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LIFE Programme

The LIFE programme is the EU's dedicated funding instrument for the environment and climate action.

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Open calls

open and forthcoming

Published budget

€163M

summed across topics

Grants expected

not published for this programme

Closing within 30 days

nothing closes this month

What this programme is

The LIFE programme is the EU's dedicated funding instrument for the environment and climate action. It funds projects that put existing knowledge into practice, nature restoration, circular economy, climate adaptation, clean energy transition, rather than fundamental research, and it co-finances rather than pays in full, so an applicant is expected to bring a share of the budget.

3 of them are two-stage: a short proposal first, and only shortlisted applicants write the full one.

The next cut-off is 04 Mar 2027.

When it closes

1 month carry a cut-off. Each links to every call closing that month, across all programmes.

March 20273 cut-offs

Closing soonest

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The nine nearest cut-offs under this programme. Everything else is in the full list, where you can filter by deadline, applicant type and funding rate.

CallNext cut-offPer grant

Strategic Nature ProjectsLIFE-2026-STRAT-NAT-SNAP-two-stage · LIFE Programme · structure not stated 04 Mar '27in 134d €75Mcall budget Strategic Integrated Projects - EnvironmentLIFE-2026-STRAT-ENV-SIP-two-stage · LIFE Programme · structure not stated 04 Mar '27in 134d €58Mcall budget Strategic Integrated Projects - Climate ActionLIFE-2026-STRAT-CLIMA-SIP-two-stage · LIFE Programme · structure not stated 04 Mar '27in 134d €30Mcall budget

Other funders in European Union

Programme	Open calls	Published budget	Soonest cut-off
Horizon Europe	367	€11B	30 Sept '26
EU External Action (EuropeAid)	30	,	24 Aug '26
Creative Europe	17	€239M	01 Dec '26
Digital Europe Programme	12	€185M	01 Dec '26
Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values	10	€245M	05 Nov '26
European Defence Fund	9	€1.3B	10 Nov '26
Other EU programmes	5	€34M	13 Jan '27
Connecting Europe Facility	3	€1.2B	30 Sept '26

Figures are computed from what LIFE Programme itself publishes. A call appears here only while a cut-off is still ahead of it.

About LIFE Programme

Who can apply to LIFE Programme calls?

It is set per call, not per programme. 0% of these calls accept a single applicant; 0 require a consortium, and 3 do not say. Where the conditions state the requirement we quote the sentence they state it in; where they do not, we infer it from the type of action and mark it as inferred, and an inferred value never appears without that mark.

What does the budget figure mean?

It is the sum of what the funder published per call, in the funder's own currency, converted once at the European Central Bank rates this build holds. Calls that publish no budget contribute nothing rather than an estimate, so the total is a floor, not a guess.

How often does this page change?

The corpus is re-synced nightly and the site is rebuilt with it. Cut-offs and countdowns are recomputed at build time, so a call that closed since the last sync leaves this page rather than sitting here with a stale date.

Can I see only the calls I could win?

Yes, the fit check reads every call on this page against your organisation on the gates that decide admissibility, and it runs in your browser with no account. Calls that block you are shown with the condition that blocks them, because sometimes it is one you can change.

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