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Hungarian Association for Innovation: world-class achievements with substantial benefits recognised at the Hungarian Innovation Grand Prix
Budapest, 21 March 2021, Monday (MTI) - The jury of the Hungarian Innovation Grand Prix selected the companies winning the 2020 Innovation Grand Prix, seven Innovation Prizes and the Startup Innovation Prize of the year out of 69 Hungarian companies, the Hungarian Association for Innovation informed the Hungarian press agency, MTI.
Palkovics: Innovation is the key to sustainable growth
Budapest, Monday, 29 March 2021 (MTI) – Innovation is the key to sustainable economic growth and an important tool for responding to societal challenges, the Minister for Innovation and Technology said at an online international conference organised on the occasion of the launch of Horizon Europe 2021-2027, the new European framework programme for research and innovation.
High-level launch event on the coming Horizon Europe programme
Horizon Europe, the new research and innovation framework programme is just about to kick off. On this occasion, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology and the National Research, Development and Innovation Office organise a high-level online launch event on 29 March 2021, with Mariya Gabriel EC Commissioner, Dr. László Palkovics, Minister for innovation and technology and Martin Kern, Director of the Budapest based European Institute of Innovation and Technology. At this event, the European framework programme, coming soon with an unprecedented budget of over EUR 95 billion, will be presented in a wider context.
This year’s OTKA calls attract enormous interest
Project proposals from researchers and research groups total four times the available OTKA funds of HUF 13 billion. Postdoc and young researcher schemes showed the most impressive gain in popularity: the total number of applicants have increased by one and half in three years. Over 50 basic research projects propose to address COVID-19 related challenges and mitigate their impact – József Bódis, state secretary for higher education, innovation and vocational training of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology announced.
Horizon Europe information events attract thousands
Horizon Europe, the EU’s new seven-year research and innovation framework programme succeeding Horizon 2020, supports basic research, cluster programmes addressing societal challenges, and close-to-market innovations through calls for proposals and opportunities for international cooperation with an unprecedented EUR 95.5 billion budget in the upcoming period.
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11 March 2021
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“38 higher education institutions submitted project proposals, requesting a total of HUF 2400 billion in funding, for the call for requesting opinions initiated by the Ministry for Innovation and Technology. With the construction investments and asset purchases to be made in the years to come, Hungarian higher education may see a development of historic proportions comparable only to those carried out by Klebelsberg.
10 March 2021
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The Global Startup Ecosystem Report comparing 250 attractive startup locations worldwide included the Hungarian capital in its ranking for the first time. The authoritative report highlights as an important achievement that in the past years nearly HUF 27 billion has been received by local startups. With this, Budapest worked its way up to the lead pack of developing ecosystems in terms of financing. The report points out active state involvement and the available expertise as values to preserve.
28 February 2021
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The Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP) is the first complex startup university training program in Hungary that introduces university students into the world of innovation and startup and provide them with modern, practice-oriented entrepreneurial education through a newly developed, standard national e-learning platform.
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03 March 2021
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The UK is expected to soon become an associated country to the EU’s R&I Framework Programme Horizon Europe. The UK will therefore have the same rights and obligations as other countries associated to the Programme.
03 March 2021
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The European Commission has agreed on the successor of BBI JU – the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) in a legislative proposal adopted today. The new partnership between the EU and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC) is expected to build on the success of BBI JU while stepping up its contribution to the EU’s climate targets, in line with the European Green Deal. The European Parliament and Council will now study the proposal before adopting its final version towards the end of the year.
09 February 2021
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The Google.org Impact Challenge Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is an open call for grant applications to provide €2m in grants to support initiatives that put digital inclusion at the heart of economic recovery.