Deadline: 3 June 2025
The aim of the Call funded from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund is to support the launch of new international bilateral scientific and technological (hereinafter: S&T) cooperation projects or the deepening of existing cooperation projects by supporting researcher mobility activities and the exchange of experts.
Funding Information
- Total budget and maximum amount of funding:Total available budget: HUF 120 million, of which HUF 30 million for French and Slovenian relations, each, and HUF 60 million for the Serbian relation.
- Maximum amount of non-refundable funding per proposal:
- HUF 3 million for a European partner institution located in a neighbouring country,
- HUF 4 million for a European partner institution located in a non-neighbouring country.
- Duration of the project: Minimum 12 months, maximum 24 months.
- Project implementation may not commence before 1 January 2026 for the Slovenian and Serbian relations, and before 1 March 2026 for the French relation.
Eligible Activities
- The following researcher mobility related activities are eligible:
- travel of the researcher/student representing the Hungarian party to the partner country;
- stay of the researcher/student representing the Hungarian party in the partner country;
- travel of the researcher/student representing the Hungarian party within the partner country in relation to the project;
- project-related activities to disseminate the results achieved;
- Beneficiaries are required to inform the public about the purpose and benefits of the project for which they have received funding, and the results achieved in the second half of the project. Dissemination of project results can be done through e.g. technical and scientific conferences, scientific and technical journals, open access repositories, or open and free source software.
- participation in an international conference (a prestigious event in the field of the project in Hungary, in the partner country or in another country).
Eligibility Criteria
- Proposals under this call must be submitted individually.
- The Call is open to legal entities with registered seat in Hungary or with registered seat in the European Economic Area and a branch office in Hungary, more specifically:
- businesses with legal personality, non-profit companies and other economic organisations that have at least one closed, approved, completed business year (365 days), maintain double-entry accounting
- denominational or private higher education institutions accredited by the state, qualifying as research and knowledge-dissemination organisations under Article 2 (83) of Council Regulation 651/2014/EU;
- budgetary organs and budgetary entities, qualifying as research and knowledge-dissemination organisations under Article 2 (83) of Council Regulation 651/2014/EU.
For more information, visit NRDI Office.
