46 HUN-REN Researchers Awarded János Bolyai Research Scholarships This Year

Forty-six young researchers from HUN-REN institutions have been awarded the scholarship, following a decision by the Board of Trustees on 5 June. They are conducting research in a wide range of fields, from meteorology and medicine to biomolecular chemistry and literary studies. According to a summary by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), nearly 800 valid applications were submitted this year, with 156 researchers receiving funding. Of all applicants, 39.4% were women, while among the recipients, this proportion stands at 34.6%.

Established by the Government of Hungary in 1997, the János Bolyai Research Scholarship supports and encourages young, talented researchers to achieve excellence in research and development. Its aim is to provide stability and predictability after obtaining a PhD, thereby facilitating the transition to an independent research career. The scholarship is awarded annually by the Board of Trustees, set up by the President of HAS, based on rankings established by preparatory committees and the number of available fellowships. Applicants may receive funding for one, two, or three years.

The Board of Trustees continuously monitors and evaluates the scientific work of the recipients, who are required to report on their progress annually and submit a final report at the end of the funding period. Based on these reports, the final assessment is conducted by the Board of Trustees: if a researcher receives an outstanding or good rating, they are eligible to reapply for the scholarship. Recipients who complete the programme with an outstanding rating are awarded a Bolyai Certificate of Merit, and up to fourteen of them may receive the HAS Bolyai Plaque each year.

This year’s scholarship recipients from the HUN-REN network:

Anikó Angyal (meteorology, HUN-REN Institute for Nuclear Research)

Dávid Bajusz (organic and biomolecular chemistry, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences)

Albert Miklós Barth (medicine, HUN-REN Institute of Experimental Medicine)

Ákos Gábor Bartha (history, HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities)

Ákos Bede-Fazekas (ecology, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research)

Márton Bene (political science, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences)

Márton Berki (regional sciences, HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies)

László Bernáth (philosophy, HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities)

Tamás Bozóki (geophysics, HUN-REN Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science)

Ildikó Cora (condensed matter physics, HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research)

László Csató (economics, HUN-REN Institute for Computer Science and Control)

Szabolcs Dvorácskó (biochemistry and molecular biology, HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged)

Csaba Fábri (theoretical chemistry, HUN-REN Office for Supported Research Groups)

Csaba Farkas (mathematics, HUN-REN Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics)

István Fodor (neurobiology, HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute)

Anna Gergely (ethology, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences)

Imre Hagymási (condensed matter physics, HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics)

Mária Harmati (immunology, HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged)

Zsófia Horváth (ecology, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research)

Csaba Kerepesi (bioinformatics, HUN-REN Institute for Computer Science and Control)

Sándor Koczor (plant protection, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research)

Katalin Kolozsvári (geography, HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences)

Ervin Kovács (organic and biomolecular chemistry, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences)

Krisztina Kovács (analytical and environmental chemistry, HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research)

Eszter Erika London-Kozma (organic and biomolecular chemistry, HUN-REN Research Centre for Natural Sciences)

Ádám Lovas-Kiss (ecology, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research)

István Márton (general physics, HUN-REN Institute for Nuclear Research)

Zsolt Merényi (genetics, HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Szeged)

Kitti Mezei (law and political science, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences)

Péter Mikó (plant breeding, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research)

Eszter Mitcsenkov-Horváth (archaeology, HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities)

Csaba Molnár (political sciences, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences)

Eszter Neumann (sociology, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences)

Balázs Pósfai (medicine, HUN-REN Institute of Experimental Medicine)

Márton Szendrő (condensed matter physics, HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research)

Tamara Szentiványi (ecology, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research)

Zoltán Tajkov (condensed matter physics, HUN-REN Centre for Energy Research)

Kálmán Tapolczai (hydrobiology, HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute)

Gergő Thiering (atomic and molecular physics, HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics)

Zoltán János Tolnai (agricultural biotechnology, HUN-REN Centre for Agricultural Research)

Dániel Topál (meteorology, HUN-REN Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences)

Csaba Tóth (sociology, HUN-REN Centre for Economic and Regional Studies)

Anna Újváriné Tüskés (literary and cultural studies, HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities)

Csaba Ferenc Vad (ecology, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research)

András Virágh (literary and cultural studies, HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities)

Béla Weiss (informatics, HUN-REN Institute for Computer Science and Control)