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Nearly HUF 14 billion to support excellent Hungarian research
More than 360 researchers and research groups will benefit from budgetary support totalling HUF 13.8 billion. Targeted at individual researchers and research teams, the so-called OTKA (Hungarian Scientific Research Fund) programmes provide excellence-based support to research projects in different categories based on the different stages of the scientific career, contributing to the strengthening of Hungarian researchers and their international scientific achievements. Project evaluation focuses on the social and intellectual impact of the research.
The Hungarian Innovation Grand Prix is once again open to the most successful innovations
Budapest, 16 November 2023 – Today, the Hungarian Association for Innovation (MISZ) officially announced the 2023 Hungarian Innovation Grand Prize call, jointly with the Hungarian Innovation Foundation, with the main support of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation and the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, and with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Economic Development and the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office.
Everything you need to know about the Hungarian entities’ participation in Horizon Europe
This text is a practical, easy-to-understand guide on how Hungarian institutions can join consortia and implement tasks in Horizon Europe while the Council Decision 2022/2506 is in effect.
KIM: Research Excellence Council established with the participation of Ferenc Krausz
Budapest, Friday, October 13, 2023 (MTI) – The Research Excellence Council has been established with the participation of Nobel Prize winner Professor Ferenc Krausz, the Ministry of Culture and Innovation (KIM) announced to MTI on Friday.
From idea to business - HUF five billion funding programme for start-ups
The Startup Factory programme is to be relaunched from today. The government will grant around HUF 5 billion in funding to incubators that also provide mentoring and capital investments to Hungarian start-ups. The government aims to give space and support to Hungarian creativity and innovation, thus promoting the growth of the Hungarian economy.
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12 October 2023
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The National Research, Development and Innovation Office provides targeted funding and expert services to help Hungarian researchers, research institutions and innovative companies to become more involved in international collaborations.
21 September 2023
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Budapest, Thursday, 21 September 2023 (MTI) – The public consultation on the new HUF 35 billion innovation support programme has been closed, and the call for proposal with three focus areas has been published, the State Secretary for Innovation and Higher Education of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation (KIM) said at a press conference on Thursday.
08 September 2023
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An innovation-focused economic policy based on cooperation between universities and companies is needed to improve Hungary’s competitiveness, Ádám Kiss, President of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, believes
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12 October 2023
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Budapest Design Week is celebrating a milestone anniversary. The 20th anniversary festival, open from 5 to 15 October, will recall the outstanding items, events and moments of the last two decades of Hungarian design life. The event opened with the presentation of the Hungarian Design and Design Management Awards at a ceremony on 5 October at the Museum of Ethnography. This year’s Design Management Award went to a company that manufactures medical diagnostic equipment. The Hungarian Design Award winners include a family of lamps, a rack railway vehicle concept, a home training bench and a smart buoy.
05 October 2023
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Budapest, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 (MTI) - Hungarian science is successful, Hungarian higher education is successful, and the Hungarian model is successful, said Balázs Hankó, State Secretary for Innovation and Higher Education, at the conference entitled “Opportunities for Universities that Completed their Model-Change in Horizon Europe” in Budapest on Wednesday.
04 October 2023
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Just one day after Katalin Karikó won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, we can once again be proud of the world-class achievements of Hungarian scientists: Ferenc Krausz has won the highest scientific acclaim in the field of physics. His research and research team, making groundbreaking discoveries in disease prevention and healthy living, have been supported by the Hungarian state with HUF 20 billion in recent years through the ELI-ALPS Laser Research Centre in Szeged and the Molecular Fingerprinting National Laboratory.