Details
- Status
- Open
- Publication date
- 18 June 2026
- Opening date
- Deadline model
- Single-stage
- Deadline date
- 6 October 2026, 17:00 (CEST)
- Funding programme
Description
The 2026 CEF Transport calls for proposals make €1.1 billion available to build and modernise European transport infrastructure. They support the European Commission’s vision of a future sustainable transport system, with smart and resilient solutions implemented to interconnect Europe.
Projects funded under these calls will help make the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) more sustainable, smart and resilient and contribute to the EU’s goal of becoming climate neutral by 2050.
The calls cover the TEN-T network in the following areas:
- Railway projects on the TEN-T Core Network
- Inland waterway projects on the TEN-T Core Network
- Electrification of the road haulage & airport sectors
- Electricity charging infrastructure in maritime and inland ports, and equipping vessels for the use of alternative fuels
- Adapting the transport infrastructure at Union external borders
- Digitalisation of road transport
Military Mobility
Overview of the calls
| Projects on the core network | ||
€350 million COREGEN call - 2 topics: (1) Inland waterways (2) rail | Cohesion envelope: €260 million CORECOEN call - 1 topic: Rail | |
| Military Mobility | ||
€130 million MILMOB call – 1 topic: Military Mobility | ||
| Sustainable and multimodal mobility | ||
€200 million SUSTMOBGEN - 1 topic: European Maritime Space and inland ports | ||
| Safe and secure mobility | ||
General budget: €20 million SAFEMOBGEN - 1 topic: External borders | ||
| Smart and interoperable mobility | ||
€20 million SIMOBGEN call - 1 topics: Digitalisation of road transport | ||
| Alternative fuels infrastructure | ||
€130 million AFIFGEN call - 1 topic: Road & Air Transport | ||
Questions and Answers (Q&A) related to a specific topic are posted in the Q&A section of the topic submission webpage of the Funding & Tenders Portal. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) of general nature are available on the FAQs section of the Funding & Tenders portal.
If you still have questions related to the call after consulting the information on the portal, you can contact CINEA-CEF-TRANSPORT-CALLS
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (CINEA-CEF-TRANSPORT-CALLS[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) For individual IT questions on the Portal Submission System, please contact the IT Helpdesk. through the contact form available on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal (europa.eu).
Apply now
Applicants should submit their proposal electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal at the latest by 6 October 2026 at 17.00 CET (Brussels time).
Info Day
The information session will take place online on 24 June 2026. Participants will be guided through the calls, application process, and award criteria. The link to the web streaming, the slides and recording of this session will be available on the event page.
National Contact Points
Interested applicants should get in touch with the national contact points for CEF Transport, to obtain their prior agreement to their proposals.