Once you are ready to submit your funding application for your collaborative project, please click here.
Collaborative projects are research and innovation projects involving consortia with several partners. Mostly, these require at least three organisations from three different EU member states or associated countries.
Submission of funding requests
Please read the following guide carefully before submitting your funding application. Funding applications not meeting SERI’s requirements described in the guide will be rejected.
SERI recommends that funding requests be submitted promptly (usually within 3 months after conclusion of the Grant Agreement) so that they can be reviewed as quickly as possible.
SERI reserves the right to impose funding cuts should the costs of the Swiss participant be disproportionally high. This includes the right to mandate an external expert panel to review the Swiss project part.
Units of the central federal administration
SERI cannot directly fund units of the central federal administration. However, as agreed with the Federal Finance Administration (FFA), there is a specific procedure for the funding of projects, described in the following document.
Once you are ready to submit your funding application for your collaborative project, please click here.
Financial reports
The guidelines for financial reporting are intended for researchers and innovators based in Switzerland who have received funding from SERI to take part in Horizon Europe actions. These guidelines indicate which specific aspects need to be taken into account to ensure that the projects comply with national legislation.
Unless otherwise stipulated in national legislation, SERI will align itself with the funding and calculation principles established by the European Commission, which are fully explained in the Annotated Model Grant Agreement. As a notable exception, for personnel costs the hourly rates and number of hours each person has worked on the project must be reported to SERI. Please consult the ’Guidelines for financial reporting’ for more details.
Annotated Model Grant Agreement
Please use the following templates for the preparation of the financial reports. For MSCA projects, please use the second template:
As proof of personnel costs, the following templates can be used: