Available budget
In the period 2024-2027, the Ministry of Culture and Innovation allocates a combined budget of HUF 13.5 billion from the NRDI Fund for the programme of the thematic research projects (K_23), the young researchers’ and postdoctoral excellence programmes (FK_23, PD_23) and the programme of thematic research projects based on Hungarian–Slovenian bilateral cooperation (SNN_23).
Duration of the projects
Projects shall commence on 1 January 2024, and the maximum project duration is 36 months.
Amount of funding
According to the call, HUF 30 million for maximum 36 months can be requested for each project. If the duration of the project is shorter, requested funding should be decreased on a pro rata temporis basis. Apart from remuneration and related taxes payable by the employer, certain tangible costs are also eligible, as well as overhead costs and costs of acquisition of scientific information and Open Access publication, both 10% of the direct project costs. The eligible amount of full-time researcher’s salary is HUF 530,000 gross per month. The implementation of PD type projects cannot involve participating researchers, however technical staff and students are allowed. The earliest date for reporting costs is the project start date specified in the funding agreement.
Submission of applications
The NRDI Office enables applicants to submit their applications exclusively electronically. In this case, the documents required in Chapter “K” of the call to be submitted by regular mail / with electronic signature must be signed electronically as specified in Chapter “K” of the call and attached to the application on the Online Application Portal by the deadline for electronic submission, that is, by 3 May 2023 at 16:00 (CET).
Please note that all documents required to be submitted by regular mail / with electronic signature must be submitted to the NRDI Office in the same way, that is, either all such documents should be submitted by regular mail or all of them should be submitted electronically with electronic signature.
In the case of submission by regular mail, the submission is successful if the proposal was finalised electronically by the applicant and approved by the head of the host institution by the deadline for E-submission, and the documents required in Chapter “K” of the call were submitted by regular mail to the Customer Service of the NRDI Office by the deadline.
In the case of electronic submission, the submission is successful if the proposal was finalised electronically by the applicant and approved by the head of the host institution by the deadline for E-submission, and the electronically signed versions of the documents required in Chapter “K” of the call to be submitted by regular mail / with electronic signature have been submitted through the Online Application Portal.
All applications must be submitted in English irrespective of the field of science. Applications in Hungarian are only allowed on the basis of prior approval (so-called Hungaricum permission, to be requested not later than 14 April 2023). In the case of PD type proposals submitted in humanities and social sciences, bilingual research plans may be submitted, regardless of a Hungaricum permission.
Eligible applicants
Principal investigators can apply jointly with the host institution which has to be a Hungarian based
- higher education institution, research centre, research institution, budgetary institution or an institution thereof having legal personality that qualifies as a research and knowledge-dissemination organisation under Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014;
- business company which has at least two completed business years, maintains double-entry accounting that qualifies as a research and knowledge-dissemination organisation under Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014;
- non-profit organisation that qualifies as a research and knowledge-dissemination organisation under Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014.
Throughout the entire implementation period the principal investigator shall be employed by the host institution under an employment contract, civil service contract or other contract aimed at performing work. Awarded postdoctors must undertake to work at least 50% of their time (0,5 FTE) on the tasks defined in the project proposal.
Further eligibility terms for principal investigators
Only those postdoctors are eligible for the funding whose doctoral degree (PhD/DLA) was issued not earlier than 1 January 2018. Researchers with child(ren) born after the date of degree can apply for preferential terms in this respect. Further relief from the rule may be granted in special circumstances, upon individual considerations.
No more than one proposal may be submitted to this call as principal investigator, and FD_23, K_23 or SNN_23 proposals are not allowed in parallel. Grantees of K_22, FK_22, PD_22, ANN_22, SNN_22 projects, grantees of Forefront (KKP) projects and Momentum (Lendület) projects of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences are not eligible either. Further “OTKA” type grants may be awarded in the future, however, submission of such proposals is not allowed in the first 12 months of the PD_23 implementation period.
Eligible objectives and actions
Project proposals can cover discovery research in any fields of science, regardless of thematic priority, if otherwise the application meets the conditions laid down in the call. Those actions are eligible which aim to achieve the key objectives developed on the basis of the research and work plan specified in the proposal, in any field of science and set out in the research project plan submitted to the NRDI Office.
