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He noted that international benchmarks showed Hungarian researchers were earning less than their peers elsewhere in the world, and “changes are needed”.
Gulyás told public radio that the government has approved a plan for developing the entire network, including a three-year salary settlement, with a 30% salary increase marked for this year worth a total of HUF 18 billion.
The competitiveness of the Hungarian economy will be enhanced as a result, he added.
Gulyás spoke about the direct link between research activity and economic life, saying that in the coming years, the Hungarian research ecosystem must be brought into line with the world’s best research-life ecosystems.
Speaking to the M1 current affairs channel, he said a HUN-REN researcher, within three years, would earn the equivalent of those employed by the best research networks in the world. Next year, he added, the salary adjustment would be performance-based, so outstanding researchers would pocket an even higher salary.
Research from now on “must enter the world of development, innovation, production, and social impact,” he said, noting the establishment of a technology transfer company, HunRenTech Kft, with the aim of supporting HUN-REN researchers in putting their findings to practical use in the real world.
A capital fund will soon be established for backing new companies established by the researchers themselves, he said.
Meanwhile, Gulyas noted that HUN-REN and the National University of Singapore are holding an international forum in Budapest under the title Healthy Living Symposium 2025.
In Singapore, the government has announced an ambitious health programme that seeks to boost life expectancy, which is currently 87 years in Singapore and only 74 years in Hungary, he said.
“And we spend only 64 years in health on average”. “We must learn from the best examples, which is why the meeting is being held in Budapest,” the HUN-REN president added.
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