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Following last month's news of Canada and the European Union successfully concluding Horizon Europe association negotiations, we are compiling an initial list of resources that will be further expanded as the European Commission and Canada provide further updates on status of the latter's association to Horizon Europe.
As a brief reminder, the association of Canada to Horizon Europe will be for Pillar II of Horizon Europe only. However, researchers and institutions in Canada continue to benefit from the bottom-up mobility opportunities in Pillar I by sending researchers to Europe on ERC grants and receiving MSCA-PF Global Fellows for 12 to 24 months in Canada with a one-year mandatory return phase to Europe. With that in mind, we encourage individuals to take advantage of the existing Pillar I opportunities and to learn more below about the benefits of association to Pillar II.
ISED Canada page on Horizon Europe
European Commission page on Canada and research cooperation
Horizon Europe NCPs for Canada
Updates on association of third countries to Horizon Europe
While awaiting the signature of the Association Agreement, a transitional arrangement has been put in place for Canadian entities. This means that entities based in Canada can apply and be evaluated as prospective “beneficiaries” in Horizon Europe proposals for all calls implementing Pillar II in the budget 2024 onwards, including those currently open.
Looking for partners for your Pillar II project? Click the button below to explore various tools at your disposal. You can also stay tuned to our events portal to look out for European Commission-hosted info days on the specific clusters, as well as accompanying brokerage events (see a recent example here).
Finding research partners for international consortia
You can also read the detailed Innovation News Network special focus eBook on Canada and Horizon Europe.
We also invite you to watch our past webinars related to Canada and Horizon Europe. See them embedded below or click the webinar title to jump to the individual event page.
Canada and Horizon Europe Info Session - January 2024
Horizon Europe info session at McMaster University - October 2023
Note: Click on event page to access cloud storage with the video files of the recordings.
Canada-EU STI Opportunities - March 2023
Horizon Europe Canada Launch - October 2021