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This year’s “OTKA” postdoctoral excellence programme (PD_23) granted support to 89 early-stage researchers with doctoral degrees for their wages and research-related costs for a period of three years with a total budget of approximately HUF 2.6 billion.
The scheme proportionally fits in the domestic portfolio of competitive calls and aims to co-finance the employment costs of researchers, who have recently obtained their doctoral degrees, thus helping them to stay in research and build a career by joining a research group and cooperating with experienced researchers in Hungary.
The postdoctoral excellence project proposals were reviewed by anonymous reviewers against the criteria indicated in the call notice, with the involvement of expert panels and specialised scientific councils. The Deputy Secretary of State for Innovation, acting on a proposal from the councils responsible for decision preparation and as designated by the Minister for Science Policy Coordination, has decided to support 89 postdoc research projects, distributed by discipline as follows:
| Field of science |
Number of submitted proposals (pcs) |
Number of funded projects (pcs) |
Total amount claimed (in HUF thousands) |
Total amount awarded (in HUF thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council of Humanities and Social Sciences | 84 | 23 | 2 289 848 | 664 707 |
| Council of Physical Sciences | 88 | 25 | 2 571 385 | 743 678 |
| Council of Complex Environmental Sciences | 62 | 20 | 1 812 584 | 578 150 |
| Council of Medical and Biological Sciences | 72 | 21 | 2 045 817 | 607 783 |
| Total | 306 | 89 | 8 719 634 | 2 594 318 |
FUNDED PROJECTS
Funding organisation: Ministry of Culture and Innovation
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 20 November 2023
| Evaluation panel |
Project code |
Principal investigator/Project title/Research organisation |
Project period (month) |
Amount of awarded funds (in HUF thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science, Law and Govemment Sciences | 146789 | Mónika Nogel: Legal Questions of Using CRISPR/Cas9 Technology in Human Cells (Széchenyi István University) | 36 | 21 903 |
| Political Science, Law and Govemment Sciences | 146942 | Eszter Kováts: Fight for reality. The relationship between critical theories and progressive politics in the contemporary West. Case study Germany (Center for Social Sciences) | 36 | 29 996 |
| Economics | 146055 | Dóra Gréta Petróczy: Fairness issues in sports: balanced competition and voting (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 36 | 29 997 |
| Economics | 146385 | Tibor Bareith: Commmodity prices, inflation and monetary policy (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 36 | 29 991 |
| Economics | 146507 | John Jr. Szabó: The emergence of a European hydrogen market (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 36 | 29 308 |
| Economics | 146648 | László Kökény: Infinite world, infinite challenge? Consumer concerns and the role of consumer protection in tourism with the growth of online opportunities. (Corvinus University of Budapest) | 36 | 29 710 |
| Literature | 146626 | Tamás Oláh: Histories of the development of minority identity: Hungarian theatre history in Vojvodina 1918–1995 (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 36 | 27 506 |
| Literature | 146766 | Gábor Danyi: Literary and political exchanges between the Polish and Hungarian second public sphere 1976–1989 (University of Szeged) | 36 | 29 995 |
| Literature | 146919 | Gábor Mészáros: Miscellanies and periodicals in the 18─19th century literature (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 36 | 29 977 |
| Linguistics | 146415 | Irina Burukina: Demystifying dative: A study on Uralic (Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics) | 36 | 29 980 |
| Linguistics | 147148 | Ekaterina Stefanova Georgieva: Exploring clause structure through the lens of ellipsis (Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Psychology and Education | 146197 | Nikolett Arató: To Laugh or to Report? - Assessing Factors Influencing Cyber Bystander Behaviour and Cyberbullying Prevention (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 29 967 |
| Psychology and Education | 146384 | Edit Vass: Virtual reality-based intervention (AVATAR therapy) for the treatment of residual auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 27 432 |
| Psychology and Education | 147001 | András Matuz: Predicting mental fatigue via machine learning: electrophysiological studies and methodological developments (University of Pécs) | 36 | 29 232 |
| Archeology | 146223 | Melinda Szabó: Women on the Frontier. Social relations in Roman Pannonia (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 29 529 |
| Archeology | 146612 | Tamás Szeniczey: Colliding worlds – living at the borderland between East and West in the Avar Period (6–9th c. AD) (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 28 700 |
