Previous Awardees
Recognizing excellence in Hungarian scientific research
The New York Hungarian Scientific Society recognizes outstanding young Hungarian scientists and researchers through our annual awards program. These awards support innovative research and help foster the next generation of scientific leaders.
Awardees 2019
Tünde Kovács, PhD
$3,000
University of Debrecen, Hungary
Zsombor Kisfaludy-Bak
$1,000
Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület, Kolozsvár, Romania
Zoltán Gyenes
$1,000
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
András Horváth, PhD
$1,000
National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Budapest, Hungary
Zsófia Kocsis
$1,000
University of Debrecen, Hungary
Awardees 2018
István Sebe, PhD
$3,000
Semmelweis University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Budapest, Hungary
Research Group of Childhood Mental Disorders
$1,000
MTA-ELTE Budapest, Hungary
Bálint Üveges
$1,000
Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Zoltán Varga, MD PhD
$1,000
Semmelweis University, Dept. of Pharmacology, Budapest, Hungary
Bence Raposa, PhD
$1,000
University of Pécs, Faculty of Health Sciences
Ádám Egri, PhD
$1,000
ELTE Dept. of Biological Physics, Budapest, Hungary
Awardees 2017
Boglárka Mercédesz Kis, PhD
$5,000
MTA-ELTE Vulcanology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary
Klára Horváth, MD, PhD
$3,000
Semmelweis University, Second Department of Pediatrics, Budapest, Hungary
Zsuzsa Baranyai, PhD
$1,500
MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, Hungary
András Mester, MD
$1,500
University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Târgu Mureș, Romania
Awardees 2016
Bálint Csörgő, PhD
$3,000
Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Biological Research Center of HAS, Szeged, Hungary
Balázs Szappanos, PhD
$1,500
Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Biological Research Centre of HAS, Szeged, Hungary
Valter P. Pfliegler, PhD
$1,500
Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Debrecen, Hungary
Dénes Zádori, MD, PhD
$1,500
Department of Neurology, University of Szeged, Hungary
Awardees 2015
Viktória Lázár, PhD
$3,000
"Exploiting the Achilles' heels of the antibiotic resistant bacteria"
Evolutionary Systems Biology Group, Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre of HAS, Szeged, Hungary
Péter Raffai, PhD
$1,500
"A Statistical Method to Search for Recoiling Supermassive Black Holes in Active Galactic Nuclei"
Institute of Physics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Attila Kövecsi, MD
$1,500
"Angiogenesis, tumor histogenesis and molecular pathways"
Department of Pathology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Târgu Mureș, Romania