New MTA-ELTE research groups

According to the call for applications, the objective of the grant is to support the establishment and operation of research groups headed by people who have already achieved outstanding research results at higher education institutions and public collections or public institutions with research activities in Hungary. Its further goals are to foster the next generation of scholars and teachers (giving priority to the training of young researchers), to strengthen co-operation between the network of MTA research institutes and higher education institutions, to promote new research topics that are still missing from the profile of Hungarian research institute network in any area of study, and particularly in the field of discovering investigations.

Out of the fifty-two applicants, thirty people submitted their applications with the aim of establishing a new research group, sixteen of them applied for the continuation of formerly funded investigations, and six applicants had already been leaders of successful MTA Lendület (Momentum) research teams.

In accordance with the decision of the President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences made on the basis of suggestions by anonymous professional reviewers, twenty-one research groups can start their five-year work at eight universities with an annual funding of 214 million HUF from 1 July onwards: seven in the fields of humanities and social sciences, seven in life sciences, and also seven in the areas of mathematics and natural sciences.

Winning applicants at ELTE:

For further information about the MTA–ELTE research groups working at our university, click here.

Source: MTA