Budapest, 24 March 2025 – The 2025 call of the HU-rizon Programme with a budget of HUF 8 billion will benefit Hungarian researchers and the Hungarian economy, Minister of Culture and Innovation Balázs Hankó said in Budapest on Monday.

On 26 March 2025, in the Upper House Chamber of the Hungarian Parliament, the Hungarian Innovation Grand Prize recognising innovation achievements in 2024 was awarded, along with six additional sectoral prizes. The evaluation committee, comprising scientists and renowned economic experts, chaired by the Minister for Culture and Innovation, selected the most outstanding innovation achievements primarily based on economic impact and societal relevance.

On the occasion of our national holiday, on 15 March, Tamás Sulyok, President of the Republic of Hungary, presented the Kossuth and Széchenyi Prizes. At the ceremony held in the House of Parliament, Péter Domokos, President of the Research Council of Hungary, was awarded the Széchenyi Prize in recognition of his exceptionally valuable scientific career, his work in the field of quantum optics, his achievements in many areas of quantum technology attracting considerable international attention, and his active public activity in both international and domestic scientific life.

Budapest, 12 February 2025 – Based on the decision of the National Science Policy Council, this year’s Programme Strategy of the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund has been adopted and is now available in detail. Last December, Balázs Hankó, Minister for Culture and Innovation, announced that by 2025, the combined domestic resources of the NRDI Fund and the GINOP Plus innovation calls will provide around HUF 215 billion in support for the Hungarian research and innovation ecosystem.

The National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI) Office and the National Innovation Agency (NIÜ) formally launched the HUF 5 billion GINOP Plus project “Development of the RDI ecosystem” on 6 February 2025.

The joint research and development project of GE HealthCare Kft. and the University of Debrecen will make medical diagnostics and pharmaceutical research more efficient with the help of Artificial Intelligence. Their solution, based on Natural Language Processing algorithms, supports the analysis and organisation of visual and textual findings, which can be used to target patients for inclusion in clinical research, among other things.

Budapest, 23 December 2024 – The strategic goal of the development of the Hungarian research and innovation ecosystem is to ensure that the results of as many research activities carried out in Hungarian universities and research institutes as possible yield new products, technologies and services which address relevant societal challenges and provide significant economic benefits.

Brain research was in the focus of the conference “Towards a Strengthened European Cooperation in Brain Health Research” organised by the NRDI Office in the context of the Hungarian EU Presidency on 9-10 December.

The National Science Policy Council has adopted next year’s research innovation strategy, under which HUF 215 billion will be available for Hungarian innovation and research under various funding schemes next year, the Minister of Culture and Innovation said at a press conference held at the Ministry on Tuesday.

Education and skills development to promote competitiveness were in the focus of the international conference “Skills Development for Smart Specialisation”, organised on 2-3 December 2024 by the NRDI Office and Ludovika University of Public Service under the auspices of the Hungarian EU Presidency and funded by the European Commission.

Since 2002, the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI Forum) has been coordinating a strategy-driven approach and policy-making on pan-European research infrastructures, supporting and incubating multilateral initiatives, facilitating the development and better use of research infrastructures and ensuring the monitoring of the implementation of ongoing ESFRI projects.

Budapest, 6 December 2024 - Call for applications for the new Large Company Focus Area Innovation Programme open from Friday.

On 13-14 November, the National Research, Development and Innovation Office organised one of Europe’s most important RDI conferences this year, the Week of Innovative Regions in Europe (WIRE), at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design.

Universities and research institutions have a key role to play in strengthening Hungary’s economic competitiveness, said László Bódis, Deputy Secretary of State for Innovation of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation at a press conference on Thursday in Budapest.

30 projects will be implemented from HUF 12 billion under the Hu-rizon Programme, told the minster responsible for culture and innovation to journalists on Saturday in Debrecen.

Hungarian universities and research institutes accumulate a wealth of knowledge, experience, and original ideas, yet only a small portion is transformed into marketable, high value-added products or services that benefit their inventors, the universities, the Hungarian economy, and ultimately the Hungarian people. With the Fast Track programme, the Hungarian government aims to give a boost to scientists and researchers to further develop their innovative results and bring them to market.

The free-to-use telemedicine system developed by 77 Elektronika Kft. in Hungary is revolutionizing online remote medical services. The project, funded by the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, aimed to personalise the treatment of patients with or at the early stages of diabetes. That’s why the Dcont® eNAPLÓ platform was created, where people with a Dcont® blood glucose meter can upload their measured data quickly and easily. These are supported by a number of graphs and statistics to help the patient’s orientation and the work of the medical specialist examining the data.

The Hungarian Innovation Agency (HIA), the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDIO) and the Torch High Technology Industry Development Center (Torch Center) of the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology signed a memorandum of understanding for innovation cooperation on 5 November in Budapest. The three parties aim to promote the exchange of knowledge and experience between science parks and innovative enterprises and to support commercialisation and market development.

Out of 182 applications submitted for the focus areas of the John von Neumann Programme, 89 projects won support worth HUF 50 billion in total, the Minister of Culture and Innovation announced to the press in Budapest on Thursday.

Within the framework of the Science Patronage programme, 366 researchers have received funding this year. Through the call for proposals announced by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office), HUF 2.5 billion will be distributed, instead of the originally planned HUF 1 billion.