Today, the EU Programmes Agreement (EUPA) was signed in Bern by Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and EU Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva. It applies with immediate effect, meaning that Switzerland is associated to Horizon Europe, the Euratom programme and the Digital Europe Programme (DEP) retroactively from 1 January 2025, will participate in ITER from 1 January 2026 and will be able to associate to Erasmus+ from 2027. The EUPA signing has taken place ahead of the Switzerland-EU package but remains part of this package.

Grant agreements of positively evaluated projects of calls for proposals 2025 can now be signed and project funding will come directly from the European Commission, as Switzerland makes a mandatory contribution to the EU for this purpose. In terms of participation opportunities, Swiss actors can once again take on the coordinating role in collaborative projects since calls for proposals 2025. Participation in mono-beneficiary projects, particularly those of the European Research Council (ERC), the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the Postdoctoral Fellowships of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), is also possible again.

The latest news and information can be found at the SERI dedicated page and on our Euresearch website.

If you have any questions, join the Euresearch information events on "Swiss Access to Horizon Europe: Confirmed and Secured".

1st Event: 17.11.2025

2nd Event: 11.12.2025

3rd Event: 12.01.2026

Source: Euresearch

According to their press release, the Computer Science (CS) category of arXiv has updated its moderation practices regarding survey articles and position papers. Before they can be considered for submission to the CS category of arXiv, survey articles and position papers must now have been accepted by a journal or conference and have undergone a successful peer review process. When submitting review articles or position papers, authors must include evidence of a successful peer review process in order for their contributions to be fully considered. Review/survey articles or position papers submitted to arXiv without this evidence are likely to be rejected and will not be published on arXiv.

This change is being implemented due to the unmanageable influx of review articles and position papers to arXiv CS. In recent years, arXiv has been inundated with articles. Generative AI/large language models have contributed to this flood by making it quick and easy to write articles, especially those that do not present new research findings. While all categories on arXiv have seen a sharp increase in submissions, this is particularly pronounced in the CS category of arXiv.