Electricity, Gas, Smart Grids, Hydrogen and CO₂ networks - Studies
Type of action: CEF Project Grants
">Conditions
1. Admissibility conditions
described in section 5 of the call document.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System and in the call document.
2. Eligible countries
described in section 6 of the call document.
3. Other eligibility conditions
described in section 6 of the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in section 7 of the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
described in section 9 of the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in section 4 of the call document.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in section 10 of the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Call document
Application form templates (here for information only - the templates should be downloaded from the Portal Submission System (Start Submission > Download Part B Templates), completed, assembled and reuploaded)
Standard application form (CEF-E) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Detailed budget table per WP
Letter of support/MS agreement
Timetable (Gantt Chart)
Environmental compliance file
TEN-E compliance form
Structured proposal reference
The correct structured proposal reference should read “PCI/PMI code - country code(s) - S or W - M - call year - acronym”
To generate the correct proposal reference: Open the form → Go to “Other questions” → Save the form → Go to “Table of contents” → Go to “General Information” → Save the form again
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
CEF MGA
Additional documents:
CEF Regulation 2021/1153
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
TEN-E Regulation (EU) 2022/869
Work Programme 2021-2027 (CEF-E)
Work Programme 2021-2027 (CEF-E) - Annex
GIS User Guide
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions
Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement
Change history
First seen 28 Sept 2026, last checked 28 Sept 2026. 2 recorded versions.
- 28 Sept 2026 · d24073ba8965
- 28 Sept 2026 · 16e657b5db29