LIFE — Strategic Integrated Projects & Strategic Nature Projects (SIP/SNAP)
Invests research teams and institutions for LIFE Strategic Integrated Projects & Strategic Nature Projects in climate technology, agriculture innovation, and built environment.
The LIFE 2026 Strategic Projects calls cover three instruments for large-scale integration of EU environmental and climate legislation: Strategic Nature Projects (SNaP), Strategic Integrated Projects for the Environment (SIP-ENV), and Strategic Integrated Projects for Climate Action (SIP-CLIMA). All three are administered by CINEA under the LIFE Programme 2021–2027 and use a mandatory two-stage ap…
Large-scale strategic projects integrating EU environmental and climate legislation, covering Strategic Nature Projects (SNaP), Strategic Integrated Projects for the Environment (SIP-ENV), and for Climate Action (SIP-CLIMA).
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