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Updated information on Swiss participation in Horizon 2020

09.01.2017

The Swiss Federal Council ratified in December 2016 the protocol on the extension to Croatia of the Free Movement of Persons Agreement between the EU and Switzerland. In practice this means that, in accordance with Article 13(6) of the Agreement associating Switzerland to Horizon 2020, as of 1 January 2017 the Association Agreement with Switzerland will be expanded to cover the whole Horizon 2020, the Euratom Programme (2014-2018) and also the activities carried out by the Fusion for Energy programme.

Before the ratification of the protocol, Swiss entities could only receive financial support from the EU within the pillar “Excellent Science“ and the “Spreading excellence and widening participation“ programme. However, the full association only applies to Grant Agreements signed from 1 January onwards. A retroactive application to ongoing projects of which the Grant Agreements were signed before this date is not possible.

For more detailed information (FAQs & explanations):
http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/other/hi/h2020-hi-swiss-part_en.pdf