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The collaboration between IMSYS Kft. and HOLOFON Zrt. offers an environmentally conscious solution to the problem of water and wastewater treatment. The two Hungarian enterprises aim to explore the use of various ferrates in water purification and to develop new packaging material that enables the efficient transport of ferrate products. As a result of the project, implemented with the support of the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, biologically contaminated water can be treated efficiently – from swimming pools to hospital wastewater.
The joint research and development project of GE HealthCare Kft. and the University of Debrecen will make medical diagnostics and pharmaceutical research more efficient with the help of Artificial Intelligence. Their solution, based on Natural Language Processing algorithms, supports the analysis and organisation of visual and textual findings, which can be used to target patients for inclusion in clinical research, among other things.
The free-to-use telemedicine system developed by 77 Elektronika Kft. in Hungary is revolutionizing online remote medical services. The project, funded by the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, aimed to personalise the treatment of patients with or at the early stages of diabetes. That’s why the Dcont® eNAPLÓ platform was created, where people with a Dcont® blood glucose meter can upload their measured data quickly and easily. These are supported by a number of graphs and statistics to help the patient’s orientation and the work of the medical specialist examining the data.
As a specialist in industrial simulations, eCon Engineering Kft. contributes to the development of aircraft. The Virtual Blade Model, developed with funding from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, could bring a quantum leap in the aerospace industry: the application of artificial intelligence not only makes structural analysis, aerodynamic calculations and tests required during manufacturing more accurate and cost-effective, but also radically speeds up the process.
Modern medicine relies more and more on knowledge acquired in molecular biology and genetics. Therefore, the research into molecular markers revolutionising the diagnosis of diseases has also become extremely timely both for academic basic research and for pharmaceutical research. In order to harmonise the efforts of discovery research and industrial pharmaceutical developments, the Molecular Biomarker Research and Service Centre of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE Biotechnology HEICC) was established, about the goals and achievements of which, we interviewed Professor Imre Kacskovics, head of Department of Immunology of Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE).
Professor László Gránásy and his team are engaged in modelling the formation of polycrystalline materials, a research they were granted funds for early in 2018 under the “Frontline” – Excellence Programme developed by the NRDI Office. The goal, after having fully understood the crystallisation process, is to use the results in biological systems.
The aim of the Call financed from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund is to provide the national contribution to Hungarian organisations successfully participating in the joint international ERA-NET COFUND, European Joint Programme COFUND (EJP COFUND) and co-funded by the EU under its H2020 framework programme for research and innovation, in collaboration with the NRDI Office, as well as in the joint international calls for proposals of other multilateral programmes following the operational mechanisms of these programmes.
The aim of the priority call “Establishing the János Selye Student Laboratory Network”, announced from the NRDI Fund (hereinafter: Priority Call), is to enable the previously established Student Laboratories to further develop their activities and to ensure that their results can also be utilised across the borders of Hungary. Another key objective is to broaden access to entities and programmes engaged in career orientation activities related to STEM fields available in Hungary. This contributes to the promotion of research and development careers among primary and secondary school students, encourages students to pursue scientific paths, and, in the long term, helps increase the number of students and professionals in STEM disciplines. A particularly important aspect – through re-granted funding – is to promote gender equality within the various scientific fields, therefore the Priority Call also aims to encourage the active participation of women in STEM activities.
The EXCELLENCE sub-programme of the National Research Excellence Programme, announced on 14 March 2025 under the management of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office), aims to provide preparation opportunities for researchers who have recently demonstrated their standing among the international scientific elite with recent achievements in prestigious international funding programmes, to help them succeed in programmes announced by the European Research Council (ERC).