| Society | 145881 | Ana Stojilovska: Hungary in the energy crisis: From energy poverty to energy scarcity (Center for Social Sciences) | 36 | 29 901 |
| Society | 146366 | Gábor Simonovits: Reducing anti-Roma discrimination (Center for Social Sciences) | 36 | 29 906 |
| Society | 146797 | Krisztina Metzgerné Kopcsó: Socioeconomic status, digital media use and early childhood development (HCSO Demographic Research Institute) | 36 | 21 747 |
| History | 146412 | Szabolcs László: The Promotion of the Kodály-method and Hungarian Cultural Diplomacy during the Kádár era (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 36 | 30 000 |
| History | 146522 | Beáta Kulcsár: Personal stories of emigration and adaptation: Hungarians in Canada (Linda Dégh's interview collection) (Center for Social Sciences) | 36 | 29 960 |
| History | 146688 | Réka Újlaki Nagy: On the Border of Christianity and Judaism: Transylvanian Sabbatarianism in European Context (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 36 | 29 999 |
| History | 146928 | Sára Nóra Sánta: The Study of Antiquity in Hungary in the 16–18th Centuries (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 36 | 29 971 |
| Earth sciences 1 | 145853 | Levente Patkó: Deciphering links between mantle melts and surface gas emanations in the Nógrád-Gömör Volcanic Field (Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science) | 36 | 27 884 |
| Earth sciences 1 | 147116 | Eszter Békési: Deformation processes in siliciclastic reservoirs based on satellite ground motion observations and novel modelling approaches (Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science) | 36 | 26 618 |
| Earth sciences 1 | 147180 | Ervin Hrabovszki: The role of fracture cementation and reactivation in the fluid transport of a low porosity and permeability claystone body (University of Szeged) | 36 | 29 946 |
| Earth sciences 2 | 146019 | Tamás Bozóki: New perspectives on the study of global lightning activity as an essential climate variable (Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science) | 36 | 29 211 |
| Earth sciences 2 | 146498 | Tamás Bartyik: Spatial variation and the controlling factors of luminescence sensitivity in fluvial sediments in the Danube Basin (University of Szeged) | 36 | 25 426 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 146042 | Zsuzsanna Ambrózy: Early disease prognosis based on volatile biomarker compounds (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 36 | 29 969 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 146758 | Sándor Kecskeméti: EXPLORING THE OLFACTORY AND VISUAL SYSTEM OF FUNGUS GNATS: ON THE COURSE FOR A SELECTIVE TRAP DEVELOPMENT FOR A SUSTAINABLE MUSHROOM CULTIVATION (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 36 | 29 999 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 146980 | Zalán Czékus: Investigation of the hormonal- and light-dependent regulation of pipecolic acid in the induction of local and systemic defence responses of tomato plants (University of Szeged) | 36 | 29 985 |
| Complex Spatial Sciences | 146375 | Tamás Kovalcsik: Electoral geography of Central Europe (University of Szeged) | 36 | 29 279 |
| Complex Spatial Sciences | 147222 | Zsuzsanna Pósfai: Household debt in Hungary in an unfolding economic and energy crisis (Periféria Research Cener Ltd.) | 36 | 29 976 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 145915 | András Farkas: Development of Automated Agri-cytogenetic Diagnostic System to support effective gene introgression into cereals (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 36 | 29 922 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 146030 | Zsolt Szűcs: Chemical pattern analysis of pea (Pisum sativum) sprouts using metabolomic methods (University of Debrecen) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 146700 | András Marosi: Development of a new formulation method of virus vaccines with improved efficiency by production of biocompatible polymer-based, virus-loaded nanoparticles (University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest) | 36 | 29 835 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 147156 | Viktória Lilla Balázs: Investigation of the combined effect of essential oils and components to reduce antibiotic resistance (University of Pécs) | 36 | 21 000 |
| Ecology and evolution | 145938 | Ádám Lovas-Kiss: Effect of functional traits of phytoplankton on their waterbird-mediated dispersal network (Centre for Ecological Research) | 36 | 29 995 |
| Ecology and evolution | 146325 | Bence Kovács: The microclimatic buffering capacity of managed forests under different management regimes (Centre for Ecological Research) | 36 | 29 645 |
| Ecology and evolution | 146326 | Ildikó Fekete-Kertész: Towards understanding how more environmentally realistic exposure modulates the toxicity of graphene oxide in the aquatic ecosystem (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Ecology and evolution | 146480 | Jana Růžičková: Effects of individual movement and predation pressure on the changes in habitat use of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in different forestry treatments (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 29 812 |
