2022 winners of the “OTKA” postdoctoral excellence programme (PD_22)
Winners of the “OTKA” postdoctoral excellence programme (PD_22)
14 September 2022
Modified: 14 September 2022
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This year’s “OTKA” postdoctoral excellence programme (PD_22) granted support to 74 early-stage researchers with doctoral degrees for their wages and research-related costs for a period of three years with a total budget of approximately HUF 2 billion.
The scheme proportionally fits in the domestic portfolio of competitive calls and aims to co-finance the employment costs of researchers, who have recently obtained their doctoral degrees, thus helping them to stay in research and build a career by joining a research group and cooperating with experienced researchers in Hungary.
The postdoctoral excellence project proposals were reviewed by anonymous reviewers against the criteria indicated in the call notice, 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 74 postdoc research projects, 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 | 78 | 20 | 1 947 310 | 524 649 |
| Council of Physical Sciences | 91 | 18 | 2 505 519 | 490 276 |
| Council of Complex Environmental Sciences | 59 | 17 | 1 621 903 | 466 606 |
| Council of Medical and Biological Sciences | 73 | 19 | 2 035 628 | 533 591 |
| Total | 301 | 74 | 8 110 360 | 2 015 122 |
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 | 143603 | Szilárd Tóth: The boundaries of the political community: republican perspectives (Center for Social Sciences) | 36 | 23 448 |
| Economics | 142198 | András József Tóth: Sustainable school catering - Reduction of school food waste and modelling the reuse of unserved food (Indere Institute for Food System Research and Innovation Ltd.) | 36 | 28 131 |
| Economics | 142547 | Balázs Páger: The role of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the survival of new firms and in shaping the entrepreneurial activity (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 36 | 23 655 |
| Economics | 142585 | Roland Molontay: Decision support in higher education using machine learning and econometric methods (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 28 488 |
| Economics | 142593 | Marcell Tamás Kurbucz: Development and application of a linear law-based method for causality analysis and price prediction (Wigner Research Centre for Physics) | 36 | 26 855 |
| Economics | 142873 | Fatma ASLAN: Complex Collective Decision Problems (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 28 356 |
| Literature | 142174 | Ágnes Dóbék: Literary and scientific patronage – Italian influence and Hungarian-Italian cultural relations in Hungary in the environment of the ecclesiastical aristocracy (1750–1800) (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 36 | 27 232 |
| Literature | 142392 | Tiziano Tubay: Pietro Ranzano, an Italian Humanist at the Court of King Matthias Corvinus: Hungarian History from the perspective of the Epithoma and the Annales (Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences) | 36 | 28 440 |
| Culture | 143034 | Beáta Bálizs: The red-white-green unfolding from texts. Corpus research and cultural history (University of Pécs) | 36 | 28 482 |
| Linguistics | 142317 | Ágnes Kalivoda: The emergence of preverb constructions in Hungarian: a corpus-driven approach (Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics) | 36 | 23 318 |
| Psychology and Education | 142382 | Henrietta File-Bolló: The dog as a model for studying attentional bias in humans (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 28 341 |
| Psychology and Education | 143491 | Krisztián Viktor Kasos: Investigation of the cognitive and physiological aspects of the anxiety-reducing effects of biofeedback. (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 25 272 |
| Psychology and Education | 143535 | Katalin Oláh: The role of attachment style in spontaneous and controlled theory of mind processes (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 28 210 |
| Archeology | 143078 | Bence Simon: Cultivation, society, rural life. The north-western hinterland of Aquincum (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 28 496 |
| Society | 142319 | Dóra Gábriel: Silver economy in the making – Local and transnational actors in Hungary (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 24 | 17 776 |
| Society | 142389 | Luca Sára Bródy: Civic strategies and local development: the restructuring of social integration (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 36 | 18 505 |
| Society | 142793 | Judit Gárdos: Explanation in sociology in the 21st century. An empirical research. (Center for Social Sciences) | 36 | 27 968 |
| History | 142230 | Heléna Huhák: Survival in Diaries and Personal Documents: Everyday Life of Hungarian Jewish Deportees in Concentration and Forced Labor Camps (1944–1945) (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 36 | 28 497 |
| History | 142913 | Janka Kovács: The Beginnings of the Institutionalization of Psychiatry in Hungary between 1830 and 1868: Spaces, Practices, and Actors (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 36 | 27 681 |
| History | 143587 | Benedek Varga: A felvilágosodás krízise: August Ludwig Schlözer és Kelet-Közép-Európa a forradalmak korában (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 35 | 27 498 |
| Physics | 142929 | Tamás Gombor: Correlation functions in the AdS/CFT duality (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 28 494 |
