With its 25 tri-annually elected members (Full Members, Corresponding Members, or Doctors of MTA) representing all scientific sections of MTA and thereby a wide range of sciences and fields of scholarship, MTA’s Council of Doctors adjudicates requests for the Doctor of MTA title each month except for July and August. (Members of MTA are then tri-annually recruited from the ranks of Doctors of MTA.)

MTA’s Council of Doctors also brings to conclusion Ph.D. applications that had been handed in to its predecessor institution, the extinct Scientific Qualification Committee.

To promote outstanding research, MTA’s Council of Doctors has also been adjudicating requests handed in by under-45 post-doctoral scholars and scientists toward monthly Bolyai-grants lasting 1, 2, or 3 years. Over the last six years, out of 3433 such requests 1411 have been granted.