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HUF1.7 billion for the international promotion of domestic research results
“For the first time this year, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM) has awarded grants to 434 researchers and research centres in the Science Patronage call. With a significantly increased budget compared to the original plans, the new funding scheme will help internationalise the Hungarian research community, enabling the presentation and promotion of scientific results,” announced Tamás Schanda, Deputy Minister of ITM.
Publication date: 06 December 2021
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International recognition for the Hungarian university startup programme
The Hungarian Startup University Programme (HSUP), which supports young innovators, has been awarded this year’s “Most Innovative Business Development Project of Europe 2021”. The prestigious international award was presented to Krisztián Kölkedi, Deputy CEO of Express Innovation Agency, one of the founders of the programme, during the Young Entrepreneurs Week 2021.
Publication date: 06 December 2021
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Schanda:best innovations recognised for the 30th time
Budapest, Tuesday, 23 November 2021 (MTI) – The Hungarian Innovation Grand Prix will be launched again in 2021 in strategic partnership with the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM) and with the main support of the National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI) Office.
Publication date: 23 November 2021
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NRDI Office: Interest in the New National Excellence Programme remains unbroken
Budapest, 16 November 2021, Tuesday (MTI) There is unbroken interest in the New National Excellence Programme (ÚNKP), which had 2061 scholarship holders in the 2019/2020 academic year, the Vice President of the National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI) Office said at a background meeting in Budapest on Monday.
Publication date: 16 November 2021
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ITM State Secretary: Record levels of resources used in domestic R&D
Budapest, Wednesday, 10 November 2021 (MTI) – R&D expenditure as a share of GDP in Hungary rose to a high of 1.61% in 2020, the highest level since 1990. The amount of funds used last year was more than two and a half times the 2009 amount, at around HUF 771 billion. The amount of state budget expenditure has essentially doubled since 2010, reaching HUF 251 billion last year,” said Tamás Schanda, Parliamentary and Strategic State Secretary of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM).
Publication date: 11 November 2021
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Cooperation agreement signed between the NRDI Office, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology and the Ministry of Finance to support research and development
The National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office), the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) and the Ministry of Finance have signed a cooperation agreement to support research, development and innovation, as this field has a key role in the development of the Hungarian economy, the Secretary of State responsible for the use of EU funds of the Ministry of Finance said at a press conference in Budapest on Thursday.
Publication date: 26 October 2021
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Ministry for Innovation and Technology: empowering SMEs at the heart of the innovation ecosystem
Budapest, Friday, 22 October 2021 (MTI) - The empowerment of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is a central issue in the Hungarian innovation ecosystem, and one of the key elements of this is to provide them with the right information, Tibor Gulyás, Deputy Secretary of State of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM), stressed on Friday at the event presenting the new module on the sector-by-sector digitalisation of the ekkv free-of-charge online training of the Budapest Institute of Banking (BiB) in Budapest.
Publication date: 22 October 2021
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Thematic proposal writing training for Hungarian participants in Horizon Europe
Budapest, 19 October 2021 - To promote successful Hungarian participation in the Horizon Europe programme, the National Research, Development and Innovation Office will or-ganise new free training sessions for proposal writers at the end of October and beginning of November.
Publication date: 19 October 2021
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Ministry for Innovation and Technology: Hungary joins the international Open Science initiative

