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European Commission Releases Version 2.0 of the Annotated Grant Agreement for Horizon Europe

28/03/2025

The European Commission has published version 2.0 of the Annotated Model Grant Agreement (AGA) on the F&T Portal in the reference documents section.

AGA – Annotated Grant Agreement, V 2.0 (If you still see the old version, press FN+F5)

The AGA serves as a guidance document to the Model Grant Agreement (MGA), the template for the agreement between the European Commission or its executive agencies and grant beneficiaries under EU programmes. It provides explanations and examples for each article of the MGA.

Detailed information on the changes can be found in the “History of changes” section on pages 4-5 of the document.

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European Court of Auditors Publishes Opinions on Horizon Europe and the European Competitiveness Fund

13/01/2026

The European Court of Auditors has published two closely linked Opinions on the proposed EU budget framework for 2028–2034: Opinion 02/2026 on the future Horizon Europe programme and Opinion 01/2026 on the new European Competitiveness Fund (ECF). While both documents follow...

Update of the guidance on participation in EU calls with ownership and control restrictions

05/01/2026

The European Commission has updated the guidance on participation in EU calls with ownership and control restrictions. The updated guidance is published under the following link. The update aligns the guidance with the new Financial Regulation 2024/2509 and extends...

Switzerland becomes an associated country to the Horizon Europe programme

11/11/2025

On 10 November 2025, the EU Programmes Agreement (EUPA) was signed in Bern by Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and European Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva. The agreement applies with immediate effect, meaning that Switzerland is associated to Horizon Europe, the Euratom...

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