The Board of Trustees issued the call for applications in autumn 2009 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.
For the 2009 call, submitted works presenting the author's own new scientific results, theoretical or practical innovations, or developments could be entered in topic areas covering the principal fields of acoustics (e.g. engineering acoustics, electroacoustics, theoretical, physical, and vibration acoustics, room acoustics, media informatics, acoustic informatics, medical acoustics).
In 2009, the Dénes Huszty Memorial Prize consisted of a memorial plaque and a cash prize of 200,000 HUF.
Two applications were received by the stated deadline.
The applications were assessed by Dr. András Illényi, Associate Professor, Chair of the Foundation's Board of Trustees, and the members of the Board.
The Board of Trustees decided to award one prize under the 2009 competition: in the amount of 200,000 HUF. The Foundation has now awarded the competition prizes for the eighth time.
Tamás Bőhm submitted his PhD dissertation summarising his research results under the title "Analysis and modelling of speech produced with irregular phonation". A more detailed summary of the topic is available here.
» Curriculum vitae of Tamás Bőhm
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 3 March 2010.