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Frontline programme is back: this year the best researchers can apply for HUF 3 billion
The “Frontline” – Excellence Programme will be open again this year, and researchers at the forefront of the scientific world can apply for the HUF 3 billion budget provided from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund until 28 April 2022 – Tamás Schanda announced. The Deputy Minister of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM) added that the winning applicants will be able to pursue competitive discovery research in Hungary with a total of up to HUF 350 million in state funding over five years.
Publication date: 01 March 2022
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Hungary on the research infrastructure map of Europe - International summit in Budapest
Budapest, 08 February 2022 - Five Hungarian representatives of international research infrastructures discussed the achievements of the past years and future plans with Jana Kolar, the new Chair of ESFRI. The aim of the personal meeting was to exchange information, to coordinate existing cooperation and to further promote EU scientific integration and the international embedding of domestic participants.
Publication date: 08 February 2022
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Cooperation agreement to make domestic innovation more competitive
Budapest, Thursday, 27 January 2022 (MTI) - The Secretariat of the Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH) and the National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI) Office signed a cooperation agreement to support more efficient, internationally competitive research, development and innovation activities in Budapest on Thursday.
Publication date: 27 January 2022
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2022 OTKA calls now open with more and more funding for individual exploratory research
Budapest, Wednesday, 29 December 2021 (MTI) – The National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI) Office, with the policy support of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM), has launched the 2022 OTKA calls for proposals, Tamás Schanda, Parliamentary and Strategic State Secretary of the ITM, announced in a communication sent to MTI on Wednesday.
Publication date: 29 December 2021
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The information site of the Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3) has been launched
In July 2021, the Government adopted Hungary’s Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3), which sets out the main development directions for the 2021-2027 programming period. To ensure that the agreed strategy reaches all stakeholders, the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, with the policy support of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM), has launched a thematic information site presenting the S3. Contact: www.s3.nkfih.gov.hu
Publication date: 14 December 2021
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Péter Szendrő, outgoing President of the National Conference of Student Research Societies (OTDK) awarded by the NRDI Office
Prof. Dr Tamás Weiszburg takes over the helm of the Scientific Students' Associations (TDK) movement turning 70 this year.
Publication date: 08 December 2021
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The National Science Policy Council meeting concluded successfully
The NRDI Office hosted the National Science Policy Council (NSPC) meeting on 6 December 2021.
Publication date: 08 December 2021
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Fast Track programme reopens with a HUF 8 billion budget
Last year’s call for proposals that encouraged the production of new products and processes with high added value from the knowledge and intellectual property of Hungarian universities and businesses is now available again, announced Tamás Schanda. The Deputy Minister of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM) added that the second round of the Fast Track programme, which was successfully launched last year, will encourage the practical application of Hungarian ideas with a budget of more than two and a half times the amount of the previous year.
Publication date: 07 December 2021
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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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