Country eligibility info - Horizon Europe

Belarus - Third Countries automatically eligible for funding
Please note that this information sheet will be updated regularly and the list of countries divided into the different categories can always change over the period of Horizon Europe. If you are involving a partner from a non-EU country in your consortium please always check the status of this country in Horizon Europe at the moment of submission in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide.

Belarus belongs to the group of Third Countries automatically eligible for funding

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Specific remarks for Belarus

Unless exceptional circumstances (e.g. grants with humanitarian purposes), and with the exception of some calls, no legal entity established in Russia, Belarus or non-government controlled territories of Ukraine is eligible to participate in any capacity in any HE grant for calls with deadline after 10 May 2022.

This includes all types of participation or involvement, e.g. as beneficiaries, linked third parties/affiliated entities, subcontractors, in-kind contributors, international partners/associated partners, third parties receiving financial support, fellows and visiting researchers.

This also includes private Russian and Belarusian legal persons and natural persons (whatever their nationality) who have their habitual residence in one of the areas mentioned.

Eligibility for Third Countries automatically eligible for funding means...

Short explanation

Most Horizon Europe calls are open to participants from non-EU countries, also called Third Countries. But funding is only automatically available if they are associated or if they appear in the list of Low and Middle Income Countries as listed in the Horizon Europe Programme Guide

Specific third countries can also be excluded from participation to the programme or to a part of the programme  and/or to specific call topics mainly in order to safeguard the EU’s strategic assets, interests, autonomy or security. 

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All details regarding country eligibility is compiled in the infosheet “International cooperation".

Testimonial

ScreenME - Enhancing excellence in screen media entrepreneurship

The Horizon2020 twinning project ScreenME has as its objective to enhance excellence in screen media entrepreneurship at Tallinn University (TLU). To do so, ScreenME has established a network of universities across Europe that aim to improve research into and teaching of entrepreneurship for the screen media industry. ScreenME will develop a teaching course and will kick off research initiatives and projects on entrepreneurial activities in media organisations. The research group on ‘Studies in Media, Innovation and Technology (SMIT)’ of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is partner in the network and is involved in two cross-cutting activities of the project: support for early stage researchers and developing stakeholder involvement.