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Call for thematic research projects based on Hungarian–Austrian cooperation or Hungarian–Slovenian cooperation
Date of announcement: 20 december 2019
Modified:
Next deadline for submission:
Deadline for E-submission: 24 february 2020 16:00
24 february 2020
Deadline for application via post office: 2 March 2020
Submitter of proposal
Budgetary institution, Enterprise, Non-profit organisation
Beneficiary groups
Institution of higher education, Other budgetary research institution, Enterprise-based research organisation, Non-profit research organisation, Institution of the Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH)
Budget
HUF 6 600 000 000
Number of applications
150-170
Funds available per project
ANN: HUF 48 M, SNN: HUF 36 M
Project duration
ANN: max. 4 years, SNN: max. 3 years
Field of research activity
Fundamental research
Evaluator of proposals
NRDI Office
The call aims to further improve Hungarian scientific excellence by promoting talented researchers and their research projects. As a priority objective, the call is to promote cooperation between domestic research groups and their foreign partners, strengthen the international embeddedness of Hungarian science, and increase the international recognition of domestic researchers and research institutions.

Available budget

In the period 2020-2024, the NRDI Office allocates a combined budget of HUF 6.6 billion for the sub-programme of the thematic research projects (K_20) and the sub-programmes of thematic research projects based on Hungarian–Austrian or Hungarian–Slovenian bilateral cooperation (ANN_20 and SNN_20) from the NRDI Fund.

Amount of funding

According to the call, no more than HUF 48 million for maximum 48 months can be requested in the case of Hungarian–Austrian projects (ANN_20) and HUF 36 million maximum 36 months in the case of Hungarian–Slovenian projects (SNN_20). If the duration of the project is shorter, requested funding should be decreased on a pro rata temporis basis.

Duration of the project

The maximum project duration is 36 or 48 months respectively, depending on the concerned relation. Projects shall commence between 1 September and 1 December 2020. The earliest date for reporting costs is the project start date specified in the funding agreement.

Submission of applications

Complying with its legal obligation, the NRDI Office enables applicants to submit their applications exclusively electronically. In this case, the documents required in Point “J” of the call to be submitted by regular mail / with electronic signature must be signed electronically as specified in Point “J” of the call and attached to the application on the Online Application Portal by the deadline for electronic submission, that is, by 24 February 2020 at 16:00 (CET).

Please note that all documents required to be submitted by regular mail/with electronic signature must be submitted in the same way, that is, all documents must be submitted to the NRDI Office either by regular mail or electronically provided with electronic signature.

In the case of regular mail, the submission is successful if the proposal was finalised electronically by the applicant and approved by the head of the host institution by the deadline for E-submission, and the documents required in Point “J” of the call were submitted by regular mail to the Customer Service of the NRDI Office by the deadline. In the case of electronic submission, the submission is successful if the proposal was finalised electronically by the applicant and approved by the head of the host institution by the deadline for E-submission, and the electronically signed versions of the documents required in Point “J” of the call were submitted by regular mail / with electronic signature through the Online Application Portal.

All applications must be submitted in English irrespective of the field of science.

Submission and evaluation of the project proposals are governed by the Lead Agency system: if the funding requested by the Hungarian party exceeds the funding requested by the Austrian or Slovenian collaborative partner, evaluation is performed by the NRDI Office. If the foreign partner requests higher amount of funding, the proposal is to be submitted and evaluated by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) or the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS), depending on the concerned relation.

Eligible applicants

Principal investigators can apply jointly with the host institution which has to be a Hungarian based

  • higher education institution, research centre, research institution, budgetary organ or an institution thereof having legal personality if it qualifies as a research organisation under the law;
  • business company which has at least two completed business years, maintains double-entry accounting and is not subject to small taxpayers’ itemized lump sum tax (KATA), if engaged in R&D activities; or
  • non-profit organisation if it qualifies as a research organisation under the law.

Throughout the entire implementation period the principal investigator shall be a worker of the host institution under an employment contract, civil service contract, works contract or other contract aimed at performing work.

No more than one proposal can be submitted to this call, and FK_20 or PD_20 proposals are not allowed in parallel. Current KKP grantees are not eligible either.

