{"id":471019,"date":"2026-11-12T12:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T11:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/12\/laustralia-entra-nel-programma-di-ricerca-orizzonte-europa-firmato-laccordo-con-lue\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T14:25:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T13:25:19","slug":"australia-joins-horizon-europe-research-programme-signs-agreement-with-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/12\/australia-joins-horizon-europe-research-programme-signs-agreement-with-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia joins Horizon Europe research programme; signs agreement with the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 The European Union and Australia are strengthening their ties in scientific research across health, climate, energy, and digital technologies. After reaching an agreement in March<\/a>, Brussels and Canberra today (12 November) signed a deal enabling Australian researchers and organisations to join and lead projects under Horizon Europe \u2013 the EU\u2019s flagship programme for research and innovation. The agreement was signed by Ekaterina Zaharieva<\/strong>, European Commissioner for Start-ups, Research and Innovation, and Tim Ayres<\/strong>, Australian Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science. \u201cWe may be half a world apart, but we share a belief in science and in what people can achieve when they work together,\u201d said Zaharieva. \u201cThis agreement brings our researchers and innovators closer, giving them more opportunities to share knowledge and put ideas to work. It is also a clear commitment to keeping international scientific cooperation open and strong, for the benefit of both our societies,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n

Australia\u2019s association relates to \u2018Pillar II\u2019 of Horizon Europe, which has a budget of 52.4 billion euros and funds collaborative research projects in sectors such as health, climate, energy and digital technologies<\/strong>. \u201cAustralia\u2019s association with Horizon Europe is more than a scientific agreement. It is testament to the trust, ambition and shared values that underpin our EU-Australia partnership,\u201d said the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong>. \u201cBy deepening this partnership, we will turn outstanding research into real solutions for our citizens, strengthen our resilience, and help build a safer, more prosperous world,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n

The agreement will enable Australian researchers and organisations to join international consortia \u2013 also as lead partners \u2013 and to access funding on terms similar to those available to their EU counterparts<\/strong>. Australian participants will also retain access to those parts of Horizon Europe open to non-EU countries under the \u2018Excellent Science\u2019 pillar (which includes the \u2018Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie\u2019 actions) and the \u2018Innovative Europe\u2019 pillar, subject to the conditions set out in the individual calls for proposals. From January, transitional arrangements will allow Australian entities to apply for calls under Pillar II and to be assessed as potential beneficiaries. The association process is expected to be formally completed by mid-2027, following parliamentary scrutiny in Australia. <\/p>\n

Horizon Europe is the EU\u2019s research and innovation programme for the period 2021\u20132027, with a budget of 93.5 billion euros. The programme funds scientific excellence, tackles global challenges and helps strengthen Europe\u2019s competitiveness. Negotiations on Australia\u2019s association with Pillar II were concluded last June and, with this agreement, Australia officially becomes the 24th associated country. Other associated countries are Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Egypt, the Faroe Islands, Georgia, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Tunisia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. <\/a> On 6 November, the EU also successfully concluded negotiations with India on India’s participation in the Horizon Europe programme<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Canberra association relates to \u2018Pillar II\u2019, which, with a budget of 52.4 billion euros, funds projects in sectors such as health, climate, energy and digital technologies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":470996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25707],"tags":[25893,27222,27994,26050,33392,26640,36643,33394],"class_list":["post-471019","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-politics","tag-accord-en","tag-australia-en","tag-climate-en","tag-energia","tag-health","tag-orizzonte-europa","tag-ue"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471019"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471019\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471020,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471019\/revisions\/471020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}