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2020 Hungarian Innovation Grand Prix awarded

Budapest, Wednesday, 7 July 2021 (MTI) – The 2020 Hungarian Innovation Grand Prix and Innovation Awards were presented at the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM) on Wednesday, with the grand prize going to Richter Gedeon Nyrt for the creation of Terrosa, a new biosimilar Hungarian drug.

Publication date: 07 July 2021

Two new international research infrastructure projects are included in the ESFRI Roadmap 2021 with the support of the NRDI Agency

At the ESFRI Forum, held online from 30 June to 1 July 2021, a decision was taken on the new research infrastructure projects to be included in the Roadmap of the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures for 2021 (ESFRI announces new RIs for Roadmap 2021 | www.esfri.eu).

Publication date: 05 July 2021

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OTDK first placers awarded Pro Scientia Gold Medal

Pro Scientia, Pro Arte and Junior Pro Scientia Gold Medals are awarded to young OTDK first placers who have achieved outstanding results in their studies and who have demonstrated this in the form of professional papers, presentations or literary, artistic or scientific works.

Publication date: 01 July 2021

Secretary of state of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology: five years of support for promising research from the “Frontline Programme”

Budapest, 30 June 30, 2021 Wednesday (MTI) – This year, eight projects have been granted funding under the Frontline – Research Excellence Programme, one of which aims to produce artificial materials with revolutionary new properties, Tamás Schanda announced.

Publication date: 30 June 2021

NRDI Office supports all stages of scientific careers

The National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office) supports all stages of scientific careers, from promising young researchers to internationally experienced researchers, through its targeted fellowship programmes and thematic calls. Among the proposals, the New National Excellence Programme (NNEP), with an annual budget of 4 billion HUF, specifically supports the next generation of researchers, while Frontline – Research Excellence Programme is for the best: from a budget of HUF 3 billion for 5 years, up to HUF 300 million can be awarded to internationally competitive research projects in Hungary.

Publication date: 29 June 2021

This year’s Jedlik Ányos Awards presented

This year, the Jedlik Ányos Award was presented to researchers, doctors and professionals with outstanding performance in the protection of intellectual property, who fought against the coronavirus epidemic at a ceremony held in Budapest on Tuesday. The special prize of the Innovation Award of the Hungarian Association for Innovation was also presented at the event, which this year was awarded to the managing director of Hagyó Kft.

Publication date: 10 June 2021

Ministry for Innovation and Technology: half a thousand businesses encouraged to innovate by a call worth HUF 8 billion

Budapest, Wednesday, 9 June 2021 (MTI) - In the third and final phase of the SME Start Innovation call, nearly HUF 3 billion in funding was awarded to nearly 170 projects, Tamás Schanda, Minister for Innovation and Technology, announced in a statement on Wednesday.

Publication date: 09 June 2021

Ministry for Innovation and Technology: scholarships for young Hungarian researchers may double next year

Budapest, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 (MTI) - Young researchers may receive twice as much funding as at present from 2022 onwards, thanks to an initiative of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology to increase the Bolyai János Research Scholarship.

Publication date: 08 June 2021

Territorial Innovation Platform set up at the University of Nyíregyháza

Nyíregyháza, Tuesday, 4 May 2021 (MTI) - University of Nyíregyháza joined the initiative Territorial Innovation Platform (TIP) established by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office) with the accession document signed on Tuesday in the city in Nyírség.

Publication date: 04 May 2021

Information memo on the repeated extension of certain deadlines set out in funding agreements due to the third wave of the human coronavirus pandemic

The National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI) Office published a notice in relation to the pandemic caused by COVID-19 on 9 April 2020. Among others, the notice temporarily extended certain deadlines set out in the funding agreements and funding documents.

Publication date: 20 April 2021

NNEP scholarships to support further new talents

Budapest, 18 April 2021, Sunday (MTI) -Calls for scholarship under the New National Excellence Programme (NNEP) supported by the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM) are open again, the Ministry informed MTI (Hungarian Press Agency) on Sunday.

