2020 winners of the “OTKA” young researcher excellence programme (FK_20)
Winners of the “OTKA” young researcher excellence programme (FK_20)
28 August 2020
Modified: 09 October 2020
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The call announced separately for researchers who obtained their scientific degrees not more than 12 years earlier (after 1 January 2008) (FK_20) enabled young researchers to team up and launch independent research projects in Hungary.
This year 409 project proposals were submitted with a total funding request of HUF 13.95 billion. The call for thematic projects specifically targeted at early-stage researchers (FK_20) supported 99 new projects this year with a total funding of HUF 3.3 billion.
Followed the assessment mechanism applied to thematic research projects, the proposals were assessed by expert panels and scientific councils based on anonymous peer reviews. Taking into account the rankings compiled by professional bodies for each scientific field, the scientific performance of the applicants in previous years and the significance of the project proposals from a policy perspective, the deputy secretary of state for innovation, vested with this responsibility by the minister for science policy coordination, decided to grant support to 98 projects in the following breakdown by scientific field:
| Field of science |
Number of submitted proposals (pcs) |
Number of funded projects (pcs) |
Total amount claimed (in HUF thousands) |
Total amount awarded (in HUF thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Council of Humanities and Social Sciences |
94 |
23 |
2 716 412 |
650 579 |
| Council of Physical Sciences |
104 |
26 |
3 550 218 |
862 438 |
| Council of Complex Environmental Sciences |
78 |
19 |
2 820 142 |
687 682 |
| Council of Medical and Biological Sciences |
133 |
30 |
4 867 630 |
1 097 080 |
|
Total |
409 |
98 |
13 954 402 |
3 259 619 |
FUNDED PROJECTS
Funding organisation: NRDI Office
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 26 August 2020
| Evaluation panel |
Project code |
Principal investigator/Project title/Research organisation |
Project period (month) |
Amount of awarded funds (in HUF thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology and Education |
134918 |
Balázs Aczél: Exploring the affective and cognitive modulators of control adaptation (Eötvös Loránd University) |
36 |
29 619 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology |
135130 |
János Almássy: Pathophysiology and pharmacology of ryanopathies (University of Debrecen) |
48 |
22 680 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology |
134253 |
Donát Alpár: Clonal evolution and treatment resistance in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia (Semmelweis University) |
48 |
39 909 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering |
134604 |
Péter Babarczi: Intelligent Self-Driving Communication Networks (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) |
48 |
39 363 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science |
134251 |
Balázs Bárány: Dimension Theory of iterated function systems (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) |
48 |
31 872 |
| Physics |
135496 |
Gergely Barcza: Accurate description of multi-reference electronic structures in semiconductors hosting defect-based qubit candidates (Wigner Research Centre for Physics) |
48 |
39 936 |
| Political Science, Law and Govemment Sciences |
135189 |
Márton Bene: Networked locality: A multimethod approach to investigate the role of social media in local politics (Center for Social Sciences) |
48 |
19 319 |
| Society |
135215 |
Eszter Berényi: Leaving the state behind - privatization, exit strategies from the state in education and in other childhood provisions (Eötvös Loránd University) |
36 |
13 926 |
| Ecology and evolution |
135136 |
Pál Boda: Effect of climate change-related drought on structuring aquatic macroinvertebrate communities (Centre for Ecological Research) |
48 |
39 844 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology |
135384 |
Anita Boratkó: Regulation of thrombospondin-1 cellular fate by a novel phosphorylation in endothelial cells (University of Debrecen) |
48 |
39 672 |
| Neurosciences |
135285 |
Sándor Borbély: Investigation on the background of absence epilepsy (Research Center of Natural Sciences) |
48 |
40 000 |
| Physics |
135003 |
