In September 2016 NIIFI based on a decree of Hungarian Government merged to Governmental Information Technology Development Agency (KIFÜ).

Funding for academic and research networking in Hungary comes from the central government budget through the Ministry of Education and financial management is provided by NIIFI, within the NIIF Program.

The permanent core staff within NIIFI, serving the HUNGARNET community and taking care of the NIIF Program, consists of about a dozen members.

The Program provides advanced technical and application services for more than 600,000 users in science, education and public collections in Hungary.

NIIF also offers Voice over IP, a videoconferencing and desk-top conferencing service, and Videotorum, a video sharing portal for higher education, research and public collections.