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Total submitted funding request is EUR 98 million, three times the available budget

The submission stage of the 2018 calls for the discovery research projects and the postdoctoral excellence programme was closed in mid-February. The total funding request under the call for researcher-initiated projects was almost triple than the HUF 9.4 billion (EUR 31 million) budget, with one third of the applicants being young researchers under 40 years of age, whereas the total funding request was twice the available budget of HUF 1.5 billion (EUR 4.9 million) in the postdoc programme.

Publication date: 21 February 2018

Norwegian–Hungarian research and innovation conference addresses cooperation between businesses and research groups

Promising new opportunities may arise for Norwegian–Hungarian research cooperation in climate research, machine learning technologies and medicine, including cancer research, which will be the central topic of a two-day conference organised by the National NRDI Office and the Research Council of Norway (NRC) on 15-16 February in Budapest.

Publication date: 15 February 2018

First foreign research groups start experiments in Szeged laser centre

Swiss and Greek research groups are the first foreign users of the laser facility in Szeged where laser equipment is already operational. The experiments may lay the foundations for the development of new applications in medicine, biology and pharmaceutical sciences.

Publication date: 13 February 2018

Information day on the call for proposals promoting ELI-related research

The National Research, Development and Innovation Office held an information day for researchers and developers interested in the call related to the Szeged laser centre (sub-programme “A” of the National Excellence Programme) on 30 January.

Publication date: 13 February 2018

Renewed system of calls for discovery research proposals in Hungary

Through increasing resources and new calls announced to support research excellence and projects of researchers below the age of 40, the NRDI Office has delivered on its 2017 promise to renew the system of calls for discovery research proposals – announced József Pálinkás at the RDI Calls Forum on 25 January. Such events are regularly organised by the NRDI Office to improve the quality of research and innovation proposals by sharing assessment experiences.

Publication date: 25 January 2018

New NRDI Fund innovation calls with a total budget of EUR 200 million now open

Focus on businesses and practical application

As in the past two years, substantial funds are available for businesses from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund in 2018, totalling at HUF 30 billion (EUR 98 million). Two other funding schemes with a total budget of HUF 31 billion (EUR 101.5 million) aim to stimulate research-industry cooperation to ensure that research results end up in innovative marketable products and technologies in fields such as artificial intelligence, protein research and clean water.

Publication date: 10 January 2018

Disbursements to domestic businesses and research centres from the NRDI Fund further increased in 2017

Surpassing disbursements of in 2016, last year HUF 83.3 billion (EUR 273 million) in funding was disbursed from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund to domestic businesses and research centres, and for international RDI cooperation projects and access to research infrastructures.

Publication date: 05 January 2018

US observes ELI laser research programme of the European Union as good practice

A recent report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) on ultrafast lasers recommends the European programme of Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI), a pillar of which is based in Szeged, Hungary, to the attention of the US government as an example to learn from.

Publication date: 15 December 2017

Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) Call for Proposals now open

The Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (RISE) call was announced on 22 November 2017. The NRDI Office organised an information event for the same day focusing on the novelties of the new MSCA work programme 2018-2020, including in particular the RISE sub-programme.

Publication date: 07 December 2017

Szeged-based super laser facility forms part of European Research Infrastructure Consortium to be established with active EU support

The future of the ELI super laser centre in Szeged, the largest research infrastructure in Hungary, was the central topic of the meeting in Brussels attended by József Pálinkás, President of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office.

Publication date: 05 December 2017

Hungary presents suggestions in Brussels on EU RDI funding beyond 2020

Hungary’s position paper on the content and strategic directions of the next research, development and innovation framework programme (FP9) to be launched in 2021, prepared with the contribution of a dedicated expert group, was presented in Brussels by József Pálinkás, President of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office. The 2014–2020 framework programme of the EU with an original budget of EUR 80 billion is still running with hundreds of calls.

Publication date: 30 November 2017

Four Hungarian researchers won top European grant of EUR 2 million

Two project proposals in neuroscience, one in mathematics and one in political history received the Consolidator Grant of the European Research Council (ERC). In winning this top European grant, Hungarian researcher Judit Makara was also helped by the “ERC Booster” funding scheme of the NRDI Office.

Publication date: 30 November 2017

Funding of HUF one billion to Hungarian research projects of high global impact in a new funding scheme

In a new research funding program, the National Research, Development and Innovation Office supports researchers achieving results of high international impact while working in Hungary and accumulating a scientific citation record within the top 5% in their discipline in two years of publication.

Publication date: 22 November 2017

12 winners in the Frontline excellence programme, funding of nearly ten million euros awarded to cutting-edge, world class discovery research

In the “Frontline” Research Excellence Programme elaborated and announced for the first time by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, 12 research group leaders have won grants of HUF 150 million to 300 million (nearly EUR 0.5 to 1 million) each, of a total budget of HUF 3 billion, to be spent in the coming five years on creating or expanding their research group and implementing a promising discovery research project in Hungary.

Publication date: 13 November 2017

Brussels announces 30 billion euro funding programme for research and innovation projects

Further calls are to be announced in the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme between 2018 and 2020 which are also expected to further inspire the already outstanding domestic RDI performance, the SME Instrument, the cutting-edge basic research calls of the European Research Council and the “Spreading Excellence” sub-programme.

Publication date: 06 November 2017

RDI scenario analysis and vision: updating the national RDI strategy

As the agency responsible for renewing the national RDI strategy, which determines the domestic RDI vision, the NRDI Office collaborates with the competent ministries and the stakeholders of the domestic RDI system to assess, the domestic and international trends that have emerged since the adoption of the document in 2013, their impact on the implementation and further instruments to improve the competitiveness of RDI activities.

Publication date: 31 October 2017

New EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation beyond 2020: expert group to prepare Hungarian position

Upon the initiative of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office an expert group is taking part in the elaboration of the Hungarian position paper regarding the content and strategic orientations of the 9th Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP9) to be launched in 2021.

Publication date: 19 October 2017

Cooperation for the increased innovation-awareness of institutions and businesses

More comprehensive data on research, development and innovation (RDI) and information campaigns to raise the innovation-awareness of institutions and enterprises were both on the agenda of the meeting between Gabriella Vukovich, President of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (HCSO) and József Pálinkás, President of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office).

Publication date: 16 October 2017

Hungary makes the biggest leap in the region in WEF’s competitiveness ranking

Hungary has significantly improved its position in the global competitiveness ranking of the World Economic Forum (WEF), one of the most prestigious economic rankings in the world. In the overall ranking Hungary has moved to 60 from 69, and in terms of innovation to 62 from 80. Data show improving trends in all main research, development and innovation areas. The report includes positive data relating to institutions involved in basic research, workers focusing on targeted development projects and businesses concentrating on innovation.

Publication date: 12 October 2017

Three Hungarian SMEs among top 48 innovators nominated for EU prize

As another recent success of domestic SMEs, three Hungarian businesses were nominated among the top 48 projects in the Innovation Radar Prize 2017, one of the most prestigious innovation competitions of the European Commission. In the next two weeks a public vote will decide whether the Hungarian businesses make it to the final hosted by Budapest on 9 November.

Publication date: 12 October 2017

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