The Bank of Lithuania invites to submit applications to win Vladas Jurgutis Award. The Award in the amount of LTL 50,000 will be granted for the most eminent researcher of Lithuanian banking, finance, monetary and macroeconomics sciences for significant...
The Bank of Lithuania invites to submit applications to win Vladas Jurgutis Award. The Award in the amount of LTL 50,000 will be granted for the most eminent researcher of Lithuanian banking, finance, monetary and macroeconomics sciences for significant scientific works, dissertations, monographs and textbooks, publicised during the recent five years. The Award will be granted by the Bank of Lithuania in cooperation with the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
“This is a prestigious award that is presented by the Bank of Lithuania to perpetuate the name of the first governor of the Bank of Lithuania Professor Vladas Jurgutis and to remind of his outstanding work, and we encourage to continue his work in the fields of finance and economics”, Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania Vitas Vasiliauskas said.
Proposals may be submitted from 1 August to 1 September to Vladas Jurgutis Award Commission. The winner of the Award is announced in November during the commemoration of the birthday of Vladas Jurgutis and is honoured at the celebratory event of the granting of the Award organised by the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
In 2010, the Award was granted to two laureates: Prof. Antanas Tyla for his monograph “The Treasury of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania during two decades of was from 1648 to 1667” and to Dr. Vytautas Valvonis for his works carried out over the last five years in the field of banking, credit risk management in particular, also for the practical benefits in improving credit risk management in banks and enhancing soundness of banking operations.
Since the establishment, the Award has been granted to nine laureates.
For more information about the Vladas Jurgutis Award, see the internet site of the Bank of Lithuania.