Ministry of Culture and Innovation has announced, through the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, an open call for applications under the title Cooperative Doctoral Programme Doctoral Scholarship (hereinafter referred to as the CDP) to be financed from the National Development and Innovation Fund.

The aim of the CDP is to further increase the number of employees working in the RDI segment, primarily in the broader STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, agriculture, medicine, health and arts), who want to enrich their professional knowledge with the latest scientific research and are committed to the social and economic exploitation of their knowledge. To this end, the doctoral students participating in the programme will do their doctoral research at the doctoral school but in collaboration with the business sector.

The CDP offers funding to those who, in addition to their doctoral studies, carry out research outside higher education that promotes the practical application of their scientific results.

Altogether 314 applications were submitted in the application period. After assessment against the formal requirements, 252 were sent on for peer review.

As a result of the professional review of the applications received, 150 applicants from 17 higher education institutions will be awarded scholarship, based on the recommendation of the Cooperative Doctoral Panel, and the approval of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation. The total awarded amount reached HUF 4,007,400,000, distributed among the grantees, the supervisors, the experts and the doctoral schools involved in the projects.

Cooperative Doctoral Programme
Doctoral Scholarship 2023 call for applications institutional decision list

Funding organisation: Ministry of Culture and Innovation
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 11 December 2023