The University Research Scholarship Programme (EKÖP) and, as part of it, the Cooperative Doctoral Programme (EKÖP-KDP) aim to contribute to the growth of the next generation of researchers and creative artists in Hungary by supporting individual excellence and to help doctoral students to achieve their goals who are working on research and development projects that promise concrete practical applications in a university-business cooperation.

The Research Grant Hungary call for proposals, managed by the NRDI Office and launched on 23 May 2024 by the Ministry of Culture and Innovation aims primarily to encourage excellent researchers at their most dynamic creative stage, who are at the forefront of international science and who, as leading researchers in their field, contribute to Hungary’s emergence as a research, development and innovation hub of the region by implementing promising research projects. The programme further seeks to attract to Hungary researchers from the leading international scientific communities working in the industries related to the focus area innovation projects.

Managed by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office), the National Research Excellence Programme announced on 14 May 2024 aims to strengthen researcher creativity and excellence by supporting the implementation of promising research projects initiated by researchers, which are expected to produce outstanding scientific results on a global scale, thus increasing the recognition of Hungarian researchers and research results. The key objective of the international cooperation sub-programmes (ANN_24, SNN_24) is to encourage the cooperation between Hungarian research groups and foreign collaborative partners, thus strengthening the international embeddedness of Hungarian science.