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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

Join the university startup program as a mentor

The Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP) is the first complex startup university training program in Hungary that introduces university students into the world of innovation and startup and provide them with modern, practice-oriented entrepreneurial education through a newly developed, standard national e-learning platform.

Publication date: 28 February 2021

Action plan to relaunch the economy: higher education developments of historic proportions to kick off

On the initiative of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology the utilisation of the higher education development funding of HUF 1 500 billion available under the action plan to relaunch the economy has reached an important milestone. The call facilitating the planning is available to the institutions from today.

Publication date: 25 February 2021

Horizon Europe on the horizon: a series of webinars helps Hungarian applicants get prepared

Horizon Europe, the framework programme of the European Union with an unprecedented EUR 95.5 billion budget, kicks off in April and will provide substantial funds for domestic research and innovation already this year. In order to increase the success rate of Hungarian businesses, knowledge centres, universities and research institutes, a new series of practice-oriented webinars is launched in February – József Bódis, state secretary for higher education, innovation and vocational training of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology announced.

Publication date: 03 February 2021

New institutional collaboration to boost market access for businesses

Budapest, 2 February 2021 Tuesday (MTI) – The National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI) Office and the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office (HIPO) entered into a cooperation agreement to jointly promote the market entry of innovative businesses – the parliamentary and strategic state secretary of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM) announced in a press conference on Tuesday in Budapest.

Publication date: 02 February 2021

New domestic call supports Hungarian participation in EIT KIC activities with HUF 500 million

The National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI) Office provides HUF 500 million to enhance Hungarian participation in the Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KIC) of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), an EU organisation based in Budapest. EIT KICs bring together Europe’s major industrial, academic and research institutions to address societal challenges such as climate change, digital transformation, food production, health, energy, manufacturing, raw materials and urban mobility.

Publication date: 01 February 2021

Second series of education events by Israeli experts for startups in the V4 countries

There was a real thirst for the online education series of the Startup Nation V4 Virtual Startups Bootcamp organised at the initiative of Israeli embassies in the V4 countries, sharing Israeli expertise and knowledge to support startups in Hungary, Czechia, Poland and Slovakia. After this success, second edition comes soon: this year’s programme kicks off 25 January 2021, joined by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office as a professional partner in Hungary.

Publication date: 19 January 2021

One hundred extra points for the top three performers of the innovation contest at university admissions

Budapest, Sunday, 17 January 2021 (MTI) - One hundred extra points will be granted to the top three performers of the innovation contest at university admission, the Ministry for Innovation and Technology informed the Hungarian press agency, MTI on Sunday.

Publication date: 17 January 2021

Tamás Schanda: Further substantial support for science. Researchers have access tonearly HUF 13 billion

Researchers can apply for nearly HUF 13 billion in total in a new funding programme of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office – Tamás Schanda announced. The deputy minister of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology also revealed that getting money for basic research projects will require less administrative and bureaucratic work.

Publication date: 13 January 2021

Relaxed public procurement rules to facilitate the utilisation of research, developmentand innovation funds

The public procurement requirements, in effect from 1 January 2021, facilitate the efficient, rapid and flexible utilisation of funds allocated to research, development and innovation (RDI), the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (MIT) informed the Hungarian press agency, MTI.

Publication date: 11 January 2021

The Hungarian Association for Innovation was established thirty years ago by thirty organisations

The Hungarian Association for Innovation recognises the facilitation of the acceleration of innovation and the improvement of the country’s innovation capacity among its key objectives, the Hungarian Association for Innovation told the Hungarian press agency, MTI on Tuesday on the occasion of its thirtieth anniversary.

Publication date: 05 January 2021

Information on the extension of certain deadlines set out in the funding agreements due to the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic

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

Publication date: 23 December 2020

Nearly HUF 13 billion is provided for basic research and research excellence

Increased funding, greater research freedom, publicly available results are the key features of the 2021 OTKA call for basic research projects. Announced on the website of the National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI) Office, the call provides altogether HUF 12.9 billion for researcher initiated projects in the usual thematic categories.

Publication date: 23 December 2020

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Palkovics: 246 proposals funded in the Cooperative Doctoral Programme

Budapest, 14 December 2020, Monday (MTI) – Far above the originally planned number, 246 proposals were selected for funding in the Cooperative Doctoral Programme – the Minister for Innovation and Technology announced in the press conference of the call held in Budapest on Monday.

Publication date: 14 December 2020

ITM: over HUF 2 billion funding for startup incubators

Budapest, 9 December 2020, Wednesday (MTI) – The Startup Factory call coordinated by the National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI) Office with the policy support of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM) has been closed. Seven applicants have received HUF 300 million each for continuing their technology incubation activities – the ITM disclosed to the MTI on Wednesday.

Publication date: 10 December 2020

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