Let’s look at the numbers:
If we imagine the 2021–2027 GINOP Plus budget as a huge piggy bank, then originally HUF 2,294.1 billion was poured into it, distributed across five priorities. Based on the current Annual Development Framework (ADF) data, roughly HUF 1,847 billion worth of calls have been or will be announced between 2021 and 2025.
At the moment, the budget looks like this by priority:
| Priority | Name of priority | Total budget | Announced so far | 2025 | 2026–2027 |
| 1. | Business development | HUF 888.3 bn | 805.88 | 8 | 74.42 |
| 2. | Research, development, innovation | HUF 767.3 bn | 332 | 33.12 | 402.18 |
| 3. | Sustainable labour market | HUF 264.5 bn | 287.48 | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | Youth Guarantee | HUF 196.9 bn | 208 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | Higher education, vocational training | HUF 177.1 bn | 119.44 | 52.93 | 4.73 |
What remains for the two years after the elections, 2026–2027, is a total of around HUF 481 billion.
At first glance this may sound like a lot, but if we put it in proportion, this is only about a quarter of the total GINOP budget. Moreover, this HUF 481 billion is not a “freely spendable reserve” either:
- it is broken down by priority,
- by call code,
- including the flagship (priority) programmes,
- part of it is already written into the annex of the ADF,
which means that a current technical list already determines what it will be spent on.
If we break it down:
- Business development (Priority 1): around HUF 74 billion will be disbursed in 2026–2027.
- Research, development, innovation (Priority 2): roughly HUF 402 billion is allocated to the last two years.
- Higher education, vocational training (Priority 5): around HUF 4.7 billion remains for the end of the cycle.
- Sustainable labour market (Priority 3) and Youth Guarantee (Priority 4): the available budget has already been fully committed.
In plain terms: after the elections, the government will not be greeted by a fresh, newly filled GINOP piggy bank, but by a pre-labelled package, the bulk of which goes to business development and innovation programmes, with only a minimal share for education projects – and according to the current plans, there will be no room left for new human (labour market, youth) calls.
From an applicant’s point of view, this means that anyone thinking about GINOP Plus funding for 2026–2027 should not count on the budget being “reopened” after the elections. Rather, they should focus on finding their place in time within the already planned HUF 481 billion package – and for that, it is worth starting project planning in 2025.
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