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Call for “OTKA” young researchers’ excellence programme
Date of announcement: 20 december 2019
Modified:
Next deadline for submission:
Deadline for E-submission: 20 february 2020 16:00
20 february 2020
Deadline for application via post office: 25 February 2020
Submitter of proposal
Budgetary institution, Enterprise, Non-profit organisation
Beneficiary groups
Institution of higher education, Other budgetary research institution, Enterprise-based research organisation, Non-profit research organisation, Institution of the Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH)
Budget
HUF 4 800 000 000
Funding requests submitted:
HUF 14 M
Number of applications
140-160
Number of submitted applications:
409
Funds available per project
HUF 40 M
Project duration
max. 4 years
Field of research activity
Fundamental research
Evaluator of proposals
NRDI Office
Financed from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, the call aims to support the promising research activity of talented young researchers who want to establish an independent research group and start their own independent discovery research project.

Available budget

In the period 2020-2024, the NRDI Office allocates a combined budget of HUF 4,8 billion for the postdoctoral sub-programme (PD_20) and the young researchers’ sub-programme (FK_20) from the NRDI Fund.

Amount of funding

According to the call, HUF 40 million for maximum 48 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 up to 20%. The eligible amount of full-time researcher’s salary is HUF 600,000 gross per month, while top-up is eligible at HUF 200,000 per month. The implementation of FK type projects can involve participating researchers, technical staff and students.  

Duration of the project

The maximum project duration is 48 months. Projects shall commence between 1 September and 1 December 2020. The earliest date for reporting costs is the project start date specified in the funding agreement.

Submission of applications

Complying with its legal obligation, the NRDI Office enables applicants to submit their applications exclusively electronically. In this case, the documents required in Point “J” of the call to be submitted by regular mail / with electronic signature must be signed electronically as specified in Point “J” of the call and attached to the application on the Online Application Portal by the deadline for electronic submission, that is, by 20 February 2020. at 16:00 (CET).

Please note that all documents required to be submitted by regular mail/with electronic signature must be submitted in the same way, that is, all documents must be submitted to the NRDI Office either by regular mail or electronically provided with electronic signature.

In the case of 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 Point “J” 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 Point “J” of the call were submitted by regular mail / with electronic signature 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) requested by no later than 30 January 2020.

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 organ or an institution thereof having legal personality if it qualifies as a research organisation under the law;
  • business company which has at least two completed business years, maintains double-entry accounting and is not subject to small taxpayers’ itemized lump sum tax (KATA), if engaged in R&D activities; or
  • non-profit organisation if it qualifies as a research organisation under the law.

Throughout the entire implementation period the principal investigator shall be a worker of the host institution under an employment contract, civil service contract, works contract or other contract aimed at performing work.

Further eligibility terms for principal investigators

Only those researchers are eligible for the funding whose doctoral degree (PhD/DLA) was issued not earlier than 1 January 2008. 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 can be submitted to this call, and PD_20, K_20, ANN_20 or SNN_20 proposals are not allowed in parallel.

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.

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.

2020 winners of the “OTKA” young researcher excellence programme (FK_20)
The call announced separately for researchers who obtained their scientific degrees not more than 12 years earlier (after 1 January 2008) (FK_20) enabled young researchers to team up and launch independent research projects in Hungary.

This year 409 project proposals were submitted with a total funding request of HUF 13.95 billion. The call for thematic projects specifically targeted at early-stage researchers (FK_20) supported 99 new projects this year with a total funding of HUF 3.3 billion.

Followed the assessment mechanism applied to thematic research projects, the proposals were assessed by expert panels and scientific councils based on anonymous peer reviews. Taking into account the rankings compiled by professional bodies for each scientific field, the scientific performance of the applicants in previous years and the significance of the project proposals from a policy perspective, the deputy secretary of state for innovation, vested with this responsibility by the minister for science policy coordination, decided to grant support to 98 projects in the following breakdown by scientific field:

 

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
94
23
2 716 412
650 579
Council of Physical Sciences
104
26
3 550 218
862 438
Council of Complex Environmental Sciences
78
19
2 820 142
687 682
Council of Medical and Biological Sciences
133
30
4 867 630
1 097 080
Total
409
98
13 954 402
3 259 619

