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 48 months.
Amount of funding
According to the call, HUF 44 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 and costs of acquisition of scientific information and Open Access publication, both 10% of the direct project costs. The eligible amount of full-time PI researcher’s salary is HUF 650,000 gross per month. The implementation of FK type projects may involve participating researchers, technical staff and students. 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 FK 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.
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 2011. 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 PD_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 24 months of the FK_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.
Customer service contacts:
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The call announced separately for researchers who obtained their scientific degrees not more than 12 years earlier (after 1 January 2011) (FK_23) enabled young researchers to team up and launch independent research projects in Hungary. This year 349 project proposals were submitted with a total funding request of HUF 13.96 billion. The call for thematic projects specifically targeted at early-stage researchers (FK_23) supported 87 new projects this year with a total funding of HUF 3.5 billion.
Project proposals were reviewed by anonymous reviewers against the criteria indicated in the call notice, following the assessment system for researchers’ thematic applications, 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 87 projects of young researchers, 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 | 81 | 22 | 3 048 907 | 796 708 |
| Council of Physical Sciences | 100 | 22 | 4 047 818 | 921 156 |
| Council of Complex Environmental Sciences | 62 | 18 | 2 500 673 | 716 115 |
| Council of Medical and Biological Sciences | 106 | 25 | 4 360 759 | 1 054 511 |
| Total | 349 | 87 | 13 958 157 | 3 488 490 |
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 | 146569 | Rudolf Tamás Metz: What makes political leaders strong? Impression formation, impression management, and identity politics (Center for Social Sciences) | 48 | 39 689 |
| Political Science, Law and Govemment Sciences | 147062 | Tamás Hoffmann: The Impact of International Law on the Formation and Application of the Law of the Peoples' Tribunals (Center for Social Sciences) | 48 | 30 692 |
| Political Science, Law and Govemment Sciences | 147063 | Máté Pétervári: The Exploration of the Hungarian Bankruptcy Law's Historical Traditions on the Basis of the Archive Sources (University of Szeged) | 48 | 28 446 |
| Economics | 145838 | László Csató: Design and analysis of ranking systems (Computer and Automation Research Institute HAS) | 48 | 43 992 |
| Economics | 145960 | Johannes Wachs: The building blocks of the digital economy (Corvinus University of Budapest) | 36 | 28 002 |
| Economics | 146575 | Sofía De León Almaraz: Competition, Cooperation and Coopetition in the Deployment of the Hydrogen Supply Network (Corvinus University of Budapest) | 48 | 43 482 |
| Economics | 146581 | Attila Gáspár: Dusting the data: studying economic persistence on unique databases digitalized using machine learning (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 48 | 39 736 |
| Economics | 146590 | Csaba Weiner: The impact of sanctions on Hungarian and Polish business in Russia (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 32 | 17 530 |
| Literature | 146414 | Péter Ertl: The reception of Petrarch in the 15th–16th century Central Europe (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 41 908 |
| Literature | 146513 | Gábor Mezei: Nature and Culture in 20th-21st century Hungarian Poetry (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 43 912 |
| Culture | 145854 | Attila Hangai: Human Being in Late Antiquity: Plotinus in Context (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 48 | 43 986 |
| Linguistics | 145985 | Éva Dékány: The ins and outs of mixed extended projections (Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics) | 48 | 43 953 |
| Psychology and Education | 146396 | Máté Kapitány-Fövény: The missing 10 hours: Assessing the effectiveness of a virtual reality intervention in reducing bystander indifference in a date rape drug abuse situation (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 43 195 |
| Psychology and Education | 146496 | Attila Keresztes: Traveling Through Time and (Concept) Space: Hippocampal Contributions to Knowledge Representation in Children (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 48 | 43 929 |
| Psychology and Education | 146604 | András Norbert Zsidó: The role of attentional control in the aetiology and maintenance of phobias (University of Pécs) | 48 | 43 997 |
| Psychology and Education | 146998 | László Horváth: Pedagogically aware use and adaptation of artificial intelligence in the teaching and learning practices of higher education institutions (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 43 993 |
| Archeology | 146506 | Ádám Bede: Landscape archaeological and historical ecological researches on burial mounds in the GreatHungarian Plain (Centre for Ecological Research) | 48 | 43 996 |
