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| EU Funding & Tenders Portal | |
|---|---|
| Name | EU Funding & Tenders Portal |
| Launched | 2018 |
| Owner | European Commission |
| Type | Grants and Tenders Management |
EU Funding & Tenders Portal is the European Commission's central entry point for applicants and beneficiaries seeking information and access to Horizon Europe, Cohesion Fund, European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund Plus, Connecting Europe Facility, Creative Europe, Erasmus+, Copernicus Programme and other Union programmes. It replaces earlier platforms such as the CORDIS portal and harmonises procedures across European Commission departments, European Investment Bank, European Court of Auditors and agencies like the European Research Council and Innovation and Networks Executive Agency.
The Portal consolidates notices, calls for proposals, calls for tenders, and award decisions from entities including the European Commission, European External Action Service, European Defence Agency, European Medicines Agency, European Chemicals Agency, Europol, Frontex, European Environment Agency, European Health and Digital Executive Agency, European Innovation Council and European Education and Culture Executive Agency. It supports marketplaces used by stakeholders such as University of Oxford, Sorbonne University, Max Planck Society, Karolinska Institutet, ETH Zurich, Technical University of Munich, CNRS, CERN, European Space Agency, Airbus, Siemens, IBM, Microsoft Corporation and Google. The Portal interoperates with registries like the Participant Register, the Legal Entity Identifier, the European Single Procurement Document, and reporting frameworks used by institutions including the European Central Bank and supranational programmes such as Erasmus Mundus.
The Portal provides integrated services including call publishing, online submission, e-signature, participant identification via LEI and VAT validation, workflow management, and dynamic dashboards for programmes such as Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, LIFE Programme and InvestEU. It features role-based access aligned to entities like European Commission Directorate-General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD), DG REGIO, DG MOVE, DG HOME, DG SANTE and agencies including HaDEA and REA. Users can navigate notices, see grant award notices from actors like European Investment Fund, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Council of the European Union and European Parliament committees, and consult templates used by bodies such as the European Court of Justice and European Ombudsman. Interactions often reference standards from European Data Protection Supervisor guidance and technical specifications from European Telecommunications Standards Institute.
Applicants register legal entities referenced by identifiers used by European Commission services and by financial actors such as European Investment Bank and European Investment Fund. Calls for proposals list evaluation criteria and are administered by programme committees involving member states like Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland and Netherlands as well as oversight from institutions such as the European Court of Auditors and European Anti-Fraud Office. The submission process integrates authentication standards like eIDAS and interoperates with identity providers used by research organisations such as Imperial College London, University of Cambridge, UCL, University of Edinburgh and national contact points coordinated with bodies like Agence Nationale de la Recherche and DFG.
The Portal hosts calls across flagship instruments and programmes including Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, Connecting Europe Facility, Creative Europe, European Structural and Investment Funds, Common Agricultural Policy related grants, Recovery and Resilience Facility components, and specialised actions from the European Defence Fund, Digital Europe Programme, Health Programme, Union Civil Protection Mechanism and Cohesion Fund. It also lists procurement notices for agencies such as European Medicines Agency, European Space Agency and European Environment Agency, and financial instruments linked to InvestEU, European Investment Fund operations and joint ventures with multinational firms like BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce Holdings.
Eligibility rules reference regulations adopted by the European Parliament and Council of the European Union, including programme-specific regulation texts and state aid frameworks administered with input from the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition and the European Court of Justice. Independent experts from institutions such as European Research Council, national academies including Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and advisory boards like those supporting Horizon Europe perform peer review and evaluation. Selection is governed by criteria published in calls and aligned with priorities from strategic documents such as the European Green Deal, Digital Decade, NextGenerationEU recovery plan and thematic strategies from DG CLIMA and DG MOVE.
Beneficiaries manage grants through the Portal using tools for financial reporting, milestone tracking and deliverable submission aligned with audit practices of the European Court of Auditors and financial rules of the European Commission Directorate-General for Budget. Payment execution involves coordination with national authorities in member states including Belgium, Sweden, Greece and Portugal and financial intermediaries like the European Investment Bank. Project monitoring uses indicators from initiatives such as EU Biodiversity Strategy, European Data Strategy and reporting templates applied in consortia involving partners like Siemens, Nokia, Thales Group and academic hubs including École Polytechnique.
Governance of the Portal is embedded in the European Commission digital strategy and overseen by bodies such as the European Data Protection Supervisor, European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) and the European Court of Auditors. Security practices leverage standards from ISO, guidance from ENISA and legal frameworks like General Data Protection Regulation and eIDAS Regulation. Data exchange interoperates with registries such as European Business Register, VAT Information Exchange System, and national authority systems from member states including Ireland, Latvia and Romania, while policy alignment reflects strategic aims of the European Commission President and interinstitutional agreements with the European Parliament and Council of the European Union.