Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1984 (12. évfolyam, 39-42. szám)
1984 / 39-40. szám
AWARDS (Continued) Tibor Vais (Harvard U.) for studies in East European labor economics. Paul Shoup (U. of Virginia) for research of political development and innovation in Eastern Europe. Ivan Szelenyi (U. of Wisconsin, Madison) to study part-time family farming in contemporary Hungary. For further information contact: The National Council for Soviet and East European Research, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036. Telephone: (202) 387-0168. CIE5 (Fulbright) The Council for International Exchange of Scholars extended the following awards under the 1983-84 Fulbright Program with Hungary. AMERICAN SCHOLARS TO HUNGARY Farrel Ackerman, grad, stud., Dept, of Linguistics, U. of California, Berkeley, to study theoretical linguistics at the Eötvös L.U. September 1983 - June 1984. (Renewal) Bruce Berlind, prof, of English, Colgate U., to study translation of contemporary Hungarian poetry at the Hungarian P.E.N. Club in Budapest. January 1984 to June 1984. Paul Body, econ. development planner, Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, to study Hungarian economic development policies at the Inst, of Geography, HAS. September 1983 to January 1984. Janos Horvath, prof, of economics, Butler U., to study grants economics at Marx K.U. of Economics, Budapest. August 1983 to December 1984. Peter F. Sugar, prof, of history, U. of Washington, to prepare a survey of Hungarian history, at the Inst, of History, HAS. May 1984 to August 1984. HUNGARIAN SCHOLARS TO THE U S. / I f Janos Acs, director, Csiky Gergely Theater, Kaposvár, to study contemporary American theater át the Pisch School of the Arts at New York U. March 1984 to August 1984. Miha'ly Beck, head, Dept, of Physical Chemistry, Kossuth L.U., to study coordination chemistry and chemical bonding at the Dept, of Chemistry, Georgetown U. August 1983 to June 1984. Jo'zsef Harangozó, assoc, prof. Dept, of Process Control, Technical U., Budapest to study mathematical means for describing/verifying structured systems at the Division of Mathematical Sciences, U. of Massachusetts, Boston. February 1984 to December 1984. László'Kárpáti, assist, prof. Dept, of Economics, Agricultural U., Debrecen, to study economic investigation and methods of agroproduction at the Center of Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa St. U. April 1983 to October 1983. Istva'n Szendro', researcher, Development Laboratory of semiconductor technology, Budapest, to study optical properties of thin films on semiconductors, at the Division of Engineering, Brown U. January 1984 to September 1984. □ NAS/NRC The National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council made the following awards for the year 1984 in the framework of its exchange program with the Hungarian 12 Academy of Sciences: (Direct program cost for 1982 was $58,955.) AMERICANS TO HUNGARY (1984) Adorján Aszalós (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) to study cancer chemotherapy and cell biology. Gabor Bethlenfalvay (U.S. Dept, of Agriculture) to study physiology of plant and soil microflora interactions. Bryan Cain (Iowa St. U.) to study dimensional linear operations. George Halasi-Kun (Columbia U.) for research in hydrology. Wlodzimiers Kozak (Carnegie-Mellon U.) to study visual physiology and pathology. Mitsuru Nakamura (U. of Montana) for research in medical bactereology, epidemiology, and parasitology. Albert A. Simkus (U. of Michigan) for research in social stratification and methodology. Robert Sokai (SUNY, Stony Brook) to study human population structure. George Stefano (SUNY, Coll, at Old Westbury) for research in uro-biology. G. Rickey Welch (U. of New Orleans) for research in theoretical biophysical chemistry. HUNGARIANS TO THE U.S. (1983) Tibor Bérces (Research Inst, for Chemistry, HAS) for a kinetic study of unimolecular reactions and intermolecular energy transfer. Sándor Damjanovich (Dept, of Biophysics, Medical U., Debrecen) to study molecular biophysics, cellular biophysics. Csaba Ma'rton (Agricultural Research Inst., HAS) for research in breeding maize for resistance. György Pocsik (Inst, for Theoretical Physics, Eötvös L.U.) for research in theoretical particle physics; electroweak interaction; quantum chromodynamics. László Polga'r (Inst, of Enzymology, Biological research Center, HAS) to study enzymology: mechanism of action of proteinases. Ka'roly Vadasdi (Central Research I nst. for Physics, HAS) for research of tungsten, molybdenum and regractory metals, hydrometallurgy. Ga'bor Varga (Inst, of Experimental Medicine, HAS) for research in humoral and nervous control of activity, growth and blood flow of exocrine Pancreas. Peter Zavodszky (Inst, of Enzymology, Biological Research Center, HAS) for research in molecular immunology. For information on support contact Dr. Micaela lovine, program officer, Section on USSR and Eastern Europe, Office of I nternational Affairs, National Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20418. Telephone: 202-334-2654. NSF The National Science Foundation awarded 11 research grants (some of them extentions of awards granted the year before) and 2 developmental grants in fiscal year 1983. The total support amounted to $291,606. RESEARCH PROJECTS (1) Validity Range of New Free-Surface Unsteady Flow Equations with Bottom Curvatures (12 months): Yevjevich Vujica M., George Washington U., with Ödön Starosolszky, Center for Water Research, Budapest. (2) New Materials and Processes by Carbocationic Polymerization (12 months): Joseph P. Kennedy, U. of Akron, with Ferenc Tüdős and Tibor Kellen, HAS. NO. 39-40, SPRING-SUMMER 1984 HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER
