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 »

Zoltán Fehér is pursuing a PhD in International Relations at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Zoltán has received an HIF scholarship to assist him in completing the program. Zoltán was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary. He started his international career early, when he won …Read More »

Last Fall, HIF sponsored renowned folk group “The Török Siblings” in their United States concert tour. The entire tour consisted of a total of 17 folk music concerts held at 14 different locations, covering most locations in the United States with active Hungarian communities. Audiences enjoyed the unmatched beauty of …Read More »

Call for Applications Széll Kálmán Public Policy Fellowship Fall Application Deadline – May 1, 2018   The Hungary Initiatives Foundation is proud to announce that applications are now open for this fall’s Széll Kálmán Public Policy Fellowship – a full scholarship for students from Hungary to participate in The Fund for American Studies‘ Capital Semester program …Read More »