The joint call for proposals of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office) and its Chinese partner, the Ministry for Science and Technology (MOST) announced with the policy support of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology is designed to promote research and development cooperation under a bilateral science and technology (S&T) agreement of a total budget of HUF 200 million. The call is open to project proposals until 12 February 2021. The focus areas are public health, physics and artificial intelligence.
The coronavirus pandemic has not caused significant disruption to Hungarian research but it has definitely demanded a great deal of flexibility from all stakeholders and exposed the innovation readiness of society – István Szabó, Vice President of the National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI) Office said to the Hungarian business daily Világgazdaság.