2023 winners of the “OTKA” postdoctoral excellence programme (PD_23)
2023 winners of the “OTKA” postdoctoral excellence programme (PD_23)
21 November 2023
Modified: 21 November 2023
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This year’s “OTKA” postdoctoral excellence programme (PD_23) granted support to 89 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 2.6 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 89 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 | 84 | 23 | 2 289 848 | 664 707 |
| Council of Physical Sciences | 88 | 25 | 2 571 385 | 743 678 |
| Council of Complex Environmental Sciences | 62 | 20 | 1 812 584 | 578 150 |
| Council of Medical and Biological Sciences | 72 | 21 | 2 045 817 | 607 783 |
| Total | 306 | 89 | 8 719 634 | 2 594 318 |
FUNDED PROJECTS
Funding organisation: Ministry of Culture and Innovation
Source: NRDI Fund
Date of decision: 20 November 2023
| 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 | 146789 | Mónika Nogel: Legal Questions of Using CRISPR/Cas9 Technology in Human Cells (Széchenyi István University) | 36 | 21 903 |
| Political Science, Law and Govemment Sciences | 146942 | Eszter Kováts: Fight for reality. The relationship between critical theories and progressive politics in the contemporary West. Case study Germany (Center for Social Sciences) | 36 | 29 996 |
| Economics | 146055 | Dóra Gréta Petróczy: Fairness issues in sports: balanced competition and voting (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 36 | 29 997 |
| Economics | 146385 | Tibor Bareith: Commmodity prices, inflation and monetary policy (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 36 | 29 991 |
| Economics | 146507 | John Jr. Szabó: The emergence of a European hydrogen market (Centre for Economic and Regional Studies) | 36 | 29 308 |
| Economics | 146648 | László Kökény: Infinite world, infinite challenge? Consumer concerns and the role of consumer protection in tourism with the growth of online opportunities. (Corvinus University of Budapest) | 36 | 29 710 |
| Literature | 146626 | Tamás Oláh: Histories of the development of minority identity: Hungarian theatre history in Vojvodina 1918–1995 (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 36 | 27 506 |
| Literature | 146766 | Gábor Danyi: Literary and political exchanges between the Polish and Hungarian second public sphere 1976–1989 (University of Szeged) | 36 | 29 995 |
| Literature | 146919 | Gábor Mészáros: Miscellanies and periodicals in the 18─19th century literature (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 36 | 29 977 |
| Linguistics | 146415 | Irina Burukina: Demystifying dative: A study on Uralic (Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics) | 36 | 29 980 |
| Linguistics | 147148 | Ekaterina Stefanova Georgieva: Exploring clause structure through the lens of ellipsis (Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Psychology and Education | 146197 | Nikolett Arató: To Laugh or to Report? - Assessing Factors Influencing Cyber Bystander Behaviour and Cyberbullying Prevention (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 29 967 |
| Psychology and Education | 146384 | Edit Vass: Virtual reality-based intervention (AVATAR therapy) for the treatment of residual auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia spectrum disorders (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 27 432 |
| Psychology and Education | 147001 | András Matuz: Predicting mental fatigue via machine learning: electrophysiological studies and methodological developments (University of Pécs) | 36 | 29 232 |
| Archeology | 146223 | Melinda Szabó: Women on the Frontier. Social relations in Roman Pannonia (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 29 529 |
| Archeology | 146612 | Tamás Szeniczey: Colliding worlds – living at the borderland between East and West in the Avar Period (6–9th c. AD) (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 28 700 |
| Society | 145881 | Ana Stojilovska: Hungary in the energy crisis: From energy poverty to energy scarcity (Center for Social Sciences) | 36 | 29 901 |
| Society | 146366 | Gábor Simonovits: Reducing anti-Roma discrimination (Center for Social Sciences) | 36 | 29 906 |
| Society | 146797 | Krisztina Metzgerné Kopcsó: Socioeconomic status, digital media use and early childhood development (HCSO Demographic Research Institute) | 36 | 21 747 |
| History | 146412 | Szabolcs László: The Promotion of the Kodály-method and Hungarian Cultural Diplomacy during the Kádár era (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 36 | 30 000 |
| History | 146522 | Beáta Kulcsár: Personal stories of emigration and adaptation: Hungarians in Canada (Linda Dégh's interview collection) (Center for Social Sciences) | 36 | 29 960 |
