- Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership (ECSEL)
Participation in this programme contributes to reaching the national R&D targets determined in the EU 2020 strategy, to the coordination of the national R&D programmes of member states and thus to the more efficient utilisation of EU funds spent on research and development. The concentration of funds facilitate the implementation of large-scale research programmes which are, on the one hand, addressing important social problems, and, on the other hand, enhance the competitiveness of European industry.
The objective of the joint programme funded under the call
The Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership (ECSEL) programme promotes the development of reliable, environmentally friendly, smart and complex systems (capable of interaction with humans and other systems, and connecting the physical and virtual space) that meet the needs of society along the entire supply chain from microchips to finished products (car, aircraft) through the international cooperation of industrial actors (including SMEs) and non-profit research centres. Main thematic areas specified by the industry: micro- and nanoelectronics, embedded/cyber-physical systems and smart systems integration.
Deadline for submission
Submissions (electronically) are accepted continuously from the date of opening the online application template until 30 June 2021, no later than 16:00 (CET). Funding will be awarded as long as the budget lasts.
Eligible applicants
Legal entities with registered seat in Hungary or with registered seat in the European Economic Area and a branch office in Hungary may apply as specified below:
- business companies, non-profit companies and other economic organisations specified in the call, provided that they have at least 1 completed business year, maintain double-entry accounting and are not subject to the simplified entrepreneurial tax (EVA) or the small taxpayers’ itemized lump sum tax (KATA)
- 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.
Application may only be submitted by the Hungarian participants of an international consortium having applied for funding under various international calls in the ECSEL international programme and whose project has been recommended for funding in the international assessment system of the given call.
Eligible activities
In the case of projects to be implemented under a call of the given international programme, eligible activities are as follows.
- eligible for individual funding: discovery research, applied research, experimental development.
- not eligible for individual funding: activities related to the publicity, coordination, market access, intellectual property rights of the project, acquisition of material and immaterial assets.
Available funds
The NRDI Office has earmarked a total budget of HUF 350 million as domestic funding from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund.
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.
This funding scheme provides domestic funding required for participation in international collaborations in order to foster the participation of Hungarian organisations in the following joint programmes and initiatives financed partly under the EU H2020 framework programme and partly from member states contributions:
- Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership (ECSEL)
One proposal submitted by the deadline was assessed by an international panel of experts against the international assessment criteria of the programme. Based on the evaluations and ranking, the Innovation Board recommended the proposals for funding to the President of the NRDI Office. Awarded funding of the proposals is around HUF 344 million in total.
FUNDED PROJECTS
Funding organisation: Ministry for Innovation and Technology
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 10 November 2021
|
Project code |
Name of applicant |
Project title |
Amount of awarded funds (HUF) |
Total eligible project costs (HUF) |
Site of implementation (HUF) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2.1.3-NEMZ_ECSEL-2021-00008 | Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem | Magyar részvétel támogatása az AI-TWILIGHT H2020 ECSEL 101007319 projektben | 344 846 683 | 576 588 054 | 1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok körútja 2. |
| FAKT Hungária Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | |||||
| HUNGARO LUX LIGHT Világítóeszköz-gyártó, Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | |||||
| LightingLab Kalibrálólaboratórium Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság |
This funding scheme provides domestic funding required for participation in international collaborations in order to foster the participation of Hungarian organisations in the following joint programmes and initiatives financed partly under the EU H2020 framework programme and partly from member states contributions:
- Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership (ECSEL)
Proposals submitted by the deadline were assessed by an international panel of experts against the international assessment criteria of the programme. Based on the evaluations and ranking, the Innovation Board recommended each of the 3 proposals for funding to the President of the NRDI Office. Awarded funding of the proposals is around HUF 578,8 million in total.
FUNDED PROJECTS
Funding organisation: Ministry for Innovation and Technology
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 3 November 2020
|
Project code |
Name of applicant |
Project title |
Site of implementation |
Amount of awarded funds (HUF) |
Total eligible project costs (HUF) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2.1.3-NEMZ_ECSEL-2019-00005 | Energiatudományi Kutatóközpont |
Moore-trend az orvostechnikai innovációban (Moore4Medical) |
184 092 955 | 221 468 139 | 1121 Budapest, Konkoly Thege Miklós út 22-33. |
| Aedus Space Kft. | |||||
| 2019-2.1.3-NEMZ_ECSEL-2019-00006 | SEMILAB Félvezető Fizikai Laboratórium Zártkörűen működő Részvénytársaság | 2 nanométeres integrált áramköri technológiák | 182 973 902 | 731 895 646 | 1117 Budapest, Prielle Kornélia utca 4/A |
| 2019-2.1.3-NEMZ_ECSEL-2019-00007 | Budapesti Műszaki és Gazdaságtudományi Egyetem | Edge alapú Big Data feldolgozás és Mesterséges Intelligencia | 211 700 000 | 251 620 000 | 1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rakpart 3. |
| PCB Design Kutató és Fejlesztő Kft. |
- Electronic Components and Systems for European Leadership (ECSEL)
Proposals submitted by the deadline were assessed by an international panel of experts against the international assessment criteria of the programme. Based on the evaluations and ranking, the Innovation Board recommended each of the 4 proposals for funding to the President of the NRDI Office. Awarded funding of the proposals is around HUF 711,5 million in total.
