Submission of project proposals
Project proposals can be submitted online through the electronic submission system from 1 March 2017 to 28 February 2019 at 12:00 a.m. Applicants can apply for the non-refundable funding and the loan together by submitting a combined funding request.
Eligible applicants
The call is open to micro, small and medium enterprises and large companies with registered seat in Hungary or the Hungarian branch offices of business companies with registered seat in the EEA, provided that they maintain double-entry accounting, have legal personality, have at least 1 employee and are not subject to the simplified entrepreneurial tax (EVA). Large companies are only eligible if they show in the project proposal how SMEs benefit from the results of the project. Funding decision is conditional on the eligibility of the applicant for both the non-refundable funding and the loan.
Project proposals are only eligible if implemented in the Central Hungary region and if they directly or indirectly comply with the objectives and specialisation directions of the National Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3).
Total available budget and maximum funding per project
Funded projects will receive HUF 50 million to HUF 500 million in non-refundable funding and HUF 25 million to HUF 250 million in low-interest loan maturing over one year. The maximum amount of non-refundable funding varies by region.
The call is announced with a total budget of HUF 118,172 billion, comprising HUF 56,672 billion for non-refundable and HUF 61,5 billion for refundable funding. The call is co-financed from the European Regional Development Fund and the central budget of Hungary.
Own funds
Applicants have to possess own funds to cover project costs over the amount of requested non-refundable funding and (where relevant) the loan amount.
Eligible activities
- Activities eligible for funding independently: Experimental development
- In the framework of regional investment funding (not eligible for funding independently): Procurement of assets, infrastructure investment
- In the framework of de minimis funding: Project management, ensuring mandatory publicity
Mandatory commitment
Applicants shall commit to the following:
- the total amount of R&D expenditure stated in the company’s tax return for the two financial years following project completion shall reach 30% of the non-refundable funding received;
- the project shall comply with the provisions of Article 71 of Regulation 1303/2013/EU for 5 years –in the case of SMEs for 3 years – after project completion (maintenance obligation).
Loan repayment
Repayment of the principal has to be started after the expiry of the grace period (maximum 12 months from the end of the availability period but in any case no later than 48 months from the conclusion of the Loan Agreement). No grace period applies to the payment of interest.
Duration of the project
Funded projects shall be implemented within 24 months from project launch. Projects launched before applying to the call are considered ineligible. No loan – and therefore no non-refundable funding combined with credit facility – may be provided for investments that are closed (completed) or fully (physically and financially) implemented (completed) on the date of the funding decision.
Phone: +36 1 896 0000
Monday-Thursday: 08:00-16:00
Friday: 08:00-14:00
FUNDED PROJECTS
Funding organisation:: Managing Authority
Source: GINOP-2.1.2-8.1.4-16 (palyazat.gov.hu searcher of funded projects)
Date of decision: 8 Feb 2018
Proposer |
Title of project proposal |
Awarded funding (HUF) |
Rák és Rák Fogaskerékgyártó Betéti Társaság |
Innovatív prototípus kifejlesztése a Rák és Rák Bt.-nél |
51 920 000 |
DLM Solutions Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság |
TruMES gyártáslogisztika irányítási rendszer megvalósítása |
54 897 624 |
ADMATIS Kutató, Gyártó és Kereskedelmi Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság |
Innovatív szendvicspanel fejlesztése műholdakhoz |
55 918 500 |
POLI-FARBE Vegyipari Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság |
Víztaszító és erősen víztaszító kezelő anyagok és kezelési módszerek, azaz komplett faanyag bevonati rendszer kifejlesztése a faanyagok élettartamának növelése céljából |
56 897 945 |