| Society | 145991 | Csaba Tóth: Population dynamics and ageing societies (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 36 | 15 900 |
| Society | 146987 | Lea Kőszeghy: Socio-spatial inequalities of energy transition (Center for Social Sciences) | 48 | 24 658 |
| Society | 147050 | Márta Kiss: The role of social economy in the promotion of social integration in Hungarian rural areas (Center for Social Sciences) | 36 | 28 889 |
| Society | 147291 | Levente Pakot: Economic fluctuations and demographic behaviour in Western-Hungary, 1767-1914 (HCSO Demographic Research Institute) | 48 | 18 879 |
| History | 146398 | Szilvia Czinege: Critical edition of the letters of István Széchenyi (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 48 | 43 944 |
| Earth sciences 1 | 146097 | Gábor Botfalvai: Vertebrate palaeontological and sedimentological research on the newly discovered vertebrate sites in the Upper Cretaceous continental succession of the Haţeg Basin (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 26 220 |
| Earth sciences 2 | 146391 | Gábor Szatmári: Digital mapping and assessment of soil functions and services using advanced statistical approaches (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 48 | 43 981 |
| Earth sciences 2 | 146600 | Anikó Kern: Satellite-based detection of ecosystem responses to global change (Sat-DeER) (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 35 951 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 146337 | Veronika Gergócs: How does soil food-web influence nutrient cycling after returning crop residues to agricultural fields? (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 48 | 43 804 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 146542 | Viktória Dóra Feigl: Mechanisms of critical raw materials bioleaching from bauxite residue (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 43 957 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 146967 | Zoltán János Tolnai: Comprehensive analysis of the novel D27-like carotenoid isomerases in plants (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 48 | 43 932 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 147267 | Péter Lukács: Heterologous expression of insect Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors for high throughput screening of pest selective insecticides. (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 48 | 43 996 |
| Complex Spatial Sciences | 146486 | József Lennert: An inexhaustible resource? Garden zones, vinehills and resort areas in the squeeze of urban development (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 48 | 43 910 |
| Complex Spatial Sciences | 146599 | Melinda Mihály: Increasing Resilience through Bioregional Planning in the Sand Ridge (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 48 | 43 447 |
| Complex Spatial Sciences | 146642 | Márton Berki: ‘...the opium of the people’? – The geographies of religion in the socialist new towns of Hungary (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 48 | 13 558 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 145848 | Edina Türkösi: High resolution characterization of an exotic wheat grass (Thinopyrum) hybrid genome using genotyping-by-sequencing (GBS) approach to transfer stress resistance, morphology- and quality-related traits into wheat (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 48 | 42 720 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 146534 | Máté Mackei: Investigation of detrimental environmental factors and protective bioactive substances in honeybees (University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 147093 | Kristóf Csepregi: Comparative analysis of UV inducible colouring compounds in pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) leaves (University of Pécs) | 48 | 29 856 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 147390 | Anna Kiss: Complex analysis of dietary patterns of Hungarian population for sustainable, circular food system development: evidence-based planning and optimization () | 48 | 43 956 |
| Ecology and evolution | 145840 | Flóra Tinya: Exploring the effects of fine-scale canopy openings of continuous cover forestry on the understory vegetation – the investigation of skid trails and gaps (Centre for Ecological Research) | 48 | 43 997 |
| Ecology and evolution | 146095 | Zsófia Horváth: Understanding the role of ponds and their networks in supporting aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity in the urban landscape (Centre for Ecological Research) | 48 | 43 820 |
| Ecology and evolution | 146466 | Sándor Zsebők: Solar panels and bats: sensory, behavioural and ecological investigations for a wildlife-friendly renewable energy solution (Centre for Ecological Research) | 48 | 43 980 |
| Ecology and evolution | 146760 | Kálmán Tapolczai: Community response of planktic and benthic microorganisms to anthropogenic pressures and the applicability of DNA metabarcoding in the ecological status assessment of lakes () | 48 | 43 030 |
| Physics | 146023 | Zsófia Nagy: Eruptive young stars in the Gaia era: classification based on spectroscopy (Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences) | 48 | 44 000 |
