European Environment & Health Process

10 programs

Program	Source	Relevance	Funding
CINEA LIFE 2026 — Circular Economy and Quality of Life Sub-Programme For NGOs Grant Circular Economy Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management	EU	–	Total LIFE programme 2021-2027: EUR 5.4 billion; per-project typical range EUR 1-8M for SAPs, larger for SIPs; minimum project budget EUR 1M
EU LIFE Programme - Environment and Climate Action For NGOs Government Grant Technical Assistance Biodiversity Circular Economy Climate Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Waste Management	EU	–	Varies by call and project type; Standard Action Projects typically EUR 0.5M - 5M; Strategic Nature Projects (SNaPs) and Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) can reach tens of millions EUR; Operating grants for NGOs for multi-year institutional support
European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) 2021-2027 Government Grant Global Blue Economy Fisheries Marine Conservation Pollution Waste Management	–	–	Varies by call; individual project grants range from hundreds of thousands to several million EUR depending on topic
LIFE 2026 SAP Nature Governance and Information (SAP NAT GOV) For NGOs Government Grant Baltic Sea Blue Economy Capacity Building Education Marine Conservation	EU	–	LIFE SAP standard grants; total Nature sub-programme budget EUR 173.5M (shared across NATURE and GOV topics); individual SAP grants typically EUR 0.5-5M; 60% EU co-funding
LIFE 2026 Strategic Integrated Projects - Environment (SIP ENV) For NGOs Government Grant Circular Economy Climate Marine Conservation Pollution Waste Management	EU	–	EUR 10-25 million per project; total LIFE 2026 envelope EUR 601.5 million; SIPs are the largest LIFE instrument
LIFE 2026 Strategic Nature Projects (SNAP) — Biodiversity & Nature Restoration For NGOs Government Grant Baltic Sea Blue Economy Marine Conservation Pollution Research	EU	–	EUR 10-25 million per project; total budget EUR 75 million for LIFE 2026 SNAP; project duration 5-10 years in phases
LIFE 2026 — Standard Action Projects: Circular Economy and Quality of Life (SAP ENV) For NGOs Government Grant Circular Economy Climate Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management	EU	–	EUR 2-10 million per project; total call budget EUR 79 million for the ENVIRONMENT sub-call
LIFE Calls for Proposals 2025 - EUR 600 Million Government Grant Biodiversity Circular Economy Climate Marine Conservation Pollution Waste Management	EU	–	EUR 600 million in 2025 call. Sub-programme allocations: Nature and biodiversity SAPs EUR 153.4M; Circular economy and quality of life SAPs EUR 73M; Climate change mitigation and adaptation SAPs EUR 61.5M; Strategic Projects EUR 158M; Clean energy transition CSAs EUR 91.4M; Technical Assistance EUR 30M; New European Bauhaus EUR 4M; Environmental governance EUR 7.5M.
LIFE Circular Economy and Quality of Life Sub-programme (2021-2027) Government Grant Global Circular Economy Pollution Recycling & Upcycling Waste Management	–	–	Varies per call; Standard Action Projects (SAP) typical range EUR 1-5M; Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) larger scale
LIFE Programme - Environment and Climate Action For NGOs Government Grant Global Biodiversity Circular Economy Climate Marine Conservation Plastic Waste Pollution	EU	–	Total LIFE 2021-2027 budget EUR 5.4 billion. Project-level amounts vary widely by project type: SAPs typically smaller scale; SNaPs and SIPs larger multi-year projects. Operating grants available for non-profit entities.

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