| Physics | 143037 | Gábor Piszter: Investigation, targeted modification, and application of biological photonic nanoarchitectures as functional biotemplates (Centre for Energy Research) | 36 | 28 485 |
| Physics | 143160 | István Máté Szécsényi: Entanglement and non-locality in quantum field theories (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 28 455 |
| Physics | 143226 | Gyula Bencédi: Investigating small-system collectivity with identified particles using the LHC Run 3 data (Wigner Research Centre for Physics) | 36 | 28 479 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 142254 | Kálmán Klapcsik: Acoustic cavitation control by reinforcement learning (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 22 753 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 142307 | Dorina Kovács: Lifetime prediction of rolling surfaces (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 28 322 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 142720 | Tamás Baranyai: Geometric Strength of Materials (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 25 551 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 143129 | Gergely Firtha: Virtualization of reverberant acoustic environments (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 26 139 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 143599 | Dániel Fényes: Vehicle-oriented observer design via combining classical and learning-based approaches (Computer and Automation Research Institute HAS) | 36 | 28 243 |
| Chemistry 1 | 142293 | Ágota Imre-Deák: Synthesis and characterization of nanoparticle/polymer coatings with long-lasting antimicrobial and antiviral properties (University of Szeged) | 36 | 26 646 |
| Chemistry 1 | 142372 | Dávid Mester: Accurate excited-state properties for large molecules (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 28 425 |
| Chemistry 1 | 142580 | János Sarka: Pushing the limits of rovibrational molecular spectroscopy computations (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 28 497 |
| Chemistry 1 | 143320 | Andrea Molnár Csabáné Dr. Rónavári: Effect of carbon-based nanostructures on the aerobic granular sludge wastewater treatment process (University of Szeged) | 36 | 28 378 |
| Chemistry 2 | 142301 | Edit Hirsch: Monitoring and control of modern biopharmaceutical processes with the support of advanced data analysis methods (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 28 368 |
| Chemistry 2 | 142641 | Tímea Kaszás: Investigation of anhydro-aldose oximes' chemical properties (University of Debrecen) | 36 | 28 500 |
| Chemistry 2 | 142970 | Brigitta Nagy: Artificial intelligence-supported quality control of pharmaceutical manufacturing (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 27 077 |
| Chemistry 2 | 143427 | László Petri: Synthesis and application of new, therapeutically relevant bispecific antibody-drug conjugates (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 28 341 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science | 142154 | Petra Renáta Rigó: New trends in research of interior-point algorithms (Corvinus University of Budapest) | 36 | 21 123 |
| Earth sciences 1 | 142660 | Márk Szijártó: Investigation of the coupled age calculation and two- and three-dimensional heat transfer processes from theoretical groundwater flow models to the Buda Thermal Karst system (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 27 882 |
| Earth sciences 1 | 142953 | Dániel Kalmár: Lithospheric and upper mantle structure of the Alpine-Carpathian-Pannonian region: receiver function analysis of seismological data and geodynamic interpretation () | 36 | 26 484 |
| Earth sciences 1 | 143377 | Kristóf Porkoláb: The role of dehydration reactions in triggering intermediate-depth seismicity: development and application of cutting edge numerical models () | 36 | 25 359 |
| Earth sciences 2 | 142335 | Attila Kovács: Climate change impact assessments for sustainable tourism development in Hungary (University of Szeged) | 36 | 23 125 |
| Earth sciences 2 | 143378 | Nóra Skarbit: Adaptation of the PALM-4U urban climate model using the Local Climate Zone system in case of a medium sized city (University of Szeged) | 36 | 23 463 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 142420 | Arnold Rácz: The role of diverse photoreceptors in the regulation of physiological and biochemical plant responses during acclimation to ultraviolet radiation (University of Pécs) | 36 | 28 383 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 142628 | Júlia Katalin Szilasné Jósvai: Investigation of semiochemicals influencing the orientation of pest insects in order to develop female-targeted (bisexual) baits (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 36 | 28 458 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 143055 | Krisztina Pesti: Developing a high throughput electrophysiology screening method for testing insecticides on sodium channels (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 36 | 28 500 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 142122 | Erika Beáta Bencsik-Kerekes: Utilization of quorum quenchers against food-contaminating yeasts (University of Szeged) | 36 | 28 017 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 143382 | Áron Péter: Seasonality and host specificity of bat related ectoparasites and pathogens (University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest) | 36 | 28 331 |
| Ecology and evolution | 142106 | Ivett Ildikó Pipoly: Urbanisation and climate change-driven extreme heat effects on bird reproductive output (University of Pannonia) | 36 | 28 416 |
