Call For Proposals To National Roma Contact Points
CERV Lump Sum Grants
Basic Information
- Identifier
- CERV-2026-NRCP
- Programme
- Call for proposals to National Roma Contact Points for Roma equality, inclusion and participation
- Programme Period
- 2021 - 2027
- Status
- Open (31094502)
- Opening Date
- December 11, 2025
- Deadline
- April 9, 2026
- Deadline Model
- single-stage
- Budget
- €1,500,000
- Min Grant Amount
- –
- Max Grant Amount
- –
- Expected Number of Grants
- –
- Keywords
- CERV-2026-NRCPCERV-2026-NRCP
Description
Call for proposals to support National Roma Contact Points.
Eligibility & Conditions
Conditions
1. Admissibility Conditions: Proposal page limit and layout
described in the call document.
The call document is the central document outlining key information on the call for proposals.
All interested applicants are invited to read it very carefully.
Please pay particular attention to the section 5." Admissibility and documents" and section 6 "Eligibility". We advise all applicants to cross check before submitting their proposal if they attached all required mandatory annexes and meet the eligibility criteria.
Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.
2. Eligible Countries
described in the call document.
3. Other Eligible Conditions
described in the call document.
4. Financial and operational capacity and exclusion
described in the call document.
5a. Evaluation and award: Submission and evaluation processes
described in the call document.
5b. Evaluation and award: Award criteria, scoring and thresholds
Evaluation criteria, scoring, threshold and process are described in the call document.
5. Evaluation and award: Indicative timeline for evaluation and grant agreement
described in the call document.
Publication of the call: 4 December 2025.
Start of the submission period: 11 December 2025
Deadline for submitting applications: 9 April 2026 17:00 (Brussels time).
Evaluation period: April - August 2026.
Information to applicants: August/September 2026.
Signature of grant agreement: September/October 2026.
6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants
described in 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
Guidance: How to manage your lump sum grants
Decision authorising the use of lump sums for actions under the CERV programme (2021-2027)
Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment
EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual
Frequently Asked Questions About Call For Proposals To National Roma Contact Points
Support & Resources
For all technical problems and questions:
IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc.
For non-IT related questions, please contact
- the CERV Contact Point of your country (if established);
Otherwise, you may contact
You can also consult the frequently asked questions (FAQ) from other applicants and the online manual to obtain support:
Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals.
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.