Deputy Secretary of State Tibor Gulyás announces the new initiative for open science in Hungary. The first national level Position Paper on Open Science was launched yesterday by the advisory committee of the National Resarch, Development and Innovation Office.
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Publication date: 19 October 2021
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TOP100 publication’s best inventions and developments awarded
Budapest, 14 October 2021 - The TOP 100 MEDIA publishing house presented the awards to the ten best innovations in the 100 Hungarian Inventions and Developments 2020 publication, while four other developments were awarded special prizes. Award winners include health, environmental solutions, learning support software and an anti-roadkill system.
Publication date: 15 October 2021
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Budapest in the international top of emerging startup areas
The total estimated value of the capital’s startup ecosystem has increased by a factor of one and a half in one year, to over HUF 200 billion, according to the latest analysis of the Global Startup Ecosystem Report.
Publication date: 08 October 2021
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Ministry for Innovation and Technology: new funding opportunity to boost Hungarian-German research relations
Budapest, Thursday, 30 September 2021 (MTI) - The call for proposals, which is the result of a joint effort of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology and the German Ministry of Education and Research, aims to strengthen small and medium-sized enterprises in the two countries and to promote research and development cooperation.
Publication date: 01 October 2021
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The 31st Scientific and Innovation Talent Recruitment Contest for Youth announced
Budapest, Monday, 20 September 2021 (MTI) - The 31st Scientific and Innovation Talent Recruitment Contest for Youth was announced on Monday in Budapest.
Publication date: 22 September 2021
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Further HUF 35 billion funding available for innovation by Hungarian companies
Increasing innovation performance, which the Government is also encouraging through the PIACI KFI scheme, has a major role to play in re-launching the economy and strengthening Hungary’s competitiveness. In the new round of the extremely popular funding scheme, HUF 35 billion in funding is available from today, announced Tamás Schanda. The Deputy Minister of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology added that by taking advantage of this opportunity, businesses and the research and knowledge dissemination organisations working with them can develop new products, services and technologies that are ready for export.
Publication date: 22 September 2021
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One billion forint grant to boost national defence research
The Cooperative Doctoral Programme (CDP), which supports young Hungarian researchers, is being expanded with a sub-programme on defence research and development. The one billion forint call aims to increase the number of highly skilled workers with scientific knowledge in the national strategic sector.
Publication date: 14 September 2021
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Start of the academic year: popular university innovation courses continue
The Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM) promotes the training of innovation professionals and young entrepreneurs through higher education courses. The Hungarian Startup University Programme (HSUP), the first national university training programme on startups, was already chosen by nearly 2100 students in its debut year. So far, nearly one hundred students have graduated from the two research and innovation management programmes at Corvinus University of Budapest and University of Pannonia with a degree that is highly valued in the labour market. From September, both courses will be launched again, with HSUP now available at 26 universities.
Publication date: 13 September 2021
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Call for Science Patronage Programme

The primary aim of the Call announced by the Ministry for Innovation and Technology as funder, through its technical coordinator, the National Research, Development and Innovation Office is to encourage the involvement of the Hungarian research community in international scientific platforms and events and to foster the progress of Open Science in Hungary. 

Publication date: 30 August 2021
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The New National Excellence Programme has already supported more than 10,000 talented young people
Nearly HUF 4 billion will be awarded to around 2,000 winners in the 2021 calls of the New National Excellence Programme. Running successfully since 2016, the programme has already supported more than 10,000 scholarship grantees, said Tamás Schanda, Deputy Minister of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM).
Publication date: 25 August 2021
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The HCEMM research community has grown to nearly 100 members
Budapest, 6 August 2021 -Two more research groups have started their work in the Hungarian Centre of Excellence for Molecular Medicine (HCEMM), a translational medicine-focused research centre initiated by the Ministry for Innovation and Technology and established by a number of professional partners, which now has nearly 100 scientists working in 16 different fields of life sciences. Csaba Bödör, a molecular biologist who has just joined the HCEMM, specialises in genetic research on haematopoietic tumours, while Nikolett Wohner, senior research fellow focuses on the background of blood clot formation and haemophilia-related diseases.
Publication date: 06 August 2021
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József Bódis: the government adopted the National Smart Specialisation Strategy
“We are working to make Hungary one of Europe’s major innovators by 2030 by increasing the efficiency of the corporate sector”, said József Bódis. The state secretary for higher education, innovation and vocational training of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology added that the new National Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) adopted by the Government supports this ambition by, among others, striking a balance between value creation and efficiency.
Publication date: 21 July 2021
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