2022 winners of the “OTKA” young researcher excellence programme (FK_22)
Winners of the “OTKA” young researcher excellence programme (FK_22)
14 September 2022
Modified: 14 September 2022
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The call announced separately for researchers who obtained their scientific degrees not more than 12 years earlier (after 1 January 2010)(FK_22) enabled young researchers to team up and launch independent research projects in Hungary. This year 400 project proposals were submitted with a total funding request of HUF 14.66 billion. The call for thematic projects specifically targeted at early-stage researchers (FK_22) supported 102 new projects this year with a total funding of HUF 3.7 billion.
Project proposals were reviewed by anonymous reviewers against the criteria indicated in the call notice, following the assessment system for researchers’ thematic applications, with the involvement of expert panels and specialised scientific councils. The Deputy Secretary of State for Innovation, acting on a proposal from the councils responsible for decision preparation and as designated by the Minister for Science Policy Coordination, has decided to support 102 projects of young researchers, distributed by discipline as follows:
| 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 | 101 | 25 | 3 226 637 | 739 156 |
| Council of Physical Sciences | 118 | 31 | 4 349 283 | 1 115 297 |
| Council of Complex Environmental Sciences | 63 | 17 | 2 344 782 | 666 198 |
| Council of Medical and Biological Sciences | 118 | 29 | 4 741 792 | 1 187 721 |
| Total | 400 | 102 | 14 662 494 | 3 708 372 |
FUNDED PROJECTS
Funding organisation: Ministry of Culture and Innovation
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 31 August 2022
| Evaluation panel |
Project code |
Principal investigator/Project title/Research organisation |
Project period (month) |
Amount of awarded funds (in HUF thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political Science, Law and Govemment Sciences | 142771 | Péter Nagy: Several questions of the history of marriage law in the 19-20th centuries (Károli Gáspár University) | 48 | 21 032 |
| Political Science, Law and Govemment Sciences | 143022 | András Bíró-Nagy: 20 years in the European Union: public policy assessment of Hungary's EU membership (Center for Social Sciences) | 36 | 31 384 |
| Economics | 142492 | Róbert Somogyi: Pricing and regulation in the digital economy (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 39 244 |
| Economics | 142941 | László Czaller: Skills, matching and competition in thick labour markets: Understanding the mechanisms behind urban skill premia (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 36 | 19 438 |
| Economics | 143041 | Márta Bisztray: Indirect effects of foreign direct investment on local economic outcomes (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 24 | 9 436 |
| Economics | 143064 | Zoltán Elekes: Structure and robustness of regional supplier networks (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 36 | 18 000 |
| Economics | 143247 | Zsófia Benedek: Local food systems and short food supply chains in the post-COVID society (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 48 | 41 732 |
| Culture | 143759 | Levente Szilágyi: Economy and Ethnicity. Agricultural Associations as Factors of Social and Economic Resilience in Swabian Villages in Satu Mare Region From the Regime Change to the Present (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 36 | 17 455 |
| Linguistics | 143242 | Nikolett Farkasné Gulyás: Komi-Permyak corpus (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 40 745 |
| Linguistics | 143301 | Tamás Káldi: Interactions of sentence processing and attention allocation in people with aphasia (Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics) | 36 | 31 447 |
| Psychology and Education | 142765 | Bertalan Kristóf Polner: Uncertainty processing and mental health (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 41 929 |
| Psychology and Education | 142945 | Péter Simor: Dreams, memories and emotional functions in the networks of the sleeping brain (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 41 972 |
| Psychology and Education | 142968 | Anna Gergely: Functional analysis of multimodal infant-directed communication in a comparative framework (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 48 | 39 624 |
| Psychology and Education | 142979 | Ferenc Kemény: How statistics shape reading and spelling (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 41 905 |
| Psychology and Education | 143095 | Gábor Aranyi: Advancing the concept of computational thinking (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 41 756 |
| Psychology and Education | 143217 | Tibor Tauzin: Early word learning in infants based on the structural regularities of communicative signals (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 41 936 |
| Archeology | 142353 | Gábor Váczi: Complex analysis of a Late Bronze Age burial mound group in the Hárskúti Basin (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 41 953 |
| Archeology | 142894 | Ákos Pető: DAAMBA – Domestic Anthropic Activity Markers of Bronze Age settlements: A multiproxy methodological approach to understand household related activities. (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences) | 48 | 41 936 |
| Archeology | 143188 | Lajos Juhász: Antique Coins East of the Danube II (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 14 802 |
| Society | 143024 | Eliza Eranus: The hidden power of volunteers’ social networks. A comparative dynamic social network research among festival volunteers (Center for Social Sciences) | 24 | 20 984 |