| History | 146688 | Réka Újlaki Nagy: On the Border of Christianity and Judaism: Transylvanian Sabbatarianism in European Context (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 36 | 29 999 |
| History | 146928 | Sára Nóra Sánta: The Study of Antiquity in Hungary in the 16–18th Centuries (Research Centre for the Humanities) | 36 | 29 971 |
| Earth sciences 1 | 145853 | Levente Patkó: Deciphering links between mantle melts and surface gas emanations in the Nógrád-Gömör Volcanic Field (Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science) | 36 | 27 884 |
| Earth sciences 1 | 147116 | Eszter Békési: Deformation processes in siliciclastic reservoirs based on satellite ground motion observations and novel modelling approaches (Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science) | 36 | 26 618 |
| Earth sciences 1 | 147180 | Ervin Hrabovszki: The role of fracture cementation and reactivation in the fluid transport of a low porosity and permeability claystone body (University of Szeged) | 36 | 29 946 |
| Earth sciences 2 | 146019 | Tamás Bozóki: New perspectives on the study of global lightning activity as an essential climate variable (Institute of Earth Physics and Space Science) | 36 | 29 211 |
| Earth sciences 2 | 146498 | Tamás Bartyik: Spatial variation and the controlling factors of luminescence sensitivity in fluvial sediments in the Danube Basin (University of Szeged) | 36 | 25 426 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 146042 | Zsuzsanna Ambrózy: Early disease prognosis based on volatile biomarker compounds (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 36 | 29 969 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 146758 | Sándor Kecskeméti: EXPLORING THE OLFACTORY AND VISUAL SYSTEM OF FUNGUS GNATS: ON THE COURSE FOR A SELECTIVE TRAP DEVELOPMENT FOR A SUSTAINABLE MUSHROOM CULTIVATION (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 36 | 29 999 |
| Complex agricultural sciences | 146980 | Zalán Czékus: Investigation of the hormonal- and light-dependent regulation of pipecolic acid in the induction of local and systemic defence responses of tomato plants (University of Szeged) | 36 | 29 985 |
| Complex Spatial Sciences | 146375 | Tamás Kovalcsik: Electoral geography of Central Europe (University of Szeged) | 36 | 29 279 |
| Complex Spatial Sciences | 147222 | Zsuzsanna Pósfai: Household debt in Hungary in an unfolding economic and energy crisis (Periféria Research Cener Ltd.) | 36 | 29 976 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 145915 | András Farkas: Development of Automated Agri-cytogenetic Diagnostic System to support effective gene introgression into cereals (Centre for Agricultural Research) | 36 | 29 922 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 146030 | Zsolt Szűcs: Chemical pattern analysis of pea (Pisum sativum) sprouts using metabolomic methods (University of Debrecen) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 146700 | András Marosi: Development of a new formulation method of virus vaccines with improved efficiency by production of biocompatible polymer-based, virus-loaded nanoparticles (University of Veterinary Medicine Budapest) | 36 | 29 835 |
| Plant and animal breeding | 147156 | Viktória Lilla Balázs: Investigation of the combined effect of essential oils and components to reduce antibiotic resistance (University of Pécs) | 36 | 21 000 |
| Ecology and evolution | 145938 | Ádám Lovas-Kiss: Effect of functional traits of phytoplankton on their waterbird-mediated dispersal network (Centre for Ecological Research) | 36 | 29 995 |
| Ecology and evolution | 146325 | Bence Kovács: The microclimatic buffering capacity of managed forests under different management regimes (Centre for Ecological Research) | 36 | 29 645 |
| Ecology and evolution | 146326 | Ildikó Fekete-Kertész: Towards understanding how more environmentally realistic exposure modulates the toxicity of graphene oxide in the aquatic ecosystem (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Ecology and evolution | 146480 | Jana Růžičková: Effects of individual movement and predation pressure on the changes in habitat use of carabid beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in different forestry treatments (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 29 812 |
| Ecology and evolution | 146621 | István Márton Szabolcs: Biodiversity patterns and conservation priorities in the Balkan Peninsula and the Carpathian Basin (Centre for Ecological Research) | 36 | 29 996 |
| Ecology and evolution | 147122 | Attila Fülöp: Do birds of a feather flock together? Group formation and the physiological consequences of sociality (Office for Research Groups Attached to Universities and Other Institutions) | 36 | 29 652 |
