Circular Economy and Quality of Life - Standard Action Projects (SAP)

Home Funding Calls for proposals Circular Economy and Zero Pollution Circular Economy and Zero Pollution LIFE-2026-SAP-ENV-ENVIRONMENT Topic Call for proposal Internal navigation General information Topic description Topic updates Conditions and documents Budget overview Partner search announcements Start submission Topic Q&As Get support General information Programme Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE) Call Circular Economy and Quality of Life - Standard Action Projects (SAP) (LIFE-2026-SAP-ENV) Type of action LIFE-PJG LIFE Project Grants Type of MGA LIFE Action Grant Budget-Based [LIFE-AG] Open For Submission Deadline model single-stage Opening date 21 April 2026 Deadline date 22 September 2026 17:00:00 Brussels time Topic description Expected Impact: Applicants are expected to define, calculate, explain and achieve the expected impacts as described in the Award criterion ‘Impact’ (see Call document section 2 and 9). Objective: 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: Circular Economy and Waste Recovery of Resources from Waste Circular Economy and the Environment Zero pollution and sustainable management of natural resources Air Water Soil Noise Chemicals Industrial Emissions and Safety A new European Bauhaus Please note that the assessment of the extent to which the project is in line with the specific priorities of the call (part of Award criterion 1) will be done exclusively on the basis of the topics identified and described under section ‘Compliance with LIFE programme objectives and call topic’ of the Standard application form. Please also note that a maximum of two sub-topics shall be selected (e.g.: Air quality improvement and emission reduction of PM.... solutions and Sustainable road transport mobility) and only those will be considered in the evaluation. Scope: The present Call topic targets Standard Action Projects (SAP) aimed at achieving the objectives of the Circular Economy and Quality of Life sub-programme. SAP are defined in section 2 of the call document (Type of Action) while the general objectives of the sub-programme in section 1 (‘Circular Economy and Quality of Life’). SAP focussing exclusively on environmental governance are excluded from this Call topic and covered by the related Call topic named LIFE-2026-SAP-ENV-GOV. Show more Topic updates 21 April 2026 The submission session is now available for: LIFE-2026-SAP-ENV-GOV, LIFE-2026-SAP-ENV-ENVIRONMENT Show more Topic conditions and documents 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 Standard application form — (mandatory) call-specific application form is available in the Submission System Mandatory Annexes to the application form: Detailed budget table (LIFE) Participant information (LIFE) Optional Annexes: Letters of support Maps Description of sites (LIFE) Other Annexes (for example: Lifecycle analysis, Business plans etc.) Additional documents: FAQs in LIFE website LIFE Reference Documents LIFE General MGA v1.0 Annotated Grant Agreement LIFE Regulation 2021/783 LIFE Multiannual Work Programme 2025-2027 EU Financial Regulation 2024/2509 Rules for Legal Entity Validation, LEAR Appointment and Financial Capacity Assessment Funding & Tenders Portal Online Manual Funding & Tenders Portal Terms and Conditions Funding & Tenders Portal Privacy Statement Show more Budget overview Topic Budget year : 2026 Stages Opening date Deadline Contributions Indicative number of grants LIFE-2026-SAP-ENV-ENVIRONMENT - LIFE-PJG LIFE Project Grants 79 000 000,00 € Single-stage 21 April 2026 22 September 2026 LIFE-2026-SAP-ENV-GOV - LIFE-PJG LIFE Project Grants 6 500 000,00 € Single-stage 21 April 2026 22 September 2026 Items per page: 10 50 100 Showing 1–2 of 2 Partner search announcements 150 Searches of partners to collaborate on this topic View / Edit LEARs, Account Administrators or self-registrants can publish partner requests for open and forthcoming topics after logging into this Portal, as well as any user having an active public Person profile. Start submission Need help? To access the Electronic Submission Service, please click on the submission-button next to the type of action and the type of model grant agreement that corresponds to your proposal. You will then be asked to confirm your choice, as it cannot be changed in the submission system. Upon confirmation, you will be linked to the correct entry point. To access existing draft proposals for this topic, please login to the Funding & Tenders Portal and select the My Proposals page of the My Area section. Please select the type of your submission: LIFE Project Grants [LIFE-PJG], LIFE Action Grant Budget-Based [LIFE-AG] Start submission Topic Q&As0 item(s) found General FAQ Get support Please read carefully all provisions below before the preparation of your application. Consult the FAQs in LIFE website Get in touch with your National Contact Point (NCP). We want also to draw your attention on the possibility to get support from your NCP. To facilitate such support, it would be beneficial to add your NCP under the “Participants” step of the application, by clicking on “Add contact”. Then, Under “Project role”, use the option “Contact person” and add your NCP’s data. Funding & Tenders Portal FAQ – Submission of proposals. IT Helpdesk – Contact the IT helpdesk for questions such as forgotten passwords, access rights and roles, technical aspects of submission of proposals, etc. Online Manual – Step-by-step online guide through the Portal processes from proposal preparation and evaluation to reporting on your ongoing project. Valid for all 2021-2027 programmes.