| Physics | 146081 | András Wacha: In-depth structural analysis of biological membranes with the combination of in silico and scattering methods (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 48 | 43 961 |
| Physics | 146499 | Dániel Varjas: Amorphous Topological Matter (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 43 994 |
| Physics | 147164 | Attila Pásztor: The phase diagram of strongly interacting matter from first principles (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 43 992 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 145899 | Domokos Esztergár-Kiss: Optimizing activities and suggesting sustainable transport modes considering user preferences (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 43 940 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 146067 | Kornél Tamás: Development of finite- discrete element method models of soil-tool interaction using artificial intelligence based on laboratory and field tests (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 43 992 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 146141 | Mónika Furkó: Multifunctional biomineralized calcium phosphate-loaded biopolymer composites as biodegradable coatings on implants, bone regenerative scaffolds, and drug-loaded hydrogels (Centre for Energy Research) | 48 | 44 000 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 146201 | Dénes Takács: Identifying driver behavior to predict the motion of micromobility vehicles (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 44 000 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 146344 | Sándor Beszédes: Monitoring of the efficiency of wastewater treatment and sludge recovery processes based on dielectric behaviour (University of Szeged) | 48 | 43 990 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 145931 | István Zoltán Reguly: Optimizing computational chains for heterogeneous architectures (Pázmány Péter Catholic University) | 48 | 43 524 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 146115 | Gergely Márton: Artificial intelligence for processing signals measured by modern brain sensors (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 48 | 43 992 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 146339 | Zoltán Balogh: Exploring, tailoring, and harnessing electrical noise in nanoelectronic devices (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 43 992 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 147030 | Tamás Orosz: Robust Design Methods for 3D Printed Electrical Machines in the case of E-mobility Applications (Széchenyi István University) | 48 | 41 097 |
| Chemistry 1 | 145841 | Zsolt Kelemen: Carborane-based (in)organic ring systems as platform for light-emitting materials (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 43 992 |
| Chemistry 1 | 145967 | Mátyás Imre Pápai: Simulation of Ultrafast Dynamics in Photofunctional Transition Metal Complexes (Wigner Research Centre for Physics) | 48 | 43 988 |
| Chemistry 1 | 146883 | Krisztina Kovács: The effect of chemical structure and the matrix in degradation of pharmaceuticals in aqueous solutions by high-energy ionizing radiation (Centre for Energy Research) | 48 | 43 938 |
| Chemistry 1 | 146930 | Gergő Tóth: New frontiers in chiral analysis (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 33 240 |
| Chemistry 1 | 147031 | János Daru: Modeling condensed phase reactions using system-specific, high-precision, reactive force fields (Eötvös Loránd University) | 47 | 42 800 |
| Chemistry 2 | 146063 | Dávid Bajusz: Development and application of ultrahigh throughput virtual screening methods (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 48 | 40 972 |
| Chemistry 2 | 146444 | Márton Bojtár: Next Generation Photoremovable Protecting Groups as Transformative Tools for Chemical Biology and Drug Delivery (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 32 900 |
| Chemistry 2 | 146487 | Attila Ványolós: Hungarian lignicolous fungi as promising sources of biologically active metabolites (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 35 040 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science | 146643 | Péter Vrana: Asymptotic transformations of tensors and entangled quantum states (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 35 812 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology | 145928 | Kálmán Benke: Evaluation of new pharmacological agents in cardiac surgical experimental animal models (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 44 000 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology | 146163 | Gábor Mórotz: Endothelial cells and ER-mitochondria signalling in myocardial infarction-associated microvascular obstruction (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 44 000 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology | 146283 | Valéria Tékus: Unraveling the neuroinflammatory mechanisms in mouse models of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and stress-induced pain: novel therapeutic options (University of Pécs) | 48 | 38 880 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology | 146852 | Adrienn Sipos: Assessment of cytostatic transition metal complexes in cell membrane therapy (University of Debrecen) | 48 | 44 000 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 