| Physics | 146479 | András Pálinkás: Higher-order moiré superlattices in van der Waals heterostructures (Centre for Energy Research) | 36 | 29 983 |
| Physics | 146527 | Zoltán Péli: Researching beyond the standard model physics (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 26 856 |
| Physics | 146589 | Dániel Kincses: Exploring the phase diagram of strongly interacting matter with femtoscopic correlations at the STAR experiment (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Physics | 146795 | Dávid Ugi: In situ investigation and characterization of different plastic deformation mechanisms operating at the nanoscale (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 29 993 |
| Physics | 146947 | Olimpia Judit Fogasy: Active galactic nuclei and their environment in the early universe (Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences) | 36 | 29 990 |
| Physics | 147091 | Barnabás Barna: New extragalactic distance measurement method with type Iax supernovae (University of Szeged) | 36 | 29 777 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 146109 | Viktor Hlavicka: Fire resistance of recycled aggregate concrete (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 29 990 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 146135 | Dániel Gere: Investigation of the mechanical recyclability of packaging plastic waste and microplastics (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 146259 | Péter Nagy-György: Development of adaptive vehicle industry solutions using non-Newtonian fluids (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 29 950 |
| Engineering, Metallurgy, Architecture and Transport Sciences | 146459 | Henrik Tamás Sykora: Physics-informed data-driven modelling of stochastic non-smooth dynamical systems (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 145832 | Balázs Pejó: Contribution Score Computation for Secure and Private Federated Learning (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 29 988 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 145902 | Péter Polcz: Computational analysis of nonlinear uncertain systems with applications (Pázmány Péter Catholic University) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Informatics and Electrical Engineering | 146397 | Gergely Szlobodnyik: Quantitative analysis and identifiability of dynamic system models with network structure. (Pázmány Péter Catholic University) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Chemistry 1 | 145972 | Roland Tóbiás: Development of effective quantum-chemical models for molecular clusters and floppy molecules (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Chemistry 1 | 146145 | Márton Kőrösi: Improving a new measurement device for the thermoanalytical support of innovative high-pressure processes (Budapest University of Technology and Economics) | 36 | 29 993 |
| Chemistry 1 | 146252 | Dániel Csókás: Selectivity of metathesis reactions: from rationalization to catalyst design (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Chemistry 1 | 146265 | Ádám Ganyecz: Development of Computational Protocols Based on Density Matrix Renormalization Group for Quantum Chemical Applications (Wigner Research Centre for Physics) | 36 | 29 993 |
| Chemistry 1 | 146529 | Bence Kutus: Dissolution and neutralization processes of reactive components of red mud (University of Szeged) | 36 | 29 829 |
| Chemistry 1 | 146764 | Fanni Sebák: New insights in the development of drug delivery systems: introduction of modern NMR methods for structural characterization and in vitro internalization studies (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 29 994 |
| Chemistry 2 | 146027 | Klára Tímea Aradi: New fluorination strategies via transition-metal-catalyzed selective transformations (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 28 509 |
| Chemistry 2 | 146048 | Eszter Erika London-Kozma: Development of photoactivatable ligands for the selective modulation of Ca2+ dynamics in astrocytes (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 29 994 |
| Chemistry 2 | 146216 | Anikó Gaál: Red blood cells derived extracellular vesicles - diagnostic and therapeutic purposes (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 29 826 |
| Chemistry 2 | 146805 | Erika Mező: Preparation of O,N-heterocycles as potential glycosidase enzyme inhibitors from carbohydrate precursors (University of Debrecen) | 36 | 29 880 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science | 145995 | Ákos Matszangosz Kyriakos: Fundamental classes in cohomology theories (Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics) | 36 | 29 850 |