| Society | 143163 | Ákos Bodor: How "general" is generalized trust? - A critical review of trust measurement (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 36 | 15 251 |
| Society | 143531 | Ildikó Zakariás: Solidarities Reconfigured: Central-Eastern European Migrants Working in Refugee Services in Austria (Center for Social Sciences) | 36 | 9 918 |
| Society | 143684 | András Fittler: Prevalence of illegal online pharmacies targeting European Union member states and the risks associated with illicit marketing of medicines. (University of Pécs) | 36 | 30 384 |
| History | 142451 | András Vadas: Budapest - Environmental History of an Urban Area (Eötvös Loránd University) | 44 | 36 613 |
| History | 143388 | Balázs Venkovits: In the shadow of the United States: Canada and the transformation of the Hungarian emigration trajectory in the 1920s (University of Debrecen) | 48 | 8 280 |
| Physics | 142594 | Gergely Fejős: Application of the non-perturbative renormalization group to quantum many-body systems (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 23 488 |
| Physics | 142601 | Levente Rózsa: Topological nanomagnets beyond equilibrium (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Physics | 142643 | Péter Salamon: Thermoelectric and electromechanical effects in ferroelectric nematic fluids (Wigner Research Centre for Physics) | 48 | 30 443 |
| Physics | 142985 | Péter Vancsó: Multiscale modelling of the interplay between defects and superlattice effects in van der Waals heterostructures (Centre for Energy Research) | 48 | 36 760 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 142204 | Tibor Poós: Energy research of diffusion processes in pharmaceutical and food industry (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 41 995 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 142376 | Ferenc Hegedűs: Acoustic cavitation and chemical kinetics: the role of GPU programming and machine learning in the scale-up of sonochemical reactors (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 35 794 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 142414 | Szabolcs Kertész: Optimization of hydrodynamic conditions with 3D printed elements integrated into wastewater membrane filtration module (University of Szeged) | 48 | 38 000 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 142457 | Attila Kossa: Mechanics of Functional Biomaterials (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 39 981 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 142540 | Gábor Szebényi: Prediction and design of the failure of composites (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 41 966 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 142702 | Martin János Mayer: Development of photovoltaic power forecasting algorithms (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 39 684 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 143059 | László Hégely: Economic and environmental optimisation of distillation processes and configurations (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 30 489 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 143215 | Edit Cséfalvay: Environmental benign and energy efficient preparation of make-up water of power plants (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 35 846 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 142163 | Tamás Gábor Csapó: Analysis of articulation and brain signals for speech-based brain-computer interfaces (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 142790 | Ákos Odry: Reliable localization of mobile robots based on intelligent sensor fusion methods (University of Szeged) | 48 | 41 728 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 142814 | Zoltán Ádám Tamus: Investigation the effect of repetitive overloads due to increasing penetration of renewable sources on the degradation of PVC insulation of distribution cables (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 40 460 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 143429 | Péter Pál Stumpf: Model predictive control algorithms for power electronic converters and electrical drives (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 19 767 |
| Chemistry 1 | 142148 | Dániel Zámbó: Multicomponent functional nanostructures (Centre for Energy Research) | 48 | 41 580 |
| Chemistry 1 | 142489 | Péter Nagy: Accurate and routinely applicable quantum chemistry methods (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 41 716 |
| Chemistry 1 | 142754 | Gergő Gyulai: Preparation and characterization of tunable carbon nanoparticles (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 32 244 |
| Chemistry 1 | 142784 | Ádám Madarász: Nuclear quantum effects in chemical processes (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Chemistry 1 | 142869 | Edit Mátyus: Quantum nuclear motion theory: developments and spectroscopic applications (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Chemistry 1 | 143197 | László Tamás Mika: Characterisation of sustainable solvents and their utilization in advanced catalysis (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 40 712 |
| Chemistry 1 | 143583 | András Sápi: Design and semi-pilot application of high-performance tandem catalysts for liquid hydrocarbon (C5+ HCs) production from single-pass CO2 hydrogenation (University of Szeged) | 48 | 41 280 |
| Chemistry 2 | 142315 | Ilona Bereczki: Synthesis of antiviral and antibacterial agents against dangerous viruses and resistant bacteria (University of Debrecen) | 48 | 39 960 |
