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Funding for mono-beneficiary projects 2021–2024 under the Horizon package

If the European Commission (EC) has positively evaluated your mono-beneficiary project from the programme years 2021 to 2024, you can submit your application for SERI funding here.

Permitted calls for proposals

Participants from non-associated third countries may not participate in mono-beneficiary projects. However, some specific regulations apply to researchers and innovators in Switzerland:

  • Under the 2024 transitional arrangement, positively evaluated ERC Advanced Grants 2024 with a host institution in Switzerland can be funded by SERI and thus receive a SERI-funded ERC Advanced Grant.
  • Exceptional rules applied to the 2021 calls of the European Research Council (ERC) Starting and Consolidator Grants: researchers with a successfully evaluated project proposal can be funded directly by SERI and receive a SERI-funded ERC Starting Grant or a SERI-funded ERC Consolidator Grant.
  • The project proposals of the first EIC Accelerator cut-off in 2021 were evaluated by the EC. Innovation actors with a successfully evaluated project proposal (after two evaluation stages) received a SERI-funded EIC Accelerator Grant.

Financial guarantees

Project partners in Switzerland are not funded by the European Commission (EC) in the 2021–2024 calls for proposals, which is why SERI has provided financial guarantees:

A step-by-step guide to preparing your funding application

Please note: The volume of funding requests, including those already submitted and those anticipated, is very high. It is expected that the requested funding will exceed the available funds. For this reason, and pursuant to the relevant Ordinance, SERI applies measures based on an order of priority to all pending funding requests in relation to 2021–2024 calls.

Please carefully read the Guidelines before submitting your funding application. Funding applications that do not meet SERI's requirements described in the guidelines will be rejected.

How to submit your funding application

As soon as you are ready to submit your funding application for your mono-beneficiary project, click here.

Reporting made easy: How it works

Have you received an email request for financial reporting? Our Guideline for Financial Reporting shows you what you need to consider to ensure that your projects comply with national legal requirements.

Unless otherwise stipulated in national legislation, SERI adheres to the funding and accounting principles of the European Commission. These are explained in detail in the Annotated Model Grant Agreement (AGA).

Financial reporting

To prepare the financial report, the following template must be used:

As proof of personnel costs, one of the following templates must be used:

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Scientific reports

For the scientific reports, the following templates must be used:

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International Research and Innovation Programmes