146113 | Csaba Kerepesi: Determining biological age by using artificial intelligence (Computer and Automation Research Institute HAS) | 48 | 43 992 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 146945 | Gergely Nagy: Examination of the functions of signal-dependent transcription factors in mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages using epigenomics and transcriptomics data (University of Debrecen) | 48 | 43 992 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 147023 | Xabier Osteikoetxea Vélez: Fuso-EV-GEN: FUSOgenic peptide-enhanced Extracellular Vesicles for improved therapeutic GENe editing (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 43 514 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 147194 | Otilia Menyhárt: Establishing single-cell transcriptomics-based databases to explore clinically actionable vulnerabilities in solid tumors (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 36 240 |
| Neurosciences | 146334 | Péter József Tóth: The effect of intracranial pressure on cerebral blood flow and metabolism in traumatic brain injury (University of Pécs) | 48 | 37 500 |
| Neurosciences | 146912 | Karolina Pircs: Neuronal autophagy in human ageing (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 44 000 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 146541 | Zoltán Kellermayer: Role of bone marrow adipocytes in creating the multiple myeloma niche (University of Pécs) | 48 | 43 704 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 146729 | Krisztina Futosi: Tyrosine kinase pathways in urate crystal-induced autoinflammation (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 44 000 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 146775 | Zoltán Lohinai: The role of the gut microbiome and microbiota-derived urine metabolites in the activation of macrophages and T-cells in the context of anti-tumor immunity (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 43 666 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 146793 | Gábor Kemenesi: Lloviu cuevavirus: a promising model for understanding human pathogenic filoviruses of bat origin (University of Pécs) | 48 | 43 680 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 146872 | Attila Gábor Szöllősi: Langerhans-Cell-Driven In Vitro Disease Modeling (University of Debrecen) | 48 | 44 000 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 147045 | Zsolt Megyesfalvi: Subtype-specific tumoral plasticity and heterogeneity in small cell lung cancer (Koranyi National Institute for Pulmonology) | 48 | 43 484 |
| Clinical Medicine | 146144 | Zsolt Dajnoki: Mapping the regional characteristics of neuroimmune communication in healthy skin and inflammatory skin diseases (University of Debrecen) | 48 | 44 000 |
| Clinical Medicine | 146159 | Péter Csécsei: Exploration of the diversity of intestinal microbiom in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid bleeding: what triggers aneurysm rupture? (University of Pécs) | 36 | 33 000 |
| Clinical Medicine | 147167 | József Tollár: High-intensity virtual reality sensorimotor in the rehabilitation stroke patients' clinical-motor symptoms through neuroplasticity () | 48 | 44 000 |
| Clinical Medicine | 147312 | Annamária Kosztin: The diagnostic and predictive role of serum biomarkers in heart failure - subgroup analysis of the BUDAPEST CRT Upgrade study (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Clinical Medicine | 147404 | Viktória Prémusz: Examination of fertility awareness with an integrative approach: a mixed-method multi-centre study (University of Pécs) | 36 | 32 899 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 146298 | Milán Szabó: Investigation of the photosynthetic processes of the coral endosymbiont algae Symbiodinium sp. using antisense oligonucleotide-mediated gene silencing (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 48 | 43 968 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 146740 | Florina Zákány: Highlighting the roles of ceramide platforms in Parkinson’s disease-associated alterations of microglial KV1.3 ion channel (University of Debrecen) | 48 | 44 000 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 145866 | Endre Károly Kristóf: Identification and functional characterization of novel molecular regulators of thermogenesis activation in human adipocyte subpopulations for combatting obesity (University of Debrecen) | 48 | 43 992 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 146291 | Gábor Csordás: Exploring the phagocytic remodeling of extracellular matrices in Drosophila (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 48 | 44 000 |
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 2024 supports the implementation of the John von Neumann Programme, which focuses on connecting universities, research institutions and the economy. The priority objective of the Programme Strategy 2024 is to contribute to improving the Hungarian performance in the areas of human resources (number of researchers, number of PhD students, number of STEM students in higher education), number and share of innovator enterprises (number and share of SMEs implementing product and/or process innovation) and intellectual property (IP) (patents, trademarks, designs).
