A new mathematical award has been established in Hungary to honour the memory of talented Hungarian mathematician András Gács (1969-2009), a man famed for his popularity among students and his capacity to inspire the young. The committee of the András Gács Award aimed to reward young mathematicians (under the age of 46), who not only excelled in research, but also motivated students to pursue mathematics. Oxford Mathematician Gergely Röst, a Research Fellow of the Wolfson Centre for Mathematical Biology, was one of the first two awardees. For nearly a decade Gergely has prepared the students of the Universtiy of Szeged for various international mathematics competitions. One of these is the National Scientific Students' Associations Conference, which is a biannual national contest of student research projects with more than 5000 participants. Gergely supervised a prize winning project in applied mathematics for four years in a row (2011, 2013, 2015, 2017).
The award ceremony took place in Budapest, in the Ceremonial Hall of the Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), during the traditional yearly Mathematician’s Concert.