Call for industrial research and development projects implemented in Hungarian–Vietnamese cooperation, announced in the framework of the international research and development cooperation programme between the NRDI Office and the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Submission of project proposals

Project proposals should be submitted online, by logging in and completing the online application form on the Participant Portal (Pályázati e-ügyintézés) which can be reached through the palyazat.gov.hu website. Unless executed using a qualified electronic signature, the hard copy of the statement should also be sent by regular mail to the NRDI Office no later than 3 days after the electronic submission. Submissions are accepted from the activation of the online application form until 14:00 CET, 31 May 2017.

Purpose of the call

The purpose of the call is to provide funds to Hungarian partners participating in RDI projects to be implemented in Hungarian–Vietnamese cooperation which result in new or further developed, market-oriented products and services. Applications shall be submitted with identical professional and scientific content by both the Hungarian and the Vietnamese partners in their own country. Unilaterally submitted applications will not be accepted. In order to ensure high research quality, project participants will only receive funding in their own country if the funding organisation of the other country has also committed to fund the project.

Who can apply

Applications should involve at least one Hungarian and one Vietnamese applicant in previously agreed cooperation. If a project has more than one participant from either partner country, the number of consortium members may not exceed five per countries. Applications may be submitted by the following entities:

• business companies with registered seat in Hungary, having at least one full closed financial year, using a double-entry bookkeeping system, not applying the regime of simplified entrepreneurial tax (EVA) or small taxpayers’ itemized lump sum tax (KATA), or the Hungarian branch of a business company with registered seat in the EEA;
  
• non-profit organisations not engaged in any market influencing activity and qualifying as research centres and knowledge dissemination organisations under EU law;
  
• Hungarian budgetary organs or their institutions with legal personality, not engaged in any market influencing activity.
  

Further conditions for applicants and general terms and conditions for consortia are provided in the Application Guidelines.

Eligible project objectives

• activities eligible for funding independently: applied (industrial) research, experimental development;
  
• not eligible for funding independently: activities relating to communication, dissemination of results, project coordination, market entry, legal protection of intellectual property.
  

Other important conditions

• Applicants shall undertake that the implementation of their project will further strengthen international cooperation in the field of RDI.
  
• Applicants shall undertake to cover all costs in excess of the support received from their own funds.
  
• Funded projects shall be implemented within 36 months from project launch.
  

Available funds

The call has a total budget of HUF 200 million financed from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund. Applicants may apply for non-refundable funds of HUF 20 to 70 million, as long as available funds last. The intensity of support varies depending on the classification of the project and the group of applicants.