TRIGON Electronica Fejlesztő és Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság |
Új generációs full automata működésű, elektronikusan szinkronizált alternatív meghajtású járművek főhajtóművének kutatás-fejlesztése és a haszonjárművekben alkalmazható mintadarab kifejlesztése, tesztelése |
60 500 000 |
BART-LUX Kereskedelmi Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság |
Innovatív keréktárcsa javító eljárás kifejlesztése a Bart-Lux Kft.-nél |
64 350 000 |
ENDOMEDIX Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság |
Innovatív táplálék-kiegészítő fejlesztése és klinikai vizsgálata. |
127 828 793 |
FUNDED PROJECTS
Funding organisation:: Managing Authority
Source: GINOP-2.1.2-8.1.4-16 (palyazat.gov.hu searcher of funded projects)
Date of decision: 12 Dec 2017
Proposer |
Title of project proposal |
Awarded funding (HUF) |
Developtest Fejlesztő és Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság |
K+F+I tevékenység megvalósítása az új típusú alkatrészek biztosítása érdekében. |
84 257 046 |
BORSODI MŰHELY Fémmegmunkáló Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság |
Speciális ötvözetek hőkezelési és megmunkálási eljárásainak kutatása, vákuumos és atmoszférikus terek minősítésének fejlesztése a Borsodi Műhely Kft-nél |
103 920 072 |
To ensure value-based professional evaluation of proposals arriving in large quantities from the fields of discovery and applied research and innovation, to assess professional reports of funded projects and to prepare policy opinions, the NRDI Office intends to expand its expert pool in all fields of expertise.
Professionals who have registered in the database of the NRDI Office can become responsible contributors, as independent peer-reviewers, to the evaluation process in which the professional quality, novelty content and commercialisation perspectives of the proposals as compared to the requested funding should be assessed as core considerations.
The registration process can be initiated through the registration form of the NRDI Office’s website. Registration is continuously open.
Requested data within the expert registration form include:
- personal data, contact details (necessary for contracting review assignments);
- classification of professional skills and competencies and research areas (to get review invitations fine-tuned to your field of expertise);
- topics of the previously reviewed proposals;
- present and past jobs, interest networks (in order to pre-screening of conflicts of interest in a given rview assignment), education, scientific titles, most important publications and intellectual works demonstrating your professional experience;
- language skills.
Professionals once registered in the database of experts may be invited by the NRDI Office to review submitted proposals, to assess professional reports of funded projects and to contribute to policy opinions.
Each proposal is reviewed by several independent experts at the same time. Experts selected from the database to review proposals, to assess professional reports and facilitate expert opinions will be contracted by the NRDI Office on a case-by-case basis. When concluding such a contract experts must declare that the review assignment is not obstructed by any conflict of interest whatsoever. Depending on the competition type, written expert reviews must be prepared in 15-28 work days and submitted electronically via the online review portal of the NRDI Office.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information contact at phone +36 1 795 9500 or email at szakerto_regisztracio@nkfih.gov.hu
The NRDI Fund’s Programme Strategy 2023 supports the implementation of Hungary’s new innovation strategy, the John von Neumann Programme, which focuses on connecting universities, research institutions and the economy. The priority objective of the Programme Strategy 2023 is to contribute to improving the Hungarian performance in the areas of human resources (number of researchers, number of PhD students, number of STEM students in higher education), number and share of innovator enterprises (number and share of SMEs implementing product and/or process innovation) and intellectual property (IP) (patents, trademarks, designs).
The table below shows the calls announced under the NRDI Fund for the period 2021–2027 and their amounts, broken down by year.
