October 8, 2009
R&D investments have expanded by 1 pct of the GDP in 2008.
The majority of the growth, around 48 pct of the total increase, was generated by private sector companies. R&D employment has also increased by 1.6 pct, up above 50,000 employees. The three major areas of R&D – private sector, state-financed institutes and universities – can access to HUF 170 billion in grants in 2008.