 

FUNDED PROJECTS

Funding organisation: NRDI Office
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 26 August 2020

Evaluation panel
Project code
Principal investigator/Project title/Research organisation
Project period
(month)
Amount of awarded funds
(in HUF thousands)
Psychology and Education
134918
Balázs Aczél: Exploring the affective and cognitive modulators of control adaptation (Eötvös Loránd University)
36
29 619
Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology
135130
János Almássy: Pathophysiology and pharmacology of ryanopathies (University of Debrecen)
48
22 680
Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology
134253
Donát Alpár: Clonal evolution and treatment resistance in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Semmelweis University)
48
39 909
Informatics and Electrical Engineering
134604
Péter Babarczi: Intelligent Self-Driving Communication Networks (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
48
39 363
Mathematics and Computing Science
134251
Balázs Bárány: Dimension Theory of iterated function systems (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
48
31 872
Physics
135496
Gergely Barcza: Accurate description of multi-reference electronic structures in semiconductors hosting defect-based qubit candidates (Wigner Research Centre for Physics)
48
39 936
Political Science, Law and Govemment Sciences
135189
Márton Bene: Networked locality: A multimethod approach to investigate the role of social media in local politics (Center for Social Sciences)
48
19 319
Society
135215
Eszter Berényi: Leaving the state behind - privatization, exit strategies from the state in education and in other childhood provisions (Eötvös Loránd University)
36
13 926
Ecology and evolution
135136
Pál Boda: Effect of climate change-related drought on structuring aquatic macroinvertebrate communities (Centre for Ecological Research)
48
39 844
Cellular and Developmental Biology
135384
Anita Boratkó: Regulation of thrombospondin-1 cellular fate by a novel phosphorylation in endothelial cells (University of Debrecen)
48
39 672
Neurosciences
135285
Sándor Borbély: Investigation on the background of absence epilepsy (Research Center of Natural Sciences)
48
40 000
Physics
135003
Sándor Bordács: Visualization and manipulation of magnetoelectric domains (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
48
39 441
Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
134311
Ákos Boros: Viral infections of animals surrounding humans: from discovery to diagnostics (University of Pécs)
48
39 360
Clinical Medicine
135065
Henriett Butz: Clinical impact of steroid resistance in hormone sensitive tissues (Semmelweis University)
48
35 428
Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
134605
Éva Csősz: Digitalization of tear and serum proteomes and the utilization of the digital proteomes in examination of diseases affecting large populations (University of Debrecen)
48
39 871
Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology
134355
Judit Danis: Keratinocyte-specific splicing alterations and their function in nucleic-acid-induced inflammatory processes of keratinocytes and in psoriasis (University of Szeged)
48
33 024
Ecology and evolution
135329
Balázs Deák: Taxonomic, trait and phylogenetic diversity of grassland plant communities in fragmented landscapes (Centre for Ecological Research)
48
39 992
Economics
134573
Péter Elek: Health care use and health outcomes: the role of socioeconomic and geographical variables (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies)
36
15 501
Ecology and evolution
134384
László Erdős: Habitat heterogeneity and environmental gradients in the sandy forest-steppes of the Carpathian Basin: Analyses on local and regional scales (Centre for Ecological Research)
48
38 604
Complex agricultural sciences
134874
Csaba Éva: Study of root to shoot carbon transport in Arabidopsis and barley as a means to improve drought tolerance and photosynthetic performance (Centre for Agricultural Research)
48
39 972
Complex agricultural sciences
134992
Attila László Fábián: Heat stress sensitivity of wheat meiosis: Achilles' heel of yield stability (Centre for Agricultural Research)
48
39 896
Clinical Medicine
135870
Péter Faragó: Resting state white matter fMRI alterations in multiple sclerosis (University of Szeged)
48
36 756
Clinical Medicine
134863
Klaudia Farkas: Evaluation of clinical and therapeutic response based on patient-specific cytokine and microbiome profile in inflammatory bowel diseases (University of Szeged)
48
40 000
History
135762
András Tamás Fejérdy: Ostpolitik of the Vatican and Hungary: Central European Strategies of the Holy See Between 1944–1964 (Research Centre for the Humanities)
