Hungarian Studies Newsletter, 1973 (1. évfolyam, 1-2. szám)
1973 / 2. szám
HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER COOPERATION BETWEEN THE ACADEMIES OF SCIENCES In an effort to describe the various existing professional exchange and support programs between the U.S. and Hungary, the Spring 1973 issue of HSN reported on the programs of the International Research and Exchange Board (IREX). Here, we report on the exchange program that exists between the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A. (NAS) and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), including information derived from the memorandum of understanding on scientific cooperation of 1970. The first inter-academy exchange program with Eastern Europe was concluded with the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in the form of an inter-govermental agreement in 1959. Agreements with the academies of the small East European countries, unlike that with the Soviet Union, are not carried on under formal intergovernmental agreements but rather between the NAS, a non-govermental agency and the academies of the respective countries. Any American citizen who already possesses a doctoral degree, or its equivalent, in the natural, social or behavioral sciences, or who is now a candidate for the doctorate and would receive it before the time he would like to make an exchange visit, is eligible for consideration in the interacademy exchange programs. Selection of participants depends upon the age, accomplishments, promise, and references of the candidate and also on the special value attached to working at particular institutes and with particular scientists. A knowledge of the language of the host country is advantageous, and prospective long-term participants not possessing such knowledge are urged to study the language intensively in preparation for their visits. The financial arrangements are designed to insure that American participants do not suffer any significant financial loss because of their participation in the programs. Americans will receive from the NAS minimum cost, roundtrip air fare between their residence in the US and the capital of the host country. In addition, some part of salary up to $1,500 per month lost by Americans making research visits of three to twelve months are made available for the actual period of stay. Researchers remaining for five months or longer are reimbursed for the transportation of dependents. Reimbursement for pre-travel study of the language of the host country is available to those making 3 to 12 month visits ($300). The host academy provides housing, domestic transportation, medical services, and an allowance for meals and miscellaneous needs. For Hungary this is 200 forints per day for short visits up to one month, and 4,000 forints per month for long visits, 3 to 12 months in duration. The NAS provides an additional $44 monthly to accompanying spouse and $33 monthly for each accompanying child in Hungary making visits of 3 months or longer. Applications are reviewed by the NAS’s Advisory Committee on USSR and Eastern Europe in December of each year. Applicants are usually notified of the results of the review in January or February. Deadline for visits during the academic year 1974-75 is November 21, 1973. For further information write to the Section on USSR and Eastern Europe, Office of the Foreign Secretary, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. 20418. During the tenure of the agreement (1971-73) the following scientists were awarded: American participants in Hungary (in chronological order of their visits) Herman Lantz (Sociology) U. of Southern Illinois; John Csiki (Chemistry) Morris Brown College; F.A. Kumerow (Chemistry) U. of Illinois; Robert Ratay (Structural Engineering) City College, N.Y.; Joseph Harris (Biochemistry) St. Joseph’s Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona; Robert Hill (Physiology) U. of Rhode Island; László Darko (Medical Chemistry) Ardsley, N.Y.; William Agocs (Geophysics) Kutztown State Coll.; W. Malcom Reid (Parasitology) U. of Georgia; Joan Schrameck (Neurobiology) Stanford U.; Joseph Nagyvary (Org. Chemistry) Texas A & M; Géza Ifju (Wood Science) Virginia Polytechnic Inst.; John Votiz (Chemistry) Southern Illinois U.; John Turkevich (Chemistry) Princeton U.; John Ruvalds (Physics) U. of Virginia; Robert Tengerdy (Immunochemistry) Colorado State Coll.; J.l. Pankove (Physics) RCA Laboratories; Ladislaus Marton (Physics) Smithsonian Institution; David K. Cheng (Electric Engineering) Syracuse U.;Bonzena Dostert (Linguistics) California Technological Inst.; Dorothy Woolley (Toxicology) U. of California, Davis; Fred Galvin (Mathematics) U. of California, Los Angeles; Herbert Vaughan (Behavioral Psychology) Albert Einstein College; Garman Harbottle (Nuclear Chemistry) Brookhaven; Bela Csejtey (Geology) USGS, Menlo Park, California; Walter J. Freeman (Neurophysiology) U. of California, Berkeley; William Klemm (Physiology) Texas A & M; Gyula Fiscor (Biology) Western Michigan U.; Wilbur Newcomer (Physiology) Oklahoma State U.; Richard A. Askey (Continued on page 2) HUNGARIAN STUDIES NEWSLETTER
