Research Development and Support Office (RDSO)

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RDSO was established by the university administration in April 2006 with the aim to contribute to a more favorable research environment at the CEU.

Main Activity Areas

Research and mobility projects funded by external grantors

a) development stage

    • identification of relevant calls for proposal and targeted dissemination of information within CEU
    • assistance in project design and proposal writing (deadlines, deliverables, budget, legal issues, research ethics requirements, etc.)
    • administrative tasks related to proposal writing (forms, documents, etc.)
    • facilitation of university decision making process (liaising with the Rector, COO, Tender Committee, Academic Pro-Rector)
    • contract negotiations (budget revisions, contracts, etc.)

b) management support during implementation

    • assistance in contracting issues (researchers, administrators, sub-contracting)
    • financial management (processing of invoices, monitoring expenses)
    • financial and management reporting, auditing
    • distribution of grants (in collaboration with departments and the Support Office

Interconnection of various projects at CEU

  • maintaining database of proposals and ongoing projects, funding schemes
  • providing information to proposals, particularly to avoid overlaps and competing bids to the same external funding source
  • ensuring that projects implemented by various units and funded by various sources interconnect for mutual benefit through establishing communication channels among these projects
  • coordination of research funding bids involving multiple departments/centers

Capacity building

  • consultation and training for faculty, PhD students and administrative staff involved in implementing research projects with external funding.
  • The monitoring of European and international 'best practices' regarding research management and disseminating information about them

Contact

Rdso@ceu.hu
Research Development and Support Office
H - 1051 Budapest
Nador u. 9.


Staff

Zsuzsanna Gábor
Director
Tel: +36 1 235 6183
Fax: +36 1 328 3414
Gaborzs@ceu.hu

László Bártfai
Financial Officer
Tel: +36 1 327 3867
Fax: +36 1 328 3414
Bartfail@ceu.hu

Natália Nyikes
Academic Mobility Grants Coordinator
Erasmus Coordinator
Tel: +36 1 235 6137
Fax: +36 1 328 3414
Nyikesn@ceu.hu

Katalin Schwáb
Grant Coordinator
Tel: +36 1 327 2103
Fax: +36 1 328 3414
Schwabk@ceu.hu

Éva Vas
Grant Coordinator
Tel: +36 1 327 3084
Fax: +36 1 328 3414
Vase@ceu.hu

Research and Development Links

These pages contain links to external web sites. The Office of EU Grants is not responsible for the content or accuracy of these external web links.

Links to Hungarian Funding Agencies and related Hungarian sites

Links to European Union-related Sites

General Information

News

Database

EU Legislation

INTERNAL POLICY

Internal Market

Enlargement

Health Care/Consumer Protection

Human Rights/Minorities/Civil Society

American Public Funding Agencies

Non-governmental International Funding Agencies

Other (Non-EU) External Funding

For more information:

Geda Dobosy
Research & Grants Fund Coordinator
Academic Pro-Rector's Office
Tel.: (36-1) 327-3003
Email: dobosyg@ceu.hu

Public Agencies

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Web: http://www.nsf.gov/
Deadline: vary, usually twice a year
Fields: all

National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER)
Web: http://www.nceeer.org/
Deadline: vary
Fields: social, political, economic and historical development of Russia, Eurasia, and Eastern Europe

National Endowment for Humanities (NEH)
Web: http://www.neh.fed.us/
Deadline: vary
Fields: history, literature, philosophy, and other areas of the humanities

Social Science Research Council (SSRC)
Web: http://www.ssrc.org/
Deadline: vary
Fields: social sciences

American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Web: http://www.acls.org
Deadline: vary
Fields: humanities and related social sciences

Private Agencies

Ford Foundation
Web: http://www.fordfound.org/
Deadline: vary
Fields: Asset Building and Community Development, Education, Media, Arts and Culture, Peace and Social Justice

MacArthur Foundation
Web: http://www.macfound.org/
Deadline: no fixed deadlines or vary
Fields: Asset Building and Community Development, Education, Media, Arts and Culture, Peace and Social Justice

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Web: http://www.mellon.org/
Deadline: no fixed deadlines or vary
Fields: Conservation and the Environment, Teaching and Technology, Higher Education, Population,

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (WWNFF)
Web: http://www.woodrow.org/
Deadline: vary
Fields: Liberal Arts Renaissance, Access and Opportunity, and Partnerships for Learning