The Bank of Lithuania is seeking for nominations for the 2009 Vladas Jurgutis Award, to be submitted by 1 September this year. The award will be granted for significant contributions
The Bank of Lithuania is
seeking for nominations for the 2009 Vladas Jurgutis Award, to be submitted by
1 September this year.
The award will
be granted for significant contributions (monographs, textbooks, scientific
publications, dissertations) to the field of Lithuanian banking, financial,
monetary and macroeconomic research over the last five years. The winner will
be announced and presented in an award at the ceremony held in November, on
the day of birth of Vladas Jurgutis, an academic, professor and the first
Governor of the Bank of Lithuania in the pre-war period.
Starting in 2008, the Bank of
Lithuania grants the award that was established 12 years ago together with the
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, an institution which brings together the
country’s most distinguished scholars.
“It is a prestigious economic
award among scientific researchers, granted by the Bank of Lithuania and
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences to encourage scientific research in the field
of finance and economic studies,” said Prof. Vaidievutis Geralavičius, head of
the award committee and a board member of the Bank of Lithuania.
Nominees for the award may be
proposed by natural and legal persons. Nominations must be submitted to the
Bank of Lithuania (address: Gedimino pr. 6, LT-2001 Vilnius) and must include
a Letter of Support from the nominator (whether natural or legal person);
Curriculum Vitae of nominee and description of nominee’s scientific research
and a list of relevant publications; nominee’s publications for which he/she
is proposed to be awarded, and reviews of the submitted publications.