Eligible objectives and actions

Project proposals can cover discovery research in any fields of science, regardless of thematic priority, if otherwise the application meets the conditions laid down in the call. All activities are eligible that are performed by the participating domestic researcher(s) or research group(s) in order to attain the primary goals set out in the discovery research plan submitted to the NRDI Office and elaborated on the basis of the research and work plan outlined in the call for thematic research projects based on international cooperation.

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.

Winners of the thematic research project proposals based on Hungarian–Austrian or Hungarian–Slovenian international cooperation (ANN_20, SNN_20)
From the call titled Thematic research projects based on Hungarian–Austrian cooperation or Hungarian–Slovenian cooperation 10 project proposals won a total funding of HUF 388 million.

As for proposals based on cooperation with Austrian (ANN_20) and Slovenian partners (SNN_20) evaluated by the NRDI Office, after the respective approval of the co-funding organisations, a total HUF 144,0 million in funding was awarded for 3 projects under the first, and total HUF 243.8 million for 7 proposals under the latter.


Number of submitted proposals
(pcs)
Number of funded projects
(pcs)
Total amount claimed
(in HUF thousands)
Total amount awarded
(in HUF thousands)
ANN_20
14
3
646 184 143 964
SNN_20 31
7
1 096 320 243 777
SUM
45
10
1 742 504 387 741


FUNDED PROJECTS ANN_20

Támogató: Ministry for Innovation and Technology
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 26 August 2020

Evaluation panel
Project code Principal investigator/Project title/Research organisation Project period
(month)
Amount of awarded funds
(in HUF thousands)
International cooperation panel 134433 Péter Németh: Cryogenic cave carbonates (Research Center of Natural Sciences) 48 47 996
International cooperation panel 135107 György Vámosi: Studying novel forms of interleukin receptor signaling: from single molecule resolution to the genomic level (University of Debrecen) 48 48 000
International cooperation panel 135291 Attila Szűcs: Activity-dependent differentiation and fate-determination of induced human neurons (Eötvös Loránd University) 48 47 968


FUNDED PROJECTS SNN_20

Támogató: Ministry for Innovation and Technology
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 26 August 2020

Evaluation panel
Project code Principal investigator/Project title/Research organisation Project period
(month)
Amount of awarded funds
(in HUF thousands)
International cooperation panel 134497 Viktória Venglovecz: Significance of exocrine-endocrine pancreatic interactions in health and disease (University of Szeged) 36 35 706
International cooperation panel 134635 Zoltán Czajlik: Early Iron Age Land Use between the Alps and the Danube; comparative landscape archaeological analyses of Süttő and Poštela site-complexes (Eötvös Loránd University) 36 35 975
International cooperation panel 135335 György Ferenczy: A COVALENT APPROACH AGAINST ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE (Research Center of Natural Sciences) 36 34 698
International cooperation panel 135636 György Vankó: Developing tender X-ray spectroscopy probes to tackle problems in materials science and ultrafast science (Wigner Research Centre for Physics) 36 35 874
International cooperation panel 135643 Gábor Tardos: Graph Theory and Combinatorial Scientific Computing (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics) 36 35 164
International cooperation panel 135825 Petra Dunkel: Photochemistry toolbox for discovery of advanced ATP-competitive chemical probes with Topoisomerase IIalpha inhibitory activity (Semmelweis University) 36 36 000
International cooperation panel 135918 Zoltán Kónya: Synthesis and Application of Visible Light-Responsive Π-Conjugated Polymer–Semiconducting Oxide Nanoassemblies for Photocatalytic Detoxification of Wastewaters (University of Szeged) 36 30 360
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Funded projects: Hungarian–Slovenian Lead Agency cooperation
In the framework of the Lead Agency agreement concluded on 4 April 2014 between the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) and the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), and continued by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office as the legal successor of OTKA, this year Hungarian–Slovenian research groups had the opportunity to get funding for joint basic research projects under the Call for Thematic research project proposals based on Hungarian–Austrian and Hungarian–Slovenian international cooperation (ANN_20, SNN_20).

The proposals are submitted and assessed in accordance with the Lead Agency principle: if the amount requested by the Hungarian partner exceeds the amount requested by the Slovenian partner, the assessment is carried out by the NRDI Office. If, however, the foreign partner requests more funding, the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) receives and evaluates the joint project proposal. Any funding from the NRDI Fund is subject to the decision of the minister for science policy coordination (hereinafter: “Sponsor”), so even if a Hungarian partner is assessed positively by ARRS, the approval of the Sponsor is still needed for the joint project to be funded.

