Submission of proposals:

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

The declaration must be signed (authenticated) as follows:

1. provided with qualified electronic signature or qualified certificate-based electronic signature of at least advanced security level, or
2. the declaration must be authenticated using the ePaper service.

The ePaper service is available free of charge, but requires electronic identification (e.g. ClientGate+ registration or DÁP ID). The ePaper service is available at the following link: https://epapir.gov.hu/

Please make sure to carefully review our guide on the authentication procedure (Guide to electronic authentication of project proposals submitted to the NRDI Office using the ePaper service), which is available under the “Download proposal documents” section of this Call.

After applying an electronic signature or using the ePaper service:

1. attach to the finalised proposal a declaration provided with a qualified electronic signature or authenticated using the ePaper service, and then
2. submit the proposal in accordance with the instructions in the online form.

Proposals can only be submitted via the Participant Portal, and neither the proposal form nor the declaration need to be submitted in hard copies to the NRDI Office.

Proposals can be submitted (electronically) once the online form becomes active.

A notice regarding the activation of the online form will be published on www.nkfih.gov.hu.

Following the activation of the application form, funding applications may be submitted on a rolling basis.

Proposals received by the following deadlines will be assessed together:
09 May 2025
30 June 2025
29 August 2025
31 October 2025
19 December 2025 12:00 (CET).

Eligible applicants

1. private individuals with residence in Hungary; and
2. legal entities with registered seat in Hungary or with registered seat in the European Economic Area and a branch office in Hungary, more specifically:
   1. Businesses with or without legal personality, non-profit business companies (GFO: 113, 114, 116, 117, 121, 124, 129, 141, 231, 572, 573);
   2. Budgetary organs and budgetary entities (GFO: 311, 312, 322, 341, 342, 381, 382);
   3. Non-profit and other non-business organisations (GFO: 551, 552, 559, 562, 563, 569, 599, 931).

Under this Call, no proposal may be submitted and the applicant is not eligible for support if funding has already been awarded for the same subject of industrial property protection related to the given activity under any of the following calls for proposals:

• Support of activities fostering the domestic and international protection of intellectual property with the aim of facilitating the utilisation of such intellectual property (call for proposals code: 2020-1.1.3-IPARJOG),
• Support of activities fostering the domestic and international protection of intellectual property with the aim of facilitating the utilisation of such intellectual property (call for proposals code: 2021-1.1.1-IPARJOG).

Basic information on funding

Under this Call, the maximum amount of aid that may be awarded to private individuals is the amount set out in the table in section 5 of this Call, for which they must submit itemised, ex-post accounts.

In the framework of this Call, a lump sum settlement of accounts applies to non-private individual applicants in accordance with point 7.3.3 of the Guidelines. In the case of flat-rate financing, the applicant may receive an amount of funding in accordance with the table in section 5 of the Call, for which no itemised ex-post accounts are required.

Eligible activities:

The following activities are eligible for funding in the programme:

1. Application for Hungarian patent, utility model or plant variety protection
2. Application according to the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
3. Commencing national/regional procedures under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
4. Validation of European patents
5. Application for domestic trademark registration
6. Application for EU trademark registration
7. Application for international trademark registration
8. Application for domestic design registration
9. Application for Community design registration

One applicant may receive funding for multiple activities, but as only one activity can be funded per application, the applicant will have to submit a separate application for each activity.

An applicant can apply for funding several times during the term of this Call, but may receive funding only once for an activity for the same type of protection.

In the same calendar year, one applicant may receive funding for the registration of up to five domestic, EU and international trademarks (i.e. under V. Application for domestic trademark registration, VI. Application for EU trademark registration, VII. Application for international trademark registration, combined).

Total budget and maximum amount of funding:

Total available budget: HUF 500 million.

Funding intensity is 100%.

Depending on the activity, the amount of funding that may be requested per funding proposal is up to HUF 7,500,000 for individuals, and between HUF 100,000 and HUF 7,500,000 for non-individuals.