48
39 894
Informatics and Electrical Engineering
134403
Zoltán Fekete: Improving functionalities of microscale brain-machine interfaces using integrated upconverting nanoparticles (Pázmány Péter Catholic University)
48
39 745
Earth sciences 1
135089
Krisztián Fintor: Post-magmatic hydrothermal originated rare earth mineralization in the Ditrau Alkaline Massif: reconstruction of formation conditions of rare earth mineral rich veins as potential rare earth element resources. (University of Szeged)
36
28 930
Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology
134274
Gergely Fodor: REQUIREMENT: Assessment of Reference EQUatIons for REspiratory MEchaNics in raTs: advancing basic research to clinical standards (University of Szeged)
48
25 997
Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology
134343
László Galgóczy: Antifungal proteins – Investigation of antifungal mechanism and biological role for new therapeutic approaches (University of Szeged)
48
37 776
Mathematics and Computing Science
135711
Balázs Gerencsér: Mixing and information spread, Markov chains outside the comfort zone (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics)
48
29 517
Political Science, Law and Govemment Sciences
134893
Zoltán Grünhut: Perceptions of 'Europe' and 'Europeanness' among Young Hungarians (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies)
36
17 043
Linguistics
135186
Katalin Orsolya Gugán: Variation in Middle Hungarian: a register perspective (Research Institute for Linguistics)
48
39 990
Society
134372
Zsuzsa Győrffy: E-patients and e-physicians in Hungary: The role and opportunities of digital health solutions in the healthcare system (Semmelweis University)
48
39 692
Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences
134496
Giuseppe Habib: Robustness assessment against large perturbations in real-life engineering systems (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
48
39 861
Society
134447
Gábor Hajdu: Social context, social inequalities, and subjective well-being (Center for Social Sciences)
46
13 159
Economics
134351
Tamás Hajdu: Climate change and human health in Hungary (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies)
48
12 936
Physics
135349
Gergő Hamar: Research on novel muographic imaging (Wigner Research Centre for Physics)
48
37 419
Culture
135152
Péter Hartl: Hume on true religion (Research Centre for the Humanities)
36
29 997
Earth sciences 2
135115
Mátyás Herein: Convective circulations in the Earth system under changing climate (Eötvös Loránd University)
36
29 706
Clinical Medicine
135222
Ágnes Katalin Jermendy: Complex non-invasive monitoring of neonates undergoing anesthesia: a step toward personalized medicine (Semmelweis University)
48
39 960
Chemistry 1
134551
Ferenc Kálmán: Metal complexes as tools for medical diagnostics and therapy: synthesis and chemical characterization (University of Debrecen)
48
39 520
Neurosciences
134740
Sára Kálmán: TMS in depression from a novel immune-inflammatory perspective: The effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on the peripheral immune and neural markers in healthy subjects and patients with depression (University of Szeged)
36
26 269
Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
134267
Orsolya Kapuy: A systems biological analysis of endoplasmic reticulum stress induced survival processes in inflammatory bowel disease (Semmelweis University)
48
32 681
Neurosciences
135284
Miklós Kecskés: Role of TRPM4 ion channel in temporal lobe epilepsy (University of Pécs)
48
35 712
Cellular and Developmental Biology
134684
Anikó Keller-Pintér: Nanoscale changes, nanosized vesicles, and nanotechnological approaches in the regeneration, adaptation, and metabolism of skeletal muscle from stem cells to therapeutic application (University of Szeged)
48
39 996
Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
135245
Bálint Kintses: Assessing Resistance Evolution by Horizontal Gene Transfer against Antibiotic Therapies in Clinical Development (Biological Research Centre Szeged)
48
40 000
Plant and animal breeding
134264
András Kis: Development of precision mutagenesis based on genome elimination in wheat (National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre)
48
40 000
Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry
135462
Balázs Kiss: Mechanobiophysics of the giant protein nebulin (Semmelweis University)
48
39 943
Plant and animal breeding
134234
Tibor Kiss: Molecular genetic analysis of the environmental adaptation of bread wheat and its utilisation in breeding (Centre for Agricultural Research)
48
39 840
Complex agricultural sciences
134744
