The European Commission contract, given to the Tempus Public Foundation (Hungary) to operate the Marie Curie Information and Consulting Service has been prolonged until 31 December 2006(the end of the Sixth Framework Programme) by the National Office for Research and Technology.

Due to a former call for tender, a number of offices have provided information about the Marie Curie actions in Hungaryall over the country. In the near future, as a consequence of the accepted proposal of TPF entitled ”Information and Consulting Service in order to Improve Human Ressources and Mobility of Researchers”, information service and technical assistance will be integrated, provided by the R&D Office of TPF to those who are interested in Marie Curie grants.