Eligibility
This is a call for proposals for EU action grants in the field of Circular Economy and Quality of Life under the Programme for Environment and Climate Action (LIFE).
The regulatory framework for this EU Funding Programme is set out in:
- Regulation 2024/2509 (EU Financial Regulation)
- the basic act (LIFE Regulation 2021/7832).
The call is launched in accordance with the 2025-2027 Multiannual Work Programme3 and will be managed by the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) (‘Agency’).
The call covers the following topics:
- LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV-ENVIRONMENT - Circular Economy and Zero Pollution
- LIFE-2025-SAP-ENV-GOV - Environmental Governance
Each project application under the call must address only one of these topics. Applicants wishing to apply for more than one topic, must submit a separate proposal under each topic.
We invite you to read the call documentation carefully, and in particular this Call document, the Model Grant Agreement, the EU Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual and the EU Grants AGA — Annotated Grant Agreement.
The aim is to facilitate the transition toward a sustainable, circular, energy-efficient and climate-resilient economy, a toxic-free environment and at protecting, restoring and improving the quality of the environment in line with the European Green Deal and recent policy developments.
The specific objective is to cover one or more of the following topics as fully defined in section 2 of the Call document:
1. Activities in support of public administrations’ decision-making and voluntary approaches for the public and the private sector
2. Environmental compliance assurance and access to justice
3. Behavioural change and awareness-raising initiatives
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- non-EU countries: − listed EEA countries and countries associated to the LIFE Programme (list of participating countries)
- the coordinator must be established in an eligible country
More information: call-fiche_life-2025-sap-env_en.pdf