Detailed information on the renewal of the system, and in particular the future of the cooperative doctoral model, is provided in the handbook compiled on the subject, while the list of former Cooperative Doctoral Programme (with Hungarian abbreviation: KDP) employers is also available. We interviewed Dr. Péter Domokos, President of the Research Council of Hungary, about the strategic objectives and the background of the transformation.

While anyone can let money “go up in smoke”, making money out of smoke is a far greater challenge. The innovation of a Hungarian SME, eChemicles Zrt., does exactly this: it produces valuable raw materials from carbon dioxide. CO2 is entering the atmosphere in increasing quantities worldwide, acting as the primary driver of the greenhouse effect, and thus, global warming and the climate crisis. We talked about the invention – which received the 2025 DeepTech Award from the National Research Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office) – with the company’s co-founder, Csaba Janáky.

On 9 April, the latest stop of the HU-rizon Roadshow took place in Pécs, hosted by the University of Pécs. During the event, the large audience had the opportunity to learn about HU-rizon projects and research findings led by the host University of Pécs and other outstanding Hungarian universities.

The call of the Jedlik Ányos Energy Programme supports the research and development projects of 35 winning energy R&D projects, and was implemented by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office. Approximately HUF 13 billion in funding awarded to half of the applicants will facilitate the implementation of innovative investments with a total cost exceeding HUF 20 billion. Out of the ten thematic areas announced, Hungarian ideas deemed worthy of support were identified in eight, with the highest number in building energy, energy efficiency, and solutions supporting system operation and reducing grid load.

Slovakia and Montenegro have joined the Extreme Light Infrastructure ERIC (ELI) as Observers, strengthening their participation in European research infrastructures.

When we walk into a shop, we hardly even notice how helpfully the door opens for us – since the spread of photocells, this has become an everyday occurrence. We have also grown used to controlling everything with remote controls, which operate using infrared light. But what would the world be like if similar light-controlled “remote switches” could be built into cells? At the University of Pécs, Hungarian researchers are studying light-activated molecular switches as part of the HU-rizon Programme. The international research project, funded by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office), is led by Dr. András Szilárd Lukács.

The 2020 pandemic is still vivid in all our memories. Since then, we have been closely following news about viruses and epidemics, as science warns that in today’s globalised world, new epidemics can emerge very quickly. At the University of Pécs, Hungarian researchers are working together with the finest international partners under the HU-rizon Programme to reduce the likelihood of such events.

“This year, in the third call of the HU-rizon Programme, we are once again providing a funding amount of HUF 8 billion for research proposals”, the Minister of Culture and Innovation announced at a press conference in Budapest on Tuesday.

Respiratory diseases make everyday life difficult in countless ways and affect a large number of people in Hungary. How can artificial intelligence help these patients, and how could a tool developed by an international research team led from Pécs revolutionize the future of healthcare?

Budapest, 16 March 2026 – The National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office) is reopening its popular call, which provides Hungarian businesses, research organisations, and individuals with non-refundable funding of up to HUF 7.5 million for activities related to the protection of their intellectual property.

The Horizon Europe NCP Coordination Office is being established. Let us unpack these three words: who the NCPs are, why coordination among them is needed, and how the establishment of an office represents a step forward. We discussed these questions with the coordinator of the Hungarian Horizon Europe National Contact Point (NCP) network, Dóra Fekete Pivarcsiné, and the Head of the Department for International Cooperation, Dr Borbála Schenk.

Did you know that the Horizon Europe National Contact Point (NCP) team of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office) is actively involved in 10 international projects which, in cooperation with NCP networks from other countries, contribute to providing comprehensive information and support to Hungarian applicants, as well as to facilitating international partner search?

The number of Horizon Europe partnerships co-funded by the EU in which Hungarian organisations can participate is steadily increasing. The National Research, Development and Innovation Office will provide the domestic funding for participation through a system similar to the previous one but with much greater flexibility. In its already approved 2026 call portfolio, the Office has allocated approximately HUF 2.7 billion for this purpose.

On 26 November 2025, the National Research, Development and Innovation Office held the opening event of the Research Programme under the Second Swiss–Hungarian Cooperation Programme.

The Department for International Cooperation of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office) organised the 5th Research Management Professional Day, this time in cooperation with the National University of Public Service.

The objectives of the Hu-rizon Programme and the successful project proposals of the research groups at the Centre of Excellence for Interdisciplinary Research, Development and Innovation (IKIKK) of the University of Szeged (SZTE) were presented on 25 September at the first stop of the nationwide roadshow organised by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office), held at the University of Szeged.

Artificial intelligence has become an inseparable part of our daily lives. These days many people turn not to another person but to a chatbot for answers, and instead of digging through the internet or drafting texts themselves, they hand the job over to a large language model. But what actually happens inside the “brain” of artificial intelligence when it replies to us? This topic is the subject of numerous international research projects. In Hungary, it is also a key focus area of the NRDI Office’s HU-rizon Programme.

Humanity has always observed and studied its surroundings. Today, we have access to methods that, just a few years ago, would have belonged to the realm of science fiction. We can now explore previously undetectable spectrums of the world using tools and techniques that were once completely unknown. Thanks to the HU-rizon Programme, initiated and funded by Hungary to support international research collaborations, there are two environmental research projects currently underway at the University of Szeged that take our ability to detect environmental hazards to the next level.