The table below shows the calls planned and launched under the NRDI Fund for the period 2021-2024 and their amounts, broken down by year.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |||||
| NRDI budget (Bn HUF) |
189,844 | 89,838 | 63,779 | 176,263* | ||||
| Name of the scheme/ Call for proposal (2021) |
Budget (Bn HUF) |
Name of the scheme/ Call for proposal (2022) |
Budget (Bn HUF) |
Name of the scheme/ Call for proposal (2023) |
Budget (Bn HUF) |
Name of the scheme/ Call for proposal (2024) |
Budget (Bn HUF) |
|
| Innovation Sub-fund 2021-2024 |
Support for market-driven RDI projects Support for market-driven RDI projects 2020-1.1.2-PIACI KFI |
59,06 | Support for Innovation Projects in Focus Areas Support for Innovation Projects in Focus Areas 2023-1.1.1-PIACI_FÓKUSZ |
30,149 | SME Focal Area Innovation Programme SME Focal Area Innovation Programme 2024-1.1.1-KKV_FÓKUSZ |
50,00 | ||
| Fast track programme Fast track 2020-1.1.5-GYORSÍTÓSÁV |
3,00 | Fast track programme Fast track 2021-1.1.4-GYORSÍTÓSÁV |
12,85 | Fast track programme Fast Track 2023-1.1.2-GYORSÍTÓSÁV |
2,00 | Spin-off Programme: bringing research results to market Fast track 2023-1.1.2-GYORSÍTÓSÁV |
7,00 | |
| Intellectual property Support of activities fostering the domestic and international protection of intellectual property with the aim of facilitating the utilisation of such intellectual property 2020-1.1.3-IPARJOG, 2021-1.1.1-IPARJOG |
0,40 | Intellectual property Support of activities fostering the domestic and international protection of intellectual property with the aim of facilitating the utilisation of such intellectual property 2020-1.1.3-IPARJOG, 2021-1.1.1-IPARJOG |
0,40 | Intellectual property Support of activities fostering the domestic and international protection of intellectual property with the aim of facilitating the utilisation of such intellectual property 2020-1.1.3-IPARJOG, 2021-1.1.1-IPARJOG |
0,50 | Industrial property tender Support of activities fostering the domestic and international protection of intellectual property with the aim of facilitating the utilisation of such intellectual property 2020-1.1.3-IPARJOG, 2021-1.1.1-IPARJOG |
0,50 | |
| International programmes Support for participation in the ECSEL joint EU initiative 2019-2.1.3-NEMZ_ECSEL; Support for participation in joint EU initiatives 2019-2.1.2-NEMZ; Funding for Hungarian Summer Internship programmes for hungarian university students studying in the UK, Germany or Austria 2020-1.2.1-GYAK; Support for Hungarian participation in EIT KIC 2021-1.2.1-EIT-KIC; Support to bilateral science and technology (S&T) cooperations 2021-1.2.4-TÉT; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian–Russian cooperation 2021-1.2.5-TÉT-IPARI-RU; Call for proposals: Support of Hungarian organisations successfully participating in joint international ERA-NET COFUND and EJP COFUND programmes 2019-2.1.7-ERA-NET; Support for Hungarian participation in the EUREKA programme 2020-1.2.3-EUREKA; Horizon Europe Accelerator booster call 2021-1.2.2-EU_KKV; Call for proposals to foster Hungarian participation in the Horizon Europe programme and other joint programmes of the European Union 2021-1.2.3-EU_KP; Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures 2021-4.1.2-NEMZ_KI; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian–Moroccan cooperation 2021-1.2.6-TÉT-IPARI-MA |
