Strengthening the Bases
Strengthening the Bases
For government-operated research locations, we will continue to use the two-channel budget financing consisting of basic funding and an application-and-granting system. The planned basic funding increase of the institutions will on the average be 17.3% (another 15%) in 2001 (2002) with respect to the current figures. In the case of research institutions, the corresponding increase will be 27% (another 15%) in 2001 (2002). In addition to this major increase, each research location and scientific base will dispose of the new, increased resources available for granting (by a factor 2 (again 1.5) in 2001 (2002) relative to today).
Every institution will be able to apply for the granting/financing resources most appropriate for its sphere of activities. Besides, it is expected that thanks to the National Research and Development Programs, the relationships between the research locations and the business companies will be strengthened too. For the truly critical point of Hungarian R&D is the dynamic increase of corporate R&D resources. The most important incentive for this is the establishment of a social environment encouraging R&D, and the creation of the ability to produce profit. Key factors for both of these include education, a properly qualified workforce, and the existence of the appropriate R&D bases. It goes without saying that we will try to encourage companies to increase their R&D expenditures also via direct incentives. This first of all means the targeted grants of the technical development framework program, and, secondly the opportunity - unique in our region - that, from the next year on, enterprises will be entitled to reduce the tax base of their R&D expenditures by 200%, provided they implement their development programs at their own base, or at any other Hungarian R&D location.
