The Board of Trustees issued the call for applications in autumn 2017 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 2017 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.
In 2017, the Dénes Huszty Memorial Prize consisted of a memorial plaque and a cash prize of 150,000 HUF.
Two applications were received by the stated deadline.
The applications were assessed by Dr. Fülöp Augusztinovicz, 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 2017 competition to Dóra Jenei-Kulcsár.
The recipient earned the award with her "Physics-based modelling of piano sound" (MSc thesis, 2016, Budapest University of Technology and Economics) and four scientific articles.
The award ceremony was held within the framework of the HTE general assembly and prize-giving event, in the presence of the representatives of the founders, on 16 May 2018.