2021 CEF Transport call for proposals

The 2021 CEF Transport call for proposals makes €7 billion available to support infrastructure projects across the European Union.

Details

Status	Publication	Opening	Deadline Model	Deadline Date	Funding Programme
Open	16 Sep 21	16 Sep 21	Single-stage	19 Jan 22 17:00 CET	Connecting Europe Facility (CEF)

Description

CINEA has launched a call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport funding instrument, which makes €7 billion available for projects aiming to build, upgrade and improve European transport infrastructure.

Virtual information days on the call will take place on:

What projects are eligible for funding?

The call for proposals supports Actions under the General, Cohesion and Military Mobility envelopes concerning:

Infrastructure projects on the Core and Comprehensive TEN-T (railways, inland waterways, maritime and inland ports, roads, rail-road terminals and multimodal logistics platforms)
Smart applications for transport (ERTMS, ITS, SESAR, RIS, etc.)
Transport interoperability
Alternative fuels infrastructure (including electricity fast-charging and hydrogen refuelling infrastructure on the TEN-T road network). As regards recharging points for EVs & HDVs only, please check the eligibility on this map (select “layers” then “AFIF eligibility maps”).
Motorways of the Sea
Multimodal passenger hubs
Reduction of rail freight noise
Safe and secure parking infrastructure
Road safety
Improvement of transport infrastructure resilience, in particular to climate change and natural disasters
Adaptation of transport infrastructure for Union external border checks purposes
Adaptation of the TEN-T to civilian-defence dual-use (Military Mobility envelope)

National Contact points

A list of national contact points for CEF Transport is available for potential applicants (privacy statement).

Call matrix

Projects on the Core Network
Envelope	General (€1.62 billion)			Cohesion (€2 billion)
ID	COREGEN			CORECOEN
Topics	Rail – studies	Rail – works (mixed)	Maritime ports – studies	Rail – studies	Rail – works (mixed)	Maritime ports – studies
	Maritime ports – works (mixed)	Inland waterways and ports – studies	Inland waterways and ports – works (mixed)	Maritime ports – works (mixed)	Inland waterways and ports – studies	Inland waterways and ports – works (mixed)
	Roads, rail-road terminals and multimodal logistics platforms – studies	Roads, rail-road terminals and multimodal logistics platforms – works (mixed)		Roads, rail-road terminals and multimodal logistics platforms – studies	Roads, rail-road terminals and multimodal logistics platforms – works (mixed)

Projects on the Comprehensive Network
Envelope	General (€250 million)			Cohesion (€350 million)
ID	COMPGEN			COMPCOEN
Topics	Rail – studies	Rail – works (mixed)	Maritime ports – studies	Rail – studies	Rail – works (mixed)	Maritime ports – studies
	Maritime ports – works (mixed)	Inland waterways and ports – studies	Inland waterways and ports – works (mixed)	Maritime ports – works (mixed)	Inland waterways and ports – studies	Inland waterways and ports – works (mixed)
	Roads, rail-road terminals and multimodal logistics platforms – studies	Roads, rail-road terminals and multimodal logistics platforms – works (mixed)		Roads, rail-road terminals and multimodal logistics platforms – studies	Roads, rail-road terminals and multimodal logistics platforms – works (mixed)

Smart and interoperable mobility
Envelope	General (€400 million)			Cohesion (€150 million)
ID	SIMOBGEN			SIMOBCOEN
Topics	ERTMS			ERTMS
	ITS – studies	ITS – works (mixed)	SESAR-DSDU
	SESAR-DSDA	RIS – studies	RIS – works (mixed)
	European Maritime Single Window – studies	European Maritime Single Window – works (mixed)	VTMIS – studies
	VTMIS – works (mixed)	eFTI – studies	eFTI works (mixed)
	Data – studies	Data – works (mixed)	New technologies and innovation – studies
	New technologies and innovation – works (mixed)	Removing interoperability barriers– studies	Removing interoperability barriers- works (mixed)

Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Facility
Envelope	General (€1.2 billion)			Cohesion (€375 million)
ID	AFIFGEN			AFIFCOEN
Topics	Recharging points for EVs and HDVs	Zero-emission fuels	Low-emission fuels	Recharging points for EVs and HDVs	Zero-emission fuels	Low-emission fuels

Sustainable and multimodal mobility
Envelope	General (€100 million)			Cohesion (€25 million)
ID	SUSTMOBGEN			SUSTMOBCOEN
Topics	Motorways of the Sea – studies	Motorways of the Sea – works (mixed)	Multimodal passenger hubs – studies	Multimodal passenger hubs – studies	Multimodal passenger hubs – works (mixed)
Topics	Multimodal passenger hubs – works (mixed)	Rail freight noise

Safe and secure mobility
Envelope	General (€100 million)			Cohesion (€150 million)
ID	SAFEMOBGEN			SAFEMOBCOEN
Topics	Improving transport infrastructure resilience – studies	Improving transport infrastructure resilience – works (mixed)	Adapting the transport infrastructure for Union external border checks purposes – studies	Improving transport infrastructure resilience – studies	Improving transport infrastructure resilience – works (mixed)	Road safety – studies
Topics	Adapting the transport infrastructure for Union external border checks purposes – works (mixed)	Safe and secure parking infrastructure – works		Road safety – works (mixed)	Safe and secure parking infrastructure – works

Adaptation of the TEN-T to civilian-defence dual use
Envelope	Military Mobility (€330 million)
ID	MILMOB
Topics	Adaptation of the TEN-T to civilian-defence dual use – studies	Adaptation of the TEN-T to civilian-defence dual use – works (mixed)