| Ecology and evolution | 142602 | Nikoletta Andrea Nagy: Pan-genome of Lethrus apterus, a biparental beetle species (University of Debrecen) | 36 | 28 374 |
| Ecology and evolution | 142654 | János Ujszegi: Geographic variation in the effects of chytridiomycosis on amphibians: Causes and consequences (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 36 | 28 484 |
| Ecology and evolution | 142704 | Edina Nemesházi: Fitness-related effects of sex reversal in the agile frog (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 36 | 28 499 |
| Ecology and evolution | 143107 | Tamara Szentiványi: Anthropogenic activities on invasive mosquitoes and mosquito-borne parasites: patterns of community structure, insecticide resistance, host choice, and parasite distribution (Centre for Ecological Research) | 36 | 28 413 |
| Ecology and evolution | 143139 | Judit Abdai: Ethological approach to develop artificial social agents (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 28 113 |
| Ecology and evolution | 143425 | Réka Fekete: The role of roadsides in the preservation of the native flora (University of Debrecen) | 36 | 28 305 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology | 143241 | Renáta Szabó: Examination and therapeutic approach of the oxidative and inflammatory background of fertility-related female and male hormonal disturbances in obese and non-obese rat models: Spotlight on the kisspeptin signaling (University of Szeged) | 36 | 28 467 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology | 143327 | Éva Pál: Role of vitamin D deficiency in vascular aging (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 28 500 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 142838 | Milán Somogyvári: Systematic analysis of the Hsp90 interactome in C. elegans (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 28 137 |
| Neurosciences | 143380 | Ágnes Kandrács: Multidirectional propagation of SPW-R complexes in the rat hippocampus, in vitro (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 28 500 |
| Neurosciences | 143386 | Dániel Kuti: Contribution of the gut microbiome in Parkinson's disease (Institute of Experimental Medicine) | 36 | 28 500 |
| Neurosciences | 143582 | Domokos Meszéna: Co-localized and simultaneous intra- and extracellular recordings for ground-truthing cellular level neurophysiology (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 28 500 |
| Neurosciences | 143650 | Gergely Szalay: Using 3D optical photostimulation induced artificial perception to investigate the properties of the neuronal ensembles responsible for the perception (Institute of Experimental Medicine) | 36 | 28 488 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 142272 | Mihály Cserepes: Investigation of cancer chemoresistance mechanisms in PDTX models (National Institute of Oncology) | 36 | 28 440 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 142418 | Gábor Petővári: Studying the intra- and extracellular presence and the potential tumor biology (associated) role of gamma-aminobutyric acid in human breast cancers (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 28 341 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 142930 | Anett Türk-Mázló: Exploring the immunoregulation by mesenchymal stromal cells via the modification of cell death processes (University of Debrecen) | 36 | 28 500 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 143297 | Richárd Kiss: Characterization of the clonal evolution of childhood soft tissue sarcomas and investigation of their therapeutic targets by molecular genetic methods (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 28 500 |
| Clinical Medicine | 142288 | Kata Kovács: Hydrocortisone therapy during hypothermia treatment in asphyxiated neonates (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 27 880 |
| Clinical Medicine | 143698 | Péter Endre Éltes: PASCAL: Patient-Specific Cervical Alignment restoration using in silico biomechanical methods (Buda Health Center) | 36 | 28 272 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 142287 | Dávid Dóra: The role of the extracellular matrix and the immune microenvironment in the pathogenesis of colitis associated neuroinflammation and dysmotility (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 28 455 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 142709 | Veronika Zámbó: Investigation of natural mutations and transcriptional control of a human stearoyl-CoA desaturase isoenzyme (SCD5) predominant in the central nervous system (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 26 742 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 143438 | Nia Zlatkova Petrova: Revealing photosynthetic mechanisms supporting high electric current production in green microalgae (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 28 200 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 142943 | Attila Boda: Exploring the molecular mechanisms of autophagosome positioning (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 28 500 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 143268 | András Kincses: Electrical Impedance-Based Characterization of Sub- and Supracellular Structures by Microfluidic Lab-on-a-Chip Methods (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 26 542 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 143786 | Tibor Kovács: Novel regulatory points for autophagy activation in Drosophila neurodegenerative and ageing models (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 26 127 |
Updated: 14 September 2022