Publication date: 18 April 2021

Hungarian Startup University Program: university project teams are implementing the most promising ideas

Budapest, 15 April 2021, Thursday (MTI) – Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP) involving nearly 2100 students from 21 higher education institutions in its first year entered a new phase, Tamás Schanda, parliamentary state secretary, Ministry for Innovation and Technology announced on Thursday through a press release.

Publication date: 15 April 2021

Hungarian Association for Innovation: world-class achievements with substantial benefits recognised at the Hungarian Innovation Grand Prix

Budapest, 21 March 2021, Monday (MTI) - The jury of the Hungarian Innovation Grand Prix selected the companies winning the 2020 Innovation Grand Prix, seven Innovation Prizes and the Startup Innovation Prize of the year out of 69 Hungarian companies, the Hungarian Association for Innovation informed the Hungarian press agency, MTI.

Publication date: 30 March 2021

Palkovics: Innovation is the key to sustainable growth

Budapest, Monday, 29 March 2021 (MTI) – Innovation is the key to sustainable economic growth and an important tool for responding to societal challenges, the Minister for Innovation and Technology said at an online international conference organised on the occasion of the launch of Horizon Europe 2021-2027, the new European framework programme for research and innovation.

Publication date: 29 March 2021

High-level launch event on the coming Horizon Europe programme

Horizon Europe, the new research and innovation framework programme is just about to kick off. On this occasion, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology and the National Research, Development and Innovation Office organise a high-level online launch event on 29 March 2021, with Mariya Gabriel EC Commissioner, Dr. László Palkovics, Minister for innovation and technology and Martin Kern, Director of the Budapest based European Institute of Innovation and Technology. At this event, the European framework programme, coming soon with an unprecedented budget of over EUR 95 billion, will be presented in a wider context.

Publication date: 24 March 2021

This year’s OTKA calls attract enormous interest

Project proposals from researchers and research groups total four times the available OTKA funds of HUF 13 billion. Postdoc and young researcher schemes showed the most impressive gain in popularity: the total number of applicants have increased by one and half in three years. Over 50 basic research projects propose to address COVID-19 related challenges and mitigate their impact – József Bódis, state secretary for higher education, innovation and vocational training of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology announced.

Publication date: 19 March 2021

Horizon Europe information events attract thousands

Horizon Europe, the EU’s new seven-year research and innovation framework programme succeeding Horizon 2020, supports basic research, cluster programmes addressing societal challenges, and close-to-market innovations through calls for proposals and opportunities for international cooperation with an unprecedented EUR 95.5 billion budget in the upcoming period.

Publication date: 18 March 2021

A circular economy science and innovation park to be set up in Nagykanizsa

MOL-PE Circular Economy Science Park Nonprofit Zrt founded by MOL and the University of Pannonia aims to build up the European innovation and research centre of circular economy relying on the knowledge base of the University of Pannonia and on MOL’s management and professional knowledge. Through the development project of nearly HUF 30 billion a world-class research and development infrastructure will be set up in Nagykanizsa and Veszprém.

Publication date: 12 March 2021

Action plan to relaunch the economy: huge interest shown for higher education development funding

“38 higher education institutions submitted project proposals, requesting a total of HUF 2400 billion in funding, for the call for requesting opinions initiated by the Ministry for Innovation and Technology. With the construction investments and asset purchases to be made in the years to come, Hungarian higher education may see a development of historic proportions comparable only to those carried out by Klebelsberg.

Publication date: 11 March 2021

Hungary is now on the startup world map

The Global Startup Ecosystem Report comparing 250 attractive startup locations worldwide included the Hungarian capital in its ranking for the first time. The authoritative report highlights as an important achievement that in the past years nearly HUF 27 billion has been received by local startups. With this, Budapest worked its way up to the lead pack of developing ecosystems in terms of financing. The report points out active state involvement and the available expertise as values to preserve.

Publication date: 10 March 2021

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