Prof. Jonas Kazlauskas Award Competition for Early-Career Researchers

Prof. Jonas Kazlauskas Award Competition for Early-Career Researchers

The Vilnius University Foundation, together with the VU Faculty of Philology, announces a competition for the Prof. Jonas Kazlauskas (1930–1970) Award for an outstanding philological research work by an early-career researcher.

The award amount is €3,500 before taxes. The purpose of the Prof. Jonas Kazlauskas Award is to recognize early-career researchers at the VU Faculty of Philology for their contributions to the advancement of philological research and to encourage them to continue their academic work and career at VU.

Prof. Jonas Kazlauskas (1930-1970)

Early-career researchers from the VU Faculty of Philology who have been continuously engaged in academic research for up to seven years since defending their doctoral dissertation are invited to participate in the competition.

The award is funded by the investment returns and designated support of the Prof. Jonas Kazlauskas (1930-1970) Endowment Sub-fund for VU Philology, established in 2024.

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR CANDIDATES

  • The candidate must be a researcher at the VU Faculty of Philology who defended their doctoral dissertation no more than seven years before the competition announcement.
  • The candidate must have been continuously engaged in academic research since defending their dissertation.
  • The candidate must have published outstanding philological research works (monographs, studies, articles or their collections, or editions of scholarly sources) in the previous calendar year.

The period during which the candidate’s research works were published is extended by 18 months for each child born after the date of obtaining the doctoral degree in cases of maternity leave, childbirth, or parental leave, upon submission of the child’s birth certificate(s). Alternatively, the period may be extended for the exact duration of the documented maternity, paternity, or parental leave, provided supporting documents are submitted.


EVALUATION OF CANDIDATES

Candidates for the Award are evaluated by the Prof. Jonas Kazlauskas Award Committee. The evaluation criteria are:

  • The novelty, originality, conceptual depth, and fundamental and/or applied value of the candidate’s published research.
  • The international level of the candidate’s published research.
  • The candidate’s contribution to the development of philological research in Lithuania.


COMPETITION DEADLINES

  • Application submission starts: March 28, 2025
  • Application submission ends: April 30, 2025
  • Competition results announced by: May 31, 2025

Prof. Jonas Kazlauskas Award Granting Rules

The competition is organised by the Vilnius University Foundation (registration number 304222713), Universiteto str. 3, Room 111A, Vilnius, LT-01513, vufondas@vuf.lt, +370 5 219 3000. Consultations on the submission of applications are provided by Rasa Tirylytė-Zelenina, Head of Legal and Administrative Affairs of the Vilnius University Foundation (rasa.tirylyte-zelenina@vuf.lt, +370 5 268 7007).

 

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