Armenia to Research and Innovate with EU’s Horizon 2020

European Commission’s Horizon 2020 (Source: europa.eu)

BRUSSELS (European Commission)””Researchers and innovators from Armenia will now have full access to Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation funding program, under the same conditions as their counterparts from EU Member States and other associated countries.

The agreement associating Armenia to Horizon 2020 was signed today by Carlos Moedas, European Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, and Levon Mkrtchyan, Armenian Minister for Education and Science.

Commissioner Moedas said: “EU research, science and innovation is open to the world for collaboration. Armenia is now the 16th country associated to Horizon 2020, the world’s largest public funding programme for research and innovation. This will bring new and different expertise and ideas, and enrich our international research cooperation.”