Submission of proposals
To submit a proposal, log in to the Participant Portal (Pályázati e-ügyintézés) at www.palyazat.gov.hu and complete the online application form. The finalised proposal must be submitted together with a duly signed statement verifying the electronic submission of the proposal, in line with the Guidelines.
Proposals can be submitted until 16:00 (CET) on 14 November 2024.
Eligible applicants
Under this call, BZN Ltd. is entitled to submit proposals for Sub-programme 'A', and only NIÜ Ltd. is entitled to submit proposals for Sub-programme 'B'.
Eligible activities
Activities eligible for funding independently:
In the case of Sub-programme 'A', support activities provided to SMEs by BZN Ltd. in the form of R&D services, which may be:
- RDI services for SMEs and/or,
- Prototyping for SMEs and/or,
- Asset development for SMEs and/or,
- Pilot development for SMEs.
In the case of Sub-programme 'B', support activities for SMEs in the form of innovation advisory and support services provided by service providers qualified by NIÜ Ltd., which may be:
- Innovation advice for SMEs and/or,
- Innovation support services for SMEs and/or,
- Market feasibility advice for SMEs on innovations and/or,
- Support services for SMEs to help innovations reach the market.
Activities not eligible for funding independently:
I. Coordinating activities
“Coordinating activities” may include the following activities within the framework of the development of the sub-funding procedure, the implementation of the application procedure and directly related activities:
- Preparation and, if necessary, updating of a process description
- Preparation of a call for proposals template
- Prepartion of a decision template
- Publication of a call for proposals
- Preparation of a decision on acceptance template (financial conditions and acceptance of proposal)
- Preparation of declaration templates (adopted and supplementary)
- Preparation of a report template on monthly consultation
- Setting up and running a call centre service
- Compilation of FAQs to support the call centre
- Design of the call and online image
- Setting up and running a technical coordination team
- Publication of the call for proposals
- Preparation of an operations manual
- Design of a training schedule
- Setting up and running a review panel to assist in the selection process
- Preparation of a template for progress report and handover report
- Preparation of a template for the final report on project implementation
- Web access design
- Awareness raising
- Procurement of materials related to the coordinating activities
- Procurement of other services related to the coordinating activities
- Professional, methodological and IT developments necessary for the implementation of the project
- Auditing
- Communication and marketing activities carried out in line with the objectives of the programme
- Project management activities for the successful implementation of the programme.
Duration of the project
Implementation period is minimum 24 months, maximum 60 months.
Total budget and maximum amount of funding
The total budget available is HUF 2.5 billion, of which
- Sub-programme 'A' is up to HUF 2 billion,
- Sub-programme 'B' is up to HUF 0.5 billion.
Customer service contacts:
email: nkfialap@nkfih.gov.hu
phone: +36 (1) 795 9500
Personal appointments (pree-booked only): H-1077 Budapest, Kéthly Anna sq. 1. (2nd floor)
Customer Service hours of operation: Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m to 4 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 12.00 a.m.
For the priority call 2024-1.3.1-AK_INNOV, 2 applications were received until 12 November 2024, with funding request of HUF 2.5 billion in total. Applications for funding were evaluated by external expert reviewers, then the Innovation Board and the President of the NRDI Office made a proposal to the Funder to fund 2 projects worth HUF 2.5 billion.
Based on the decision of the Funder, 2 projects will receive a total of HUF 2,500,000,000 in non-refundable funding from the NRDI Fund.
FUNDED PROJECTS
Funding organisation: Ministry of Culture and Innovation
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 10 December 2024
|
Project code |
Name of applicant |
Project title |
Amount of awarded funds (HUF) |
Total eligible project costs (HUF) |
Site of implementation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-1.3.1-AK_INNOV-2024-00001 | Bay Zoltán Alkalmazott Kutatási Közhasznú Nonprofit Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | Kis-és középvállalkozások számára elérhető K+F+I tevékenységek nyújtása új, termékek, technológiák, szolgáltatások, illetve ezek prototípusainak kifejlesztéséhez (BAY KFI szolgáltatás-voucher) | 2 000 000 000 | 2 000 000 000 | 1116 Budapest, Kondorfa utca 1. |
| 2024-1.3.1-AK_INNOV-2024-00002 | Nemzeti Innovációs Ügynökség Nonprofit Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság | Vállalkozások innovációs tevékenységének támogatása |
500 000 000 | 500 000 000 | 1077 Budapest, Kéthly Anna tér 1. |
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