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European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

LIFE - Support for applicants

How to apply

Applications must be submitted via the Funding & tender opportunities portal.

Additional guidance is available on how to submit a proposal using the application tool:  Funding & Tenders Portal for beginners

This video tutorial features the steps to register your organisation and to get prepared for submitting a proposal. 

You find other useful information on the F&T opportunities portal such as an Online Manual guiding you through all steps of the application process.  

To help you with providing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in your application in the Funding & tender opportunities portal you can find here a list of LIFE KPIs applicable to different calls and watch the relevant KPI video presentation.

Info Days

The LIFE Calls for proposals 2024 are expected to be published on the Funding & tender opportunities portal on 18 April 2024. 

CINEA will hold virtual information sessions from 23 to 26 April 2024 to guide potential applicants through the LIFE Calls for proposals 2024. There will be networking opportunities in the format of 1:1 bilateral virtual meetings among potential applicants and with National Contact Points.

See the LIFE YouTube channel for previous recordings.  

Who can apply?

You are eligible to submit a proposal under the LIFE Programme, if you are:

  • a public or private legal entity registered in the EU or an overseas country or territory linked to it;
  • a third country associated to the LIFE programme; or
  • a legal entity created under Union law or any international organisation.

Natural persons are not eligible to apply.
 
Legal entities established in a third country which is not associated to the LIFE Programme may exceptionally eligible to participate where this is necessary for the achievement of the objectives of a given action to ensure the effectiveness of interventions carried out in the Union. However, those legal entities shall in principle bear the cost of their participation.

Partner search tools

As a potential LIFE project beneficiary, you may profit from cooperation with partners both inside and outside your country.

Funding & Tender Opportunities Portal

The Funding & tender opportunities portal allows you to find partners for your project ideas among the organisations registered in the portal Participant Register.

An online webinar ‘Funding & Tenders Portal for beginners’ for external users took place in 2021 to explain and demonstrate the main features of the portal. You can watch the recordings.

Enterprise Europe Network

The Enterprise Europe Network can help your business find the right international partners to grow and expand abroad.

National contact points

Get in touch with your national contact point (NCP) for the LIFE programme. They can help you with your application and organise information/networking events and proposal writing workshops. They can also support you in communicating and disseminating your project results.

Frequently asked questions

The following frequently asked questions (FAQs) are related to the calls for proposals submitted under the LIFE programme 2021-2027

The Frequently Asked Questions related to the Clean  Energy Transition (CET) Subprogramme are available on the Funding & Tenders Portal.