Notably the EU issued a partial suspension of the involvement of Israeli based institutions in July in response to the situation in Gaza. You can read more about it through the above link.
Israel has paid EUR 1.7 Billion since 2021 to participate in Horizon Zero Europe, the UK pays EUR 2.6 Billion per year for HZE and the copernicus space programme.
The portal that someone else linked to shows they get "in the same ballpark" but indeed in absolute numbers it looked as if they're getting smaller amount.
Its a program which non-EU members pay into to be treated like EU members and then get paid back. This is NOT support or aid. Its money investing in research and startups.
If you go to each project you can also find a breakdown of all the involved institutions and exactly how much they recieved. The EU is very transparent about this.
Because they can now collaborate better with other European research institutions.
Imagine Israel is trying to create a new medicine against cancer. It's now more easily possible to collaborate with researchers in Germany who are already working on it. You can collaborate with French researchers for the producing of the drug. And with researchers from the Netherlands you work together to test it.
It basically allows for an more effective collaboration and sharing of knowledge to advance everyone.
Except that it's not, these projects involve dozens of institutions across multiple counties, without a common framework Norway wouldn't have access to the expertise these other institutions bring so the money would not go as far.
Yes, that is what the other answer said. But nothing in yours said anything about cooperation. It might just be a misunderstanding though, no hard feelings.
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u/eloyend Żubrza 🌲🦬🌳 Knieja 2d ago
I understand Norway and UK - what Israel is even doing here, though?