The LIFE Calls for proposals 2025 were published on 24 April. You can find the complete information on the Funding & tender opportunities portal.

The Calls will be presented at the EU LIFE info days, planned from 13 to 15 May 2025. See the LIFE YouTube channel for previous recordings. 

Submission deadlines

• Standard Action Projects (SAPs) for Circular Economy and Zero Pollution – Environment
  Deadline date: 23 September 2025
• Standard Action Projects (SAPs) for Environmental Governance
  Deadline date: 23 September 2025
• Standard Action Projects (SAPs) for nature and biodiversity – Nature
  Deadline date: 23 September 2025
• Standard Action Projects (SAPs) for nature and biodiversity – Governance and Information
• Standard Action Projects (SAPs) for Climate Change Adaptation
  Deadline date: 23 September 2025
• Standard Action Projects (SAPs) for Climate Change Mitigation
  Deadline date: 23 September 2025
• Standard Action Projects (SAPs) for Climate Governance and Information
  Deadline date: 23 September 2025
• Technical Assistance preparation for SNAPs
  Deadline date: 23 September 2025
• Technical Assistance preparation for SIPs – Environment
  Deadline date: 23 September 2025
• Technical Assistance preparation for SIPs – Clima
  Deadline date: 23 September 2025
• Technical Assistance – Replication
  Deadline date: 23 September 2025
• LIFE Preparatory Projects (PLP) in the field of Clean Energy Transition
• Deadline date: 23 September 2025
• LIFE Preparatory Project (PLP) in the field of Nature & biodiversity and Circular Economy & Quality of Life
  Deadline date: 23 September 2025
• LIFE Preparatory Project (PLP) for the green transition in Urban spaces
  Deadline date: 23 September 2025
• Strategic Nature Projects (SNaP)
  Concept notes:  Deadline date: 4 September 2025
  Full proposals:  Deadline date: 5 March 2026
• Strategic Nature and Integrated Projects – SIP Environment
  Concept notes:  Deadline date: 4 September 2025
  Full proposals:  Deadline date: 5 March 2026
• Strategic Nature and Integrated Projects – SIP CLIMA
  Concept notes:  Deadline date: 4 September 2025
  Full proposals:  Deadline date: 5 March 2026

Coordination and Support Action Grants (CSA) for clean energy transition sub-programme

Deadline date: 23 September 2025

• Boosting the clean energy transition in cities and regions
• Towards an effective implementation of key legislation in the field of sustainable energy
• Energy renovation solutions – Making buildings’ renovation faster, deeper, affordable, smarter, service- and data-driven
• Supporting the clean energy transition of European industry and businesses
• BUILD UP Skills – National Platforms on energy efficiency skills for the clean energy transition
• Supporting district heating and cooling networks
• Crowding in private finance
• One-Stop-Shops – Integrated services for clean energy transition in buildings
• Project Development Assistance for sustainable energy investments
• European City Facility
• Alleviating household energy poverty in Europe
• Support services for energy communities

Type of grants

Expert evaluators

The LIFE Programme appoints external experts to assist in the evaluation of grant applications, projects and tenders.

If you have skills and experiences in the sustainable energy field and like to evaluate proposals submitted under the LIFE Clean Energy Transition sub-programme, please register in the European Commission’s database of independent experts.

If you have skills and experiences in the fields of nature & biodiversity, circular economy and climate action and like to evaluate in the LIFE sub-programmes Nature and Biodiversity, Circular economy and quality of life, Climate change mitigation and adaptation, please register your interest with the external Framework Contractor.

Potential expert evaluators can register interest for any of the LIFE sub-programmes.

Más información: Comisión Europea