Deadline Date: May 7, 2026
The European Commission is now accepting grant applications to support conferences, workshops, and seminars aimed at strengthening cooperation and capacity in combating fraud, corruption, and illegal activities affecting the EU’s financial interests.
The objectives and priorities include protecting the EU financial interests and preventing and combating fraud, corruption, and other illegal activities; promoting transnational and multidisciplinary cooperation, exchange of knowledge and best practices, and the creation of networks among national authorities, practitioners, and academics; raising awareness among the judiciary and legal professions; supporting training activities such as conferences, seminars, webinars, e-learning, staff exchanges, and studies; digitalisation of administrative reporting processes to reduce administrative burden in anti-fraud activities; strengthening cooperation between EU institutions, bodies, offices, and agencies, particularly OLAF and the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, as well as with customs and law enforcement authorities within and outside the EU; enhancing understanding of OLAF’s investigative framework, powers, cooperation with national partners, evidential value of its reports, and its relationship with the EPPO; improving prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution of fraud and corruption through risk analysis practices and training of customs, judicial, and law enforcement authorities; addressing revenue fraud and corruption with a focus on customs data collection, analysis, and challenges such as e-commerce; protecting the EU single market from counterfeits, tobacco smuggling, and harmful goods; strengthening border protection, customs cooperation, and information-sharing; enhancing cooperation to combat environmental and health-related fraud such as illegal waste shipments, illicit trade in endangered species, illegal chemical products, and substandard food; supporting cooperation between authorities where fraudulent activities affect the EU budget; preventing the import of illicit products that do not comply with EU environmental, climate, and customs legislation; tackling fraud and corruption affecting EU funds in areas such as environment, climate, and food safety; addressing emerging challenges in expenditure fraud within the current financial framework and instruments such as the Recovery and Resilience Facility; and identifying and mitigating risks of double funding in EU grants.
Under the EUAF-2026-TRAI call, a total budget of EUR 1,000,000 is available to support conferences, workshops, seminars, staff exchanges, and studies. The minimum grant amount is EUR 100,000, while applicants may request up to 15% of the total call budget. Projects are expected to run between 12 and 24 months, with the possibility of extension if justified.
Eligible applicants include legal entities such as national or regional public authorities or international organisations tasked with protecting EU financial interests, as well as research and educational institutions and non-profit entities that contribute to EUAF objectives and have been established and operating for at least one year. Applicants must be based in EU Member States, listed EEA countries, countries associated with the EUAF Programme, or countries in ongoing negotiations for association agreements that enter into force before grant signature.
This initiative aims to foster knowledge exchange, strengthen institutional cooperation, and enhance the effectiveness of anti-fraud efforts through structured dialogue and collaborative learning platforms.
For more information, visit European Commission.
