GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The Connecting Europe Facility is a key EU funding instrument to promote growth, jobs and competitiveness through infrastructure investment at European level.

For all topics, except ERTMS and SESAR Other ATM Projects: The grant will be a budget-based mixed actual cost grant (actual costs, with unit cost and flat-rate elements). This means that it will reimburse ONLY certain types of costs (eligible costs) and costs that were actually incurred for your project (NOT the budgeted costs). For unit costs and flat-rates, you can charge the amounts calculated as explained in the Grant Agreement (see art 6 and Annex 2 and 2a).

The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rates fixed in the Grant Agreement:

• maximum 50% for the costs of studies (not applicable for the SESAR topics)
• maximum 50% for the costs of works
• maximum 70% for the costs of works in outermost regions (not applicable for the the RIS and REMIB topics).

Grants may NOT produce a profit (i.e. surplus of revenues + EU grant over costs). For profit organisations must declare their revenues and, if there is a profit, we will deduct it from the final grant amount (see art 22.3).

Moreover, please be aware that the final grant amount may be reduced in case of non-compliance with the Grant Agreement (e.g. improper implementation, breach of obligations, etc).

For the SESAR topic related to Other ATM Projects: CEF-T-2024-SIMOBGEN-SESAR-OP-WORKS: The grant will be a budget-based mixed actual cost grant (actual costs, with unit cost and flat-rate elements). This means that it will reimburse ONLY certain types of costs (eligible costs) and costs that were actually incurred for your project (NOT the budgeted costs). For unit costs and flat-rates, you can charge the amounts calculated as explained in the Grant Agreement (see art 6 and Annex 2 and 2a).

The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rates fixed in the Grant Agreement:

a) PBN projects:

• Maximum 70% for the costs of works in outermost regions
• Maximum 50% for the costs of works to equip aircraft
• Works to optimise TMA airspace may be funded up to 30% of the costs. However, they may be funded up to:
  • 40%, if the project includes the decommissioning of the ground infrastructure;
  • 40%, if the project includes the synchronisation with aircraft equipage;
  • 50%, if the project includes decommissioning and synchronisation with aircraft equipage.

b) Datalink projects: Maximum 50% for the costs of works to equip aircraft and 70% for the costs in outermost regions.

c) ADS-B projects: Maximum 50% for the costs of works to deploy and make operational use of ADS-B and 70% for the costs in outermost regions.

For ERTMS topic: The grant will be a unit grant. This means that it will reimburse a fixed amount per unit, based on unit costs, unit contributions or financing not linked to costs.

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

• be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
  • Third countries associated to the CEF Programme (list of participating countries)