The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation SERI within the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (EAER) is the federal government's specialised agency for national and international matters concerning general and university education, research and space.
 
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Euresearch has a mandate from the SERI for the Framework Programme 7, all European R&D programmes and European Enterprise Network. It is lead by the FP7 Steering Committee.