Funder · Multinational

European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

Supports CINEA, the European Union agency implementing climate, transport, and environment funding programmes.

European Unioncinea.ec.europa.eu

Key stats

Annual funding€4B

Programs7

Active grants7

Total grants14

About

CINEA is the EU executive agency responsible for implementing climate, infrastructure, and environment funding programmes on behalf of the European Commission's policy directorates-general. It does not design policy — each programme is authored by a specific DG (CLIMA, MOVE, ENER, ENV, REGIO, MARE) and delegated to CINEA for operational execution: calls, evaluation, contract, and payment.

CINEA's…

Programs & grants under this funder

Connecting Europe Facility — Transport & Energy

Supports EU grants and blended finance for trans transport and energy infrastructure backbone the Green Deal.

1 grant

Connecting Europe Facility — Transport & Energy

Open

— pool

New European Bauhaus Facility

Funds research and innovation for greener, more inclusive and circular neighbourhoods through Horizon Europe.

1 grant

New European Bauhaus Facility 2026 Call

Open

€101.1M pool·100 days

EU Innovation Fund — Auctions (Hydrogen Bank + Heat)

Funds renewable hydrogen and industrial heat projects in Europe through competitive auctions for low-carbon deployment.

3 grants

Innovation Fund — Hydrogen Bank Auction 3

Closed

€1.3B pool

Innovation Fund — Heat Auction (INNOVFUND-AUC-HEAT)

Closed

€1B pool

European Hydrogen Bank Auction

Between cycles

€1B pool

EU Innovation Fund — Regular Grants

Funds first-of-the-kind low-carbon technology demonstrations across Europe and EEA countries for deployment scale-up.

3 grants

Innovation Fund — Net-Zero Technologies (INNOVFUND-NZT)

Closed

€2.9B pool

Innovation Fund — Large-Scale Projects

Between cycles

€3B pool

Innovation Fund — Small and Medium-Scale Projects

Between cycles

€2.2B pool

Just Transition Mechanism — Public Sector Loan Facility (PSLF)

Supports EU grant component the Public Sector Loan Facility for just transition regions blended EU grants and EIB loans for public sector.

1 grant

JTM Public Sector Loan Facility — Grant Component

Open

€1.31B pool

LIFE Programme

Supports EU's dedicated environment and climate action programme grants for nature, circular economy, climate mitigation and adaptation, and clean energy transition across.

4 grants

LIFE — Clean Energy Transition Coordination & Support Actions (CET)

Open

€5.4B pool·24 days

LIFE Legislative and Policy Priorities — Nature and Circular Economy

Open

— pool·30 days

LIFE — Standard Action Projects (SAP)

Open

— pool·30 days

LIFE — Strategic Integrated Projects & Strategic Nature Projects (SIP/SNAP)

Open