Upcoming IKI Large Grants Call 2026

Following the launch of the IKI Medium Grants 2026, the IKI Large Grants Call 2026 offers another opportunity to apply for IKI funding.

The IKI Large Grants Call 2026 offers nine priorities across the four IKI funding areas: mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, adapting to the impacts of climate change, conserving and restoring of natural carbon sinks, and conserving biological diversity. Funding for individual projects ranges from €7 million to €15 million.

The ideas competition for the IKI Thematic Call 2026 will be officially launched on November 17, 2026 during the IKI High-Level Event at the World Climate Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye. At the same time, all relevant information will be published on the IKI website. Project outlines for this year's call can be submitted between 17.11.2026 and 09.02.2027, 14:00 (CET).

Preview of selected thematic priorities

On the occasion of the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 17) in Yerevan, Armenia preview of the upcoming Thematic Priorities will be published in advance.

• Mobilising the private sector for climate adaptation
• Strengthening legal certainty and action against illegal deforestation – uncovering environmental crime
• Advancing integrated biodiversity and climate action through coordinated governance and finance
• Carbon tides: Protecting and restoring natural marine carbon sinks for biodiversity and climate action

Note: In total seven thematic priorities and two country priorities will be published on 17 November 2026.

For the preparation of project outlines, only the funding announcement as well as the evaluation criteria and funding requirements, which will be published on the IKI-website from 17 November 2026, are binding funding frameworks.

All further information on the ideas competition and a more detailed description of the Thematic Priorities can be found on the details page of the IKI Large Grants Call 2026.

Further funding opportunities:

An overview of further funding opportunities can be found on the ‘Find funding’ overview page.