The Board of Trustees issued the call for applications in autumn 2005 and published it in the bulletins of HTE and OPAKFI, on the internet, and on the notice boards of educational institutions. The competition was open to graduates — primarily engineers and physicists — submitting a summary of their independent work, articles published in field-specific journals, or a new paper as the submitted work. Applicants could hold other degrees as well, but their activity had to fall within the field of acoustics.
The priority topic of the 2005 competition was: current acoustic problems and modern solutions.
In 2005, the Dénes Huszty Memorial Prize consisted of a memorial plaque and a cash prize of 200,000 HUF. The recipient could choose whether to receive the prize as cash or, in accordance with applicable law, as an in-kind benefit (e.g. conference participation fee, scientific publication fee, etc.).
Three applications in total were received by the stated deadline.
The applications were also assessed by the 2004 award winners. The chair of the review committee was Dr. András Illényi, Associate Professor, Chair of the Foundation's Board of Trustees; its members were Dr. András Kocsor, Ferenc Márki, and the members of the Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees decided to award one prize under the 2005 competition: one in the amount of 200,000 HUF.
The Foundation has now awarded the competition prizes for the fourth time. The ceremonial prize-giving took place on 1 March 2006.
Krisztián Gulyás submitted a paper summarising his research to date and the future international research directions expected in the field, under the title "The present and future of active noise reduction". To illustrate certain aspects of the paper he submitted the report prepared during his research work as an EDSVS (European Vibration Studies) fellow on this topic, and an article describing his work at the VTT (Technical Research Centre of Finland). » Curriculum vitae of Krisztián Gulyás
The award ceremony was held within the framework of a joint departmental meeting organised by the departments of HTE and OPAKFI, in the presence of the representatives of the founders, on 1 March 2006.