Published on Fri, 10/03/2023 - 13:27
The UKRI Underwrite has been further extended and will now cover successful Horizon Europe applications submitted to calls with a final submission deadline date on or before 30th June 2023. This will be needed in the event that a grant agreement cannot be signed with the European Commission or delegated party because the UK’s association has not been formalised in time, and therefore cannot receive funding. Previously, the guarantee funding covered calls with a final submission deadline date on or before 31st March 2023.
The eligibility status of UK entities for Horizon Europe has not changed. The UK is still a “candidate associate country” so our researchers can continue and are eligible to apply to Horizon Europe calls. UK applicants must apply for funding from the EU as beneficiaries and not as Associated Partners in order to be eligible for the UK government’s Horizon Europe funding guarantee. The change to Associated Partner status must only be made after the project has been assessed, at the point of preparing the EU grant agreement – assuming UK association has not taken place.
Association to EU programmes remains the UK’s preference, with the government’s priority to maintain support for the UK’s research and development sector during ongoing periods of uncertainty. UK entities remain eligible to apply for calls with deadlines after 30th June 2023 ahead of the UK's formal association to Horizon Europe.