Switzerland is Associated to EU Programmes

Today, the EU Programmes Agreement (EUPA) was signed in Bern by Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and EU Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva. It applies with immediate effect, meaning that Switzerland is associated to Horizon Europe, the Euratom programme and the Digital Europe Programme (DEP) retroactively from 1 January 2025, will participate in ITER from 1 January 2026 and will be able to associate to Erasmus+ from 2027. The EUPA signing has taken place ahead of the Switzerland-EU package but remains part of this package.

Grant agreements of positively evaluated projects of calls for proposals 2025 can now be signed and project funding will come directly from the European Commission, as Switzerland makes a mandatory contribution to the EU for this purpose. In terms of participation opportunities, Swiss actors can once again take on the coordinating role in collaborative projects since calls for proposals 2025. Participation in mono-beneficiary projects, particularly those of the European Research Council (ERC), the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the Postdoctoral Fellowships of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), is also possible again.

The latest news and information can be found at the SERI dedicated page  and on our Euresearch website. 

If you have any questions, join our information events on "Swiss Access to Horizon Europe: Confirmed and Secured". 

1st Event: 17.11.2025

2nd Event: 11.12.2025

3rd Event: 12.01.2026