The Thematic Program of Excellence (CIP) will open again this year, in the framework of which the government will support the answers to the most important social and economic challenges of higher education institutions with about HUF 75 billion from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund. The Parliamentary and Strategic State Secretary of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology (ITM) announced in a statement issued by the Ministry on Tuesday. Tamás Schanda emphasized that the
The Thematic Program of Excellence has identified three research areas that are either of outstanding economic importance or have strong domestic capacities. These sub-programs are health, national research and national defense, national security. Within each sub-program, there is a possibility for thematic research related to coronavirus diseases, a safe society and environment, or even cyber defense
Tkp supports the implementation of research with HUF 25 billion per sub-program 2021. The framework also includes the HUF 1 billion envelope of the cooperative doctoral program in the case of the TKp national defense and national security sub-program, as a result of which the number of highly qualified employees with scientific knowledge can be increased in the field of defense research and development and innovation
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An important expectation is the further strengthening of cooperation between higher education institutions and R&D and innovation actors, therefore the government supports initiatives that contribute to the social and economic utilization of knowledge generated in university knowledge centers and research sites, stressed Tamás Schanda.
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