others that our students have successfully used in the past.

While this is not an exhaustive list, it provides a valuable starting point for exploring financial support opportunities beyond the scholarships offered directly through InnoEnergy Masters+.

Study first, pay later!

Nationals of European Union/European Economic Area/United Kingdom are eligible to apply for funding through income sharing agreements with Brain Capital.

The income sharing agreement allows you to study first and pay later based on your salary after graduation!

Nationals of these countries who have been admitted to an InnoEnergy Masters+ programme can apply for funding between 10,000 and 30,000 EUR through an Income Sharing Agreement with Brain Capital.

Brain Capital conducts a selection process amongst interested candidates. If chosen, the funding is used to pay the participation fee of an InnoEnergy Masters+ programme.

The repayment of this funding only starts after graduation and after reaching a minimum annual salary!

After reaching the minimum annual salary in the agreement, the graduate will repay a percentage of their salary during a period of maximum 15 years or as soon as 1.9x the investment has been repaid.

This flexible, fair and solitaire model ensures that if you earn less than the previously agreed minimum, repayments are postponed.

Interested? Check all the details here.

Funding opportunities

InnoEnergy encourages you to search for local loan providers in your home country in case you need additional funding to support your studies.

Institutions support local students with financing their studies abroad through loans and/or scholarships. In some instances, InnoEnergy partners with these institutions to provide further opportunities to students.

InnoEnergy has signed agreements with the following institutions to support students with access to funding for their studies in our programmes:

COLFUTURO: dedicated to Colombian students*.

FUNED and FIDERH: dedicated to Mexican students.

GUATEFUTURO: dedicated to Guatemalan students.

HONDUFUTURO: dedicated to Honduran students.

NiDCOM: dedicated to Nigerians in Diaspora.

NNRA: dedicated to Nigerian students applying for Nuclear master’s programme (NNRA employees receive a 2-year paid leave if they join the programme).

WeMakeScholars: dedicated to a maximum of 10 Indian students.

Students who receive financial support by these institutions are automatically granted a partial participation fee waiver of 5,000 EUR discount** per year. So, they will pay a maximum of 14,000 EUR per year instead of the regular 19,000 EUR annual participation fee (intake 2025).

*For intake 2026, we offer one exclusive full-fee waiver for the highest ranked student selected by COLFUTURO!
**This special partial fee waiver is only valid if the student has not been granted a full fee waiver. Students who have received a 4,000 EUR discount per year will be upgraded to a 5,000 EUR discount per year. It is not possible to combine waivers.

Students pursuing their first or second year of the Master’s in Renewable Energy at École Polytechnique may apply for loans of up to 6,000 EUR and at a 0% interest rate. The loans are provided by French national banks. Once enroled at École Polytechnique, you will receive more information about this loan from the university admission’s team. The loan can be requested every school year at the end of January.

In addition, students attending first or second year of studies in France may be eligible for financial support for housing (Custom Housing Assistance) Check the government’s website for more information.

Below list includes financial institutions that InnoEnergy has identified as potential sources of funding for our students. Many of these are recommended by our students who have benefited from their support.

Austria: Stipendium.au
Australia: Study Assist
Azerbaijan: Youth Foundation
Chile: BECAS Chile CONICYT
Colombia: COLFUTURO, ICETEX, Fondos Sapiencia
Costa Rica: CONAPE
EU/EEA/UK: FINS provides loans of up to 25,000 EUR
France: Service Public
Germany: Deutschland Stipendium
Hungary: Diakhitel
India: WeMakeScholars offers student loan opportunities, Charpak Master’s Scholarship (for students pursuing one year of studies in France), Auxilio, there are also other numerous student loan providers.
Italy: SELLA
Luxembourg: Guichet.lu
Mexico: FIDERH, FUNED, CONACYT
The Netherlands: DUO, MullerFunds, Wilweg.nl,
Nigeria: TETFund
Pakistan:The Punjab Education Endownment Fund
Panama: SENACYT
Peru: PRONABEC
Saudi Arabia: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Scholarship Program – several of our partner universities are included amongst the list of institutions eligible for “The Providers Path”.
Singapore: A*STAR
Spain: Spanish students can access personal loans via Fintonic
Sweden: CSN
Taiwan: Youth Development Administration Programme
United States: Scholarship Finder

Various institutions offer scholarships for international studies, amongst them:

IAEA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme supports female students interested in the Master’s in Nuclear Energy.
Mahmoud S. Rabbani Scholarship is designed for Arab students pursuing education in the Netherlands.
The Organization of American States (OAS) supports students from across the American continent with scholarships to study abroad.

The following institutions offer funding/scholarship guides for students worldwide:

Curious about the scholarships offered by InnoEnergy? Check out our Scholarships webpage for more details.