The Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH) Secretariat is an independent, nonprofit public budgetary institution. The ELKH Secretariat was established by the Hungarian Parliament on August 1, 2019 pursuant to Legislation: Section 50 (1) of Act LXXVI of 2014 on Scientific Research, Development and Innovation as the budgetary chapter responsible for the management and operation of the publicly funded independent scientific research network which constitutes as the central pillar of the country’s scientific domain. The ELKH Secretariat is led by a 13-member independent Governing Body whose President, Vice-Presidents and members are academicians. The function of the Governing Board is supported by a Scientific Council and an International Advisory Board.
The ELKH research institute network is currently comprised of ten research centers, five research institutes and 150 additionally supported research groups operating at universities and other public institutions which conduct basic and applied research and explore varied disciplines of mathematics and natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences and the humanities.