The aim of this call for proposals, funded by the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, is to support the participation of the Hungarian entrepreneurial sector, in particular innovative SMEs, in the EUROSTARS - European Partnership on Innovative SMEs, which promotes international RDI cooperation, and through this:
- boost the competitiveness of Hungarian businesses;
- enhance Hungarian participation at the international level;
- stimulate R&D cooperation between researchers and businesses by supporting innovative near-market projects resulting in the development of a prototype, new product, technology or service;
- promote the domestic utilisation of participation in international RDI projects.
Submission of proposals
Project proposals should be submitted online, by logging in and completing the online application form on the Participant Portal (Egységes Beléptető Felület) at www.palyazat.gov.hu. The finalised proposal must be submitted together with a duly signed (authenticated) statement verifying the electronic submission of the application, in line with the Application Guidelines.
Applications are accepted electronically from the official opening of the online application form until 12.00 CET on 5 September 2025.
Eligible applicants
To be eligible to submit a proposal for the national call, the applicant must be a consortium leader or partner in a project approved by the Eureka High Level Group following a Eurostars Member State commitment following an international evaluation organised by the Eureka Secretariat. Hungarian partners participating in the same international Eurostars project must apply as a consortium to receive national funding.
Legal entities with registered seat in Hungary or with registered seat in the European Economic Area and a branch office in Hungary, more specifically:
- business companies, non-profit companies and other economic organisations specified in the call, provided that they have at least two completed business years, 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.
Eligible project objectives
- activities eligible for funding independently: applied (industrial) research, experimental development;
- activities not eligible independently: activities related to the publicity, coordination, marketing, IP protection of the project, activities related to travel, purchase of equipment, purchase of intangible assets.
Total budget
- The total budget of the call is HUF 397,500,000 .
Maximum funding per project:
- The amount of funding per project is HUF 99,375,000.
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)
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The aim of this call for proposals is to support the participation of the Hungarian entrepreneurial sector, in particular innovative SMEs, in the EUROSTARS - European Partnership on Innovative SMEs, which promotes international RDI cooperation.
By the deadline six proposals were received with a funding request of HUF 388,208,488. Based on the decision of the Funder, 6 project will receive a total of HUF 388,006,448 in non-refundable funding from the NRDI Fund.
Amount of funding refers to the amount granted from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund i.e. the national part of funding only.
FUNDED PROJECTS
Funding organisation: Ministry of Culture and Innovation
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 17 December 2024
| Project code |
Name of applicant |
Project title |
Amount of awarded funds (HUF) |
Total eligible project costs (HUF) |
Site of implementation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-1.2.7-EUROSTARS-2024-00001 | HCEMM Nonprofit Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság Labmagister Oktató és Kutató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság |
Teranosztikumok a hiperinflammatorikus szindróma monitorozására és kezelésére | 73 534 125 | 105 656 768 | 1094 Budapest, Tűzoltó utca 37-47. |
| 2024-1.2.7-EUROSTARS-2024-00002 | CYCLOLAB, Ciklodextrin Kutató-Fejlesztő Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | Forskolin fermentáció optimalizálása ciklodextrinek segítségével | 46 701 523 | 81 610 350 | 1097 Budapest, Illatos út 7 |
| 2024-1.2.7-EUROSTARS-2024-00003 | Oncompass Medicine Hungary Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság Genomate Health Hungary Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság |
Precíziós Onkológiai Platform Genomi Zajszűréssel | 63 641 961 | 104 262 715 | 1021 Budapest, Hűvösvölgyi út 20. Fsz. 4. ajtó |
| 2024-1.2.7-EUROSTARS-2024-00004 | RESYSTEN HUNGARY Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | ICT applications to CONquer optimal QUality of AIR in long-term caresettings | 73 534 125 | 127 272 805 | 2045 Törökbálint, Tópark utca 3 |
| 2024-1.2.7-EUROSTARS-2024-00005 | SEARCH-LAB Biztonsági Értékelő Elemző és Kutató Laboratórium Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | CH4SCOUT | 73 332 073 | 136 587 680 | 1117 Budapest, Budafoki út 187-189 |
| 2024-1.2.7-EUROSTARS-2024-00006 | ABZ Innovation Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | Teljesen autonóm precíziós mezőgazdasági drón technológia kutatása és fejlesztése | 57 262 641 | 125 082 222 | 2000 Szentendre, Kalászi út 3 |
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