On May 10, HIF joined an intense half day off-the-record dialogue hosted by the Atlantic Council on “Revitalizing the Atlantic Alliance” involving the Council’s Ambassadorial Advisory Council and key stakeholders shaping US-CEE relations. The discussions, which focused on America’s strategy towards Europe, were spearheaded by Ambassador Dan Fried, distinguished fellow …Read More »

The Hungary Initiatives Foundation is committed to strengthening the exchange of knowledge and skills between the United States and Hungary. Therefore we would like to provide an opportunity for talented, ambitious young Hungarians to pursue studies in the United States. (more…)Read More »

This past year, HIF continued to help deliver the content of the week-long Hungarian Communion of Friends (MBK) conference to a wide international readership. MBK’s annual conference, entitled “Music, Life, Spirit​” in 2017 at beautiful Lake Hope, Ohio, provided high-level lectures and discourse as well as an opportunity for Hungarian American …Read More »

In 2017, the Memory Project continued to expand the online archive of diaspora interviews gathering fifty more oral history treasures from across America. Through their eyes, we learn our own history. With the help of HIF, founders Andrea Lauer Rice (author and multi-media producer) and Réka Pigniczky (television journalist and documentary filmmaker) …Read More »

HIF’s second annual Young Hungarian Leaders Program (YHLP) concluded on April 7th with 11 participants bringing back a renewed confidence in private initiatives and a deeper understanding of republican self-government to their native Hungary. The 2018 Young Hungarian Leaders Program co-organized with Meridian International Center, offered eleven Hungarian graduate students and young …Read More »

Viktória Katona from Keszthely, Hungary arrived to Washington this spring and will spend 4 months at Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). With HIF’s support, the Hungarian American Coalition’s Internship Program will be hosting eight interns in 2018 to provide first-hand experience at various Washington-based institutions. Internship participants are also …Read More »

Orsolya Andrea Lőrincz from Odorheiu Secuiesc (Székelyudvarhely), Romania arrived to Washington this spring and will spend 3 months at Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN). With HIF’s support, the Hungarian American Coalition’s Internship Program will be hosting eight interns in 2018 to provide first-hand experience at various Washington-based institutions. Internship participants are …Read More »

This past February, Ms. Eszter Rakita presented her paper entitled “Social-Economic Reasons and Consequences of Mass Migration from Hungary to the USA at the End of the 19th Century” at the 58th Annual Florida Conference of Historians. Eszter is an archivist at the Institute of History/Tittel Pál Library at Eszterházy …Read More »

HIF is proud to announce a new fellowship opportunity for Hungarian professionals as part of the Atlantic Council’s new Atlanticist Fellowship program. The deadline to apply is Tuesday, May 1, 2018.   APPLY HERE As part of a long-term reinvestment in bolstering US-Central European ties and a new effort to build stronger …Read More »