Sándor Bordács: Visualization and manipulation of magnetoelectric domains (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) |
48 |
39 441 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology |
134311 |
Ákos Boros: Viral infections of animals surrounding humans: from discovery to diagnostics (University of Pécs) |
48 |
39 360 |
| Clinical Medicine |
135065 |
Henriett Butz: Clinical impact of steroid resistance in hormone sensitive tissues (Semmelweis University) |
48 |
35 428 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology |
134605 |
Éva Csősz: Digitalization of tear and serum proteomes and the utilization of the digital proteomes in examination of diseases affecting large populations (University of Debrecen) |
48 |
39 871 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology |
134355 |
Judit Danis: Keratinocyte-specific splicing alterations and their function in nucleic-acid-induced inflammatory processes of keratinocytes and in psoriasis (University of Szeged) |
48 |
33 024 |
| Ecology and evolution |
135329 |
Balázs Deák: Taxonomic, trait and phylogenetic diversity of grassland plant communities in fragmented landscapes (Centre for Ecological Research) |
48 |
39 992 |
| Economics |
134573 |
Péter Elek: Health care use and health outcomes: the role of socioeconomic and geographical variables (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) |
36 |
15 501 |
| Ecology and evolution |
134384 |
László Erdős: Habitat heterogeneity and environmental gradients in the sandy forest-steppes of the Carpathian Basin: Analyses on local and regional scales (Centre for Ecological Research) |
48 |
38 604 |
| Complex agricultural sciences |
134874 |
Csaba Éva: Study of root to shoot carbon transport in Arabidopsis and barley as a means to improve drought tolerance and photosynthetic performance (Centre for Agricultural Research) |
48 |
39 972 |
| Complex agricultural sciences |
134992 |
Attila László Fábián: Heat stress sensitivity of wheat meiosis: Achilles' heel of yield stability (Centre for Agricultural Research) |
48 |
39 896 |
| Clinical Medicine |
135870 |
Péter Faragó: Resting state white matter fMRI alterations in multiple sclerosis (University of Szeged) |
48 |
36 756 |
| Clinical Medicine |
134863 |
Klaudia Farkas: Evaluation of clinical and therapeutic response based on patient-specific cytokine and microbiome profile in inflammatory bowel diseases (University of Szeged) |
48 |
40 000 |
| History |
135762 |
András Tamás Fejérdy: Ostpolitik of the Vatican and Hungary: Central European Strategies of the Holy See Between 1944–1964 (Research Centre for the Humanities) |
48 |
39 894 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering |
134403 |
Zoltán Fekete: Improving functionalities of microscale brain-machine interfaces using integrated upconverting nanoparticles (Pázmány Péter Catholic University) |
48 |
39 745 |
| Earth sciences 1 |
135089 |
Krisztián Fintor: Post-magmatic hydrothermal originated rare earth mineralization in the Ditrau Alkaline Massif: reconstruction of formation conditions of rare earth mineral rich veins as potential rare earth element resources. (University of Szeged) |
36 |
28 930 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology |
134274 |
Gergely Fodor: REQUIREMENT: Assessment of Reference EQUatIons for REspiratory MEchaNics in raTs: advancing basic research to clinical standards (University of Szeged) |
48 |
25 997 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology |
134343 |
László Galgóczy: Antifungal proteins – Investigation of antifungal mechanism and biological role for new therapeutic approaches (University of Szeged) |
48 |
37 776 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science |
135711 |
Balázs Gerencsér: Mixing and information spread, Markov chains outside the comfort zone (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics) |
48 |
29 517 |
| Political Science, Law and Govemment Sciences |
134893 |
Zoltán Grünhut: Perceptions of 'Europe' and 'Europeanness' among Young Hungarians (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) |
36 |
17 043 |
| Linguistics |
135186 |
Katalin Orsolya Gugán: Variation in Middle Hungarian: a register perspective (Research Institute for Linguistics) |
48 |
39 990 |
| Society |
134372 |
Zsuzsa Győrffy: E-patients and e-physicians in Hungary: The role and opportunities of digital health solutions in the healthcare system (Semmelweis University) |
