Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)
The Hungarian Academy of Sciences (in short: HAS, in Hungarian: Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important (and prestigious) learned society of Hungary. Its mission is distribution of the results of science, supporting research and representing the Hungarian scientific community.
It has 11 research units (8 of them are focused for life sciences and 3 for social sciences) and runs 38 research institutes. At this moment it has 269 Full Members, 77 Corresponding Members, 173 External Members and 222 Honorary Members.
More information: http://www.mta.hu/index.php?id=406&type=0
National Office for Research and Technology (NKTH)
The National Office for Research and Technology (NKTH) has a key role in developing and implementing Hungary's science, technology and innovation policies. NKTH supports financially and by institutional means the creation, dissemination and exploitation of new knowledge and technology. Its activity is financed by the Research and Technology Innovation Fund. This public funding is recycled by NKTH into the Hungarian economy by supporting R&D activities, primarily through its system of calls for proposals.
More information: http://www.nkth.gov.hu/english
Hungarian Research Directory: A Directory of Hungarian PhD Schools, Research Institutes and Groups
The following publication collects several public research institutes, groups and universities and PhD schools which are open for international cooperation. It can help foreign researchers to find partner institutions in Hungary and gives a picture about the recent research themes and priorities in the country.
http://www.tpf.hu/upload/docs/konyvtar/eu6/HRD_2005.pdf
Hungarian Rectors' Conference (HRC)
The Hungarian Rectors' Conference is a body entitled to represent higher education institutions and to protect their interests.
HRC is representing Hungarian higher education institutions also on international level, so it may delegate representatives with voting right to the sessions of theInternational Association of Universities (IAU) and the European University Association (EUA) maintained by UNESCO as it is the member of such organizations with full powers.
The Hungarian Higher Education is published by the Hungarian Rectors’ Conference. The publication presents the Hugarian higher education institutions universities and colleges according to registration and regional coverage:
Further information: http://www.mrk.hu/eng/?id=6
Researchers’ night
Researchers' night, launched in 2005 under the "Researchers in Europe" initiative, offers the large public a unique opportunity to discover the researchers and their magic world: dozens of labs, universities, enterprises, foundations...open their doors and unveil their secrets Europe wide, allowing each of you, "hand in hand" with researchers, to be scientist for a night, take part in mysterious and fascinating experiments, use sophisticated instruments, understand the magic of science and its beauty and ask any question you always wanted to ask without daring before...
The Hungarian event fits well in the Europe-wide festival series with the entertaining and serious, but “audience-friendly” scientific programmes focusing on science and researchers, and on researchers and society. The messages we wish to put across are the importance of science; the fully human yet important figure of the researcher carrying out his work to the benefit of the society.
More information can be found at: Link in Hungarian http://www.kutatokejszakaja.hu/
Research in Hungary
