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“I need to achieve something that mathematicians all over the world have been awaiting for a decade”

The research objective of academician László Pyber may also qualify as a milestone in classic and more recent branches of mathematics, such as computer science. The professor of the Alfréd Rényi Research Institute of Mathematics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences won an ERC Advanced Grant, one of the most prestigious grants of the European Research Council (ERC) supporting discovery research.

Publication date: 06 April 2017

Innovative thinkers of the region meet in Budapest

The large-scale innovation forum of the region has been organised for the second time in the Hungarian capital. At the strategic conference called think.BDPST, representatives of the economic, governmental, and scientific spheres discussed break-out points of the region in the fields of digital economy, the transformation of labour market, the education, healthcare, and pharmaceutics.

Publication date: 30 March 2017

Round table on the achievements in H2020 by Hungarian companies and the perspectives of running for direct European funds

Szonja Csuzdi, Head of Department of International Affairs of the NRDI Office delivered a presentation at a Budapest conference, on EU funds available also for Hungarian SMEs through direct applications. The event and the subsequent panel discussion were both covered by the Novum magazine aired on the M5 television channel.

Publication date: 29 March 2017

New call encourages Hungarian students studying in UK universities to join internship programmes in their home country

The National Research, Development and Innovation Office has announced a new call for applications to encourage businesses operating in Hungary to involve Hungarian students studying in UK higher education institutions as summer interns, in their R&D and innovation activities.

Publication date: 21 March 2017

New agreement to involve French researchers in the utilisation of the laser centre in Szeged

József Pálinkás held talks on scientific relationships and cooperation between research institutions in Paris.

Publication date: 16 March 2017

New funding scheme for increasing the international visibility of Hungarian scientific achievements

With an aim to increase the international visibility of Hungarian scientific results the NRDI Office has announced a new call for proposals to promote researchers and research groups whose findings have major international impact.

Publication date: 14 February 2017

New thematic innovation programmes in the cooperation of Central Hungarian businesses and research centres

Industry-researcher consortiums led by businesses in Central Hungary can apply for funding to implement digital production technology innovations, as well as agricultural innovation and biotechnology development programmes within the framework of a new competitiveness call which has a total budget of HUF 17 billion.

Publication date: 14 February 2017

Envoy extraordinary for the international utilisation of the ELI laser research centre capacities in Szeged

As the fifth largest EU funded investment in the 2014–2020 programming period, the ELI laser research centre in Szeged is expected to run with full capacity in 2019, connected to two other laser research facilities in the Czech Republic and Romania. Zsolt Fülöp physicist is appointed envoy responsible for conducting the intergovernmental consultations on the organisation of the international consortium and the utilisation of the capacities of the ELI laser research facility in Szeged.

Publication date: 27 January 2017

New funding schemes and increased budgets to promote discovery research

Calls with increased budgets and with new funding schemes better tailored to researchers’ career stages have been announced by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office to promote discovery research in Hungary . The total budget of calls for project proposals in the field of fundamental research has increased to HUF 12 billion (EUR 39 million) this year.

Publication date: 23 January 2017

From start-up to scale-up – ideas for ecosystem building from Stanford University

Dr. Burton Lee, professor of the Stanford University, whose business training courses and startup programmes have greatly contributed to the creation of many businesses in the aerospace industry, visited Hungary and attended the Quantum Leap Conference on 13 January 2016.

Publication date: 23 January 2017

Hungary joins ELIXIR, the most extensive European infrastructure for life-science information

Hungary has become member of another outstanding European research infrastructure, upon the signing of the ELIXIR Consortium Agreement by József Pálinkás, President of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office in Hungary.

Publication date: 20 January 2017

Massive increase in the support disbursed to Hungarian research centres and undertakings from the research, development and innovation fund this year

The support of 276 million EUR (83 billion forints) in total was granted to research centres and undertakings submitting applications to the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund in 2016, a substantially larger amount than in the previous years.

Publication date: 31 December 2016

Hungary gives forward-looking responses to domestic RDI challenges, OECD says

OECD has recently published its Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook 2016 (STI Outlook 2016) which reports on the current trends and key issues of science, technology and innovation (STI), as well as their potential implications on the operation of the global economy, money markets, society and modern governments.

Publication date: 14 December 2016

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Call for proposals to establish startup incubators in Central Hungary

The “Innovation Ecosystem” (ÖKO_16) call, which aims to strengthen the environment promoting the foundation, mentoring and training of startup businesses, is now open for applicants from the Central Hungary region with existing or newly planned business incubators.

Publication date: 08 December 2016

Excellence is the only way to competitive research and innovation

The Hungarian Science Festival and his recent visit to London were both covered when József Pálinkás, President of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office and former President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences between 2008 and 2014, answered the questions of the Origo news portal. He stated: the only way to improve Hungary’s competitiveness is to have more professionals and R&D experts being excellent on an international scale.

Publication date: 18 November 2016

Two Hungarian research initiatives among ten European excellence programmes selected for funding

Hungary was the most successful country in the ”Teaming” research excellence programme, the most prestigious call of Horizon 2020 Widening programme. The two successful projects coordinated by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office consisting of excellent Hungarian and international partners have been awarded EUR 26 million (around HUF 8 billion).

Publication date: 14 November 2016

Brexit will bring no tie-up in the Hungarian-British scientific relations

Multiple opportunities on scientific cooperation were discussed by József Pálinkás, President of the NRDI Office (NRDIO) with high-ranking officials of the British government and academia.

Publication date: 26 October 2016

József Pálinkás emphasized the potential of researchers’ excellence to enhance innovation at the University of Cambridge

London, 24 October 2016 – The President of NRDI Office delivered a public lecture on the RDI system in Hungary at the prestigious Clare College of the University of Cambridge. During his visit to London, meeting high ranking government officials and university leaders and in relation to the planned reform of research funding in the UK, Pálinkás also addresses the outcome of the integration of research funding in Hungary completed in 2015.

Publication date: 25 October 2016

V4 cooperation to jointly utilise research infrastructure and promote the expert evaluation of programmes

Joint utilisation of their research infrastructure capacities, consultation and cooperation in the planning phase of major investment projects – these issues were on the agenda of the meeting where the innovation, research and development funding agencies of the V4 countries met on 6 October 2016, in Brno.

Publication date: 17 October 2016

Novum on innovation

Recommendations of the independent experts evaluating Hungary’s RDI systems were covered in a programme aired on the Duna Television. The Novum tv-magazine also interviews the Director General of research and innovation at the European Commission, the Chair of the expert panel and the President of the NRDI Office.

Publication date: 10 October 2016

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