The objectives of the call for applications to be funded from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund are: to promote in-depth exchange and cooperation between Hungarian and foreign research institutes, to establish an open and inclusive scientific research communication platform, to develop long-term, stable research partnerships, to jointly improve research capabilities, and to address global scientific challenges.
The partners develop a joint project for the call for applications launched by the NRDI Office and the funding organisation of the Chinese party, which Hungarian applicants will submit to the NRDI Office and foreign partners to the funding institution of their own country.
Submission of applications
To submit an application for funding, log in to the single access point entitled “Egységes Beléptető Felület” 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.
Applications for funding are accepted (electronically) from the official opening of the online application form until the following deadline: 30 June 2025, 16:00 CET.
Eligible applicants
This call is open only to individual applicants.
This call is open to legal entities with registered office in Hungary or with registered office in the European Economic Area and a branch office in Hungary, more specifically:
- non-profit companies as defined in the call, provided that they have at least two completed business years, maintain double-entry accounting and are considered as research and knowledge-dissemination organisations under Article 1(83) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014,
- 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 single trip or multiple trips to and stay in China for a minimum of 5 researchers/students representing the Hungarian party
- organisation of an international event showcasing the results of the cooperation
Duration of the project
The time available for the implementation of the project is exactly 24 months.
The implementation of the projects cannot start before 1 September 2025.
Total budget and maximum amount of funding
Total available budget: HUF 50 million
Amount of non-refundable funding per application: HUF 10 million.
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)
Customer Service hours of operation: Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m to 4 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 12.00 a.m.
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