Overview
The European Commission's 2026 Connecting Europe Facility Transport calls provide €1.1 billion for projects that develop and modernise transport infrastructure on the trans-European transport network.
Complete grant details
The open single-stage package covers priorities including rail and inland waterways, military mobility, sustainable and multimodal mobility, external-border infrastructure, road-transport digitalisation and alternative-fuels infrastructure. Each topic has its own eligibility and funding conditions and is submitted electronically through the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants must satisfy the entity, consortium and topic-specific requirements of the CEF Transport topic selected. CINEA advises prospective applicants to consult the relevant national contact point and obtain the necessary prior agreement before submission.
Tips for this grant
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Reverified on the official CINEA call page on 29 August 2026. The page shows the call as open, €1.1 billion total funding, 18 June 2026 opening/publication and a deadline of 6 October 2026 at 17:00 CEST. The deadline is normalized to 15:00 UTC. Topic-specific applications are routed through the EU Funding & Tenders Portal.
Job and Scholarship is the discovery and verification layer. Confirm eligibility, dates, salary/funding and application instructions on the original source before submitting anything.
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