| Ecology and evolution | 146621 | István Márton Szabolcs: Biodiversity patterns and conservation priorities in the Balkan Peninsula and the Carpathian Basin (Centre for Ecological Research) | 36 | 29 996 |
| Ecology and evolution | 147122 | Attila Fülöp: Do birds of a feather flock together? Group formation and the physiological consequences of sociality (Office for Research Groups Attached to Universities and Other Institutions) | 36 | 29 652 |
| Physics | 146479 | András Pálinkás: Higher-order moiré superlattices in van der Waals heterostructures (Centre for Energy Research) | 36 | 29 983 |
| Physics | 146527 | Zoltán Péli: Researching beyond the standard model physics (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 26 856 |
| Physics | 146589 | Dániel Kincses: Exploring the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter with femtoscopic correlations at the STAR experiment (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Physics | 146795 | Dávid Ugi: In situ investigation and characterization of different plastic deformation mechanisms operating at the nanoscale (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 29 993 |
| Physics | 146947 | Olimpia Judit Fogasy: Active galactic nuclei and their environment in the early universe (Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences) | 36 | 29 990 |
| Physics | 147091 | Barnabás Barna: New extragalactic distance measurement method with type Iax supernovae (University of Szeged) | 36 | 29 777 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 146109 | Viktor Hlavicka: Fire resistance of recycled aggregate concrete (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 29 990 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 146135 | Dániel Gere: Investigation of the mechanical recyclability of packaging plastic waste and microplastics (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 146259 | Péter Nagy-György: Development of adaptive vehicle industry solutions using non-Newtonian fluids (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 29 950 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 146459 | Henrik Tamás Sykora: Physics-informed data-driven modelling of stochastic non-smooth dynamical systems (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 145832 | Balázs Pejó: Contribution Score Computation for Secure and Private Federated Learning (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 29 988 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 145902 | Péter Polcz: Computational analysis of nonlinear uncertain systems with applications (Pázmány Péter Catholic University) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 146397 | Gergely Szlobodnyik: Quantitative analysis and identifiability of dynamic system models with network structure. (Pázmány Péter Catholic University) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Chemistry 1 | 145972 | Roland Tóbiás: Development of effective quantum-chemical models for molecular clusters and floppy molecules (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Chemistry 1 | 146145 | Márton Kőrösi: Improving a new measurement device for the thermoanalytical support of innovative high-pressure processes (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 29 993 |
| Chemistry 1 | 146252 | Dániel Csókás: Selectivity of metathesis reactions: from rationalization to catalyst design (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Chemistry 1 | 146265 | Ádám Ganyecz: Development of Computational Protocols Based on Density Matrix Renormalization Group for Quantum Chemical Applications (Wigner Research Centre for Physics) | 36 | 29 993 |
| Chemistry 1 | 146529 | Bence Kutus: Dissolution and neutralization processes of reactive components of red mud (University of Szeged) | 36 | 29 829 |
| Chemistry 1 | 146764 | Fanni Sebák: New insights in the development of drug delivery systems: introduction of modern NMR methods for structural characterization and in vitro internalization studies (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 29 994 |
| Chemistry 2 | 146027 | Klára Tímea Aradi: New fluorination strategies via transition-metal-catalyzed selective transformations (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 28 509 |
| Chemistry 2 | 146048 | Eszter Erika London-Kozma: Development of photoactivatable ligands for the selective modulation of Ca2+ dynamics in astrocytes (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 29 994 |
| Chemistry 2 | 146216 | Anikó Gaál: Red blood cells derived extracellular vesicles - diagnostic and therapeutic purposes (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 29 826 |
