Mentorship

Update (18 February 2025): Thanks to the supportive attitude of our volunteering mentors, the matching of mentors and mentorees has been running smoothly. Therefore, HYA can admit additional applicants into its mentorship programme. The application deadline has been prolonged till 20 February 2025 (Thursday).

The Hungarian Young Academy announces, for the fifth time, its mentoring programme related to the János Bolyai Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (Bolyai Mentoring Programme).

Winning applicants will receive advice on the development of their applications in two consultation sessions from mentors who have themselves applied for these grants with success and have extensive experience in writing and reviewing research proposals. Applicants who will have successfully obtained a Bolyai Scholarship will commit to mentor future applicants in the next round of the mentoring programme.

The mentoring programme initiated by HYA is organised on a voluntary basis and is independent of the activities of the Bolyai Scholarship’s Board of Trustees. Neither HYA, nor the individual mentors shall guarantee the success of the research projects mentored. No objections or appeals may be lodged against the decision on the winners of the call.

Questions regarding the mentoring programme should be sent to this e-mail address: fkamentorprogram@gmail.com

Applicants: young researchers below the age of 45 with a PhD who wish to submit a proposal for the János Bolyai Postdoctoral Research Scholarship in 2025.

Aim of the call: to help applicants successfully apply by providing 2 consultation sessions per person concerning the elaboration of their CVs, experimental and work plan and scientometrics tables.

Mentors: topics endorsed may cover any area of the 11 Scientific Sections of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Expected total number of mentorees in the programme: maximum 30 persons.

Method of selection: depending on the chronological order of the applications and the areas of expertise of the volunteering mentors, the mentors themselves shall decide about the selection of the winning applicants.

How to apply: applicants must fill in and submit via e-mail the application form and its annexes (please save all your documents in pdf format as well before submission).

Download call for applications (in Hungarian)

Application form (in Hungarian)

Data processing consent (in Hungarian)

Prolonged deadline for submitting proposals:

Bolyai Mentoring Programme: 20 February 2025

Proposals must be submitted electronically (by e-mail) to fkamentorprogram@gmail.com. Application forms and the mandatory annexes must be attached in pdf format.

Applicants selected for Bolyai mentoring will be notified by: 21 February 2025

Co-ordinators of the mentoring programme: Zsuzsanna Kolbert, Zsolt Kelemen and Bence Kutus