The EXCELLENCE sub-programme of the National Research Excellence Programme, announced on 14 March 2025 under the management of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office), aims to provide preparation opportunities for researchers who have recently demonstrated their standing among the international scientific elite with recent achievements in prestigious international funding programmes, to help them succeed in programmes announced by the European Research Council (ERC).
Between 1 March 2025 and 31 August 2025, five funding applications were submitted to the call, with a total funding request of HUF 878,998,000. The Research Council of Hungary, taking into account the ERC project proposal and the evaluations received from its reviewers, made recommendations for the projects to be supported. Based on Section 14 (2) f) of KIM Instruction 1/2025 (II. 27.) on the Rules of Organisation and Operation of the NRDI Office, the Scientific Co-President of the NRDI Office makes the funding decision regarding the Research Sub-fund of the NRDI Fund, in line with the approved programme strategy.
The funding decision was made by the Scientific Co-President of the NRDI Office, under which 5 outstanding research project proposals will receive a total of HUF 700,000,000 in non-refundable funding from the NRDI Fund
FUNDED PROJECTS
Funding organisation: Ministry of Culture and Innovation
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 16 September 2025
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Project code |
Name of applicant |
Name of the host institution | Project title | Amount of awarded funds (HUF) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152225 | Halm Tamás András | ELTE Nyelvtudományi Kutatóközpont | Grammatikalitás, nyelvtan és redukált mondatok a kollokviális regiszterekben | 100 000 000 |
| 153229 | Mátyus Edit | Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem/Kémiai Intézet | Relativisztikus kvantumelektrodinamikai fejlesztések molekuláris kvantumállapotok számításához | 160 000 000 |
| 153721 | Welker Ervin | HUN-REN Természettudományi Kutatóközpont/Molekuláris Élettudományi Intézet | Új géneditáló eszközök fejlesztése | 200 000 000 |
| 153976 | Groma István | HUN-REN Wigner Fizikai Kutatóközpont | Lavinák kontrollálása- Egy új módszer a plasztikus instabilitások kezelésére | 80 000 000 |
| 154070 | Littvay Levente | ELTE Társadalomtudományi Kutatóközpont | A megismerhetetlen megkérdezése: közvélemény-kutatás mesterséges intelligenciával | 160 000 000 |