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

ROOT - Rolling Out OSNMA for the secure synchronization of Telecom networks

The ROOT project obtained funding under Horizon 2020 topic ‘EGNSS applications fostering societal resilience and protecting the environment’. The project, which ran from November 2020 to July 2022,  aimed to demonstrate the benefit of Galileo OSNMA signal to increase the robustness of critical telecom infrastructures.

The Flanders-based company Septentrio contributed substantially to completing this objective together with the other ROOT partners. The results of the project partially close a gap in the security of telecommunication networks dependent on satellite-derived time, with indirect benefits in curbing illegal attempts to disrupt network services.