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On July 3rd, 2024, Canada became an Associated Country in the EU's Horizon Europe framework program for research and innovation. Note that the association of Canada to Horizon Europe is for Pillar 2 of Horizon Europe only, which form the top-down open calls for international consortia to tackle global challenges. However, researchers and institutions in Canada continue to benefit from the bottom-up mobility opportunities in Pillar 1 by sending researchers to Europe on ERC grants and MSCA fellowships and receiving MSCA-PF Global Fellows for 12 to 24 months in Canada with a one-year mandatory return phase to Europe. With that in mind, we encourage individuals to take advantage of the existing Pillar 1 opportunities and to learn more below about the benefits of association to Pillar 2.
European Commission page on Canada and research cooperation
ISED Canada page on Horizon Europe
Horizon Europe NCPs for Canada
Updates on association of third countries to Horizon Europe
Want to see upcoming and past events of interest? Scroll down for individual webinars and see the ongoing series on each individual cluster in Pillar 2 aimed at researchers based in Canada.
Stay connected to all things Horizon Europe and sign up for our flashnote emails and ISED Canada's Horizon Europe newsletter.
Looking for partners for your Pillar 2 project? Click the button below to explore various tools at your disposal. You can also stay tuned to our events portal to look out for European Commission-hosted info days on the specific clusters, as well as accompanying brokerage events (see a recent example here).
Finding research partners for international consortia
You can also read the detailed Innovation News Network special focus eBook on Canada and Horizon Europe.
We also invite you to watch our past webinars and videos related to Canada and Horizon Europe. See them embedded below or click the webinar title to jump to the individual event page.
Canadian association signing ceremony - July 2024
Horizon Europe Pillar II Info Session with Canada-specific updates - June 2024
Canada and Horizon Europe Info Session - January 2024
Horizon Europe info session at McMaster University - October 2023
Note: Click on event page to access cloud storage with the video files of the recordings.
Canada-EU STI Opportunities - March 2023
Horizon Europe Canada Launch - October 2021
For reference: A transitional arrangement had been put in place for Canadian entities, meaning that from December 5th, 2023 to July 3rd, 2024, entities based in Canada could apply and be evaluated as prospective “beneficiaries” in Horizon Europe proposals for all calls implementing Pillar 2 in the budget 2024 onwards. As of July 3rd, 2024, Canada is now fully associated to Horizon Europe's Pillar 2 and successful applicants can sign the model grant agreement.