| Chemistry 2 | 142622 | Gábor London: Antiaromatic molecular semiconductors and photochromic switches (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Chemistry 2 | 142712 | Erika Bálint: Multicomponent synthesis of biologically active isatin and xanthene derivatives, their cyclodextrin complexes and cyclodextrin conjugates (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 39 820 |
| Chemistry 2 | 143019 | Hajnalka Pataki: Development of continuous crystallization technologies using PAT tools (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 40 144 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science | 142124 | Balázs Ráth: Random graphs and interacting particle systems (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 48 | 32 948 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science | 142891 | Ábel Garab: Global dynamics of delay equations: state-dependent delay and nonautonomous equations (University of Szeged) | 48 | 29 164 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science | 142960 | László Mérai: Additive number theory in positive characteristic (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 16 356 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science | 142993 | Gergely Kiss: Harmonic analysis and discrete geometric problems (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics) | 48 | 12 972 |
| Earth sciences 1 | 143508 | Róbert Arató: Zircontact – a new approach to better understand zircon thermochronology (Institute for Nuclear Research) | 48 | 41 991 |
| Earth sciences 2 | 142349 | Csaba Zsolt Torma: Reducing uncertainty associated with climate change projections from regional to local scale (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 31 587 |
| Earth sciences 2 | 142936 | Dóra Zacháry: Stabilization mechanisms of soil organic matter pools in calcareous and acid soils (Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences) | 48 | 41 805 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 142468 | Norbert Móricz: Evaluating the drought-tolerance of native broadleaf tree species through dendroecological analysis (University of Sopron) | 48 | 22 402 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 142475 | Gábor Feigl: Effects of conventional and biodegradable plastics on plant development and the root-soil system (University of Szeged) | 48 | 38 976 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 142527 | Miklós Bak: Improving the dimensional stability and biological durability of wood using nanotechnology (University of Sopron) | 48 | 41 998 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 142735 | Márk Németh: Fungicide resistance of powdery mildew fungi of crops and wild host plants (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 48 | 40 671 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 142971 | Alexandra Pintye: Fungicide resistance in non-target mycorrhizal, endophytic and saprotrophic fungi (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 48 | 40 258 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 142146 | Sándor Gonda: The effects of the plant metabolome on the assembly of the endophytic community from synthetic and natural fungal communities in radish (University of Debrecen) | 48 | 41 987 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 142170 | Gyöngyvér Mónika Gell: Immune analytical and rheological characterization of einkorn genotypes with low immunoreactivity (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 48 | 41 858 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 142933 | Marinovic Zoran: Surrogate production of genome edited fish (Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 143174 | Domonkos Sváb: Investigation of zoonotic and animal pathogenic enteric bacteria and their bacteriophages in line with the ‘one health’ approach () | 48 | 34 575 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 143375 | Enikő Fehér: Mammalian reservoirs of coronaviruses – viral diversity and host spectrum () | 48 | 39 600 |
| Ecology and evolution | 142428 | Zoltán Bátori: The effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbances on the biota of current and potential future microrefugia (University of Szeged) | 48 | 41 487 |
| Ecology and evolution | 142485 | András Abonyi: Towards resolving the conflict between positive diversity-functioning and positive dominance-functioning relationships in natural (lake and river) phytoplankton communities (Centre for Ecological Research) | 48 | 41 919 |
| Ecology and evolution | 142926 | Róbert Gallé: Diversity under the sun: can solar parks support biodiversity and ecosystem services? (Centre for Ecological Research) | 48 | 41 984 |
| Ecology and evolution | 143061 | Bálint Dima: Taxonomy and diversity of important ectomycorrhizal fungal genera in Hungary (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 41 100 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology | 142218 | Ákos Menyhárt: Modulation of ischemic stroke recovery through the muscle-brain axis (University of Szeged) | 48 | 41 480 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology | 142949 | Norbert Nagy: Pharmacological suppression of arrhythmogenic ventricular alternans: a new way to reduce ventricular fibrillation induced sudden cardiac death? (University of Szeged) | 48 | 41 000 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology | 143360 | István Lekli: Investigation of the effect of biologically active molecules in the cardiovascular system (University of Debrecen) | 48 | 39 600 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology | 143444 | Eszter Hegyi: Gene-environment interactions in chronic pancreatitis: effect of cigarette smoking on disease