Call for Proposals for the NKKP EXCELLENCE Research Programme
The NKKP EXCELLENCE sub-programme aims to provide support for researchers preparing to participate successfully in funding schemes announced by the European Research Council (ERC).
This call targets researchers who have already demonstrated strong potential for success by submitting a high-quality proposal in response to a previous ERC call.
Eligible applicants: the Principal Investigator (PI) may apply jointly with a Host Institution that must be a legal entity based in Hungary.
Eligible Host Institutions include higher education institutions, research centres, research institutes, budgetary bodies, institutions with legal personality under a budgetary body, business enterprises maintaining double-entry bookkeeping with at least two closed financial years, or nonprofit organizations.
Principal Investigators must have previously submitted a proposal as a Principal Investigator to one of the following ERC grant schemes: Starting Grant, Consolidator Grant, Advanced Grant, or Synergy Grant.
Total funding: HUF 160 million + 25% overhead
Submission deadline: 10 September 2025, 16:00 (CET)
More information: https://nkfih.gov.hu/palyazoknak/nkfi-alap/excellence-kutatasi-palyazat-excellence25/palyazati-felhivas
Support for bilateral science and technology cooperation
This call aims to facilitate the launch of new international bilateral science and technology collaborations and to deepen existing partnerships by supporting researcher mobility and exchange programmes.
Relevant bilateral intergovernmental agreements: Slovenia, Serbia and France
Eligible applicants: businesses, nonprofit companies, business organizations, state-recognised religious or private higher education institutions, budgetary bodies and institutions operating on a budgetary basis that meet the requirements of the call
Budget: 3-4 million HUF
Submission deadline for the Slovenian and Serbian relations: 30 May 2025, 12:00
Submission deadline for the French relations: 3 June 2025, 16:00
More information: https://nkfih.gov.hu/palyazoknak/nkfi-alap/ketoldalu-tudomanyos-technologiai-egyuttmukodes-tamogatasa-2025-124-tet/palyazati-felhivas
Support for Participation in Hungarian-Korean Cooperation Programme in Applied Research and Development
This call aims to provide funding to stimulate innovation in the Hungarian economy, strengthen research and development in the fields of economy and social life, exploit both domestic and foreign research results, and develop innovation infrastructure and related services.
Eligible applicants: higher education institutions, other educational institutions, research centers with a budget, budgetary bodies, business research institutions, businesses, nonprofit research institutions and the HUN-REN Hungarian Research Network in consortium with at least one Korean partner
Budget: a minimum of 30 million HUF and a maximum of 80 million HUF
Submission deadline: 30 June 2025
More information: https://nkfih.gov.hu/palyazoknak/nkfi-alap/magyar-koreai-alkalmazott-kutatas-fejlesztesi-egyuttmukodes-2025-123-tet-ipari-kr/palyazati-felhivas