48 |
39 692 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences |
134496 |
Giuseppe Habib: Robustness assessment against large perturbations in real-life engineering systems (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) |
48 |
39 861 |
| Society |
134447 |
Gábor Hajdu: Social context, social inequalities, and subjective well-being (Center for Social Sciences) |
46 |
13 159 |
| Economics |
134351 |
Tamás Hajdu: Climate change and human health in Hungary (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) |
48 |
12 936 |
| Physics |
135349 |
Gergő Hamar: Research on novel muographic imaging (Wigner Research Centre for Physics) |
48 |
37 419 |
| Culture |
135152 |
Péter Hartl: Hume on true religion (Research Centre for the Humanities) |
36 |
29 997 |
| Earth sciences 2 |
135115 |
Mátyás Herein: Convective circulations in the Earth system under changing climate (Eötvös Loránd University) |
36 |
29 706 |
| Clinical Medicine |
135222 |
Ágnes Katalin Jermendy: Complex non-invasive monitoring of neonates undergoing anesthesia: a step toward personalized medicine (Semmelweis University) |
48 |
39 960 |
| Chemistry 1 |
134551 |
Ferenc Kálmán: Metal complexes as tools for medical diagnostics and therapy: synthesis and chemical characterization (University of Debrecen) |
48 |
39 520 |
| Neurosciences |
134740 |
Sára Kálmán: TMS in depression from a novel immune-inflammatory perspective: The effects of transcranial magnetic stimulation on the peripheral immune and neural markers in healthy subjects and patients with depression (University of Szeged) |
36 |
26 269 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology |
134267 |
Orsolya Kapuy: A systems biological analysis of endoplasmic reticulum stress induced survival processes in inflammatory bowel disease (Semmelweis University) |
48 |
32 681 |
| Neurosciences |
135284 |
Miklós Kecskés: Role of TRPM4 ion channel in temporal lobe epilepsy (University of Pécs) |
48 |
35 712 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology |
134684 |
Anikó Keller-Pintér: Nanoscale changes, nanosized vesicles, and nanotechnological approaches in the regeneration, adaptation, and metabolism of skeletal muscle from stem cells to therapeutic application (University of Szeged) |
48 |
39 996 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology |
135245 |
Bálint Kintses: Assessing Resistance Evolution by Horizontal Gene Transfer against Antibiotic Therapies in Clinical Development (Biological Research Centre Szeged) |
48 |
40 000 |
| Plant and animal breeding |
134264 |
András Kis: Development of precision mutagenesis based on genome elimination in wheat (National Agricultural Research and Innovation Centre) |
48 |
40 000 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry |
135462 |
Balázs Kiss: Mechanobiophysics of the giant protein nebulin (Semmelweis University) |
48 |
39 943 |
| Plant and animal breeding |
134234 |
Tibor Kiss: Molecular genetic analysis of the environmental adaptation of bread wheat and its utilisation in breeding (Centre for Agricultural Research) |
48 |
39 840 |
| Complex agricultural sciences |
134744 |
Sándor Koczor: The role of semiochemicals and visual stimuli in the orientation of pestiferous hemipterans and aphidophagous insects (Centre for Agricultural Research) |
48 |
39 834 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences |
134277 |
Róbert Sándor Kovács: Coupled problems in nonequilibrium thermodynamics (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) |
48 |
39 976 |
| Literature |
135096 |
Dániel Kozák: Ancient commentaries on Roman poetry and their scholarly reception (Eötvös Loránd University) |
48 |
5 520 |
| Psychology and Education |
134807 |
Bernadette Kun: Exploring the cognitive profiles of different addictive behaviors (work addiction, gaming disorder, and cannabis use disorder) (Eötvös Loránd University) |
48 |
39 859 |
| Literature |
135165 |
Borbála Sára Lovas: The History of Early Modern Unitarian Sermon Literature in Transylvania and Hungary (Eötvös Loránd University) |
48 |
39 918 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science |
135218 |
Péter Maga: The analytic theory of automorphic forms (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics) |
48 |
32 471 |
| Chemistry 2 |
134653 |
Attila Mándi: Chiroptical, NMR and mechanistic investigation of heterocycles (University of Debrecen) |
