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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.

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”.

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.

The global reputation of Hungarian science is good, but this cannot always be said about the utilisation of its results – József Bódis, state secretary for higher education, innovation and vocational training of the Ministry for Innovation and Technology (ITM) pointed out at the awards ceremony of the 28th Hungarian Innovation Grand Prix this Tuesday in Budapest.

Thursday, 5 March 2020, Budapest (MTI-Hungarian Press Agency) On Thursday, the National Science Policy Council held its first meeting to confer about crucial issues for Hungary’s future, the Minister for Innovation and Technology announced in the Parliament after the event.

This is the first practice-oriented, quality-assured programme on startups, market environment and the operation of innovative businesses that provides the same high level of training in every part of the country.

Gödöllő, 3 December 2019, Tuesday (MTI) - An Agro-ICT Centre of Cooperation between Higher Education and Industry (AgIT FIEK with Hungarian abbreviation) was established by the Szent István University and its business partners supported by the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund with a grant of HUF 1.5 billion - said the Vice President for Innovation and General Affairs of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDIO) on Tuesday in Gödöllő.

Budapest, 28 November 2019, Thursday (MTI) - In order to increase the innovation performance of Hungary priority is given to efforts made to establish an innovation ecosystem based on universities - said László Palkovics, Minister for Innovation and Technology on Thursday in his speech closing the nationwide series of events to present the Territorial Innovation Platforms (TIPs).

Szeged, 26 November 2019, Tuesday (MTI) - A Territorial Innovation Platform (TIP) was set up on Tuesday in Szeged with the participation of the University of Szeged, research institutes, businesses and professional organisations.

Pécs, 22 November 2019, Friday (MTI) - To strengthen innovation capacities, the Territorial Innovation Platform (TIP) was also established in Pécs, after Miskolc, Debrecen and Győr

Budapest, 22 November 2019, Friday (MTI) - More than 270 researchers and research groups have been granted nearly HUF 10 billion within the call for proposals in fundamental research invited by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office) - said Tamás Schanda, Minister of State at the Ministry for Innovation and Technology on Friday.

Debrecen, 13 November 2019, Wednesday (MTI) - The representatives of the University of Debrecen and the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDIO) signed a founding declaration on establishing a Territorial Innovation Platform (RIP) at the University of Debrecen on Wednesday.

György Markó-Varga, a senior clinical research professor at Lund University in Sweden, was a key protagonist in a recent clinical program held at Semmelweis University in Budapest. The outcome from the trial was that 50 percent of end-stage cancer patients were successfully treated. Together with his research team, György identified new proteins that can aid in preventing the spread of malignant melanoma.

The universe of scientific research has undergone a profound change over the past two-three decades, more substantial than ever during the previous three centuries. Academician József Pálinkás, President of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, talked to Origo news portal about opening the Frontline programme supporting our most successful researchers in the global competition, as well as hot topics of basic and applied research, the situation of Hungarian science and its financing possibilities.

Interview with József Pálinkás on Portfolio.hu
In the next two years it is inevitable to double the annual budget of the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund by 2020 from the current HUF 83 billion, that is, “the state should contribute the same amount as businesses to the Fund which facilitates research, development and innovation” – József Pálinkás urged in an interview with Portfolio.hu.

A bigger budget, fair salaries for researchers and more money for countries with weaker research systems are on Hungary’s Framework Programme 9 wish list

The Hungarian Brain Research Program (NAP), which has produced a number of outstanding results in the first four years, will continue for another four years – the President of the National Research, Development and Innovation (NRDI) Office announced in Pécs, Hungary at the closing conference of the program.

Scientific research must be adapted to the innovation needs of industrial companies and businesses operating in Hungary – said József Pálinkás, President of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office) to Hungarian News Agency MTI in relation to the recently published results of discovery research calls.

The Federal Government of Germany supports the forming of an international consortium to be organised for the utilisation of the ELI laser facility in Szeged, József Pálinkás, President of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary stated in Berlin.

The Federal Government of Germany supports the forming of an international consortium to be organised for the utilisation of the ELI laser facility in Szeged, József Pálinkás, President of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office of Hungary stated in Berlin.