progression in CPA1 mutant mice (University of Pécs) | 48 | 41 930 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology | 143566 | Lóránd Kiss: The potential of organosulfur molecules and hydroxocobalamin in the treatment of experimental acute pancreatitis (University of Szeged) | 48 | 38 116 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 142285 | Rita Pancsa: Development of an effective predictor of single- and multi-component liquid-liquid phase separation systems (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 48 | 41 992 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 142500 | Roland Wirth: Monitoring of virulence factors and antimicrobial resistance genes during the anaerobic treatment of urban sewage by genome-centric metagenomics and metatranscriptomics (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 48 | 41 808 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 142676 | Dóra Tombácz: Virome and aging: a longitudinal multi-OMICS study using dog as a model (University of Szeged) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 142835 | Sándor Spisak: Detection of early disease recurrence using plasma cell-free DNA methylome from liquid biopsy of early-stage lung adenocarcinoma patients (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Neurosciences | 142171 | Máté Tóth: The role of somatostatin interneurons in stress coping (Institute of Experimental Medicine) | 48 | 41 932 |
| Neurosciences | 143326 | Roland Patai: Interrogation of immune/inflammatory processes and their therapeutic approaches in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 48 | 41 576 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 142312 | Máté Manczinger: Evolution and self-similarity of viral epitopes (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 142782 | Kitti Linda Pázmándi: Molecular characterization of immunomodulatory cell-cell interactions by plasmacytoid dendritic cells (University of Debrecen) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 142877 | Gábor János Szebeni: Multiplex immunophenotyping of patients with antiphospholipid syndrome with special focus on the anti-SARS-CoV-2 immunity (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 48 | 41 977 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 143373 | Tibor Mihály Németh: Fungal patho-evolution in perspective: investigation of the stress adaptation of the neonatal fungal pathogen C. parapsilosis (University of Szeged) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Clinical Medicine | 142573 | Attila Kovács: Translational investigation of right ventricular function: from myocardial mechanics to machine learning-based clinical decision making (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Clinical Medicine | 142911 | Nóra Ledó: Modulation of renal endonuclease activity: a potential therapeutic target in lupus nephritis (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 39 967 |
| Clinical Medicine | 142942 | Judit Bajor: Cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors in coeliac disease: A series of studies (University of Pécs) | 48 | 41 880 |
| Clinical Medicine | 143383 | Orsolya Varga: Forecasting the diabetes mellitus epidemic and the role of modifiable risk factors in regions of the European Union (University of Debrecen) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Clinical Medicine | 143633 | Szimonetta Lohner: Study on planning, conducting, and reporting of clinical trials (University of Pécs) | 48 | 23 484 |
| Clinical Medicine | 143751 | Anita Rózsás: Biological and therapeutic relevance of Bcl-2 and Mcl-1 in small cell lung cancer (Koranyi National Institute for Pulmonology) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 142852 | Gábor Rigó: Functional characterization of a novel hormone-like small protein, identified in a halophytic relative of Arabidopsis thaliana (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 48 | 41 760 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 143400 | Tamás Kovács: Investigation of the relevance of membrane dipole potential in diseases characterized by alterations in lipid compositions of cellular membranes (University of Debrecen) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 142223 | Kornélia Szebényi: Organoid-derived Human Glial Progenitor Cell Lines as Novel Tools for Neurodegenerative Disease Modelling and Drug Discovery (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 48 | 41 867 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 142481 | Mónika Sztretye: Investigating the role of the skeletal endocannabinoid system in health and disease (University of Debrecen) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 142508 | Szabolcs Takáts: Alterations in autophagic membrane trafficking during secretory autophagy and tumorigenesis (Eötvös Loránd University) | 48 | 42 000 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 143002 | Gábor Valcz: The small extracellular vesicle mediated horizontal gene transfer of mutant K-ras, and its therapeutic importance in colorectal cancer (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 41 952 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 143205 | Beáta Lizák: Identification of a calcium sensitive GSH transporter in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane (Semmelweis University) | 48 | 41 400 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 143233 | Szilvia Veszelka: IMPROVING CEREBROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELL FUNCTIONS BY SMALL MOLECULES AND mRNA DELIVERY IN STROKE MODELS (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 48 | 42 000 |
Updated: 14 September 2022