48 |
24 600 |
| Plant and animal breeding |
134940 |
Gábor Mátis: Investigation of certain antimicrobial peptides in novel in vitro chicken and porcine gut-liver axis models (University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest) |
36 |
29 640 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology |
134304 |
Csaba Matta: Surfaceome analysis during in vitro chondrogenesis (University of Debrecen) |
48 |
38 880 |
| Ecology and evolution |
134741 |
Grant Colin McDonald: Evolutionary and demographic impacts of the social landscape on animal personality (University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest) |
48 |
39 997 |
| Economics |
135342 |
Gergő Medve-Bálint: Transnational industrial policy in the EU's periphery: the use of state aid and EU funds in Southern and Eastern Europe (Center for Social Sciences) |
36 |
27 816 |
| Political Science, Law and Govemment Sciences |
134930 |
Ágoston Mohay: The responsibility of international organisations and their member states: attribution, effective control and justiciability (University of Pécs) |
36 |
23 064 |
| Earth sciences 1 |
134229 |
Emőke Mohr: Climate and environmental change in the Transdanubian Range during the Carnian (Late Triassic): an integrated biostratigraphical, paleoecological and geochemical approach (Eötvös Loránd University) |
48 |
12 748 |
| Economics |
135460 |
Adrienn Molnár: Embodied leadership for improving supply chain performance and relationships (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) |
48 |
39 678 |
| Clinical Medicine |
135348 |
Bálint Molnár: Surgical reconstruction of localized alveolar ridge defects – comparative clinical, surface scanning, radiographic, wound healing, circulatory and histological evaluation of two different flap designs /A prospective randomized controlled trial/ (Semmelweis University) |
48 |
17 668 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology |
135327 |
Béla Nagy: Investigation of human epididymis protein 4 in cystic fibrosis: from the utility as a new prognostic laboratory biomarker to the pathological role in lung disease (University of Debrecen) |
48 |
36 960 |
| Chemistry 1 |
134332 |
Tibor Nagy: Development of small and accurate kinetic reaction mechanisms for the synthesis and combustion of biofuels and other value-added chemicals (Research Center of Natural Sciences) |
48 |
39 294 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry |
135633 |
Valéria Nagy: Combination of microfluidics and microspectroscopy to study carotenoid turnover in relation to photosynthesis in green algae (Biological Research Centre Szeged) |
48 |
39 978 |
| Chemistry 2 |
134586 |
Melinda Nonn: New-generation beta-amino acid derivatives; selective synthetic strategies and applications (University of Szeged) |
48 |
10 224 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology |
134235 |
Attila Oláh: Exploration of the role of mitochondria in the (patho)physiology of human sebaceous glands (University of Debrecen) |
48 |
40 000 |
| Complex agricultural sciences |
134296 |
Viktor Oláh: Inter- and intraspecific variability in growth and stress responses of duckweeds (University of Debrecen) |
48 |
39 366 |
| Psychology and Education |
134638 |
Péter Pajkossy: At the interface of attention and memory - using pupillometry to explore how arousal shapes the encoding and retrieval of information (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) |
48 |
36 376 |
| Ecology and evolution |
135262 |
Barna Páll-Gergely: Hundred new land snail species from the Oriental and Australasian regions (Centre for Agricultural Research) |
48 |
39 988 |
| Earth sciences 2 |
134547 |
Zsolt Pinke: Developing a climate-smart land use system on reclaimed wetlands of the Hungarian Plain (Eötvös Loránd University) |
48 |
39 975 |
| Culture |
134244 |
Ildikó Gyöngyvér Sárközi: Heritagization and Secularization in China (from 1949 to the present day) (Research Centre for the Humanities) |
48 |
39 993 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology |
135517 |
Gusztáv Schay: Conformational dynamcs in calmodulin under time-dependent Ca2+-load: Implications in target selection (Semmelweis University) |
48 |
39 886 |
| History |
135586 |
Tamás Scheibner: The Post-1956 Refugee Crisis and Hungarian Émigré Communities During the Cold War (Research Centre for the Humanities) |
48 |
11 990 |
| Chemistry 2 |
135700 |
