R&D - Innovation

Hungary this year has joined Nokia’s international developer contest entitled “Calling All Innovators”  Hungarian applicants can now compete not only locally, but also in the global field for cash prize and the latest handsets from Nokia.

The incubation center of creative industrial sectors was set up with the help of EU funding amounting to nearly HUF 400 million at the University of Debrecen.

Floorcovering Manufacturers Ltd, Graboplast has filed a patent for its nanotechnological procedure, which allows for the production of scratch- and dirt-free PVC flooring, used in public buildings, such as hospitals, stadiums and metro stations.

The HUF 85-billion program, under which 8 pole hospitals will be developed, is the most significant New Hungary Development Plan (NHDP) healthcare investment to date.

Chinese public transport vehicle provider Jing Long and Hungarian Orientbus, MJT join forces to manufacture buses in Bazhou, China.

Hungary’s biggest ever talent support initiative called the Hungarian Genius Integrated Talent Support Program, a priority project implemented within the framework of New Hungary Development Plan (NHDP) has just been launched.

Pannon University in Veszprém has received a HUF 4 billion for research and development projects.

Hungary, the Czech Republic and Romania have won a joint bid for the European Union's Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) project.

R&D investments have expanded by 1 pct of the GDP in 2008.

A government action plan supporting R+D and medical biotechnology in Hungary's drug industry aims to increase competitiveness.