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Their core work

RCISD is a Budapest-based consultancy specializing in international research & innovation cooperation and science communication. They design and run public engagement campaigns — particularly the recurring FAWORIT European Researchers' Night events — that make science accessible through edutainment, targeting young people and women in STEM. They also build and manage cross-border R&I cooperation networks connecting the EU with partner regions including Eastern Europe, the Black Sea, Latin America, Brazil, and the United States. Their work sits at the intersection of science policy, public outreach, and international networking rather than laboratory research.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2014-2018, RCISD focused heavily on building international R&I cooperation bridges — connecting the EU with the Black Sea region, Ukraine, Eastern Partnership countries, Brazil, and the US — while running their flagship FAWORIT researchers' night events. From 2019 onward, their focus shifted toward deeper societal impact: citizen involvement, responsible research and innovation, educational inclusion, and environmental topics like biodiversity and bioeconomy entered their portfolio. The launch of Inclusion4Schools (their largest project ever, as coordinator) signals a strategic move from science communication events toward sustained, community-level educational transformation.

RCISD is evolving from a science communication events organizer into a social impact consultancy, with growing emphasis on educational equity, citizen involvement, and environmental policy — expect future proposals in mission-oriented societal challenge areas.

How they like to work

RCISD operates predominantly as a participant in large international consortia (11 of 15 projects), but takes the coordinator role for their signature FAWORIT series and their largest project, Inclusion4Schools. With 86 unique partners across 35 countries, they function as a networking hub rather than a loyal-partner organization — their value lies precisely in connecting diverse actors across regions. This makes them easy to integrate into new consortia, especially those needing Central/Eastern European representation, communication work packages, or links to non-EU partner countries.

Exceptionally broad network for an SME: 86 unique partners spanning 35 countries, reflecting their role in international cooperation projects linking the EU to Eastern Europe, Black Sea, Latin America, and the US. Their geographic reach is genuinely global, with particularly strong connections to EU neighborhood and enlargement countries.

What sets them apart

RCISD combines two capabilities rarely found together in one SME: deep experience running international R&I cooperation networks (with genuine reach into non-EU regions) and hands-on science communication through recurring public engagement events. For consortium builders, they offer a proven track record in communication and dissemination work packages, strong Central/Eastern European grounding with a Budapest base, and an unusually wide contact network for an organization of their size. Their near-exclusive focus on Coordination and Support Actions (13 of 15 projects) means they bring organizational and outreach muscle, not lab capacity.

Highlights from their portfolio

• Inclusion4Schools
  By far their largest project (EUR 693K, coordinator role), marking a strategic shift from event-based science communication to sustained educational transformation addressing inequality.
• NearUS
  EU-US research acceleration network with EUR 170K funding, demonstrating their ability to operate transatlantic innovation cooperation at scale.
• FAWORIT 2020
  Fourth iteration of their signature European Researchers' Night series, proving sustained multi-year commitment to science-society engagement as a core organizational identity.