Sándor Koczor: The role of semiochemicals and visual stimuli in the orientation of pestiferous hemipterans and aphidophagous insects (Centre for Agricultural Research)
48
39 834
Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences
134277
Róbert Sándor Kovács: Coupled problems in nonequilibrium thermodynamics (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
48
39 976
Literature
135096
Dániel Kozák: Ancient commentaries on Roman poetry and their scholarly reception (Eötvös Loránd University)
48
5 520
Psychology and Education
134807
Bernadette Kun: Exploring the cognitive profiles of different addictive behaviors (work addiction, gaming disorder, and cannabis use disorder) (Eötvös Loránd University)
48
39 859
Literature
135165
Borbála Sára Lovas: The History of Early Modern Unitarian Sermon Literature in Transylvania and Hungary (Eötvös Loránd University)
48
39 918
Mathematics and Computing Science
135218
Péter Maga: The analytic theory of automorphic forms (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics)
48
32 471
Chemistry 2
134653
Attila Mándi: Chiroptical, NMR and mechanistic investigation of heterocycles (University of Debrecen)
48
24 600
Plant and animal breeding
134940
Gábor Mátis: Investigation of certain antimicrobial peptides in novel in vitro chicken and porcine gut-liver axis models (University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest)
36
29 640
Cellular and Developmental Biology
134304
Csaba Matta: Surfaceome analysis during in vitro chondrogenesis (University of Debrecen)
48
38 880
Ecology and evolution
134741
Grant Colin McDonald: Evolutionary and demographic impacts of the social landscape on animal personality (University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest)
48
39 997
Economics
135342
Gergő Medve-Bálint: Transnational industrial policy in the EU's periphery: the use of state aid and EU funds in Southern and Eastern Europe (Center for Social Sciences)
36
27 816
Political Science, Law and Govemment Sciences
134930
Ágoston Mohay: The responsibility of international organisations and their member states: attribution, effective control and justiciability (University of Pécs)
36
23 064
Earth sciences 1
134229
Emőke Mohr: Climate and environmental change in the Transdanubian Range during the Carnian (Late Triassic): an integrated biostratigraphical, paleoecological and geochemical approach (Eötvös Loránd University)
48
12 748
Economics
135460
Adrienn Molnár: Embodied leadership for improving supply chain performance and relationships (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies)
48
39 678
Clinical Medicine
135348
Bálint Molnár: Surgical reconstruction of localized alveolar ridge defects – comparative clinical, surface scanning, radiographic, wound healing, circulatory and histological evaluation of two different flap designs /A prospective randomized controlled trial/ (Semmelweis University)
48
17 668
Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology
135327
Béla Nagy: Investigation of human epididymis protein 4 in cystic fibrosis: from the utility as a new prognostic laboratory biomarker to the pathological role in lung disease (University of Debrecen)
48
36 960
Chemistry 1
134332
Tibor Nagy: Development of small and accurate kinetic reaction mechanisms for the synthesis and combustion of biofuels and other value-added chemicals (Research Center of Natural Sciences)
48
39 294
Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry
135633
Valéria Nagy: Combination of microfluidics and microspectroscopy to study carotenoid turnover in relation to photosynthesis in green algae (Biological Research Centre Szeged)
48
39 978
Chemistry 2
134586
Melinda Nonn: New-generation beta-amino acid derivatives; selective synthetic strategies and applications (University of Szeged)
48
10 224
Cellular and Developmental Biology
134235
Attila Oláh: Exploration of the role of mitochondria in the (patho)physiology of human sebaceous glands (University of Debrecen)
48
40 000
Complex agricultural sciences
134296
Viktor Oláh: Inter- and intraspecific variability in growth and stress responses of duckweeds (University of Debrecen)
48
39 366
Psychology and Education
134638
Péter Pajkossy: At the interface of attention and memory - using pupillometry to explore how arousal shapes the encoding and retrieval of information (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
48
36 376
Ecology and evolution
135262
Barna Páll-Gergely: Hundred new land snail species from the Oriental and Australasian regions (Centre for Agricultural Research)
48
39 988
Earth sciences 2
134547
Zsolt Pinke: Developing a climate-smart land use system on reclaimed wetlands of the Hungarian Plain (Eötvös Loránd University)
48
39 975
Culture
134244
