TRUNSPORT Open Call 1

Applicant types

SME, Large company, Research org, University, Public body

Purpose

Research and innovation

R&D relevance

3 of 3

Poland eligible

Yes

Country limit

Eligible countries subject to security restrictions on direct and indirect ownership and control; countries are not enumerated.

Region

Any

Consortium

Unclear

Readiness level (TRL)

—

Per project

€60K

Topics

• Transport technology
• Transport infrastructure
• Solution integration
• Operational validation

Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026

Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.

Applicant restriction

Only one proposal per applicant is accepted in Open Call 1; participation in multiple proposals in the same call makes all of them ineligible. Existing TRUNSPORT consortium members and their affiliated entities are ineligible.

Applicant restriction

Because of security restrictions, entities must not be directly or indirectly controlled from a country that is not eligible. All entities must submit an ownership and control declaration; further evidence of absence of control by non-eligible third-country entities may be requested under applicable EU rules.

Applicant type

Applications may be submitted by eligible legal entities including SMEs, mid-caps, large companies, research centres/universities, and public bodies, operating in transport or directly related transport-infrastructure services, and established in an EU Member State (including OCTs) or EEA country. Applicants may apply alone or as a consortium.

The guide separately states transport-related applicant sectors, legal-entity registration, ownership/control screening, and the call-specific restrictions summarized in other facts.

Application restriction

Applications are submitted digitally through the F6S platform. The guide requires a proposal template, budget template, declaration of honour and ownership-control declaration; consortium declaration only for consortia; SME declaration only for SMEs; and proof of legal existence for private entities other than SMEs. Projects are expected to deliver a planning report at Month 1, intermediate progress report at Month 4, and implementation/validation report at Month 9.

Other condition

The Open Call Programme across Open Call 1 and Open Call 2 allocates €2.52 million and expects to fund at least 42 projects, with up to €60,000 per project. This is the combined programme allocation, not the Open Call 1 allocation.

Expected project duration

9 month

The Open Call 1 text states a 9-month implementation duration for each selected project.

Indicative budget

€1,260,000

Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.

Call allocation

€1,260,000

Indicative allocation for Open Call 1 only; distinguish from the €2.52m across both Open Calls.

Eligible cost

The guide identifies personnel costs for staff carrying out project work and preparing deliverables/reports for the three phases; travel; project-justified equipment; other goods/services; justified subcontracting by providers outside the TRUNSPORT consortium; audiovisual and communication activities; promotion; and indirect costs up to 7% of direct costs excluding subcontracting. Coordination tasks cannot be subcontracted. Personnel costs are direct costs and must use national rules and real labour-market data for relevant positions.

This lists project cost categories and budgeting rules only. It does not establish any specific mandatory or pre-named job positions, qualifications or salary rates. Subcontracting limit and justification are separately scoped below.

Eligible cost limit

25

Subcontracting may not exceed 25% of the proposed budget and must be properly justified. It cannot cover coordination tasks or services delivered by TRUNSPORT consortium partners; subcontractors must be outside the consortium.

Funding intensity, maximum

50

The funder’s contribution covers at most 50% of total project costs; applicants are responsible for at least the other 50%. Applies to individual applicants and consortium partners.

Project funding, maximum

€60,000

Lump-sum grant; applicant co-financing must cover at least 50% of total project costs. An applicant may receive up to €60,000 total across Open Calls 1 and 2.

• Other role

  Staff cost the grant can fund

  The guide expressly identifies eligible personnel costs for personnel realising the work and preparing deliverables/reports across the three phases. It requires costing under national rules and real labour-market data for relevant positions, but names no occupations, qualifications, headcounts, durations, FTE or pay values. This records a fundable function, not a required hire.

• TRUNSPORT Open Call 1 Text (Annex 2)

  trunsport.eu

• TRUNSPORT Open Call 1 Applicant’s Guide (Annex 1, v4)

  trunsport.eu

Opens

30 Jul 2026

Deadline model

Single-stage

Programme

Digital Europe · 2021 - 2027

Call

TRUNSPORT Open Call 1

Types of action

—

Source

ec.europa.eu

Checked

23 Oct 2026

Portal updated

31 Jul 2026

Review status

Partial review

Reviewed

22 Oct 2026