Based on the proposal by the Slovenian Research Agency (ARRS) as evaluating Lead Agency and the decision of the Hungarian Sponsor dated 10 September 2020, two thematic research projects implemented in Hungarian–Slovenian cooperation (SNN_20) have been selected for funding.

FUNDED PROJECTS

Funding organisation: Ministry for Innovation and Technology
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 10 September 2020

Projekt azonosító száma
Vezeto kutató/Projekt címe/Kutatóhely
Futamido
(hó)
Odaítélt támogatás
(EFt)
134368 Benczúr András: Mesterséges Intelligencia módszerek építményszerkezetek modellezésében (Számítástechnikai és Automatizálási Kutatóintézet) 36 35 994
134356 Stefan Toepfer: ARRS Lead Agency: »FunContrAPest: Novel Fungal proteins for biopesticidial Control of challenging invasive alien Agricultural Pests« (Szent István Egyetem) 36 33 000

The results of the other research projects implemented in Hungarian–Slovenian cooperation, that are assessed by the NRDI Office:
Winners of the thematic research project proposals based on Hungarian–Austrian or Hungarian–Slovenian international cooperation (ANN_20, SNN_20)

Updated: 26 October 2020
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Funded projects: Hungarian–Austrian Lead Agency cooperation
In the framework of the Lead Agency agreement concluded on 10 April 2012 between the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA), and continued by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office as the legal successor of OTKA, this year Hungarian–Austrian research groups had the opportunity to get funding for joint basic research projects under the Call for thematic research projects implemented in international Hungarian–Austrian or Hungarian–Slovenian cooperation (ANN_20, SNN_20).

The proposals are submitted and assessed in accordance with the Lead Agency principle: if the amount requested by the Hungarian partner exceeds the amount requested by the Austrian partner, the assessment is carried out by the NRDI Office. If, however, the foreign partner requests more funding, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) receives and evaluates the joint project proposal. Any funding from the NRDI Fund is subject to the decision of the minister for science policy coordination (hereinafter: “Sponsor”), so even if a Hungarian partner is assessed positively by FWF, the approval of the Sponsor is still needed for the joint project to be funded.

Based on the proposal by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) as evaluating Lead Agency and the decision of the Hungarian Sponsor dated 25 August 2020, two thematic research projects implemented in Hungarian–Austrian cooperation (ANN_20) have been selected for funding.

The results of the other research projects implemented in Hungarian–Austrian cooperation, that are assessed by the NRDI Office, is expected to be announced later, following the decision of the Austrian co-financing partner organisation.

FUNDED PROJECTS ANN_20

Funding organisation: Ministry for Innovation and Technology
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 25 August 2020

Project code
Principal investigator/Project title/Research organisation
Project period
(month)
Amount of awarded funds
(in HUF thousands)
135082 Tibor Erős: Functioning of vertebrate metacommunities in dynamic riverine landscapes: an innovative approach using eDNA metabarcoding (Centre for Ecological Research) 48 47 903
135606 Gábor Rétvári: Dependable Dataplane for the Cloud (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) 48 48 000

Based on the proposal by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) as evaluating Lead Agency and the decision of the Hungarian Sponsor dated 14 October 2020, one thematic research project implemented in Hungarian–Austrian cooperation (ANN_20) has been selected for funding.

FUNDED PROJECTS ANN_20

Funding organisation: Ministry for Innovation and Technology
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 14 October 2020

Project code
Principal investigator/Project title/Research organisation
Project period
(month)
Amount of awarded funds
(in HUF thousands)
136027 Nagy István: A gyulladásos hő hiperalgézia kialkulása: a mitogén és stressz aktivált kináz 1 szerepe az elsődleges érző idegsejtekeben (Debreceni Egyetem) 48 47 998

The results of the other research projects implemented in Hungarian–Austrian cooperation, that are assessed by the NRDI Office:
Winners of the thematic research project proposals based on Hungarian–Austrian or Hungarian–Slovenian international cooperation (ANN_20, SNN_20)

Updated: 26 October 2020
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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)
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
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
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    
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