Fighting discrimination against LGBTIQ people and promoting LGBTIQ equality
CERV Lump Sum Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- CERV-2025-EQUAL-LGBTIQ
- Programme
- Call for proposals to promote equality and to fight against racism, xenophobia and all other forms of discrimination
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Closed (31094503)
- Opening Date
- July 15, 2025
- Deadline
- October 23, 2025
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €13,200,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- CERV-2025-EQUAL-LGBTIQCERV-2025-EQUALDiscrimination
Description
This topic is one of the six priorities of the call for proposals for EU action grants to promote equality and to fight against racism, xenophobia and all other forms of discrimination under the Citizens, Equality, Rights and Value Programme (CERV).
For further information about the call and its conditions, please see the call document.
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
Proposal page limits and layout are described in:
- Section 5 of the call document.
- Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible Countries
Described in section 6 of the call document and in the list of participating countries.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
Described in section 6 of the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
Described in section 7 of the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
Described in section 8 of the call document.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Described in section 9 of the call document.
5c. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
Described in section 4 of the call document:
- Opening for submission: 15 July 2025
- Deadline for submitting applications: 23 October 2025, 17:00 (Brussels time).
- Evaluation period: October 2025 - March 2026.
- Information to applicants: March - April 2026.
- Signature of grant agreements: April - July 2026.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
Described in section 10 of the call document.
Call document and annexes:
Application form templates
Standard application form (CERV) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System
Detailed budget table (CERV LSII)
Declaration on Honour regarding CPP by public entities
Model Grant Agreements (MGA)
Additional documents:
EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509
Decision authorising the use of lump sums for actions under the CERV programme (2021-2027)
Guidance: How to manage your lump sum grants
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Support & Resources
Please read carefully all provisions of the Call document and get familiar with the proposal template, its annexes and the system before the preparation of your application.
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.
Please consult the Q&A on the Topic page for topic-specific questions.
Please also consult the Topic page regularly, since we will use it to publish call updates, including invitations to info sessions for applicants (if any) after the opening of the call.
For non-IT related questions, please send an e-mail to
- the CERV Contact Point of your country (if established);
Otherwise, you may contact
- For priorities 1 (discrimination and racism), 4 (diversity management), 5 (LGBTIQ) and 6 (public authorities): [email protected];
- For priorities 2 (antisemitism) and 3 (anti-Muslim hatred): [email protected].
Please indicate clearly the reference of the call and topic to which your question relates in the subject of the email.
Latest Updates
PROPOSAL NUMBERS
The CERV-2025-EQUAL call closed on 23 October 2025.
787 proposals were submitted.
Evaluation results are expected to be communicated in March - April 2026.
The call document has been updated: a section on Artificial Intelligence has been added under '11. How to submit a proposal'.
Online info session
The webpage of the info session has been updated and now contains:
- the slides from the info session on political priorities, application procedure and horizontal aspects, budget, ...
- a document with replies to questions shared in the chat box during the session.
Online info session
The Directorate-General Justice and Consumers (DG JUST) and the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) are organising an online info session to present the funding opportunities under the 2025 Call for Proposals to promote equality and to fight against racism, xenophobia and all other forms of discrimination.
This online session will help you gain a better knowledge of the content and requirements of the call for proposals.
You can submit your questions beforehand through the registration form or ask your questions directly during the session. The session will not be recorded.
When: Wednesday 10 September 2025, 09.15 - 14.00 (CET)
Language: English
Detailed information can be found in this webpage.
Please be advised that due to technical issues, the opening of the CERV-2025-EQUAL call has been delayed. We anticipate that it will open in the coming days. Thank you for your understanding.