r/europe • u/MacronLeNecromancer • 2d ago

Data Non-EU countries receive more funding from European Innovation Fund than 2/3 of EU countries combined

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u/gasser 2d ago

They have also been an associate of these programmes since 1996. 

https://research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/strategy/strategy-research-and-innovation/europe-world/international-cooperation/association-horizon-europe/israel_en

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.  

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u/eloyend Żubrza 🌲🦬🌳 Knieja 2d ago

I'm confused. Is Israel participating in funding EU in a way Norway does? Or is that just EU funneling money one way?

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u/Xseros Sweden 2d ago

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.

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u/gasser 2d ago

To add to this,  following the link above you can go future to find all Projects Israeli institutions participated in.

https://cordis.europa.eu/search?q=contenttype%3D%27project%27%20AND%20relatedRegion%2Fregion%2FeuCode%3D%27IL%27&p=1&num=10&srt=Relevance:decreasing

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.