LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-NATURE – Nature and Biodiversity

Identifikátor témy: LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-NATURE Výzva: LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT – Nature & Biodiversity - Standard Action Projects (SAP) Program: Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) Časť programu: Nature and Biodiversity Typ akcie: LIFE-PJG LIFE Project Grants Typ zmluvy (MGA): LIFE Action Grant Budget-Based Stav: Closed Otvorenie: 21. 4. 2026 Termín(y) podania: 22. 9. 2026 Rozpočet: 173 500 000 € (spoločný s témami LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-GOV)

Expected Impact:

Applicants are expected to define, calculate, explain and achieve ambitious and credible impacts in terms of conservation benefit, ensuring at the same time long term sustainability and replication (see sections 2 and 9 of the Call document).

Objective:

To contribute to European Union objectives for the protection, maintenance and restoration of the Union’s natural capital in its marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems

Scope:

The present Call topic targets Standard Action Projects (SAP) aimed at achieving the objectives of the LIFE Nature and Biodiversity sub-programme by supporting the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of EU legislation and policy on nature and biodiversity, as defined in sections 1 and 2 of the Call document. Projects focussing exclusively on governance and information are excluded from this Call topic and covered by the related Call topic LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-GOV.

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 templates

Standard application form (LIFE SAP and OAG) — the application form specific to this call is available in the Submission System

Detailed budget table (LIFE)

Participant information (LIFE)

Maps (LIFE)

Description of sites (LIFE)

Description of species and habitats (LIFE)

Letters of support

Model Grant Agreements (MGA)

LIFE MGA

Additional documents:

FAQs in LIFE website

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: - 2026-10-22: LIFE-2025-SAP-NAT-NATURE - Nature and Biodiversity 155 proposals LIFE-2025-SAP-NAT-GOV - Nature Governance and Information 13 proposals - 2026-04-21: The submission session is now available for: LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-GOV, LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-NATURE