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LIFE – Circular Economy and Quality of Life – Standard Action Projects (SAP) – 2025

LIFE - The Financial Instrument for the Environment is designed to support environmental and nature conservation projects but can also encompass other areas such as climate action, energy efficiency, the transition to a circular economy, ect.

2025-09-23
79.5 million euro
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Call synthesis

Call reference LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV
Programme LIFE
Institution European Commission
Sectors Aeronautics & Space Agriculture & Fisheries Buildings & Public Works Business & Industry Citizenship & Human Rights Civil Protection & Risks Culture, Media & Communication Education & Training Environment & Climate Finance Health Justice, Security, Defence Research & Innovation Services to organisations Social Economy Technology & Digital Territorial Development Tourism Transport
Beneficiaries All beneficiaries

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Call reference

LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV



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Priorities and funded actions

Objectives

  • To develop, demonstrate, or promote innovative techniques, methods, or approaches
  • To achieve the objectives of EU environmental legislation and policy
  • To support the development, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of this legislation and policy
  • To catalyse the large-scale deployment of successful solutions
  • To replicate project results
  • To integrate environmental objectives into other policies or practices
  • To mobilise investments

Priorities

  • LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV-GOV:
    • Circular Economy and Waste, Air, Water, Soil, Noise, Chemicals, New European Bauhaus
  • LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV-GOV:
    • Support activities for public authorities’ decision-making and voluntary approaches
    • Environmental compliance assurance and access to justice
    • Behavioural change and awareness-raising initiatives

Among financed actions

  • Develop/promote innovation
  • Share knowledge/best practices
  • Support EU policies/laws
  • Scale up successful solutions
  • Do theme-specific activities
  • Include market-ready actions
  • Support third parties (if eligible)

Eligibility

  • Be a legal person
  • Be a public or private entity
  • Be established in one of the eligible countries:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
    • Non-EU states: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the LIFE Programme (Click here)
  • A consortium is not required. An application can be submitted by a single entity established in an eligible country

Additional information

  • Initial duration of the action: between 24 and 120 months
  • Contact: CINEA-LIFE-ENQUIRIES@ec.europa.eu

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Financement
  • Total budget of the call: 79.5 million euro
  • Budget per topic:
    • LIFE-2024-SAP-ENV-ENVIRONMENT : 73 million euro (of which 8 million euro Bauhaus subtopic)
    • LIFE-2024-SAP-ENV-GOV : 6.5 million euro
  • Amount of the grant:
    • LIFE-2024-SAP-ENV-ENVIRONMENT : between 2 and 10 million euros
    • LIFE-2024-SAP-ENV-GOV : between 700.000 euros and 2 million euros
  • Funding rate: up to 60% of the total eligible costs