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

Winner

Tünde Kovács, PhD

$3,000

University of Debrecen, Hungary

Finalist

Zsombor Kisfaludy-Bak

$1,000

Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület, Kolozsvár, Romania

Finalist

Zoltán Gyenes

$1,000

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Finalist

András Horváth, PhD

$1,000

National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Budapest, Hungary

Finalist

Zsófia Kocsis

$1,000

University of Debrecen, Hungary

Awardees 2018

Winner

István Sebe, PhD

$3,000

Semmelweis University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Budapest, Hungary

Finalist

Research Group of Childhood Mental Disorders

$1,000

MTA-ELTE Budapest, Hungary

Finalist

Bálint Üveges

$1,000

Lendület Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Finalist

Zoltán Varga, MD PhD

$1,000

Semmelweis University, Dept. of Pharmacology, Budapest, Hungary

Finalist

Bence Raposa, PhD

$1,000

University of Pécs, Faculty of Health Sciences

Finalist

Ádám Egri, PhD

$1,000

ELTE Dept. of Biological Physics, Budapest, Hungary

Awardees 2017

Giselle Solti Award

Boglárka Mercédesz Kis, PhD

$5,000

MTA-ELTE Vulcanology Research Group, Budapest, Hungary

Winner

Klára Horváth, MD, PhD

$3,000

Semmelweis University, Second Department of Pediatrics, Budapest, Hungary

Finalist

Zsuzsa Baranyai, PhD

$1,500

MTA-ELTE Research Group of Peptide Chemistry, Hungary

Finalist

András Mester, MD

$1,500

University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Târgu Mureș, Romania

Awardees 2016

Winner

Bálint Csörgő, PhD

$3,000

Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Biological Research Center of HAS, Szeged, Hungary

Finalist

Balázs Szappanos, PhD

$1,500

Synthetic and Systems Biology Unit, Biological Research Centre of HAS, Szeged, Hungary

Finalist

Valter P. Pfliegler, PhD

$1,500

Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Finalist

Dénes Zádori, MD, PhD

$1,500

Department of Neurology, University of Szeged, Hungary

Awardees 2015

Winner

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

Finalist

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

Finalist

Attila Kövecsi, MD

$1,500

"Angiogenesis, tumor histogenesis and molecular pathways"

Department of Pathology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Târgu Mureș, Romania