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• IR groups may facilitate cooperation between Hungarian RIs belonging to the same group and improve the professional
performance and international involvement of Hungarian research groups.

The individual RI groups were created according to specific research fields and related areas. This means that individual
RIs were classified into the same group based on their cooperation, and their possession of relevant infrastructure and re-
search community. Another major factor considered in creating the groups were the support of development directions
and priorities specified in the National Smart Specialisation Strategy (S3).

The following criteria were used for the creation of RI groups and the classification of individual RIs:

• The selection should prefer scientific diversity.
• The selection of RIs should not compare the performance and output of main scientific areas, such as life sciences and
social sciences, as they are inherently significantly different.
• The selection should take into consideration sustainability.
• The presentation should not be limited to RIs already having ESFRI or other international memberships, but the selection
should cover the entire spectrum of domestic research infrastructures.
• The selection should be performed on professional grounds, by the representatives of scientific community.

The RI groups presented in the Roadmap were selected and the individual RIs were grouped with the help of the research
community as follows:

1. The creation of the list of domestic research infrastructures (103 strategic and 280 registered RIs) was pre-
ceded by a multi-stage preparatory work which represented the starting point for the selection of the research
infrastructure groups.
2. Since 2015 several major funding programmes have been announced for the research community and for the
development of research infrastructures. The research infrastructures to be implemented/developed in the frame-
work of the programmes were also taken into account during the mapping of the RIs.
3. A system of assessment criteria was developed for the selection process and was approved by the NKIB.
4. Within the scientific fields, the research infrastructure groups were selected based on the domestic charac-
teristics.
5. Each domestic RI was classified into one of the RI groups.
6. In every group one RI was selected as the coordinator institution and the rest as partner institutions. A number
of the RIs funded in the latest research infrastructure development programme were selected in each group and
presented as examples in the Roadmap.

The methodology used for elaborating the National Research Infrastructure Roadmap is shown in Figure 1.

Note that parallel to creating the Roadmap, Hungary also updates its RDI strategy. The Roadmap results are going to be
used for the renewal of the RDI strategy and action plan as it is one of the background documents for renewing the RI-
related objectives of the RDI strategy.

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