FUNDED PROJECTS
Funding organisation: NRDI Office
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 14 November 2019
|
Project code |
Name of applicant |
Project title |
Site of implementation |
Amount of awarded funds (HUF) |
Total eligible project costs (HUF) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-2.1.3-NEMZ_ECSEL-2019-00001 | BUDAPESTI MŰSZAKI ÉS GAZDASÁGTUDOMÁNYI EGYETEM | A magyar részvétel biztosítása a CPS4EU H2020 ECSEL projekt megvalósításában | 1117 Budapest, Magyar tudósok körútja 2. | 58 237 693 | 58 237 693 |
| 2019-2.1.3-NEMZ_ECSEL-2019-00002 | SEMILAB Félvezető Fizikai Laboratórium Zártkörűen működő Részvénytársaság | Méréstechnikai fejlesztések az "Ipar 4.0" elektronikus komponensei és rendszerei számára | 1117 Budapest, Prielle Kornélia utca 4/A | 201 372 188 | 805 889 332 |
| 2019-2.1.3-NEMZ_ECSEL-2019-00003 | AITIA INTERNATIONAL Informatikai Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság |
Arrowhead Tools | 1039 Budapest, Czetz János utca 48-50 | 307 788 515 | 396 944 971 |
| BUDAPESTI MŰSZAKI ÉS GAZDASÁGTUDOMÁNYI EGYETEM | |||||
| evopro Innovation Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság IncQuery Labs Kutatás Fejlesztési Kft. | |||||
| 2019-2.1.3-NEMZ_ECSEL-2019-00004 | Infineon Technologies Cegléd Teljesítményfélvezetőket Gyártó Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | Power2Power | 2700 Cegléd, Ipartelepi út 3. | 144 194 596 | 720 165 967 |
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
The NRDI Fund’s Programme Strategy 2024 supports the implementation of the John von Neumann Programme, which focuses on connecting universities, research institutions and the economy. The priority objective of the Programme Strategy 2024 is to contribute to improving the Hungarian performance in the areas of human resources (number of researchers, number of PhD students, number of STEM students in higher education), number and share of innovator enterprises (number and share of SMEs implementing product and/or process innovation) and intellectual property (IP) (patents, trademarks, designs).
The table below shows the calls planned and launched under the NRDI Fund for the period 2021-2024 and their amounts, broken down by year.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
| NRDI budget (Bn HUF) |
189,844 | 89,838 | 63,779 | 176,263* | ||||
| Name of the scheme/ Call for proposal (2021) |
Budget (Bn HUF) |
Name of the scheme/ Call for proposal (2022) |
Budget (Bn HUF) |
Name of the scheme/ Call for proposal (2023) |
Budget (Bn HUF) |
Name of the scheme/ Call for proposal (2024) |
Budget (Bn HUF) |
|
| Innovation Sub-fund 2021-2024 |
Support for market-driven RDI projects Support for market-driven RDI projects 2020-1.1.2-PIACI KFI |
59,06 | Support for Innovation Projects in Focus Areas Support for Innovation Projects in Focus Areas 2023-1.1.1-PIACI_FÓKUSZ |
30,149 | SME Focal Area Innovation Programme SME Focal Area Innovation Programme 2024-1.1.1-KKV_FÓKUSZ |
50,00 | ||
| Fast track programme Fast track 2020-1.1.5-GYORSÍTÓSÁV |
3,00 | Fast track programme Fast track 2021-1.1.4-GYORSÍTÓSÁV |
12,85 | Fast track programme Fast Track 2023-1.1.2-GYORSÍTÓSÁV |
2,00 | Spin-off Programme: bringing research results to market Fast track 2023-1.1.2-GYORSÍTÓSÁV |
7,00 | |
| Intellectual property Support of activities fostering the domestic and international protection of intellectual property with the aim of facilitating the utilisation of such intellectual property 2020-1.1.3-IPARJOG, 2021-1.1.1-IPARJOG |
0,40 | Intellectual property Support of activities fostering the domestic and international protection of intellectual property with the aim of facilitating the utilisation of such intellectual property 2020-1.1.3-IPARJOG, 2021-1.1.1-IPARJOG |
0,40 | Intellectual property Support of activities fostering the domestic and international protection of intellectual property with the aim of facilitating the utilisation of such intellectual property 2020-1.1.3-IPARJOG, 2021-1.1.1-IPARJOG |
0,50 | Industrial property tender Support of activities fostering the domestic and international protection of intellectual property with the aim of facilitating the utilisation of such intellectual property 2020-1.1.3-IPARJOG, 2021-1.1.1-IPARJOG |
0,50 | |
