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1. Funding opportunities directly available to businesses and organisations
2. Funding opportunities available via national and/or regional authorities
3. Financial instruments


1. Funding opportunities directly available to businesses and organisations
Transport

Marco Polo
Promotion of new sustainable freight concepts, modal shift to short sea, inland shipping and rail, traffic avoidance and common learning actions. Link...  

Grants of DG TREN
Annual call of proposals for subsidies related to transport and energy actions and studies. Link…

Environment

Life+
Co-financing of projects for the implementation of the EU environmental policy related to climate change, biodiversity, eco-innovation and sustainable use of natural resources. Link…

Grants of DG ENV
Overview of all related grants and calls of proposals for environment related projects and studies. Link…

Research FP7
Framework programme for Research and Technological Development with chapters on on sustainable surface transport and energy systems. Link...
Innovation

CIP (Competitiveness and innovation)
New innovation programme to support innovative entrepreneurship, new communication technologies & intelligent energy. Link...

Grants of DG ENTR
Overview of all related grants and calls of proposals for enterprise related projects and studies. Link...

Training Lifelong Learning
New programme covering education, vocational training & adult education completed with a transversal programme focusing on policy cooperation, languages, ICT, dissemination & exploitation of results. Link...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Funding opportunities available via national and/or regional authorities
Infrastructure

Trans-European transport networks
Co-financing for transport infrastructure projects and traffic management systems of European interest. Link…

Regions

Territorial cooperation
Programme of the European Regional Development Fund to strengthen economic and social cohesion in the European Union by promoting cross-border, transnational and interregional co-operation. Link…

IPA
New financial instrument of the Cohesion Fund to assist the candidate countries in the preparation for accession with infrastructure projects in the fields of environment and transport, covering institution building, cross-border cooperation, regional development. Link...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Financial instruments
Access to
capital

European Investment Fund (EIF)
ETF Start-up Facility, Seed Capital Action, SME Guarantee Facility. Link...

European Investment Bank (EIB)
Global loans, Innovation 2010 Initiative. Link...

Gate 2 growth
Access to finance for innovation. 
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European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)
EU-EBRD-SMe finance activity. Link...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please note that the list of grants & programmes on these web pages is not exhaustive.

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≡ European grants and loans 
≡ SME online tool for funding