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RDI forum on competitve calls to update applicants and reviewers

Participants of the forum of 29 April were updated on the instruments promoting the mechanism of value creating innovation as well as the evaluation outcomes on project proposals submitted for RDI review, and were given an insight into the run of the peer-review assessment system.

Publication date: 26 May 2016

The balance of international membership fees

The budgets of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office and the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund allocate approximately HUF 3.3 billion (over EUR 10.5 million) for membership fees in international RDI organisations and access to research infrastructures in 2016, and a total of HUF 3.9 billion (EUR 12.6 million) in 2017.

Publication date: 21 April 2016

More applications for exploratory research funding

This year, the number of applications submitted for funds available for promising researcher-initiated basic research projects has increased by 18% since 2015 and by 29% since 2014. The programme budget of HUF 7 billion, an amount significantly larger than in last year, was open to apply until 17 March for research project proposals in any field of science without thematic priorities.

Publication date: 19 April 2016

Yes!Delft a place where university students’ businesses shoot up

József Pálinkás, President of the NRDI Office, visited the most prominent incubation centre in the Netherlands when participating in the Open Access conference held in the Hague on 21–22 March 2016. Elaborated by the NRDI Office, the new funding scheme of the recently launched Innovation Ecosystem programme aims to develop similarly successful startup communities throughout Hungary.

Publication date: 18 April 2016

Innovation brainstorming in universities across the country to promote new startups

In the framework of the series of university incubation events supported by the NRDI Office, the first innovation workshop and competition of the Startup Campus took place in Győr, 16 March. In his welcome speech József Pálinkás, President of the NRDI Office, briefly outlined the funding schemes designed to stimulate the growth of the “great start-up generation”. The programme series will carry on with further events in Kecskemét and Debrecen.

Publication date: 18 April 2016

PSF Peer Review: consulting with Hungarian Academy members, startuppers and managers

As the next stage in the process of extensively analysing the RDI system of Hungary and finding new opportunities, an international group of independent experts visited Budapest between 24 and 26 February 2016. During the three-day peer review, the experts held talks with the representatives of government institutions, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, higher education institutions and the private sector.

Publication date: 21 March 2016

Director-General for Research and Innovation visits Szeged, Hungary

Robert-Jan Smits, head of the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation at the European Commission held talks with Dr. József Pálinkás, president of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office), Dr. Gábor Szabó, rector of the University of Szeged (SZTE), and researchers about the ongoing scientific programmes and development plans in Szeged.

Publication date: 12 March 2016

think.BDPST: a promising innovation forum of the V4 countries

8 March 2016 – think.BDPST, the comprehensive forum for innovation in the Central European region started today. The conference provides an opportunity for the representatives of the business sector, the government and scientific life to discuss the key take-off points for the development policy of the Visegrad region, as well as opportunities for cooperation in the field of economic development, research financing and innovation policy.

Publication date: 12 March 2016

Call for researcher-initiated projects: enhanced funding with renewed terms

As of February 15, the NRDI Office published a call to invite researcher-initiated exploratory research projects, with funds of HUF 7 billion (exceeding EUR 22.5 million) in total, much over the budgets allocated for that purpose in the previous years. To enable more efficient use of the funds, several new terms have been introduced into the 2016 call for proposals aimed to encourage fundamental research.

Publication date: 15 February 2016

Research ministers urge for innovation-friendly regulatory environment

EU Ministers responsible for research and innovation meet regularly to discuss issues of European competitiveness and the associated joint tasks. This time – in the context of the Netherlands’ EU Presidency – the Competitiveness Council had a meeting in Amsterdam on January 27 where Hungary was represented by József Pálinkás, President of the NRDI Office.

Publication date: 04 February 2016

Panel of international experts review Hungary’s RDI system

A pre-peer review of the Hungarian RDI system acknowledges the efforts the country has been making to reform its system of RDI funding and urges for a closer cooperation among research institutes, the higher education sector and the business sector. The conclusions of the review were discussed by representatives from the government, universities, research institutes and innovative businesses at a meeting organized by the NRDI Office.

Publication date: 04 February 2016

EU funds for RDI are open for applicants from Central Hungary

Two new calls for proposals were announced under the Competitive Central Hungary Operational Programme (VEKOP) to boost the research, development and innovation activities of businesses and to promote the development of an infrastructure that can be competitive in international cooperation schemes.

Publication date: 02 February 2016

Significant Hungarian R&D export to the European Spallation Source

With the support of the NRDI Office Hungarian partners have been able to make a real breakthrough in the new model of Hungary’s engagement in international science and research infrastructures.

Publication date: 27 January 2016

Consortium-building informational days for ECSEL applicants in Strasbourg

A brokerage event will take place on January 27–28, 2016 in Strasbourg, where potential applicants can learn more about the 2016 round of the “Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership” (ECSEL) calls financed jointly by EU member states. In addition to obtaining information and having an insight in lessons learned from previous calls, attendees will have the opportunity to find consortium partners at the event.

Publication date: 18 January 2016

National start to drive growth of innovative startups

The new call for proposals was designed to reinforce incubators that drive the launch of startups and to help innovative early-stage enterprises grow.

Publication date: 31 December 2015

New call for proposals to implement promising business-academic R&D projects

As part of the Economic Development and Innovation Operational Programmes, the National Research, Development and Innovation Office initiated the implementation of a new funding concept in Hungary in order to drive dynamic collaboration between businesses aiming to work on successful market-oriented development projects and academic institutions with excellent research potential.

Publication date: 29 December 2015

Prototype development and commercialization show up ahead

This new call intends to drive commercialization of research results by providing predictable funding to SMEs for the development of technologies with high intellectual value. The call focuses on two development phases that are difficult to be financed from the market, specifically in-house prototype development by SMEs and the commercialization of the resulting innovative products, services and technologies. In addition, the funding will also help improve the competitiveness of SMEs while accelerating their innovation efforts.

Publication date: 03 December 2015

Startups Getting in the Ring

A boxing ring was set up in the aula of the Corvinus University of Budapest in the evening of November 26, 2015 to serve as an arena for eight selected startups to compete their ideas in pairs in the Hungarian final of the Get in the Ring global startup challenge. “I trust that these participants will soon be referred to as the members of the great Startup Generation, and the intense support from the fans here will help make it happen because community is the engine of an efficient startup ecosystem”, József Pálinkás, President of the NRDI Office said in his opening speech.

Publication date: 03 December 2015

Front-rank researches: national funds to assist Hungarian researchers win European competitive funding

Hungary has been one of the most successful contestants of the Central & Eastern European region to win competitive funding from the European Research Council (ERC). However, due to lack of funds, the majority of Hungarian projects that were positively evaluated in the process of preliminary selection fail to win funding.

Publication date: 02 December 2015

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Scientists, Inventors and Innovators Meet in Castle Garden Bazaar, Budapest

Representatives of world-leading scientific workshops, Nobel laureate researchers and decision-makers responsible for science policy and financing gathered together in Budapest as part of the World Science Forum in the first week of November to find answers to questions around the social responsibility of science.

Publication date: 10 November 2015

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