The aim of the priority call “Establishing the János Selye Student Laboratory Network”, announced from the NRDI Fund (hereinafter: Priority Call), is to enable the previously established Student Laboratories to further develop their activities and to ensure that their results can also be utilised across the borders of Hungary. Another key objective is to broaden access to entities and programmes engaged in career orientation activities related to STEM fields available in Hungary. This contributes to the promotion of research and development careers among primary and secondary school students, encourages students to pursue scientific paths, and, in the long term, helps increase the number of students and professionals in STEM disciplines. A particularly important aspect – through re-granted funding – is to promote gender equality within the various scientific fields, therefore the Priority Call also aims to encourage the active participation of women in STEM activities.

The EXCELLENCE sub-programme of the National Research Excellence Programme, announced on 14 March 2025 under the management of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office), aims to provide preparation opportunities for researchers who have recently demonstrated their standing among the international scientific elite with recent achievements in prestigious international funding programmes, to help them succeed in programmes announced by the European Research Council (ERC).

The decision has been made regarding the 6 project proposals submitted between 31 January 2025 and 30 May 2025 to the call titled “Large Company Focus Area Innovation Programme” with the code 2024-1.1.2-NAGYVÁLL_FÓKUSZ, with a total funding request of HUF 14.1 billion.