LIFE-2026-NGO-OG-SGA – LIFE Operating Grants

Identifikátor témy: LIFE-2026-NGO-OG-SGA Výzva: LIFE-2026-NGO-OG-SGA – LIFE Operating Grants Program: Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) Časť programu: SGA LIFE operating grants Typ akcie: LIFE-FPA-OG LIFE Operating Grants Framework Partnerships Typ zmluvy (MGA): LIFE Specific Operating Grant Flat Rate Stav: Closed Otvorenie: 12. 5. 2026 Termín(y) podania: 22. 9. 2026 Rozpočet: 14 500 000 €

Expected Impact:

The LIFE operating grants for non-profit making entities aim to strengthen the participation of civil society in the EU policy dialogue, as well as to support implementation and enforcement of Union environmental and climate objectives, including the clean energy transition, by the beneficiaries.

Objective:

This call for proposals concerns LIFE Specific Operating Grant Agreements (SGA OG) . LIFE Specific Operating Grant Agreements will only be concluded with organisations that have successfully signed a LIFE 2026 Operating Grant Framework Partnership Agreements (FPA OG).

Framework Partnership Agreements (FPAs) under the LIFE Programme are long-term cooperation instruments that serve as umbrella for regular or recurrent grants to non-profit making entities which are involved in the development, implementation and enforcement of EU legislation and policy and which are primarily active in the field of environment or climate action, including energy transition, in line with the objectives of the LIFE Programme. They are a prerequisite for being able to sign annual Specific Operating Grant Agreements (SGAs), but do not create any legitimate expectations or entitlement to get them.

Applicants to the LIFE-2026-NGO-OG-SGA call for proposals MUST ALSO APPLY to the LIFE-2026-NGO-OG-FPA call for proposals.

Scope:

Operating grants provide general financial support to the successful organisations. They do not support a specific project (like action grants), but the annual operating budget (or part of it) of the organisation. Operating grants follow the same rules for the grant agreements as action grants, but do not differentiate between direct and indirect costs. Operating grants are always mono-beneficiary grants supporting the annual activities of an organisation. Further details can be found in the call document.

Conditions

1. Admissibility conditions: Proposal page limit and layout

described in section 5 of the call document.

Proposal page limits and layout: described in Part B of the Application Form available in the Submission System.

2. Eligible countries

described in section 6 of the call document.

3. Other eligibility 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 section 8 of the call document and the Online Manual.

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.

6. Legal and financial set-up of the grants

described in section 10 of the call document.

Call document and annexes:

Call document

Application form template

Standard application form (LIFE OG FR NGOs) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System

Mandatory Annex to the application form

Detailed budget table (LIFE OG FR NGOs)

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

LIFE Operating Grants Flat Rate MGA

Additional documents:

LIFE Multiannual Work Programme 2025-2027

LIFE Regulation 2021/783

EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509

Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment

EU Grants AGA — Annotated Model Grant Agreement

Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual

Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions

Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement

Aktuality k téme: - 2026-05-12: The submission session is now available for: LIFE-2026-NGO-OG-SGA