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||
NRDI budget (Bn HUF) |
191,384 | 143,829 | 78,670 | |||
Name of the scheme/ Call for proposal (2021) |
Budget (Bn HUF) |
Name of the scheme/ Call for proposal (2022) |
Budget (Bn HUF) |
Name of the scheme/ Call for proposal (2023) |
Budget (Bn HUF) |
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Innovation Sub-fund 2021-2023 |
Support for market-driven RDI projects Support for market-driven RDI projects 2020-1.1.2-PIACI KFI |
59,06 | Support for market-driven RDI projects Support for market-driven RDI projects 2021-1.1.3-PIACI KFI |
50,00 | Support for Innovation Projects in Focus Areas 2023-1.1.1-PIACI_FÓKUSZ |
35,00 |
Fast track programme Fast track 2020-1.1.5-GYORSÍTÓSÁV |
3,00 | Fast track programme Fast track 2021-1.1.4-GYORSÍTÓSÁV |
12,85 | Fast track programme (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
2,00 | |
Intellectual property Support of activities fostering the domestic and international protection of intellectual property with the aim of facilitating the utilisation of such intellectual property 2020-1.1.3-IPARJOG, 2021-1.1.1-IPARJOG |
0,40 | Intellectual property Support of activities fostering the domestic and international protection of intellectual property with the aim of facilitating the utilisation of such intellectual property 2020-1.1.3-IPARJOG, 2021-1.1.1-IPARJOG |
0,40 | Intellectual property Support of activities fostering the domestic and international protection of intellectual property with the aim of facilitating the utilisation of such intellectual property 2020-1.1.3-IPARJOG, 2021-1.1.1-IPARJOG |
0,50 | |
International programmes Support for participation in the ECSEL joint EU initiative 2019-2.1.3-NEMZ_ECSEL; Support for participation in joint EU initiatives 2019-2.1.2-NEMZ; Funding for Hungarian Summer Internship programmes for hungarian university students studying in the UK, Germany or Austria 2020-1.2.1-GYAK; Support for Hungarian participation in EIT KIC 2021-1.2.1-EIT-KIC; Support to bilateral science and technology (S&T) cooperations 2021-1.2.4-TÉT; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian–Russian cooperation 2021-1.2.5-TÉT-IPARI-RU; Call for proposals: Support of Hungarian organisations successfully participating in joint international ERA-NET COFUND and EJP COFUND programmes 2019-2.1.7-ERA-NET; Support for Hungarian participation in the EUREKA programme 2020-1.2.3-EUREKA; Horizon Europe Accelerator booster call 2021-1.2.2-EU_KKV; Call for proposals to foster Hungarian participation in the Horizon Europe programme and other joint programmes of the European Union 2021-1.2.3-EU_KP; Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures 2021-4.1.2-NEMZ_KI; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian–Moroccan cooperation 2021-1.2.6-TÉT-IPARI-MA |
3,50 | International programmes Call for proposals: Support of Hungarian organisations successfully participating in joint international ERA-NET COFUND and EJP COFUND programmes 2019-2.1.7-ERA-NET; Support for Hungarian participation in the EUREKA programme 2022-1.2.4-EUREKA; Horizon Europe Accelerator booster call 2021-1.2.2-EU_KKV; Call for proposals to foster Hungarian participation in the Horizon Europe programme and other joint programmes of the European Union 2021-1.2.3-EU_KP; Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures 2021-4.1.2-NEMZ_KI; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian-Turkish cooperation 2022-1.2.6-TÉT-IPARI-TR; Support for summer internships for Hungarian students studying abroad 2022-1.2.3-GYAK; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian–Uzbek cooperation 2022-1.2.2-TÉT-IPARI-UZ; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian–Korean cooperation 2022-1.2.5-TÉT-IPARI-KR |
6,00 | International programmes Call for proposals to foster Hungarian participation in the Horizon Europe programme and other joint programmes of the European Union 2021-1.2.3-EU_KP; Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures 2021-4.1.2-NEMZ_KI; Support to bilateral science and technology (S&T) cooperations; Support for Hungarian participation in the EUREKA programme 2022-1.2.4-EUREKA; Support for participation in the Horizon Europe Key Digital Technologies (KDT) partnership 2022-1.2.8-KDT |
