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Contents

Background......................................................................................................................................................................................................5
Summary...........................................................................................................................................................................................................6

1. The preparation of the National Research Infrastructure Roadmap ...............................................................................................7
1.1. The role and function of the ESFRI Roadmap................................................................................................................7

1.2. The importance of research infrastructures......................................................................................................................7
2. The background and methodology of creating the National Research Infrastructure Roadmap..............................................10

2.1. The role and function of the National Research Infrastructure Roadmap ................................................................10
2.2. The background of preparing the National Research Infrastructure Roadmap........................................................10

2.3. The National Research Infrastructure Committee.......................................................................................................11
2.4. The definition and types of research infrastructures....................................................................................................11

2.5. The classification of Hungarian research infrastructures into RI groups.................................................................13
3. Hungary’s participation in European research infrastructures.......................................................................................................16
4. The development and funding of research infrastructures..............................................................................................................20

5. Monitoring and evaluation ....................................................................................................................................................................23

6. RI development directions and strategic objectives..........................................................................................................................25
7. The categorisation of RI groups by ESFRI thematic areas ..............................................................................................................27
7.1. Energy....................................................................................................................................................................................29

7.2. Environment.........................................................................................................................................................................31
7.3. Health and Food Sciences..................................................................................................................................................36

7.4. Physical Sciences and Engineering ..................................................................................................................................43
7.5. Social and Cultural Innovation ........................................................................................................................................53

7.6. E-infrastructures..................................................................................................................................................................58
8. Presentation of funded research infrastructure projects ..................................................................................................................61

8.1. Energy....................................................................................................................................................................................62
8.2. Environment.........................................................................................................................................................................64

8.3. Health and Food Sciences..................................................................................................................................................67
8.4. Physical Sciences and Engineering...................................................................................................................................71

8.5. Social and Cultural Innovation ........................................................................................................................................74
8.6. E-infrastructures..................................................................................................................................................................76

9. List of abbreviations ................................................................................................................................................................................78
10. Contributors...........................................................................................................................................................................................80

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