Funding & Tenders Portal
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| Funding & Tenders Portal | |
|---|---|
| Name | Funding & Tenders Portal |
| Type | online portal |
| Owner | European Commission |
| Launched | 2014 |
| Country | European Union |
Funding & Tenders Portal
The Funding & Tenders Portal is the European Commission's online entry point for Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, European Structural and Investment Funds, Connecting Europe Facility and other European Commission funding and procurement instruments. It centralises calls for proposals, eProcurement notices, grant management and partner search tools, interfacing with programmes such as FP7, Horizon 2020, Digital Europe Programme and Creative Europe. The Portal links applicants, beneficiaries and evaluators across institutions like the European Investment Bank, Council of the European Union, European Parliament and European Court of Auditors.
Overview
The Portal consolidates information on eligibility, deadlines and award decisions for instruments administered by the European Commission and implemented with agencies such as the Research Executive Agency, Innovation and Networks Executive Agency, Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and the European Research Council. It supports multi-beneficiary actions involving entities from Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Poland as well as non-EU countries participating under association agreements like Israel, Switzerland and Norway. The platform integrates with legal frameworks including the Financial Regulation and the Common Provisions Regulation used by the European Structural and Investment Funds.
Services and Features
Key features include a searchable call database linked to programmes such as Horizon Europe, Erasmus+ and the European Regional Development Fund, eSubmission modules mirroring processes used by the European Research Council and automated grant preparation tools used by beneficiaries including University of Cambridge, Max Planck Society, CNRS and ETH Zurich. It offers eProcurement modules for tenders referenced to the Public Procurement Directive and integrates grant management workflows compatible with auditors like the European Court of Auditors and financiers such as the European Investment Bank. Collaborative functions support partner discovery with profiles similar to those used by CORDIS, and interoperability with identifiers like ORCID, PIC (Participant Identification Code), and VAT register entries for entities including Siemens, Airbus, Philips and Renault.
Access and Registration
Users authenticate via the European Commission's authentication system used by staff of the European Commission and external stakeholders including beneficiaries such as Imperial College London, Karolinska Institutet and Universität Heidelberg. Registration requires organisation validation linking to national registries such as Companies House (United Kingdom), Registro delle Imprese in Italy or the Handelsregister in Germany, and verification against identifiers used by European Central Bank reporting. Role-based access mirrors responsibilities in grant agreements signed under programmes like Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe, and supports expert panels drawn from institutions such as Wellcome Trust, European Molecular Biology Laboratory and Max Planck Society.
Funding Programmes and Opportunities
The Portal publishes calls from major EU programmes including Horizon Europe, Erasmus+, European Regional Development Fund, Cohesion Fund, Connecting Europe Facility, Digital Europe Programme, LIFE Programme and the Health Programme (EU). It covers thematic clusters aligned with Green Deal, European Green Deal Investment Plan, and initiatives involving partners like European Investment Fund, CORDIS, Joint Research Centre, European Space Agency and multinational consortia including Airbus and Thales. Notices include open, restricted and competitive procedures similar to those under the Public Procurement Directive and financial instruments such as guarantees administered with the European Investment Bank.
Application and Evaluation Process
Applications are submitted through eSubmission interfaces and evaluated by panels of independent experts appointed from institutions like University of Oxford, Sorbonne University, Technical University of Munich and Karolinska Institutet. The evaluation process references criteria established by the European Commission and procedures comparable to those used by the European Research Council and the European Innovation Council, with conflict-of-interest rules paralleling those of the European Ombudsman and the European Court of Auditors. Grant agreements and procurement contracts are concluded under the Financial Regulation and include audit provisions enforced by agencies such as the OLAF and the European Anti-Fraud Office.
Data, APIs and Transparency
The Portal exposes datasets and APIs supporting transparency initiatives like Open Data Directive and platforms such as EU Open Data Portal and CORDIS. Machine-readable feeds enable analysis by organisations such as European Parliamentary Research Service, Bruegel, OECD, European Policy Centre and academic groups at London School of Economics and Sciences Po. Publication of award data, beneficiary lists and evaluation summaries supports accountability reviewed by the European Court of Auditors, Transparency International and investigative journalists from outlets like The Guardian, Politico Europe and Le Monde.
Governance, Legal Framework and Security
Governance combines policies from the European Commission legal services, oversight by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF), and conformity with regulations such as the General Data Protection Regulation and the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union. Security measures align with standards used by EU IT systems managed by the European Commission and audit regimes of the European Court of Auditors, and incident response coordination follows protocols similar to those of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity and ENISA. Policy development involves consultations with stakeholders including European Parliament, national ministries from Italy, Germany and Poland, and advisory bodies like the Committee of the Regions and the European Economic and Social Committee.