3,50 | International programmes Call for proposals: Support of Hungarian organisations successfully participating in joint international ERA-NET COFUND and EJP COFUND programmes 2019-2.1.7-ERA-NET; Support for Hungarian participation in the EUREKA programme 2022-1.2.4-EUREKA; Horizon Europe Accelerator booster call 2021-1.2.2-EU_KKV; Call for proposals to foster Hungarian participation in the Horizon Europe programme and other joint programmes of the European Union 2021-1.2.3-EU_KP; Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures 2021-4.1.2-NEMZ_KI; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian-Turkish cooperation 2022-1.2.6-TÉT-IPARI-TR; Support for summer internships for Hungarian students studying abroad 2022-1.2.3-GYAK; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian–Uzbek cooperation 2022-1.2.2-TÉT-IPARI-UZ; Support for Hungarian participation in the applied research and development programme in Hungarian–Korean cooperation 2022-1.2.5-TÉT-IPARI-KR |
6,00 | International programmes Call for proposals to foster Hungarian participation in the Horizon Europe programme and other joint programmes of the European Union 2021-1.2.3-EU_KP; Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures 2021-4.1.2-NEMZ_KI; Support to bilateral science and technology (S&T) cooperations; Support for Hungarian participation in the EUREKA programme 2022-1.2.4-EUREKA; Support for participation in the Horizon Europe Key Digital Technologies (KDT) partnership 2022-1.2.8-KDT; EUROSTARS: Support for Hungarian participation in the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs 2022-1.2.7-EUROSTARS; Call for proposals to support Hungarian organisations successfully participating in joint international calls for proposals of ERA-NET COFUND, EJPCOFUND and other multilateral programmes 2023-1.2.1-ERA-NET; Call for proposals to support Hungarian organisations successfully participating in the joint international calls for proposals of European Partnerships in Horizon Europe 2023-1.2.2-HE_PARTNERSÉG; Call for project proposals implemented in bilateral science and technology (S&T) cooperation 2023-1.2.4-TÉT |
6,10 | International programmes HU-rizon Programme 2024-1.2.3-HU-RIZONT; Call for project proposals implemented in bilateral science and technology (S&T) cooperation 2024-1.2.5-TÉT; Call for proposals to support Hungarian organisations successfully participating in joint international calls for proposals of ERA-NET COFUND, EJP COFUND and other multilateral programmes 2024-1.2.2-ERA_NET; Call for proposals to support Hungarian organisations successfully participating in the joint international calls for proposals of European Partnerships in Horizon Europe 2024-1.2.1-HE_PARTNERSÉG; Support for Hungarian participation in the EUREKA programme 2024-1.2.6-EUREKA; Support for participation in the Horizon Europe Key Digital Technologies (KDT) partnership 2024-1.2.4-KDT; EUROSTARS: Support for Hungarian participation in the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs (2024-1.2.7-EUROSTARS); Support for Hungarian participation in the research and development programme in Hungarian–Israeli cooperation (2024-1.2.10-TÉT-IPARI-IL); Call for proposals to foster Hungarian participation in the Horizon Europe programme and other joint programmes of the European Union 2021-1.2.3-EU_KP; Horizon Europe Accelerator booster call (EU_KKV); Support for active participation in international professional organisations for researchers and research managers (Networking+); Booster call for the Teaming of Excellence 2025 call; International cooperation in preparation. |
17,155 | |
| Announced under international programmes. (Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures 2021-4.1.2-NEMZ_KI) |
Announced under international programmes. | Announced under international programmes. | Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures Support for the use of international and national research infrastructures 2021-4.1.2-NEMZ_KI; |
0,10 | ||||
| Large Company Focus Area Innovation Programme (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
15,00 | |||||||
| Innovation Venture Capital Programme (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
9,50 | |||||||
