{"id":41580,"date":"2026-04-29T09:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/april-2026-calls-for-proposals-life-special\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:15:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:15:38","slug":"april-2026-calls-for-proposals-life-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/april-2026-calls-for-proposals-life-special\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2026 calls for proposals &#8211; LIFE special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a review of the March news, posted as always on our <a href=\"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/tenders-portal\/\">Announcement Portal<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In April we identified a total of 139 new calls. The main news of the month is the opening of the LIFE Program calls, for which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mase.gov.it\/portale\/life-info-days-italia-2026-online-12-13-maggio-2026-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online info-days<\/a> are already scheduled for May 12 and 13, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to LIFE, for European programs, there are numerous calls open (of which many <a href=\"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/i-cascade-funding-agile-calls-to-access-european-funds\/\">cascade funding<\/a>) for Digital Europe, and there is some news for the Single Market Program, Creative Europe and CERV. Although fewer in number, there is also news on structural and rural funds. <\/p>\n<h2>European programs<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>LIFE program: 29 calls on climate change, circular economy, energy transition;<\/li>\n<li>Digital Europe: 23 new calls on education and digital skills, AI and health, disinformation, infrastructure and innovation;<\/li>\n<li>Single Market Program: 2 new calls on zero-emission technologies;<\/li>\n<li>Creative Europe: 3 new calls in cinema;Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values: a new call for Civil Society Organizations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the flagged calls, please see <a href=\"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/the-agenda-2026-for-european-design\/\">our Agenda 2026<\/a> for an overview of European call publications in the coming months.<\/p>\n<h2>Structural Funds<\/h2>\n<p>We have 48 new calls in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abruzzo (1), for audiovisual;<\/li>\n<li>Basilicata (4), for childhood, scholarships, Higher Technical Education;<\/li>\n<li>Calabria (2), for usury victim support, language skills;<\/li>\n<li>Emilia Romagna (5), for strategic technologies, research and development, freelancers, disabilities, summer camp;<\/li>\n<li>Lazio (7), for circular economy, internationalization, women&#8217;s entrepreneurship, sports, social and educational services;<\/li>\n<li>Liguria (1), by higher technological education;<\/li>\n<li>Lombardy (2), for skills and innovation, volunteering and the Third Sector;<\/li>\n<li>Marche (1), for PhD scholarships;<\/li>\n<li>P.A. Bolzano (1), by occupation;<\/li>\n<li>Piedmont (4), for integrated supply chain projects, cinema, digital transition, higher education;<\/li>\n<li>Sardinia (3), for investment, school construction, third-country national employment;<\/li>\n<li>Sicily (6), for Energy infrastructure, social inclusion, self-entrepreneurship, research, employment, education and vocational training;<\/li>\n<li>Tuscany (9), for educational services, countering violence, school dropouts, training, youth employment, transnational internships, compulsory education, integration;<\/li>\n<li>Umbria (1), for redevelopment of cultural places;<\/li>\n<li>Aosta Valley (1), for internship abroad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is also a call within the <strong>Capacity for Cohesion Program<\/strong> for territorial experts, a call from the <strong>School and Skills Program<\/strong> regarding digitization, and a nationally directed call from the <strong>Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund<\/strong> for the labor inclusion of migrant women.<\/p>\n<h2>Rural Funds<\/h2>\n<p>In March, 30 new notices were published in 8 regions. In  <strong>Emilia Romagna<\/strong> 2 calls on agricultural competitiveness, resilient orchards, establishment of young farmers; in <strong>Liguria<\/strong> 1 call on livestock farming; in <strong>Lombardy<\/strong> 5 new calls on wetlands, forestation, agroforestry systems, prevention of damage from natural disasters and climatic events; in <strong>Marche<\/strong> 3 calls on mountain areas, tourism and typical products, agrobiodiversity; in <strong>P.A of Trent<\/strong> 5 calls on mountain areas, meadow and pasture management, biodiversity, organic production; in <strong>Piedmont<\/strong> 10 new calls on arboriculture, forestry systems, quality schemes, mountain areas, organic farming, pig breeders; in <strong>Tuscany<\/strong> 1 call for young farmers; in <strong>Umbria<\/strong> 3 new calls for maintenance and income loss.   <\/p>\n<h2>Other updates<\/h2>\n<p>We have updated the deadline of 13 calls, mainly in the rural area.<\/p>\n<p>As always, we remind you that many of the calls presented in our previous reviews are still open and can be accessed through our <a href=\"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/tenders-portal\/\">Calls Portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more up-to-date and complete information, we also recommend referring to the official sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a review of the March news, posted as always on our Announcement Portal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":41581,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[731,2199],"tags":[2315,2323],"class_list":["post-41580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive-archive","category-archive-news","tag-notices","tag-opportunities"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}