Relations with bilateral intergovernmental agreements: Austrian, Croatian, Serbian, French.

In each relation, the partners develop a joint project for the call for proposals launched by the NRDI Office and the funding organisation of the foreign target country, which Hungarian applicants submit to the NRDI Office and foreign partners to the funding institution of their own country. In these relations, the call identifies targeted thematic areas.

Submission of project proposals

To submit an application, log in to the Participant Portal (Pályázati e-ügyintézés) at www.palyazat.gov.hu and complete the online application form. The finalised application form must be submitted together with a duly signed statement verifying the electronic submission of the application, in line with the Application Guidelines.

• Calls for proposals may be submitted for the French relation, until 12:00 p.m. on 17 November 2023
• For the Austrian and Croatian relations, until 12:00 p.m. on 24 November 2023
• For the Serbian relation, until 04:00 p.m. on 30 November 2023

Eligible applicants

This call is open only to individual applicants.

The call is open to legal entities with registered seat in Hungary or with registered seat in the European Economic Area and a branch office in Hungary, more specifically:

• Businesses with legal personality, non-profit companies and other economic organisations, provided that they have at least one completed and approved business year, maintain double-entry accounting
• Denominational or private higher education institutions accredited by the state, qualifying as research and knowledge-dissemination organisations under Article 2(83) of Council Regulation 651/2014/EU;
• Budgetary organs and budgetary entities, qualifying as research and knowledge-dissemination organisations under Article 2(83) of Council Regulation 651/2014/EU.

Description of eligible activities

The following activities related to researcher mobility are eligible under the grant application:

• a researcher/student travelling abroad on behalf of the Hungarian party to a given region,
• the stay of a researcher/student travelling abroad on behalf of the Hungarian party,
• a researcher/student travelling on behalf of the Hungarian party within a given country in connection with the project,
• project-related activities to disseminate the results achieved:
  Beneficiaries are required to inform the public about the purpose and benefits of the project for which they have received funding, and the results achieved in the second half of the period. Dissemination of the project results can be done, for example, through technical and scientific conferences, scientific and technical journals, open-access repositories, or open and free source software.
• participation in an international conference (a prestigious event in the field of the project to be held in Hungary, in the partner country or in another country).

Duration of the project

Timeframe for project implementation: minimum 12 months, maximum 24 months

The implementation of the project cannot start before 1 March 2024 for the French relation and 1 July 2024 for the Austrian, Croatian and Serbian relations.

Total budget and maximum amount of funding

Total available budget: HUF 110 million, of which 30 million are budgeted for each of the Austrian, Croatian and Serbian relations and HUF 20 million for the French relation.

Amount of non-refundable funding per project:

• for partner institutions within Europe, in a country neighbouring Hungary: HUF 3 million,
• for partner institutions within Europe, in a country not neighbouring Hungary: HUF 4 million.