| Mathematics and Computing Science | 146210 | Mahmoud Abdalla Ali Ibrahim: Stability and threshold dynamics in non-autonomous dynamical systems with applications in mathematical biology (University of Szeged) | 36 | 29 283 |
| Physiology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology and Endocrinology | 146235 | Tamara Éva Madácsy: Novel therapeutic options in alcohol induced pancreatic and liver diseases (University of Szeged) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 146654 | Balázs Koncz: The effect of cumulative burden of rare damaging genetic variants on antitumor immunity (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 146794 | Prateek Shetty: Predictable alteration of algal phenotypes using synthetic phycospheres (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 27 600 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 146881 | Nikita Moshkov: Learning representations of cell morphology and their applications to analysis of perturbations with multi-modal data and cancer personalised medicine (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics and Systems Biology | 147127 | Vivien Csapóné Miczán: The Proteomic Map of Mitosis in Human Tumor Tissue (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Neurosciences | 146014 | Nóra Eszlári: Exploring distinct cognitive-emotional profiles in the paths from genomics to mental health (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 29 791 |
| Neurosciences | 146424 | Kinga Farkas: A transdiagnostic electrophysiological study of social cognition and self-perception differences in autism spectrum disorder and schizophrenia (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 29 640 |
| Neurosciences | 146787 | István Fodor: Rapid cellular changes induced by sex steroids in a defined simpler nervous system () | 36 | 29 994 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 146373 | Ildikó Krencz: Analyzing metabolic heterogeneity and plasticity in small cell lung carcinoma: the effect of spatiotemporal evolution and phenotype transitions on the metabolism of the tumor cells (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 28 800 |
| Immunity, Cancer and Microbiology | 146549 | Bálint Scheich: Characterization of EZH2 as a therapeutic target and regulator of proliferation and metabolic plasticity in anaplastic meningioma (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 27 648 |
| Clinical Medicine | 145889 | Bálint Egyed: Sequencing-based risk stratification and prediction of refractory disease in hematological disorders of childhood (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 29 510 |
| Clinical Medicine | 146299 | Zsuzsanna Mihály: Carotid stenosis CFD modelling and plaque analysis (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 26 477 |
| Clinical Medicine | 147269 | Márton Kolossváry: Optimalization of data-driven latent feature extraction algorithms from radiological images () | 36 | 29 976 |
| Clinical Medicine | 147276 | Bálint Gergely Szabó: Manipulation of the enteral microbiome by fecal microbiota transplantation among adult patients with malignant hematological diseases (Semmelweis University) | 36 | 19 440 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 146123 | Péter Ecsédi: Mapping of multivalent interactions underpinning the activities of genome metabolic protein condensates (Eötvös Loránd University) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 146202 | Rini Arianti: Amino acid transporters as novel regulators of energy metabolism in active beige adipocytes (University of Debrecen) | 36 | 29 983 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 146564 | László Dobson: Eukarióta kórokozók gazdaszervezethez való kapcsolódásának feltárása (Research Center of Natural Sciences) | 36 | 29 466 |
| Molecular and Structural Biology and Biochemistry | 146633 | Róbert Tóth: The central role of Rad5 in the coordination of DNA damage tolerance pathways (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 29 466 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 145868 | András Jipa: Mechanisms and (patho)physiological roles of selective ER autophagy in Drosophila (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 30 000 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 146566 | Magdolna Gombos: Non-conventional regulatory function of the E2FB transcription factor by directly controlling auxin transport through binding to auxin efflux PIN proteins (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 29 992 |
| Cellular and Developmental Biology | 146655 | Szilárd Kovács: Let the Rhizobia in: Analyis of the epidermal specific regulation of two genes essential for the bacterial entry (Biological Research Centre Szeged) | 36 | 30 000 |
Updated: 21 November 2023