Organizer of the event:
University of Debrecen
Faculty of Science and Technology
Institute of Chemistry
Address: 4032 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1.
Phone: + 36 52 512 900
Website: https://kemia.unideb.hu/
Section website address: https://kemia.unideb.hu/37otdk
Section e-mail address: otdk37kemia@science.unideb.hu
Date of the event: 9–11 April 2025
| Chair of the Organizing Committee: | Dr. Katalin Várnagy Professor Phone: +36 52 512 900 / 22405 E-mail: varnagy.katalin@science.unideb.hu |
| Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee: | Dr. Sándor Kéki Professor Phone: +36 52 512 900 / 22455 E-mail: keki.sandor@science.unideb.hu |
| Secretary of the Organizing Committee: | Dr. Norbert Lihi Associate Professor Phone: +36 52 512 900 / 22422 E-mail: lihi.norbert@science.unideb.hu |
| Co-Secretary of the Organizing Committee: | Dr. Csilla Lakatos Assistant Professor Phone: +36 52 512 900 / 22458 E-mail: lakatoscsilla@science.unideb.hu |
| Student delegate: | Máté Benjámin Benedek PhD student E-mail: mbenedek@science.unideb.hu |
The National Association for Student Research (OTDT), the OTDT Chemistry and Chemical Industry Professional Committee, and the organizing Institute of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Debrecen, hereby announce the 37th National Student Research Conference (OTDK) in the Chemistry and Chemical Industry Section, under the conditions outlined in the following call.
The conditions for participation and registration in the Chemistry and Chemical Technology Section of the 37th OTDK are set out in the General Call for the 37th OTDK and in this Call of the OTDT Chemistry and Chemical Technology Section Committee.
In the 37th National Student Research Conference (OTDK), TDK papers and authors (in the case of multi-author TDK papers, all authors) may participate that meet the conditions specified in the General Call for the 37th National Student Research Conference. Details are provided in Supplement 2 of the General Call for the 37th OTDK.
Study circles from cross-border universities and colleges can participate in the 37th OTDK under the same professional conditions as those in Hungary. Details are available in the General Call for the 37th OTDK.
The conference is also open to secondary school students in Hungary and across borders who present their research results at conferences of higher education institutions or national high school science student conferences (for details see Supplement 4 of the General Call for the 37th OTDK) and are nominated for the OTDK. A detailed description of the participation of secondary school students is available in the General Call for the 37th OTDK.
A thesis produced in the course of continuous TDK activity during BA and BSc education, can be submitted to the 37th OTDK, if it meets the requirements of the Call and its Supplements and has been presented at a student research conference either during the BA/BSc or the subsequent MA/MSc training and has been delegated to the OTDK.
The language of the OTDK is Hungarian, as specified in the General Call. However, it is also possible to prepare a TDK paper in English, but in this case the presentation must also be in English. TDK papers with restricted access are not eligible.
The author is responsible for the integrity and professional authenticity of the text in the TDK paper, even if artificial intelligence is used.
Supplement 1 to the Section Call includes the following:
Content and format requirements for the TDK paper and the abstract
Criteria for the TDK paper and the evaluation
During the application process, students must indicate which session would be the most suitable for presenting their TDK paper, as well as another – additional – session that could also be appropriate.
The OTDK Chemistry and Chemical Technology Section may, based on the number topic of TDK papers received, merge some of the planned sessions or create additional ones (so that the TDK paper may be assigned to a different session than the one indicated by the authors during registration).
The organizing institution, with the agreement of the Section Committee, reserves the right to redirect submissions with content that does not align with the Section’s field of study to another session of the National Student Research Conference that is more appropriate for the topic, with thanks for the application.
The final decision on the sessions and the classification of the TDK papers will be made by the OTDK Chemistry and Chemical Technology Section. Students will be informed of this decision via the OTDT online system by 7 February 2025 at the latest.
The deadline for uploading the TDK paper and selecting the section is 30 days from the date of the central reminder email. (As specified in Supplement 2 of the General Call for the 37th OTDK, after the email is sent from the OTDT online system).
The formal and content requirements for the TDK paper are specified in Supplement 1 to the Section Call.
Please note that uploading a TDK paper does not mean that you have applied for the 37th OTDK. Applications may be submitted during the application period, as detailed in point 4.A.2).
A common expectation for documents signed by hand or electronically:
a) A document authenticated using the identification-based document authentication service (Client Gateway AVDH, available at https://niszavdh.gov.hu/index) via the Client Gateway.
OR
b) a printed and hand-signed document may be accepted in scanned (PDF) format.
After the registration deadline (8 January 2025, 16:00, CET) it will no longer be possible for students to upload application documents in the OTDT online system.
I.5.B.1. Submitting the documentation of the institutional TDK conference — including the official record of the qualifying conference — to the OTDT Office within two (2) weeks following the student research conference, as specified in point 3 of Supplement 2 of the General Call for the 37th OTDK.
B.2) Within five days following the student registration (13 January 2025, Monday)
B.2.1 Approval of participant registrations in the OTDT online system (all registrations are automatically approved in the system, so action is only required if the institution/faculty does not wish to delegate a submitted TDK paper to the OTDK)
B.2.2 Printing and signing one copy of the summary list of approved applications per section and uploading it in electronic (scanned; PDF) format to the OTDT online system.
A common expectation for documents signed by hand or electronically:
a) A document authenticated using the identification-based document authentication service (Client Gateway AVDH, available at https://niszavdh.gov.hu/index) via the Client Gateway.
