1. Horizon Europe Programme Co-fund Action (and co-funded European partnerships)
Why this
- Goal: Coordinate, network, align programmes or standards is a primary purpose.
- How the EU acts: Pool or align Member States and national programmes fits.
- What it is for
- A programme co-fund action provides multi-annual co-funding to a programme of activities run by entities that manage or fund R&I programmes (other than Union funding bodies); the programme may fund grants, prizes, procurement and blended finance to third parties. (Regulation (EU) 2021/695 establishing Horizon Europe, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, Article 2, point (36))
- Co-funded European partnerships use a programme co-fund action to integrate the partners' committed financial and in-kind contributions into a joint R&I programme. (Regulation (EU) 2021/695 establishing Horizon Europe, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, Article 10(1)(b))
- Funding rate or co-funding
- Programme co-fund actions reimburse at least 30% and, in identified and duly justified cases, up to 70% of total eligible costs. (Regulation (EU) 2021/695 establishing Horizon Europe, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, Article 34(2)(b))
- The General Annexes set the co-fund rate at between 30% and 70%. (Horizon Europe Work Programme 2026-2027, Part 15: General Annexes, General Annex G, p. 31)
- The Commission partnerships page states co-funded partnerships receive 30% or 50% Horizon Europe co-funding. (European Partnerships in Horizon Europe, Section: Co-funded partnerships)
- Who owns the results
- Specific provisions on ownership, exploitation and access rights may apply to programme co-fund actions and are set out in the grant agreement. (Regulation (EU) 2021/695 establishing Horizon Europe, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, Article 42(1))
- Time to grant or contract
- The general Horizon Europe maxima (5 months to inform, 8 months to sign) apply to the co-fund grant itself; the times for the partners' own transnational calls are not stated in the sources read. (Regulation (EU) 2021/695 establishing Horizon Europe, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, Article 31(1))
- Legal basis
- Regulation (EU) 2021/695, Articles 2(36), 10(1)(b), 22(3), 34(2)(b) and Annex III (partnership criteria). (Regulation (EU) 2021/695 establishing Horizon Europe, laying down its rules for participation and dissemination, Articles 2(36), 10(1)(b), 22(3), 34(2)(b); Annex III)
- Who to contact
- DG Research and Innovation (partnerships); for QuantERA the Programme Coordinator, National Science Centre (NCN), Poland
- Next steps
- Gather the national funders that would pool money and agree a joint programme.
- The partnership must be identified in the Horizon Europe strategic planning and work programme.
- Verification
- Partly verified. General rules come from the Regulation, the Decision, the General Annexes and the DG RTD partnerships page. QuantERA could not be confirmed as a programme co-fund action or co-funded partnership: CORDIS shows QuantERA III as a RIA with cascading grants, and the DG RTD partnership list has no quantum partnership.
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