| International programmes Support for participation in the ECSEL joint EU initiative 2019-2.1.3-NEMZ_ECSEL; Support for participation in joint EU initiatives 2019-2.1.2-NEMZ; Funding for Hungarian Summer Internship programmes for hungarian university students studying in the UK, Germany or Austria 2020-1.2.1-GYAK; Support for Hungarian participation in EIT KIC 2021-1.2.1-EIT-KIC; Support to bilateral science and technology (S&T) cooperations 2021-1.2.4-TÉT; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian–Russian cooperation 2021-1.2.5-TÉT-IPARI-RU; Call for proposals: Support of Hungarian organisations successfully participating in joint international ERA-NET COFUND and EJP COFUND programmes 2019-2.1.7-ERA-NET; Support for Hungarian participation in the EUREKA programme 2020-1.2.3-EUREKA; Horizon Europe Accelerator booster call 2021-1.2.2-EU_KKV; Call for proposals to foster Hungarian participation in the Horizon Europe programme and other joint programmes of the European Union 2021-1.2.3-EU_KP; Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures 2021-4.1.2-NEMZ_KI; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian–Moroccan cooperation 2021-1.2.6-TÉT-IPARI-MA |
3,50 | International programmes Call for proposals: Support of Hungarian organisations successfully participating in joint international ERA-NET COFUND and EJP COFUND programmes 2019-2.1.7-ERA-NET; Support for Hungarian participation in the EUREKA programme 2022-1.2.4-EUREKA; Horizon Europe Accelerator booster call 2021-1.2.2-EU_KKV; Call for proposals to foster Hungarian participation in the Horizon Europe programme and other joint programmes of the European Union 2021-1.2.3-EU_KP; Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures 2021-4.1.2-NEMZ_KI; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian-Turkish cooperation 2022-1.2.6-TÉT-IPARI-TR; Support for summer internships for Hungarian students studying abroad 2022-1.2.3-GYAK; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian–Uzbek cooperation 2022-1.2.2-TÉT-IPARI-UZ; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian–Korean cooperation 2022-1.2.5-TÉT-IPARI-KR |
6,00 | International programmes Call for proposals to foster Hungarian participation in the Horizon Europe programme and other joint programmes of the European Union 2021-1.2.3-EU_KP; Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures 2021-4.1.2-NEMZ_KI; Support to bilateral science and technology (S&T) cooperations; Support for Hungarian participation in the EUREKA programme 2022-1.2.4-EUREKA; Support for participation in the Horizon Europe Key Digital Technologies (KDT) partnership 2022-1.2.8-KDT; EUROSTARS: Support for Hungarian participation in the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs 2022-1.2.7-EUROSTARS; Call for proposals to support Hungarian organisations successfully participating in joint international calls for proposals of ERA-NET COFUND, EJPCOFUND and other multilateral programmes 2023-1.2.1-ERA-NET; Call for proposals to support Hungarian organisations successfully participating in the joint international calls for proposals of European Partnerships in Horizon Europe 2023-1.2.2-HE_PARTNERSÉG; Call for project proposals implemented in bilateral science and technology (S&T) cooperation 2023-1.2.4-TÉT |
6,10 | International programmes HU-rizon Programme 2024-1.2.3-HU-RIZONT; Call for project proposals implemented in bilateral science and technology (S&T) cooperation 2024-1.2.5-TÉT; Call for proposals to support Hungarian organisations successfully participating in joint international calls for proposals of ERA-NET COFUND, EJP COFUND and other multilateral programmes 2024-1.2.2-ERA_NET; Call for proposals to support Hungarian organisations successfully participating in the joint international calls for proposals of European Partnerships in Horizon Europe 2024-1.2.1-HE_PARTNERSÉG; Support for Hungarian participation in the EUREKA programme 2024-1.2.6-EUREKA; Support for participation in the Horizon Europe Key Digital Technologies (KDT) partnership 2024-1.2.4-KDT; EUROSTARS: Support for Hungarian participation in the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs (2024-1.2.7-EUROSTARS); Support for Hungarian participation in the research and development programme in Hungarian–Israeli cooperation (2024-1.2.10-TÉT-IPARI-IL); Call for proposals to foster Hungarian participation in the Horizon Europe programme and other joint programmes of the European Union 2021-1.2.3-EU_KP; Horizon Europe Accelerator booster call (EU_KKV); Support for active participation in international professional organisations for researchers and research managers (Networking+); Booster call for the Teaming of Excellence 2025 call; International cooperation in preparation. |
