CINEA received 258 applications requesting over €9.5 billion in co-funding from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Transport by the call deadline of 21 January 2025. It is nearly four times more than the €2.5 billion budget available for the 2024 CEF Transport calls for proposals.
CINEA will now check the admissibility and eligibility of these proposals. The eligible proposals will then be evaluated by independent external experts, the European Commission, and CINEA. Applicants will be informed of the evaluation results in July 2025. The grant agreements for the successful projects will be signed by October 2025.
The new projects will build and modernise transport infrastructure in the European Union and even beyond. They will contribute to the development of the Trans-European Transport network (TEN-T) and the new European Transport Corridors. Overall, mobility across the network will be more sustainable, smart, interoperable and resilient to climate change.
Background
CEF Transport is part of the key EU funding instrument for the development of high performing, sustainable and interconnected networks, with a focus on the development and modernisation of the TEN-T network, in particular the nine European Transport Corridors and two horizontal priorities: ERTMS and European Maritime Space. CEF Transport supports projects to decarbonise transport and enhance mobility in all transport modes.
Under the CEF programme for the period 2021-2027, €25.8 billion were available for CEF Transport projects from the EU’s 2021-2027 budget. Over 80% of the allocated CEF Transport funding contributes to climate objectives in line with the Union’s commitments.
Since 2014, CEF has supported 1,666 projects for almost €44 billion in the Transport sector.