| Chemistry 2 | 146805 | Erika Mező: Preparation of O,N-heterocycles as potential glycosidase enzyme inhibitors from carbohydrate precursors (University of Debrecen) | 36 | 29 880 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science | 145995 | Ákos Matszangosz Kyriakos: Fundamental classes in cohomology theories (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics) | 36 | 29 850 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science | 146210 | Mahmoud Abdalla Ali Ibrahim: Stability and threshold dynamics in non-autonomous dynamical systems with applications in mathematical biology (University of Szeged) | 36 | 29 283 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology | 146235 | Tamara Éva Madácsy: Novel therapeutic options in alcohol induced pancreatic and liver diseases (University of Szeged) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 146654 | Balázs Koncz: The effect of cumulative burden of rare damaging genetic variants on antitumor immunity (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 146794 | Prateek Shetty: Predictable alteration of algal phenotypes using synthetic phycospheres (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 27 600 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 146881 | Nikita Moshkov: Learning representations of cell morphology and their applications to analysis of perturbations with multi-modal data and cancer personalised medicine (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 147127 | Vivien Csapóné Miczán: The Proteomic Map of Mitosis in Human Tumor Tissue (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Neurosciences | 146014 | Nóra Eszlári: Exploring distinct cognitive-emotional profiles in the paths from genomics to mental health (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 29 791 |
| Neurosciences | 146424 | Kinga Farkas: A transdiagnostic electrophysiological study of social cognition and self-perception differences in autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 29 640 |
| Neurosciences | 146787 | István Fodor: Rapid cellular changes induced by sex steroids in a defined simpler nervous system () | 36 | 29 994 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 146373 | Ildikó Krencz: Analyzing metabolic heterogeneity and plasticity in small cell lung carcinoma: the effect of spatiotemporal evolution and phenotype transitions on the metabolism of the tumor cells (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 28 800 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 146549 | Bálint Scheich: Characterization of EZH2 as a therapeutic target and regulator of proliferation and metabolic plasticity in anaplastic meningioma (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 27 648 |
| Clinical Medicine | 145889 | Bálint Egyed: Sequencing-based risk stratification and prediction of refractory disease in hematological disorders of childhood (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 29 510 |
| Clinical Medicine | 146299 | Zsuzsanna Mihály: Carotid stenosis CFD modelling and plaque analysis (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 26 477 |
| Clinical Medicine | 147269 | Márton Kolossváry: Optimalization of data-driven latent feature extraction algorithms from radiological images () | 36 | 29 976 |
| Clinical Medicine | 147276 | Bálint Gergely Szabó: Manipulation of the enteral microbiome by fecal microbiota transplantation among adult patients with malignant hematological diseases (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 19 440 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 146123 | Péter Ecsédi: Mapping of multivalent interactions underpinning the activities of genome metabolic protein condensates (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 146202 | Rini Arianti: Amino acid transporters as novel regulators of energy metabolism in active beige adipocytes (University of Debrecen) | 36 | 29 983 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 146564 | László Dobson: Eukarióta kórokozók gazdaszervezethez való kapcsolódásának feltárása (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 29 466 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 146633 | Róbert Tóth: The central role of Rad5 in the coordination of DNA damage tolerance pathways (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 29 466 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 145868 | András Jipa: Mechanisms and (patho)physiological roles of selective ER autophagy in Drosophila (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 146566 | Magdolna Gombos: Non-conventional regulatory function of the E2FB transcription factor by directly controlling auxin transport through binding to auxin efflux PIN proteins (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 29 992 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 146655 | Szilárd Kovács: Let the Rhizobia in: Analyis of the epidermal specific regulation of two genes essential for the bacterial entry (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 30 000 |
