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As Index reported, Tamás Freund, president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, wrote a letter to László Palkovics last week, complaining that Palkovics changed the ranking of the expert bodies of the National Research Office, Development and Innovation, rewrote the proposal of the professional jury. research applications. The president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences harshly criticized László Palkovics, but in a letter invited Palkovics to the Academy for lunch to discuss the matter in person.
The reply was received from László Palkovics
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editorial staff. In accordance with this, the Minister thanked him very much for his invitation to lunch, at the same time
would find it most useful after substantive cooperation initiatives, whether in relation to Bolyai tenders or EISZ funding, took place by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, especially in view of the recent period of tensions .
In his letter, Palkovics first mentions the additional funding of HUF 22 billion provided to the institutions of the Eötvös Loránd Research Network. Furthermore, it draws the attention of the president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences to the fact that the recently established National Laboratory system initially supports the establishment of large established laboratories in national research collaborations amounting to approximately HUF 14 billion, but their number is expected to increase from the current 18.
Besides the fact that they will be decisive in Hungarian research and development in the given subject area, they also offer unique opportunities for Hungarian science at international level in the international research space. The National Laboratories, as well as the OTKA system, are significantly based on trust between the actors, which is an essential condition for the functioning of any national system of financing innovation or supporting research.
– writes the Minister.
Freund had previously ruled with the phrase “unprecedented” that by his decision, the Minister or the President of the NKFIH had awarded a grant against the qualification of a professional association. According to him, Palkovics jeopardizes the credibility of the system, the minister overwritten the professional work of Hungarian and foreign investigators with a stroke of the pen.
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