Financial guarantee for Swiss researchers

The extension of the guarantee will allow Swiss entities to participate in the framework programme.

The Swiss government just published the 2023 Financial Guarantee for Swiss participants in collaborative projects.

The Financial Guarantee covers funding for researchers and innovators based in Switzerland (including companies and SMEs) for their participation in eligible projects as associated partners from a non-associated third country. The funding will be directly paid by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) for all eligible 2023 calls of Horizon Europe and the Euratom programme. In the non-associated third country mode, researchers and innovators in Switzerland can participate to a limited extent in around two thirds of the calls for proposals.

The funding is provided under the conditions that (i) the full project application is assessed as eligible for funding by the European Commission (EC) or by the agency commissioned for this purpose and (ii) the Swiss participant cannot request funding by the EC.

For further information, including an updated Q&A on Swiss participation in Horizon Europe and related programmes and initiatives see SERI website.