Association to Horizon Europe will give Australia entry to joint analysis and innovation tasks with the EU and different related nations. Association means entry to extra Horizon Europe funding than we have had earlier than and collaboration alternatives for researchers, business and enterprise.
The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese and European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen have agreed to start formal treaty negotiations on Australia’s affiliation to Horizon Europe.
Horizon Europe runs on a 7-year cycle and is the world’s largest pooled analysis funding program for worldwide science and innovation collaboration. Framework Programme 9 is the present iteration with a funding pool of $155 billion (EUR 95.5 billion).
This giant pool of funding attracts gifted researchers and permits analysis tasks at a scale that may be troublesome for Australia to realize alone.
Horizon Europe at present has 20 non-EU related nations. It is the closest type of worldwide cooperation in science and expertise between the EU and a non-EU nation.
Associate standing will enable Australian organisations to steer and take part in tasks on key analysis priorities, together with:
- provide chain safety
- superior computing
- essential applied sciences
- essential minerals
- well being
- local weather and clear vitality.
The EU and Australia have a long history of working together on productive analysis. Building international partnerships in analysis and innovation has all the time been necessary for Australia’s productiveness and financial system. It is a vital means to deal with shared challenges.
Over 60% of Australian science analysis is undertaken with a global companion. EU Member States have collectively been Australia’s high scientific companion for over 3 a long time, with near 17,000 co-publications in 2024 alone.
Following the tip of the treaty course of, we count on Australian organisations will have the ability to apply for Horizon Europe research calls from early 2027.