László Sipos: Development of pollen pellet’s flavour wheel, nutritional biological profiling and food safety risk assessment (Szent István University) |
48 |
39 960 |
| Plant and animal breeding |
134887 |
Bence Somoskői: Prospects of in vitro culture and preservation of preantral follicles, particularly the interspecies differences and application in assisted reproduction (University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest) |
48 |
39 828 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering |
135074 |
Balázs Sonkoly: Modeling, designing and evaluating the networking aspects of fog computing platforms (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) |
48 |
40 000 |
| Society |
135274 |
Pál Susánszky: The Risk-Participation Paradox: Micro Mechanisms Linking Perceived Risks to Protest Participation (Center for Social Sciences) |
36 |
15 341 |
| Physics |
134432 |
Tamás Szalai: Supernovae & their environments (University of Szeged) |
48 |
39 520 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology |
134588 |
Magdolna Szántó: CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL LINK BETWEEN THE STEROIDOGENESIS AND INFLAMMATION IN THE SKIN (University of Debrecen) |
48 |
39 952 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science |
134732 |
Gergely Székely: On the network of concept algebras (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics) |
48 |
5 928 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology |
135582 |
Lajos Széles: An atlas of inducible cis-regulatory elements of cytokines in dendritic cells and macrophages (University of Debrecen) |
48 |
38 726 |
| Archeology |
135805 |
Vajk Szeverényi: Settlement, economy and society in the Late Bronze Age of Eastern Hungary () |
48 |
37 695 |
| Chemistry 1 |
134291 |
Tamás Szidarovszky: Molecules in strong fields (Eötvös Loránd University) |
48 |
39 504 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology |
134993 |
Attila Gábor Szöllősi: Role of neuroimmune communication in cutaneous immunological (patho)physiology (University of Debrecen) |
48 |
40 000 |
| Physics |
134845 |
Tamás Szücs: Comprehensive study of the 3He(a,g)7Be astrophysical key reaction (Institute for Nuclear Research) |
48 |
22 800 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences |
134336 |
Tamás Tábi: Investigation of additive manufactured 3D reinforcing framework structure as insert in injection molded composite products (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) |
48 |
36 654 |
| Plant and animal breeding |
134886 |
Miklós Takó: Production of prebiotic and antimicrobial agents by microbial enzymes (University of Szeged) |
48 |
39 924 |
| Ecology and evolution |
134439 |
András Táncsics: Microbial biodegradation of aromatic hydrocarbons in subsurface environments: elucidating the genetic background of microaerobic degradation by stable isotope and „omics” approaches (Szent István University) |
36 |
29 598 |
| Chemistry 2 |
134947 |
László Tolnai Gergely: Small strained ring containing reagents, for medicinal chemistry application (Eötvös Loránd University) |
48 |
39 758 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology |
134725 |
István Balázs Tóth: Physiological and pathophysiological role of transient receptor potential ion channels in the dental pulp (University of Debrecen) |
48 |
40 000 |
| Culture |
135235 |
Balázs Varga: Hungarian Popular Cinema and Television During and After Socialism (Eötvös Loránd University) |
48 |
24 093 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology |
134751 |
Zoltán Varga: New inflammatory mechanism in the development of heart failure (Semmelweis University) |
48 |
39 996 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences |
135202 |
Gábor Veréb: Development of nanoparticle-modified membranes and their utilization for efficient treatment of oil contaminated waters (University of Szeged) |
48 |
37 409 |
| Chemistry 1 |
135375 |
Soma Vesztergom: The Positive Side of Things: Efficient Catalysts for Anodic Water Splitting (Eötvös Loránd University) |
48 |
39 960 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science |
135392 |
Viktor Vígh: Intersections of convex sets (University of Szeged) |
48 |
2 220 |
| Physics |
135220 |
Zoltán Zimborás: Quantum information processing methods tailored to near-term quantum computers (Wigner Research Centre for Physics) |
48 |
35 486 |
Updated: 09 October 2020