Ildikó Gyöngyvér Sárközi: Heritagization and Secularization in China (from 1949 to the present day) (Research Centre for the Humanities)
48
39 993
Cellular and Developmental Biology
135517
Gusztáv Schay: Conformational dynamcs in calmodulin under time-dependent Ca2+-load: Implications in target selection (Semmelweis University)
48
39 886
History
135586
Tamás Scheibner: The Post-1956 Refugee Crisis and Hungarian Émigré Communities During the Cold War (Research Centre for the Humanities)
48
11 990
Chemistry 2
135700
László Sipos: Development of pollen pellet’s flavour wheel, nutritional biological profiling and food safety risk assessment (Szent István University)
48
39 960
Plant and animal breeding
134887
Bence Somoskői: Prospects of in vitro culture and preservation of preantral follicles, particularly the interspecies differences and application in assisted reproduction (University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest)
48
39 828
Informatics and Electrical Engineering
135074
Balázs Sonkoly: Modeling, designing and evaluating the networking aspects of fog computing platforms (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
48
40 000
Society
135274
Pál Susánszky: The Risk-Participation Paradox: Micro Mechanisms Linking Perceived Risks to Protest Participation (Center for Social Sciences)
36
15 341
Physics
134432
Tamás Szalai: Supernovae & their environments (University of Szeged)
48
39 520
Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology
134588
Magdolna Szántó: CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL LINK BETWEEN THE STEROIDOGENESIS AND INFLAMMATION IN THE SKIN (University of Debrecen)
48
39 952
Mathematics and Computing Science
134732
Gergely Székely: On the network of concept algebras (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics)
48
5 928
Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
135582
Lajos Széles: An atlas of inducible cis-regulatory elements of cytokines in dendritic cells and macrophages (University of Debrecen)
48
38 726
Archeology
135805
Vajk Szeverényi: Settlement, economy and society in the Late Bronze Age of Eastern Hungary ()
48
37 695
Chemistry 1
134291
Tamás Szidarovszky: Molecules in strong fields (Eötvös Loránd University)
48
39 504
Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology
134993
Attila Gábor Szöllősi: Role of neuroimmune communication in cutaneous immunological (patho)physiology (University of Debrecen)
48
40 000
Physics
134845
Tamás Szücs: Comprehensive study of the 3He(a,g)7Be astrophysical key reaction (Institute for Nuclear Research)
48
22 800
Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences
134336
Tamás Tábi: Investigation of additive manufactured 3D reinforcing framework structure as insert in injection molded composite products (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
48
36 654
Plant and animal breeding
134886
Miklós Takó: Production of prebiotic and antimicrobial agents by microbial enzymes (University of Szeged)
48
39 924
Ecology and evolution
134439
András Táncsics: Microbial biodegradation of aromatic hydrocarbons in subsurface environments: elucidating the genetic background of microaerobic degradation by stable isotope and „omics” approaches (Szent István University)
36
29 598
Chemistry 2
134947
László Tolnai Gergely: Small strained ring containing reagents, for medicinal chemistry application (Eötvös Loránd University)
48
39 758
Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology
134725
István Balázs Tóth: Physiological and pathophysiological role of transient receptor potential ion channels in the dental pulp (University of Debrecen)
48
40 000
Culture
135235
Balázs Varga: Hungarian Popular Cinema and Television During and After Socialism (Eötvös Loránd University)
48
24 093
Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology
134751
Zoltán Varga: New inflammatory mechanism in the development of heart failure (Semmelweis University)
48
39 996
Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences
135202
Gábor Veréb: Development of nanoparticle-modified membranes and their utilization for efficient treatment of oil contaminated waters (University of Szeged)
48
37 409
Chemistry 1
135375
Soma Vesztergom: The Positive Side of Things: Efficient Catalysts for Anodic Water Splitting (Eötvös Loránd University)
48
39 960
Mathematics and Computing Science
135392
Viktor Vígh: Intersections of convex sets (University of Szeged)
48
2 220
Physics
135220
Zoltán Zimborás: Quantum information processing methods tailored to near-term quantum computers (Wigner Research Centre for Physics)
48
35 486
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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.

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