Horizon Europe’s €95bn six-year run of funding research, innovation and development kicked off in 2021 and will last until 2027. Fully open to researchers within the EU, the programme also accepts applications from third-party countries.
On Friday, the European Commission announced that negotiations had wrapped up with Iceland and Norway, meaning they can be granted associated country status under the same conditions enjoyed by the EU’s 27 member states.
It makes the two Nordic countries the first non-EU states to get the full Horizon Europe privileges and means that researchers can start applying for funding.
Margrethe Vestager, the EU’s tech tsar, said that “by joining forces with Iceland and Norway, we will pursue a series of actions in support of the green, digital and public health agendas.”
The Danish official added that “openness and cooperation with the rest of the world are key in our strategy to create critical mass for research and innovation...