The list of winners of the National Research Excellence Program applications announced by the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NKFIH) has been published. Researchers from the Rényi Institute received funding in four sub-programs.
The Starting application sub-programme of the National Research Excellence Programme supports young researchers with postdoctoral experience and outstanding performance, who will have the opportunity to gain independent project management experience and build their own research group through the awarded amount. 493 valid applications were received for the Starting_25 sub-programme, of which 103 were considered outstanding and worthy of support, including 3 applications from mathematicians from the Rényi Institute.
Our winners – STARTING_25 subprogram:
Balázs Maga – Entropy and approximation of permutons
István Kolossváry – Investigation of random trajectories on fractals with applications
Gábor Damásdi – Geometric representations of strongly self-dual structures and their stiffness-theoretical relations
The Advanced application sub-program supports researchers who already have an independent research group, are experienced, excellent professionals and have outstanding publication activity, are internationally recognized experts in their field of science, and can achieve significant development of their research group within the framework of their basic research topic - through the implementation of a timely, innovative, and relevant research plan in the field. 830 valid applications were received for the Advanced_25 sub-program, and 192 applicants were awarded the grant, including 8 researchers from the Rényi Institute.
Our winners in the ADVANCED_25 subprogram:
Péter Csikvári – Algebraic invariants in graph theory
Márton Karsai – Guided modeling of epidemic inequalities behavior
Dániel Varga – Deep reinforcement learning in the service of combinatorial geometry
Kristóf Bérczi – Measurable combinatorics and submodularity
Árpád Tóth – Automorphic forms in number theory and geometry
Bálint Tóth – Scaled limits of mutually exclusive stochastic systems
Márton Elekes – Descriptive set theory and its applications
Géza Tóth – Graphs and representations
Researchers supported by the Excellence sub-programme of the National Research Excellence Programme are given the opportunity to prepare for successful participation in programmes announced by the European Research Council (ERC). These researchers have proven their place in the forefront of the international scientific world with significant recent results, according to the announcement. 8 applications for funding were received for the Excellence_25 sub-programme, and all applicants were awarded funding, including 3 mathematicians from the Rényi Institute.
Our winners - EXCELLENCE_25 subprogram:
Pál Péter Pach – Algebraic Methods in Combinatorics
Máté Matolcsi – Application of Fourier analysis in linear programming estimation
Balázs Szegedy – Low-dimensional representations of structures
The Highlight sub-programme of the National Research Excellence Programme aims to support Hungarian research groups that consistently perform at an outstanding level in the international scientific world. It is for those who have received significant funding for their operations. 16 valid applications were submitted this year, of which 6 outstanding research applications won, including 2 mathematicians from the Rényi Institute:
Our winners in the HIGHLIGHT_25 subprogram:
Gábor Pete – Dynamics and Geometry of Critical Random Systems
László Pyber – On the Expansion of Groups
Congratulations to the winners!