The incubator programme is aimed at companies interested in developing early-stage start-ups based on innovative technologies through investment and extensive transfer of professional, business knowledge, bringing the start-ups' products based on new technologies to market and obtaining the necessary additional funding.
Submission of proposals
To submit an application, log in to the Participant Portal (Pályázati e-ügyintézés) at www.palyazat.gov.hu and complete the online form. The finalised proposal must be submitted together with a duly signed statement verifying the electronic submission of the application, in line with the Application Guidelines.
Eligible applicants
Proposals under this call must be submitted individually.
The call is open to legal entities with registered seat in Hungary or with registered seat in the European Economic Area and a branch office in Hungary, more specifically:
Technology incubators that
- received funding under the previous Startup Factory (2020-1.1.4-STARTUP) call or
- received unfindg from previous GINOP-2.1.5-15 and/or ÖKO_16 calls, did not apply for the Startup Factory (2020-1.1.4-STARTUP) call and have been incubating for at least two years out of the three years preceding the publication of this call (exception: category “New Incubator-V”), or
- have successfully incubated in recent years or
- are new businesses relying on professionals from incubators under point (c) that have not previously received public support for incubator purposes, and
- are classified under GFO code 113, 114 or 573 and, in the case of GFO code 113, undertake to convert into a public limited company (zrt.) no later than 6 months after the entry into force of the Funding Document and,
- maintain double-entry accounting, and
- have at least 2 completed, approved business years (except for categories “New Incubator” and “New Incubator-V” as indicated in point (d) above).
Eligible activities
Activities eligible for funding independently:
- Subcontracted support activities for start-ups
Activities not eligible for funding independently:
- Fund management activity
Fund management activity: the business, legal and financial activities actually carried out by the incubator in relation to the disbursement of the funding from the NRDI Fund under this call.
Duration of the project
The duration of the incubator during the project implementation is a minimum of 24 months and a maximum of 30 months, while for Specialisation Incubator New Incubator-V a minimum of 36 months and a maximum of 42 months. The incubator is required to disburse the full amount of the subcontracted support no later than 6 months before the actual completion of the project.
Total budget and maximum amount of funding
Total available budget: HUF 5.75 billion.
Old incubator: min. HUF 300 million, max. HUF 450 million
Specialised incubator: min. HUF 600 million, max. HUF 900 million
New incubator: min. HUF 150 million, max. HUF 250 million
New incubator-V: min. HUF 450 million, max. HUF 500 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.
The funding decision has been adopted of the call “Startup Program" and the call.
By the deadline 35 proposals were received with a funding request of HUF 1870 million. Based on the decision of the Funder, 11 projects will receive a total of HUF 5200 million in non-refundable funding from the NRDI Fund.
FUNDED PROJECTS
Funding organisation: Ministry of Culture and Innovation
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 7 December 2023
|
Project code |
Name of applicant |
Project title |
Amount of awarded funds (HUF) |
Total eligible project costs (HUF) |
Site of implementation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-1.1.3-STARTUP-2023-00023 | Lunar Program Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság | Lunar Program - Startup Factory Inkubációs Program | 246 500 000 | 302 750 000 | 1139 Budapest, Hajdú utca 27. Fsz 7. ajtó |
| 2023-1.1.3-STARTUP-2023-00031 | White Unicorn Befektetési és Tanácsadó Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | Whiteunicorn Inkubátorház indítása - Induló start up finanszírozás, matchmaking és szakmai inkubáció, főként health care és IT innovatív orientációval. | 250 000 000 | 306 818 182 | 1115 Budapest, Keveháza utca 1-3. |
| 2023-1.1.3-STARTUP-2023-00028 | Nesprit Ventures Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság | Nesprit Ventures inkubációs programja | 249 999 200 | 306 817 200 | 1011 Budapest, Szerémi sor 8. Fsz 3. ajtó |
| 2023-1.1.3-STARTUP-2023-00007 | Virgo Ventures Technológiai Inkubátor Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | Virgo Ventures Startup Factory Program II. 2024 - 2026 | 450 000 000 | 552 272 725 | 1011 Budapest, Corvin tér 10. |
| 2023-1.1.3-STARTUP-2023-00015 | Első Közép Európai Hardver Akcelerátor Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | Innovációs ökoszisztéma kialakítása az Első Közép-Európai Hardver Akcelerátor Kft. projekt megvalósítása keretében | 450 000 000 | 552 500 000 | 7150 Bomyhád, 1356/10. |
| 2023-1.1.3-STARTUP-2023-00034 | STRT Invest Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | STRT-Innovációs inkubátor | 450 000 000 | 552 500 000 | 1015 Budapest, Toldy Ferenc utca 80. |
| 2023-1.1.3-STARTUP-2023-00002 | BNL Start Partners Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | BNL Start inkubátor program kezdő ötletgazdák és haladó innovatív vállalkozók részére | 450 000 000 | 552 272 727 | 3515 Miskolc, Egyetemváros C/2 ép. Földszint 1. |
| 2023-1.1.3-STARTUP-2023-00003 | OXO Labs Üzletviteli és Tanácsadó Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | Oxo Labs Startup Factory | 450 000 000 | 552 275 000 | 1027 Budapest, Ganz utca 12-14. |
| 2023-1.1.3-STARTUP-2023-00010 | Startup Campus Inkubator Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság | Startup Campus - Ötlettől a nemzetközi piacig! 2.0 | 450 000 000 | 557 250 000 | 4028 Debrecen, Simonffy utca 4-6. I. em. |
| 2023-1.1.3-STARTUP-2023-00018 | GUKA Energetikai Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság | Startup Factory program az informatikai és zöld innovációk szolgálatában | 899 902 000 | 1 106 000 000 | 5600 Békéscsaba, Kinizsi utca 4-6. |
| 2023-1.1.3-STARTUP-2023-00016 | Creative Accelerator Korlátolt Felelősségű Társaság | Specializált élettudományi fókuszú inkubátori program | 899 902 000 | 1 146 130 000 | 6723 Szeged, Felső Tisza part 31-34 G. ép 9. em. |
Based on the decision of the Funder, 1 more project will receive a total of HUF 500 million in non-refundable funding from the NRDI Fund.
FUNDED PROJECTS
Funding organisation: Ministry of Culture and Innovation
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 18 December 2023
|
Project code |
Name of applicant |
Project title |
Amount of awarded funds (HUF) |
Total eligible project costs (HUF) |
Site of implementation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-1.1.3-STARTUP-2023-00001 | Védelmi Innovációs Kutatóintézet Nonprofit Zártkörűen Működő Részvénytársaság | VIRTUS - védelmi innovációs venture studio | 500 000 000 | 613 750 000 | 1016 Budapest, Lisznyai utca 38. |
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; 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 |
1,00 | |||||
| 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.