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 2023 supports the implementation of Hungary’s new innovation strategy, the John von Neumann Programme, which focuses on connecting universities, research institutions and the economy. The priority objective of the Programme Strategy 2023 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 announced under the NRDI Fund for the period 2021–2027 and their amounts, broken down by year.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||
| NRDI budget (Bn HUF) |
191,384 | 143,829 | 78,670 | |||
| 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) |
|
| Innovation Sub-fund 2021-2023 |
Support for market-driven RDI projects Support for market-driven RDI projects 2020-1.1.2-PIACI KFI |
59,06 | Support for market-driven RDI projects Support for market-driven RDI projects 2021-1.1.3-PIACI KFI |
50,00 | Support for Innovation Projects in Focus Areas 2023-1.1.1-PIACI_FÓKUSZ |
35,00 |
| 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 (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
2,00 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
6,10 | |
| Investment in the future Fund Investment in the future 2020-1.1.6-JÖVŐ |
7,00 | Centres of excellence Establishing and developing centres of excellence 2022-1.1.1-KK |
20,70 | Incubator Support Scheme (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
5,00 | |
| Development of an applied research network Participation in the National Network of Applied Research Institutes 2021-1.1.2-AKH |
1,63 | Startup Programme Startup Programme 2022-1.1.2-STARTUP |
4,06 | Research Excellence ‘Proof of Concept’ Programme (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
3,00 | |
| University Innovation Ecosystema University Innovation Ecosystema 2019-1.2.1-EGYETEMI ÖKO |
4,00 | |||||
| KKV Start programme KKV Start Innovation 2020-1.1.1-KKV START |
12,00 | |||||
| Research Sub-fund 2021-2023 |
Thematic Excellence Programme (National-Health-Defence) Thematic Excellence Programme 2021 TKP2021 |
75,00 | ||||
| New National Excellence Programme | 0,600 | New National Excellence Programme | 0,828 | New National Excellence Programme | 0,710 | |
| Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Undergraduate Students ÚNKP-21-1 |
Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Undergraduate Students ÚNKP-22-1 |
Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Undergraduate Students ÚNKP-23-1 |
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| Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Graduate Students ÚNKP-21-2 |
Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Graduate Students ÚNKP-22-2 |
Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Graduate Students ÚNKP-23-2 |
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| Call for Research Scholarship Applications for PhD Students ÚNKP-21-3 |
1,00 | Call for Research Scholarship Applications for PhD Students ÚNKP-22-3 |
1,20 | Call for Research Scholarship Applications for PhD Students ÚNKP-23-3 |
1,029 | |
| “Power Up Science!” Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Doctoral Candidate sand ÚNKP-21-4 |
0,832 | “Power Up Science!” Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Doctoral Candidate sand ÚNKP-22-4 |
1,052 | “Power Up Science!” Call for Research Scholarship Applications for Doctoral Candidate sand ÚNKP-23-4 |
0,902 | |
| Call for Scholarship Applications for Bolyai+ Higher Education Teachers and Researchers ÚNKP-21-5 |
1,40 | Call for Scholarship Applications for Bolyai+ Higher Education Teachers and Researchers ÚNKP-22-5 |
0,70 | Call for Scholarship Applications for Bolyai+ Higher Education Teachers and Researchers ÚNKP-23-5 | 0,60 | |
| “Power up your Talent!” Call for Research Scholarship Applications for New Higher Education Students ÚNKP-21-6 |
0,168 | “Power up your Talent!” Call for Research Scholarship Applications for New Higher Education Students ÚNKP-22-6 |
0,220 | “Power up your Talent!” Call for Research Scholarship Applications for New Higher Education Students ÚNKP-23-6 |
0,189 | |
| Cooperative Doctoral Programme Cooperative Doctoral Programme KDP-2021 |
4,894 | Cooperative Doctoral Programme Cooperative Doctoral Programme KDP-2021 |
2,832 | Cooperative Doctoral Programme Cooperative Doctoral Programme KDP-2023 |
5,070 | |
| Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects 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 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 Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects (OTKA) PD_23, FK_23, K_23, SNN_23 |
13,50 | |
| Forefront – Research Excellence Programme Forefront – Research Excellence Programme KKP_21 |
3,00 | Forefront – Research Excellence Programme Forefront – Research Excellence Programme KKP_22 |
3,00 | Forefront Plus – Research Excellence Programme (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
5,00 | |
| Patronage Programme Science Patronage Programme MEC_21 |
1,00 | 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 | ||||