LIFE — Standard Action Projects (SAP)
Administers research teams and institutions for LIFE Standard Action Projects in climate technology, energy systems, and agriculture innovation.
The LIFE 2026 Standard Action Projects (SAP) calls are the core project funding mechanism of the LIFE Programme for the 2021–2027 programme period, administered by CINEA. The LIFE Programme covers four sub-programmes — Nature and Biodiversity, Circular Economy and Quality of Life, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation, and Clean Energy Transition — with a combined 2021–2027 budget of approximat…
Nature and Biodiversity, Circular Economy and Zero Pollution, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, and Environmental and Climate Governance projects across EU member states under the LIFE Programme.
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