• Active and Assisted Living (AAL)
  
• EUROSTARS Programme (EUROSTARS)
  

Participation in these programmes 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 programmes funded under the call

• AAL: The Active and Assisted Living (AAL) programme aims to improve the living conditions, independence and employability of the elderly by developing innovative ICT products, services and systems that meet the needs of end users (elderly people, careers, family members and funders).
  
• EUROSTARS: EUROSTARS is the joint programme between EUREKA member states and the European Commission, dedicated to supporting SMEs engaged in R&D activities and having a substantial growth potential. The programme is open to projects in any field of technology implemented in collaboration between at least two different institutions operating in a EUREKA member state (SMEs, large enterprises, higher education institutions, research institutions) and resulting in an innovative product, procedure or service the market exploitation of which will start within two years from the completion of the project.
  

Deadline for submission

Submissions (electronically) are accepted continuously from the date of opening the online application template until 30 June 2020, 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.
  

Independent applications are accepted from for-profit business companies only. Non-profit companies and organisations specified in the other two sections above can apply only in national consortia with businesses.

Application may only be submitted by the Hungarian participants of an international consortium having applied for funding under various international calls in the given 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: applied (industrial) 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

For the purpose of the call, the NRDI Office has earmarked a total budget of HUF 395 million from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund in the following breakdown:

• HUF 155 in total for successful Hungarian applicants in the 2018 AAL transnational call (successful Hungarian applicants in the 2019 AAL transnational call will be able to apply for domestic funding from next year’s budget in 2020);
  
• up to HUF 240 million in total for Hungarian applicants successfully participating in the 2018 autumn and 2019 spring rounds of the EUROSTARS transnational call.
  

Apart from funding provided from the NRDI Fund, projects receive additional funding from EU sources (under the Horizon 2020 programme).