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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

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

Exclusive interview with Krisztián Kölkedi, Head of Department at the National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary

Mr. Kölkedi talks about the Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP) and the development of the Hungarian startup ecosystem over the long run.

Publication date: 04 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

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

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 59 billion in funding for innovation projects targeting the market

Budapest, 3 December 2020, Thursday (MTI) – The Government supports businesses to help them provide increasingly marketable products and services with increasingly modern technologies, so it is particularly good news that this year, amid the coronavirus pandemic, 156 businesses received over HUF 59 billion in funding in a call for market-driven RDI projects – the parliamentary and strategic state secretary of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM) announced according to the ITM briefing published this Thursday.

Publication date: 03 December 2020

Further HUF 20 billion funding available for innovation by Hungarian companies

Job creation and boosting the competitiveness of Hungary are also served by the PIACI KFI funding scheme (support for market-driven RDI projects) under which applicants may now apply for further HUF 20 billion funding, announced Tamás Schanda. The Deputy Minister and Strategic State Secretary of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology added: this funding is available to businesses, as well as research and knowledge dissemination organisations for developing new products, services and technologies having an export potential.

Publication date: 13 October 2020

Palkovics: new centre of competence and science park receive green light in Nagykanizsa

Nagykanizsa, 1 September 2020 Friday (MTI) – A new centre of competence for circular economy and a science and innovation park is going to be established with the involvement of University of Pannonia, MOL and local businesses – the Minister for Innovation and Technology announced on Friday in Nagykanizsa, South West Hungary.

Publication date: 11 September 2020

Hungarian SMEs can apply for substantial EU funds with the support of experienced mentors

The government is giving Hungarian companies as much help as possible to successfully apply for direct-access EU funds, so the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM), in collaboration with the National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI) Office, relaunches its SME mentoring programme that offers free practice-oriented training for applicants – Tamás Schanda announced on his social media page.

Publication date: 29 July 2020

More money is coming formarket-driven innovations in September. Small companies should also keep an eyeout

The call for market-driven RDI projects attracted much attention this spring, so “we are planning to open it again in September”; the call notice is already on the drafting table – Zoltán Birkner revealed in an interview with Portfolio.hu. The President of the coordinator National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI) Office said that this round would also be fully open, and he also drew attention to their SME Start Innovation call which offers HUF 10 to 20 million for the implementation of good ideas in a simplified application procedure”.

Publication date: 22 July 2020

Budget doubled for Covidea idea and startup contest

Budapest, 4 July 2020 Saturday (MTI) – The originally planned approximately HUF 60 million budget has been doubled to over HUF 120 million for the Covidea idea and startup contest – the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM) disclosed to the Hungarian News Agency (MTI) this Saturday.

Publication date: 04 July 2020

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