Planning for the LIFE+ 2009 call for proposals

The LIFE+ 2009 call for proposals will be published on 15 May 2009, with a deadline of 15 September for submitting proposals to national authorities.

National authorities will then have until 22 October to submit proposals to the European Commission. Following this, the Commission will begin the process of evaluating the proposals, firstly verifying eligibility, and then assessing them on the basis of the selection and award criteria.

The evaluation process is expected to be completed by the end of February 2010, with a revision stage scheduled from March to June. The final selection of successful projects will then be announced during the summer of 2010.

As previously communicated, the 2009 applications package will be made available on the date the call is published (15 May 2009). However, since there are unlikely to be significant changes with respect to the 2008 call, potential applicants can begin preparing their applications using as a guide, the 2008 applications package. This is available to download from the LIFE website now. In principle, a maximum of EUR 250 million will be available for the 2009 call.

More details at the LIFE+ pages. View the calendar.