The Board of Trustees of the Dénes Huszty Foundation in accordance with its founding charter hereby issues this call for applications
1. Details of the competition
1. The Dénes Huszty public-benefit foundation aims to reward outstanding results achieved by young professionals working in the field of acoustics or electroacoustics — thesis students currently completing their higher studies, recent graduates, and young acousticians who have not yet reached their 35th year at the time of application — whose work contributes to the universal development of acoustics. A further goal of the Foundation is to commemorate the life and work of Dénes Huszty, a leading authority in acoustics in the 1950–1979 period.
2. The Dénes Huszty Memorial Prize, awarded in the 2014 competition, consists of a memorial plaque and, depending on the quality of the submissions received, a total cash prize of 200,000 HUF. The Board of Trustees awards up to two prizes. Recipients may choose to receive the prize either as cash or, in accordance with applicable law, as an in-kind benefit (e.g. conference participation fee, scientific publication fee, etc.).
3. Entries to the Foundation's 2014 competition must take the form of a submitted work.
4. Where eligible submissions are received for the 2014 call, the Board of Trustees intends to award the prize in accordance with the quality of the entries and the provisions of the founding charter.
5. Applications are open to graduates — primarily engineers and physicists — submitting a summary of their independent work, articles published in field-specific journals, or a new paper. Applicants may hold degrees in other fields as well (e.g. linguistics, psychology), but their activity must fall within the field of acoustics.
6. For the 2014 call, submissions presenting the author's own new scientific results, theoretical or practical innovations, or developments may be made 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).
7. The deadline for submissions: 8 December 2014.
8. Applications may be submitted in person at the Foundation's seat, at the offices of the Scientific Association for Infocommunications (HTE), 1051 Budapest, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 12., or by post. For postal submissions, the latest posting date is 8 December 2014.
9. Applications are assessed by an evaluation committee appointed by the Board of Trustees, which makes a recommendation to the Board regarding the award.
10. The official announcement of the 2014 Dénes Huszty Memorial Prize results and the award ceremony will take place between 15 January and 15 April 2015, with the representatives of the founders present. The exact time and location of the ceremony will be announced as set out in point 11.
11. This call for applications is published in the bulletins of the Scientific Association for Infocommunications and the Scientific Association for Optics, Acoustics, Motion Pictures and Theatre Technology, and on the websites of both associations and of the Foundation.
Budapest, October 2014
On behalf of the Board of Trustees:
Dr. Fülöp Augusztinovicz