OR
b) a printed and hand-signed document may be accepted in scanned (PDF) format.
Deadline for institutional and faculty TDT Chairs to upload documents to the OTDT online system: 13 January 2025 (Monday) 16:00 (CET). After the deadline it will no longer be possible to upload application documents in the OTDT online system.
We are unable to accept TDK papers that do not meet the requirements outlined in the Section Call; such applications will be rejected. Applications submitted individually are invalid!
The registration fees for the 37th OTDK will be decided at a later stage, subject to the availability of funding.
A certificate of participation in the OTDK will be awarded to all authors and supervisors of each paper presented. In addition, a maximum of one third of the papers presented may be awarded one of the first, second and third places per section, taking into account that a maximum of one application per session may be awarded first place. The Section Panel may award a special prize to those papers that do not achieve ranking but are judged by the Session Panel to be worthy of recognition on the basis of their professional merit, and which are judged to be immediately behind the winning applications. The authors of the winning papers and those of the papers receiving the Special Prize of the Session Panel will each receive a certificate for the ranking or the Special Prize of the Session Panel.
The total number of winning papers and papers awarded the Special Prize of the Session Panel may not exceed 50% of the total number of papers presented in a section. Further rules on prizes are set out in Supplement 3 to the General Call.
The authors of TDK papers that have been awarded first place at the national conference may apply for the Pro Scientia Gold Medal, provided they meet the additional criteria set out in the call. Details are given in Supplement 5 of the 37th OTDK General Call.
We invite and welcome all interested students and their teachers!
Budapest, 9 April 2024.
| Dr. Rita Skoda-Földes | Dr. Katalin Várnagy |
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| Chair of the Chemistry and Chemical Technology Section Committee | Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 37th OTDK Chemistry and Chemical Technology Section |
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Dr. Sándor Kéki |
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Co-Chair of the Organizing Committee of the 37th OTDK |
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Note: If any interpretational issues arise between the Hungarian call and its English translation, the Hungarian version shall prevail.
TDK papers should be submitted primarily in Hungarian. However, it is also possible to prepare a TDK paper in English, but in this case the presentation must also be in English.
In the TDK paper, the student should clearly state the objective of the work completed and the scientific/practical significance of the results achieved. They should summarize and, if possible, analyze the national and foreign literature relevant to their work. They should list the experimental and/or theoretical methods used and describe the exact procedure of the experiments/calculations carried out. They should present and evaluate their achievements. The TDK paper that qualified for OTDK registration at the institutional conference should be presented at the national conference with unchanged content.
All TDK papers submitted to the OTDK are subject to a plagiarism check, which is evaluated by a three-member special committee set up by the Section Committee, which reviews the results of the plagiarism check one by one. Please note that plagiarism in any form is not allowed, and that the applicants’ own works may not be quoted without a reference (prohibition of self-plagiarism). TDK papers that are proven to violate copyright will be excluded from the OTDK by the OTDT, with simultaneous notification to the nominating institution.
General requirements
Time for uploading: within 30 days after the acceptance of the student research conference, as described in Supplement 2, point 4 of the General Call for the 37th OTDK. Students who qualify with their TDK papers at a student research conference held within 30 days before the registration deadline for the relevant section of the 37th OTDK must upload their TDK papers to the online system by the registration deadline at the latest.
The TDK paper must include the closing date.
The TDK paper must be uploaded in PDF format
The maximum file size is 10 megabytes (as described in point 4.1 of the Supplement 2 of the 37th OTDK General Call).
General formal recommendations
Two templates are available on the conference and OTDT websites:
Their use is not compulsory.
The length of your TDK paper (excluding bibliography and appendices) should not exceed 100,000 characters.
Additional documents may be uploaded in a single file up to 10 megabytes in size.
Method of referencing: As appropriate to the field.
Only the main text needs to be uploaded to the OTDT online system (the other data: names of authors, institution, supervisor, etc. are generated by the online system).
The content summary should be at least 500 and no more than 2500 characters.
The content summary should include a brief overview (maximum 500 characters) of the student’s own attributed results.
The language of the content summary must be the same as the language of the TDK paper.
The submitted TDK paper will be evaluated in writing by two reviewers, whereby a maximum of 50 points can be given.
The main criteria for the evaluation of the TDK paper are:
The detailed evaluation criteria for the TDK paper will be available on the conference website.
The written evaluations and scores of the TDK papers will be available to the participating students after the session presentations at the conference.
The TDK papers are presented before a Section Panel of 3 members per session, with 10 minutes allocated for the presentation and 10 minutes for the discussion, with a maximum of 50 points available.
The main criteria for the evaluation of the presentation are:
The detailed evaluation criteria for the presentation will be available on the conference website.
The oral and total scores will be available to participating students at the end of the conference (after the awards ceremony).
The name of a student who has already obtained a pre-degree certificate and is applying for the OTDK:
The title of the TDK paper to be entered for the OTDK:
Title of the student’s thesis:
Do the two essay topics match: (Yes / Partially / No)
If (at least partially) matching:
What is the extent of the overlap between the two papers? (0-100%)
To what extent has the OTDK paper been written in the context of a compulsory university course? (0–100%)
Provide the publication(s), conference participation(s), or other document(s) that can verify that the student has been working on the given topic for an extended period, well before starting the thesis:
Date: ………………………………………….
Supervisor’s signature: …………………………………………….
Supervisor name: …………………………………………………….