17,155 | |
| Announced under international programmes. (Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures 2021-4.1.2-NEMZ_KI) |
Announced under international programmes. | Announced under international programmes. | Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures 2021-4.1.2-NEMZ_KI; |
0,10 | ||||
| Large Company Focus Area Innovation Programme (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
15,00 | |||||||
| Innovation Venture Capital Programme (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
9,50 | |||||||
| Development of applied research and innovation services (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
2,50 | |||||||
| Investment in the future Fund Investment in the future 2020-1.1.6-JÖVŐ |
7,00 | |||||||
| Development of an applied research network Participation in the National Network of Applied Research Institutes 2021-1.1.2-AKH |
1,63 | |||||||
| University Innovation Ecosystema University Innovation Ecosystema 2019-1.2.1-EGYETEMI ÖKO |
2,46 | |||||||
| KKV Start programme KKV Start Innovation 2020-1.1.1-KKV START |
12,00 | |||||||
| Centres of excellence Establishing and developing centres of excellence 2022-1.1.1-KK |
20,60 | |||||||
| Startup Programme Startup Programme 2022-1.1.2-STARTUP |
4,06 | |||||||
| Incubator Support Scheme STARTUP FACTORY 2023 2023-1.1.3-STARTUP |
5,75 | |||||||
| Research Sub-fund 2021-2024 |
Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects ("OTKA") Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects ("OTKA") PD_21, FK_21, K_21, ANN_21, SNN_21 |
12,90 | Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects ("OTKA") Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects ("OTKA") PD_22, FK_22, K_22, ANN_22, SNN_22 |
13,50 | Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects ("OTKA") Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects ("OTKA") PD_23, FK_23, K_23, SNN_23 |
13,50 | Excellence-based research funding Call for EXCELLENCE research proposals EXCELLENCE_24 Call for ADVANCED research proposals ADVANCED_24 Call for STARTING research proposals STARTING_24 Call for proposals for research projects based on Hungarian-Austrian and Hungarian-Slovenian cooperation ANN_24, SNN_24 |
19,00 |
| Forefront – Research Excellence Programme Forefront – Research Excellence Programme KKP_21 |
3,00 | Forefront – Research Excellence Programme Forefront – Research Excellence Programme KKP_22 |
3,00 | |||||
| New National Excellence Programme ÚNKP-21-1, ÚNKP-21-2, ÚNKP-21-3, ÚNKP-21-4, ÚNKP-21-5, ÚNKP-21-6 |
4,00 | New National Excellence Programme ÚNKP-22-1, ÚNKP-22-2, ÚNKP-22-3, ÚNKP-22-4, ÚNKP-22-5, ÚNKP-22-6 |
0,828 | New National Excellence Programme ÚNKP-23-1, ÚNKP-23-2, ÚNKP-23-3, ÚNKP-23-4, ÚNKP-23-5, ÚNKP-23-6 |
0,710 | University Research Scholarship Programme (scholarships announced by higher education institutions) |
10,00 | |
| Cooperative Doctoral Programme Cooperative Doctoral Programme KDP-2021 |
4,894 | Cooperative Doctoral Programme Cooperative Doctoral Programme KDP-2023 |
5,070 | |||||
| Patronage Programme Science Patronage Programme MEC_21 |
1,00 | Science Patronage Programme Science Patronage Programme MEC_24 |
2,46 | |||||
| Research Grant Hungary Research Grant Hungary RGH_S_24, RGH_L_24 |
6,00 | |||||||
| Pension - matching fund (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
0,244 | |||||||
| Own contribution - matching fund (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
0,264 | |||||||
| Proof of Concept: development potential assessment (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
3,00 | |||||||
| Thematic Excellence Programme (National-Health-Defence) Thematic Excellence Programme 2021 TKP2021 (The budget includes the HUF 1 billion budget of the National Defence Subprogramme of the Cooperative Doctoral Programme (NDPCP-2021), which is closely linked to the National Defence, National Security Subprogramme of the 2021 Thematic Excellence Programme.) |
75,00 | |||||||
| Building the Selye János Student Lab network Building the Selye János Student Lab network 2022-3.1.1-DIÁKLABOR |
2,00 | |||||||
| National Laboratories Sub-fund 2022 |
National Laboratories Establishment and complex development of the National Laboratories 2022-2.1.1-NL |
26,60 | ||||||
* The total budget of the 2024 Programme Strategy.