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The call for proposals for the Hungarian Innovation Agency's (NIÜ) programme to support the creation of national innovation events has been amended. The change has widened the range of people who can apply for support and also allows for the possibility to fill in gaps. As a result, the deadline for applications has also changed, with the deadline for applications being 30 October 2024.

From September, the Hungarian Startup University Program (HSUP) will be available again in more than 30 higher education institutions. The two-semester course aims to broaden students' knowledge of innovation and to encourage them to create start-ups based on their own projects. From the 2024/25 academic year, the programme will be relaunched with a completely renewed curriculum and will be available in English, the international language of innovation, as successful start-up founders need to be able to pitch to foreign investors, customers and other partners.

There is a growing number of innovative young people and businesses in Hungary, but many of them need help to turn their ideas into a successful product or service. The Hungarian Innovation Agency's (NIÜ) IMPULSE programme, which supports Hungarian businesses and start-ups to exploit their innovations with high market potential through group and personal mentoring and knowledge transfer, helps them to do this.

The Hungarian Innovation Agency (NIÜ) aims to increase the potential of the Hungarian innovation ecosystem in Singapore by supporting the market expansion of innovative projects and companies and promoting an innovation-centric culture. The NIÜ offers participation in the Singapore Agri-Food Tech Expo 2024 to facilitate the entry of Hungarian companies into the Singapore market, providing valuable insights into the market's characteristics and business culture, including networking, training on local characteristics, consumer behaviour and trends.

The Hungarian Innovation Agency (NIÜ) will provide HUF 30 million in 2024 to support the creation of national innovation events. The Agency's key mission is to deepen innovation knowledge and to make the ecosystem more dynamic by organising various national and international events, supported by the Event Support Programme for actors in the domestic innovation ecosystem.

Since its launch in the spring, nearly 30 innovative companies have participated in XPAND, the Hungarian Innovation Agency's (NIÜ) programme to help them enter foreign markets. The 10 best prepared companies have already participated in international innovation and technology events supported by the NIÜ, which have led to nearly 200 business meetings with foreign partners. In September, they will have the opportunity to present and network in China again, and in the coming months in Germany, Kazakhstan, the United States and Singapore. Workshops to prepare for foreign markets will be launched again in August, for which the NIÜ invites applications from innovative companies and start-ups via the agency's website.

The Enterprise Horizon programme, the Hungarian Innovation Agency's (NIÜ) latest service, provides information to help innovative businesses successfully participate in Horizon Europe, the world's largest R&D and innovation programme, and build international consortia. The first workshop (START) will take place on 4 July 2024 at the NIÜ.

Jui Lim, CEO of the Singapore Innovation Agency (SGInnovate) visited the Hungarian Innovation Agency (NIÜ), where he met with the head of the agency, László Bódis. The meeting was also attended by László Korányi, Deputy CEO of NIÜ, Judit Pach, Hungarian Ambassador to Singapore and István Szabó, Deputy CEO of HUN-REN.

The Hungarian Innovation Agency (NIÜ) has become an official member of The European Network of Innovation Agencies (TAFTIE), the European network of national innovation agencies, and will gain an even wider international network of contacts, opening up even more opportunities for cooperation, support and knowledge transfer for Hungarian innovative businesses, start-ups, universities and research institutes.

Fifty years ago, in 1974, he invented the invention of the. Ernő Rubik invented his logic game originally intended for educational purposes, which eventually conquered the world as the Rubik's Cube, and to this day is one of the main symbols of Hungarian creativity and innovation. It shows that a good innovation can sustain interest for decades. Would it be easier for inventors to make their inventions a success in the present? To this end, the Hungarian Innovation Agency (NIÜ) was created with the mission to help bring excellent innovative projects like the Rubik's Cube to market.

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The National Innovation Agency's (NIA) IMPULSE programme aims to promote the market exploitation of innovative products and services with high market potential from Hungarian companies. Applicants can win a package of innovation support services worth HUF 5 million gross or HUF 7.5 million gross, including group and personalised advice and mentoring on project development, innovation financing, business development, intellectual property protection and other topics.