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BME researcher won €1.2m in a European grant competition

The European Research Council (ERC), the EU’s largest funding scheme for discovery research, recently announced the winners of this year’s Starting Grants.

408 researchers have won Starting Grants

ERC Starting Grants will help excellent younger scientists, who have 2 to 7 years’ experience after their PhDs, to launch their own projects, form their teams and pursue their most promising ideas. The ERC received 2932 applications from across Europe. Of these, 408 researchers were awarded grants worth a total of €636 million, according to the ERC’s announcement.

Among them, Péter Nagy, the only Hungarian researcher to receive a grant. The scientist at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering of BME won a five-year grant of €1.2 million. His project aims at the high-accuracy, quantum chemistry based modelling of molecular processes, which can also be utilised for the knowledge-based development of molecules, materials, and catalytic processes.

New researchers can join Péter Nagy’s team of 5

[kiemelt]The laureates of this grant competition will be able to create or expand an independent research group, which will allow 4-5 more talented young researchers to join Péter Nagy’s team of 5 researchers[/kiemelt]

– according to BME press release.

Péter Nagy, is the only researcher from Hungarian institutions with a successful ERC Starting Grant application in 2022 (Photo: BME)

The last time a BME researcher won a Starting Grant was in 2010. In the last 5 years, Péter Nagy is only the third researcher from Hungarian institutions with a successful ERC Starting Grant application.

As for BME, we recently reported that it will launch a new English-language bachelor training programme in physics and engineering from September 2023, the first of its kind in Hungary, in response to the shortage of specialists in innovative companies.

Registration for the 2023 mid-term admissions has started

The official Higher Education admission prospectus for courses starting in February was published on 15 October with the approval of the Ministry of Culture and Innovation and the Education Office, and contains all the information needed for a valid application for admission.

The cross-semester procedure is mainly used for Master’s programs, with 75-85% of applicants in recent years applying for a Master’s program. Only those who have obtained the required higher education qualification, i.e. a bachelor’s degree, by January 2023 at the very latest can apply for these courses. 

Bachelor courses

Some universities offer both bachelor and master courses in the cross-cycle admission procedure, but in much lower numbers and only with self-funding. This may be a suitable option for those who did not gain admission to any institution this summer and therefore could not start their higher education studies in September 2022, but do not want to miss a full school year.

How to apply

Applications can be submitted exclusively via the E-felvételi platform on felvi.hu until midnight on 15 November at the latest. Authentication is possible until midnight on 20 November. A list of the courses available is also posted on the felvi website, but it is also easy to search by subject. The submission of the necessary documents for admission is an essential part of the application process. The cut-off date for the 2023 mid-year admission is expected to be 24 January 2023.

Changes in admission, scoring

The regulation issued in September 2022 introduced several changes to the admission procedure, the most important of which is that one fifth of the 500 admission points will be institutional points, i.e. for 100 points, universities will be able to decide for themselves what to give students extra points for. Institutions will have the possibility to choose which of the five secondary school and five school-leaving examination subjects will count towards the points for academic and school-leaving examination points. Universities may also decide which two subjects will be compulsory for the different majors and which of these subjects will be required to be passed at advanced or intermediate level.

From 2023, the uniform minimum thresholds will be discontinued and institutions will be able to decide on the minimum number of points required for admission to a degree course.

Meet Voovo, the Hungarian answer to Quizlet with a handy flashcard feature

Extensive research and numerous studies have proved that active recall and spaced repetition are by far the most effective methods of learning, and for that, using flashcards is hands down the easiest. The app developed by the Voovo team allows you to prepare over 300 cards in under a minute.

Voovo developer Benedek Hermán and his team started to work on the plans back in May 2021, and reached MVP stage by the end of the year. The MVP was first tested by a 25-strong group and, following positive feedback, the app was launched in online stores at the beginning of April 2022.

The small Hungarian team has started working with young influencers from all over the globe, Brazil, France, India and even Australia, who have incorporated Voovo in the advice they give about studying. In just 3 months, this has earned the app 10,000 downloads from 150 countries in 3 months, and more than 120,000 flashcards were created. Would you believe it, the average time most dedicated users spend on the app is 3 and a half hours a day!

Compared to many other successful apps, this Hungarian development has a unique value offering, with a card-creating capacity more than ten times faster than the competitors.

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