Form of funding: final grant disbursed to the beneficiary with no repayment obligation. The funding covers the personnel costs of the applicant researcher and part of the management and overhead costs of the Hungarian home or host institution.

The minimum and maximum duration and amount of funding per annum can be seen in the chart below:

What costs does the funding cover?

What does the funding cover in each category?

• Personnel costs:
  The personnel costs of only the applicant researcher shall be eligible under the project, (personnel costs and contributions).

  Outgoing mobility: an average of 920.000 HUF/month is recommended when calculating the personnel costs of the applicant researcher. Please take the calculations of researcher personnel costs valid for different countries with the correction factors applied for Marie Curie actions into consideration when planning the personnel costs of the applicant researchers. (EU FP7, “People” specific programme). Download: MC correction factors. The recommended 920 000 HUF/ month ‘average amount’ shall equal 100/00 unit.)

  Incoming mobility/Reintegration: an average of 810.000 HUF/month is recommended when calculating the personnel costs of the applicant researcher.

• Material costs:

  Costs of materials, smaller tools, books, periodicals, services linked to project implementation (e.g. travel expenses abroad, costs of participation at events closely linked to the research topic of the project and costs of certification, measurements, etc.), During the term of the project, tourist class tickets (one outbound and one inbound ticket) shall be eligible each year.

  Administration costs incurred during project implementation (e.g. accounting and other administrative costs, costs of auditing, etc.) and general material expenses (overheads) shall be eligible up to a maximum of 11% of the funding.

• Costs of instruments and equipment (eligible only in ‘Reintegration’ thematic priority!):

  For each activity period, the costs of instruments and equipment shall be eligible to the extent and period of their use under the project (pursuant to the provisions of the Accounting Act and documented by the instrument log in a transparent way), thus only depreciation costs proportionate to the duration of the research project and to the use for project purposes shall be eligible.
  At the costs of equipment, their operation costs may also be considered (e.g. transportation, installation, service and maintenance costs, etc.).