On September 26, 2023, the official announcement of the results of the MTA's Momentum Grant (MTA Lendület Pályázat) took place, where the winning applicants briefly presented their research projects. Among them was Anna Szécsényi-Nagy, the director of our institute outlined the interdisciplinary research plans for the emerging Momentum Bioarchaeology Research Group's project titled "Life and Death at the Edge of the Roman Civilization: Complex Bioarchaeological Analysis of Pannonian Communities”.

The MTA Momentum Program’s call for proposals this year received 108 valid applications. Based on expert evaluations, the Momentum Jury, and the Momentum Committee's recommendations, the President of the Academy decided on May 31, 2023, on the excellence ranking of the research groups to be supported and the amounts of support. One of the 20 winners is Anna Szécsényi-Nagy, the director of our institute, and the entire collective of the Institute of Archaeogenomics extends warm congratulations to her.

Photo: Tamás Szigeti/ mta.hu

In his welcoming speech to this year's winners, László Péter Kollár, the Secretary-General of the MTA, emphasized that science plays a vital role not only by producing new results and articles but also by shaping mindsets. Erdei Anna, Deputy Secretary-General, drew attention to the challenge of communicating scientific results in the information-rich environment of the 21st century, highlighting the importance of presenting the essence of scientific thinking and the scientific method to a lay audience.

A video recording of the event is also available in Hungarian: