Newsletter January/February 2021

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New Year, New Opportunities, New Look

Horizon Europe (HE) was launched on 2 February 2021, bringing €95.5 billion in funding and networking opportunities over the next 7 years. 2021 also marks the 20th anniversary of Euresearch. In honour of both, we have launched a new visual design.

The adoption of the EU budget in early December 2020, several months later than originally planned, finally cleared the way for the start of HE. The first calls of the new Framework Programme for Research and Innovation are expected to be launched in spring. To get a head start, join our national information event, “Horizon Europe for Switzerland”, on 17 and 18 February 2021. Unfortunately, the late adoption of the budget slowed down the negotiations on association to HE of non-EU Member States, such as Switzerland. It is unlikely that the respective agreements will be signed before autumn but the European Commission (EC) expects that most countries that were associated to Horizon 2020 will be associated to HE by the time the first project Grant Agreements need to be signed. Accordingly, Swiss researchers and innovators are invited to participate in all the first calls.

The new year also brings additional opportunities for funding and collaboration. Together with HE, the EC has launched the Digital Europe Programme (DEP). This programme is closely linked to HE and focuses on making Europe’s economy and society fit for the digital age. You can learn more about DEP at our national information event as well.

Euresearch is looking forward to informing, advising and connecting you, our readers, as well as anybody else who is interested in European funding, as we have done in the past. By now, this past spans almost 20 years! We are grateful that your interest in the Framework Programmes over the last 2 decades has enabled us to grow, and we hope that we will remain your trusted partner in the future. To commemorate this anniversary, we have launched a fresh, new visual design. You will have noticed our new logo by now, but have you had a look around our new website yet?

The whole Euresearch Network wishes you a successful and inspiring year.

Regina Schneider, Director of Euresearch
Alexandra Rosakis, Illustration

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