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Business and consumer surveys - SGA

BCS Project Grants

Funding Amount

Amount not specified

Deadline

24/09/2025

Eligible Organization Types

Non-profit, Private Business, Research Institution, Public Institution, Other

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What is the Business and consumer surveys - SGA Call?

Grant Description
Funding call to award project grants for the implementation and methodological development of the European Business and Consumer Survey, aiming to generate timely and comparable survey data across EU Member States to support economic policy and business climate analysis
Required Results for Successful Funding

Expected Outcomes

• Delivery of high-quality, harmonised business and consumer survey data for 2026 to support DG ECFIN’s economic analysis and policy decisions

• Methodological enhancements leading to improved sampling, questionnaire design and data-collection efficiency

• Validated and transparent unit cost models for personnel and survey operations

• Timely production and transmission of monthly and quarterly indicators (e.g., business climate, consumer confidence indices)

• Strengthened comparability of survey outputs across participating countries and enhanced overall data reliability
Funded areas

Scope Requirements

• Submission via the EU Funding & Tenders Portal using the BCS Specific Grant (BCS-SGA-AG) / BCS Project Grants (BCS-PJG) entry point

• Single-stage call: opening 15 May 2025; deadline 24 September 2025 (17:00 Brussels time)

• Proposals must respect page limits and layout rules set out in Part B of the application form

• Applicants must be based in one of the countries listed in the “BCS List of participating countries” document

• Use of the official application form templates (Part A & B) and Detailed Budget Table (BCS)

• Mandatory inclusion of Survey Methodology Descriptions for Business and Consumer surveys

• Follow the BCS Unit Cost Grid Validation procedure and submit a request when necessary

• Choose and cannot change the type of MGA (BCS-PJG or BCS-SGA-AG) upon submission

• Compliance with BCS Regulation No 1997/2241, EU Financial Regulation No 2024/2509 and Portal Terms & Conditions
Additional Conditions for Applicants

Special Conditions

• A revised naming convention for project acronyms was published on 2 July 2025 (see updated call document p. 11)

• Attendance at the Info Session (22 May 2025, 14:00–17:00 CET via Teams) is strongly recommended for all operational and financial managers

• Info session recording, slides (administrative & financial aspects, portal navigation, submission demo) and budget template (for reference only) are available

• No partner search announcements are planned for this call; applicants may publish partner requests for future topics via their LEAR or account administrator

• No prior Q&A items published; enquiries to ECFIN-BCS-CALL-QUESTIONS@ec.europa.eu or IT Helpdesk for technical issues

• Submission portal enforces choice of MGA type and does not allow changes once confirmed
Important dates

Open from: 15/05/2025

Deadline:24/09/2025

Application period has ended

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