EKÖP-KDP Scholarship 2025/2026

The draft of the call for University Research Fellowships – Cooperative Doctoral Programme (EKÖP-KDP) was approved by the NRDI on 13.05.2025. The call for applications is open from 13.05.2025 to 06.04.2025, 23:59.
The most important preliminary task for applicants is to find a supervisor approved by the Doctoral School related to their research topic with whom they can discuss their research idea/plan.
Who can apply?
Within the framework of the 2025/2026 EKÖP-KDP call for proposals, applications for individual research grants may be submitted for the following periods for doctoral students who:
- had active doctoral student status in the 2024/2025 academic year, or applied for admission to a doctoral programme starting in the 2025/2026 academic year,
- have not passed the complex examination yet, or passed the complex examination in the spring semester of the 2024/2025 academic year,
the amount of the scholarship is HUF 400,000/month/person. | for 24 months 2025. szeptember 1. – 2027. augusztus 31. | for 31 months 2025. szeptember 1. – 2028. március 31. | forfor 36 months 2025. szeptember 1. – 2028. augusztus 31 | for 43 hónap 2025. szeptember 1. – 2029. március 31. | for 48 hónap 2025. szeptember 1. – 2029. augusztus 31 |
scholarship amount | HUF 9 600 000 | HUF 12 400 000 | HUF 14 400 000 | HUF 17 200 000 | HUF 19 200 000 |
requested fund (including the remunaration of the Supervisor and Expert) | HUF 15 360 000 | HUF 19 840 000 | HUF 23 040 000 | HUF 27 520 000 | HUF 30 720 000 |
more detailed information in the call for application
How and where to submit applications (2025.06.04. 23.59pm)
All correspondence and requests for information relating to proposals should be sent to the contact e-mail address unkp_bce@uni-corvinus.hu
- the application documents described in point 12 of the call for application must be submitted to one of the following thematic e-mail addresses, according to the category of the call for application, no later than 04 June 2025 – 23:59.pm:
The above e-mail addresses are only used for sending (automatic saving) of the application documents.
Documents submitted electronically are accepted in the following format/extension: PDF
Expectations regarding manually or electronically signed documents:
- the declaration must be signed with an electronic signature based on a qualified certificate, with at least an advanced level of security, or
- the declaration must be authenticated using the ePapír service, through the use of Ügyfélkapu+ / DÁP
- A scanned version of the printed and hand-signed document is acceptable.
In the case of a document in a foreign language (other than English), please submit a certified Hungarian translation in electronic format, too.
For the sake of the readability of your application, we recommend that you use one of the following to complete the annexes:
- File (menu) / Save as PDF (*.pdf) or
- File (menu) / Print by selecting Microsoft print to PDF
Data Processing Notice
The Data Processing Notice for the EKÖP-KDP application is available here.
Call for application and annexes
- Research plan
- Application form
- Supervisor’s data form
- Expert’s data form
- Applicant’s statement
- Doctoral Schoole statement
- Supervisor’s statement
- Company expert’s statements
- Employer’s statement
ATTENTION! Modifications of the application forms (rewriting, modifying or deleting questions from forms) are not accepted! Please do not attempt to modify the documents! Modification of the forms is not subject to the formal verification of the application and therefore the applicant will not have the possibility to correct them by means of a supplementary application.
The formal check will cover the following:
- the presence of the required annexes, their legibility, the presence of the necessary signatures
- the legibility of supporting documents which may constitute additional points, and in the case of documentation in a language other than Hungarian or English, the existence of a certified translation of the relevant documentation is mandator