Purpose and amount of support
With this financial support, the local government aims to help PhD students with state scholarships living in District VII focus on their research, and thereby support the development of the next generation.
The support is set for 5 months; under this call, for the spring semester, March to July. The amount of support is HUF 100,000 per month.
Who can apply
Students who meet all of the following conditions are eligible to apply:
a) have had a registered permanent address in District VII, Budapest, for at least 1 year and actually live in District VII,
b) are PhD, DLA or DBA students with a state scholarship at an accredited doctoral school in Hungary; or are within one year of the end of their state scholarship and have not yet had their public thesis defense.
Where to apply and what you need
Your application must be submitted on Erzsébetváros’s e-Grant Management (e-Pályázatkezelő) platform , where you first need to register → https://palyazatkezelo.erzsebetvaros.hu
Applications can only be submitted after registration has been approved, and must be accompanied by a research plan prepared according to Annex1 ((a title is also required), showing how the research topic relates to District VII, Budapest; a certificate of student status issued by the doctoral school not more than 30 days old; or, if the student requests support after the state scholarship has ended, the official document certifying acceptance of the dissertation and a certificate from the doctoral school on the end date of the state scholarship.
Application deadline
Your application Applications can be submitted until March 1, 2026(Sunday); however, please complete your registration in the grant management system by February 24, 2026 at the latest , as approval of the registration takes 2-3 working days.
Procedural rules
Detailed rules on the support are set out in Local Government Decree 3/2025 (I. 22.) on support for Erzsébetváros PhD students with state scholarships.
During the assessment of applications,missing items may be supplied once ; the request is sent electronically to the email address registered on the e-Grant Management platform, and missing items must be supplied within 5 days of the electronic notification.
Each semester, applications from up to 20 students can be approved, with the proviso that a student may receive support only once a year. Support is awarded on the proposal of a 5-member jury: 3 members of the Council, 1 civil servant of the Mayor’s Office (the Notary or a person authorized by them), and 1 external expert with a PhD selected through a public call.
Once eligibility is established, the support is paid monthly by the 15th of the month; for support under this call, the first payment is made by March 30.
If the public thesis defense takes place during the period of support, the student is entitled to support only until the month of the defense.
The Mayor determines eligibility for support and orders its payment. There is no appeal against the Mayor’s decision.
Obligations
By the last day of the month following the end of entitlement, the student must submit a professional report .
While the support is being paid, the student must notify in writing the Mayor’s Office if their address changes or their PhD student status ends, and when the date of the public thesis defense is set.
The Entitlement to support endsif, during the support period, the student’s District VII address or PhD student status ends before the end of the state scholarship period, or the public thesis defense takes place. The student must repay any support received without entitlement to the Local Government within 15 days of the end of entitlement.
Information
Further information is available from Dr. Ilona Molnár-Csomós at the Culture and Education Department of the Mayor’s Office at +36-1-462-3339 or Molnar-Csomos.Ilona@erzsebetvaros.hu.
Budapest, February 15, 2026
Erzsébetváros Local Government, District VII, Budapest