6,10 | |
Investment in the future Fund Investment in the future 2020-1.1.6-JÖVŐ |
7,00 | Centres of excellence Establishing and developing centres of excellence 2022-1.1.1-KK |
20,70 | Incubator Support Scheme (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
5,00 | |
Development of an applied research network Participation in the National Network of Applied Research Institutes 2021-1.1.2-AKH |
1,63 | Startup Programme Startup Programme 2022-1.1.2-STARTUP |
4,06 | Research Excellence ‘Proof of Concept’ Programme (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
3,00 | |
University Innovation Ecosystema University Innovation Ecosystema 2019-1.2.1-EGYETEMI ÖKO |
4,00 | |||||
KKV Start programme KKV Start Innovation 2020-1.1.1-KKV START |
12,00 | |||||
Research Sub-fund 2021-2023 |
Thematic Excellence Programme (National-Health-Defence) Thematic Excellence Programme 2021 TKP2021 |
75,00 | ||||
New National Excellence Programme | 0,600 | New National Excellence Programme | 0,828 | New National Excellence Programme | 0,710 | |
Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Undergraduate Students ÚNKP-21-1 |
Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Undergraduate Students ÚNKP-22-1 |
Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Undergraduate Students ÚNKP-23-1 |
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Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Graduate Students ÚNKP-21-2 |
Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Graduate Students ÚNKP-22-2 |
Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Graduate Students ÚNKP-23-2 |
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Call for Research Scholarship Applications for PhD Students ÚNKP-21-3 |
1,00 | Call for Research Scholarship Applications for PhD Students ÚNKP-22-3 |
1,20 | Call for Research Scholarship Applications for PhD Students ÚNKP-23-3 |
1,029 | |
“Power Up Science!” Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Doctoral Candidate sand ÚNKP-21-4 |
0,832 | “Power Up Science!” Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Doctoral Candidate sand ÚNKP-22-4 |
1,052 | “Power Up Science!” Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Doctoral Candidate sand ÚNKP-23-4 |
0,902 | |
Call for Scholarship Applications for Bolyai+ Higher Education Teachers and Researchers ÚNKP-21-5 |
1,40 | Call for Scholarship Applications for Bolyai+ Higher Education Teachers and Researchers ÚNKP-22-5 |
0,70 | Call for Scholarship Applications for Bolyai+ Higher Education Teachers and Researchers ÚNKP-23-5 | 0,60 | |
“Power up your Talent!” Call for Research Scholarship Applications for New Higher Education Students ÚNKP-21-6 |
0,168 | “Power up your Talent!” Call for Research Scholarship Applications for New Higher Education Students ÚNKP-22-6 |
0,220 | “Power up your Talent!” Call for Research Scholarship Applications for New Higher Education Students ÚNKP-23-6 |
0,189 | |
Cooperative Doctoral Programme Cooperative Doctoral Programme KDP-2021 |
4,894 | Cooperative Doctoral Programme Cooperative Doctoral Programme KDP-2021 |
2,832 | Cooperative Doctoral Programme Cooperative Doctoral Programme KDP-2023 |
5,070 | |
Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects (OTKA) PD_21, FK_21, K_21, ANN_21, SNN_21 |
12,90 | Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects (OTKA) PD_22, FK_22, K_22, ANN_22, SNN_22 |
13,50 | Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects (OTKA) PD_23, FK_23, K_23, SNN_23 |
13,50 | |
Forefront – Research Excellence Programme Forefront – Research Excellence Programme KKP_21 |
3,00 | Forefront – Research Excellence Programme Forefront – Research Excellence Programme KKP_22 |
3,00 | Forefront Plus – Research Excellence Programme (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
5,00 | |
Patronage Programme Science Patronage Programme MEC_21 |
1,00 | Building the Selye János Student Lab network Building the Selye János Student Lab network 2022-3.1.1-DIÁKLABOR |
2,00 | |||
National Laboratories Sub-fund 2022 |
National Laboratories Establishment and complex development of the National Laboratories 2022-2.1.1-NL |
26,60 |