Researchers in Switzerland can participate in calls for project proposals under Horizon Europe, despite the country not being officially associated to the European research-funding programme, Swiss officials say. But there will be limitations. Switzerland will step in with direct funding if necessary, added the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) in a statement on Friday. The comments come in response to the European Commission launching the calls for project proposals for its flagship €95 billion (CHF105 billion) research programme earlier this week. Here it emerged that Switzerland was not on the provisional list of 18 non-EU countries eligible for Horizon Europe funding, pending negotiations on their full association to the programme. The UK was, for example. The move comes at a time of political tension between Switzerland and the EU over the Swiss breaking off negotiations on a key institutional agreement, which would have regulated...
