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    LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-NATURE

    Nature and Biodiversity

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    Nature & Biodiversity - Standard Action Projects (SAP) · LIFE-PJG

    22 Sep 2026
    Deadline
    €173.5M
    Call budget (2026)

    What this call funds

    This LIFE call funds standard action projects that protect, maintain and restore Europe's marine, freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. It supports on-the-ground implementation, monitoring and enforcement of EU nature and biodiversity legislation, with a focus on achieving measurable and lasting conservation benefits. Projects that only focus on governance or information sharing are not eligible under this specific call.

    biodiversity · climate adaptation · water management · ocean marine · environmental monitoring

    Who wins this

    Organisations able to design and implement large-scale, on-the-ground conservation and biodiversity restoration projects with long-term sustainability and replication potential.

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    The call in detail

    Funding model
    LIFE-AG
    Submission
    Single-stage submission (full proposal at once)
    Type of action
    LIFE Project Grants
    Partners
    Not stated in the call.
    Also required
    Projects focussing exclusively on governance and information are excluded and covered instead by the related LIFE-2026-SAP-NAT-GOV call topic.
    Sectors
    CleanTech · Energy · Circular Economy
    Read the full conditions from the official call ›

    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

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