| Development of applied research and innovation services (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
2,50 | |||||||
| Investment in the future Fund Investment in the future 2020-1.1.6-JÖVŐ |
7,00 | |||||||
| Development of an applied research network Participation in the National Network of Applied Research Institutes 2021-1.1.2-AKH |
1,63 | |||||||
| University Innovation Ecosystema University Innovation Ecosystema 2019-1.2.1-EGYETEMI ÖKO |
2,46 | |||||||
| KKV Start programme KKV Start Innovation 2020-1.1.1-KKV START |
12,00 | |||||||
| Centres of excellence Establishing and developing centres of excellence 2022-1.1.1-KK |
20,60 | |||||||
| Startup Programme Startup Programme 2022-1.1.2-STARTUP |
4,06 | |||||||
| Incubator Support Scheme STARTUP FACTORY 2023 2023-1.1.3-STARTUP |
5,75 | |||||||
| Research Sub-fund 2021-2024 |
Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects ("OTKA") Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects ("OTKA") PD_21, FK_21, K_21, ANN_21, SNN_21 |
12,90 | Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects ("OTKA") Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects ("OTKA") PD_22, FK_22, K_22, ANN_22, SNN_22 |
13,50 | Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects ("OTKA") Postdoctoral and Young researchers’ excellence programme and Call for thematic research projects ("OTKA") PD_23, FK_23, K_23, SNN_23 |
13,50 | Excellence-based research funding Call for EXCELLENCE research proposals EXCELLENCE_24 Call for ADVANCED research proposals ADVANCED_24 Call for STARTING research proposals STARTING_24 Call for proposals for research projects based on Hungarian-Austrian and Hungarian-Slovenian cooperation ANN_24, SNN_24 |
19,00 |
| Forefront – Research Excellence Programme Forefront – Research Excellence Programme KKP_21 |
3,00 | Forefront – Research Excellence Programme Forefront – Research Excellence Programme KKP_22 |
3,00 | |||||
| New National Excellence Programme ÚNKP-21-1, ÚNKP-21-2, ÚNKP-21-3, ÚNKP-21-4, ÚNKP-21-5, ÚNKP-21-6 |
4,00 | New National Excellence Programme ÚNKP-22-1, ÚNKP-22-2, ÚNKP-22-3, ÚNKP-22-4, ÚNKP-22-5, ÚNKP-22-6 |
0,828 | New National Excellence Programme ÚNKP-23-1, ÚNKP-23-2, ÚNKP-23-3, ÚNKP-23-4, ÚNKP-23-5, ÚNKP-23-6 |
0,710 | University Research Scholarship Programme (scholarships announced by higher education institutions) |
10,00 | |
| Cooperative Doctoral Programme Cooperative Doctoral Programme KDP-2021 |
4,894 | Cooperative Doctoral Programme Cooperative Doctoral Programme KDP-2023 |
5,070 | |||||
| Patronage Programme Science Patronage Programme MEC_21 |
1,00 | Science Patronage Programme Science Patronage Programme MEC_24 |
2,46 | |||||
| Research Grant Hungary Research Grant Hungary RGH_S_24, RGH_L_24 |
6,00 | |||||||
| Pension - matching fund (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
0,244 | |||||||
| Own contribution - matching fund (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
0,264 | |||||||
| Proof of Concept: development potential assessment (Call for proposal will be announced later) |
3,00 | |||||||
| Thematic Excellence Programme (National-Health-Defence) Thematic Excellence Programme 2021 TKP2021 (The budget includes the HUF 1 billion budget of the National Defence Subprogramme of the Cooperative Doctoral Programme (NDPCP-2021), which is closely linked to the National Defence, National Security Subprogramme of the 2021 Thematic Excellence Programme.) |
75,00 | |||||||
| Building the Selye János Student Lab network Building the Selye János Student Lab network 2022-3.1.1-DIÁKLABOR |
2,00 | |||||||
| National Laboratories Sub-fund 2022 |
National Laboratories Establishment and complex development of the National Laboratories 2022-2.1.1-NL |
26,60 | ||||||
* The total budget of the 2024 Programme Strategy.