The following scholarships are available: Scholarship for Bachelor Students, Research Scholarship for Masters Students, Research Scholarship for PhD Students, “Power Up Science!” Research Scholarship for Doctoral Candidates and Postdoctors, Bolyai+ Research Scholarship for Young Lecturers and Researchers, and “Power up your Talent!” Research Scholarship for New Higher Education Students.
The ÚNKP programme supports the training of the next generations of Hungarian researchers and creative artists, helping them to start and stay on a research and artistic career, and providing research funding to internationally outstanding researchers and artists. The scholarship calls promote higher education and research excellence by supporting undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students, doctoral candidates, and young researchers and academics who perform effective research and creative activities at the host higher education institution. The programme aims to foster scientific research and innovation on all scientific and artistic areas.
By the end of the application period, a total of 3926 applications had been received by the 25 host higher education institutions participating in the programme. As a result of the institutional assessment of the applications, 2192 applicants are awarded scholarship grants, subject to the approval of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation. The total amount awarded is HUF 3,668,129,137, which includes scholarships as well as research and operating grants awarded to the host higher education institutions of the winning applicants, amounting to 40% of the scholarship.
List of institutions funded under the New National Excellence Programme 2022/2023
Funder: Ministry of Culture and Innovation
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 24 August 2022
| Name of higher education institution | Number of funded projects (pcs) |
Amount of funding (scholarships+institutional 40%, HUF) |
| Állatorvostudományi Egyetem | 18 | 29 680 000 |
| Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem | 75 | 124 740 000 |
| Budapesti Gazdasági Egyetem | 9 | 8 847 966 |
| Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem | 241 | 377 020 000 |
| Debreceni Egyetem | 241 | 407 330 000 |
| Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem | 412 | 717 139 607 |
| Eszterházy Károly Katolikus Egyetem | 19 | 25 760 000 |
| Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem | 27 | 42 140 000 |
| Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Egyetem | 28 | 39 060 000 |
| Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem | 125 | 212 870 000 |
| Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem | 25 | 28 140 000 |
| Magyar Testnevelési és Sporttudományi Egyetem | 1 | 1 680 000 |
| Miskolci Egyetem | 45 | 77 223 579 |
| Moholy-Nagy Művészeti Egyetem | 15 | 18 620 000 |
| Nemzeti Közszolgálati Egyetem | 56 | 100 800 000 |
| Óbudai Egyetem | 28 | 46 049 465 |
| Pannon Egyetem | 38 | 70 811 472 |
| Pázmány Péter Katolikus Egyetem | 69 | 108 500 000 |
| Pécsi Tudományegyetem | 184 | 350 420 000 |
| Semmelweis Egyetem | 135 | 270 015 717 |
| Soproni Egyetem | 24 | 35 420 000 |
| Széchenyi István Egyetem | 32 | 63 601 331 |
| Szegedi Tudományegyetem | 319 | 471 100 000 |
| Színház- és Filmművészeti Egyetem | 18 | 32 060 000 |
| Tokaj-Hegyalja Egyetem | 8 | 9 100 000 |
| Total | 2 192 | 3 668 129 137 |