{"id":240681,"date":"2025-06-20T16:50:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vuf.lt\/?post_type=naujienos&#038;p=240681"},"modified":"2025-06-20T17:22:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T14:22:34","slug":"returns-from-named-sub-funds-pave-the-way-for-new-endowed-scholarships-and-awards","status":"publish","type":"naujienos","link":"https:\/\/vuf.lt\/en\/news\/returns-from-named-sub-funds-pave-the-way-for-new-endowed-scholarships-and-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Returns from Named Sub-Funds Pave the Way for New Endowed Scholarships and Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The named endowment sub-funds of the Vilnius University (VU) Foundation are beginning to show tangible outcomes\u2014this year, returns from the investment of the Prof. Algis Petras Piskarskas (1942\u20132022) and Prof. Jonas Kazlauskas (1930\u20131970) sub-funds have already financed three named scholarships and one named award.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Honoring the Most Talented Physics Students<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Established in 2023, the Prof. Algis Petras Piskarskas Named Sub-Fund, dedicated to supporting laser physics research, awarded two outstanding students this June:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">A \u20ac2,000 named scholarship for the best bachelor&#8217;s thesis in laser science was awarded to <strong>\u016ala Marija Lauci\u016bt\u0117<\/strong> (Physics).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">A \u20ac3,000 named scholarship for the best master\u2019s thesis went to <strong>Simona Armalyt\u0117<\/strong> (Laser Physics and Optical Technologies).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Earlier this year, a \u20ac2,000 named scholarship was also awarded to <a href=\"https:\/\/vuf.lt\/en\/news\/first-prof-piskarskas-scholarship-awarded-for-best-bachelors-thesis-in-laser-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Antanas Butkus<\/strong><\/a>, a student in the Light Technologies program, for the best bachelor\u2019s thesis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>First Named Prof. J. Kazlauskas Award Presented<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The first named award from the Prof. Jonas Kazlauskas Named Sub-Fund\u2014established last year to support philological research\u2014was granted this year. The \u20ac3,500 award recognized an early-career researcher for an outstanding scholarly contribution to the field of philology. This year\u2019s laureate is <strong>Dr. Ernesta Kazak\u0117nait\u0117<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-240682 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8-810x540.jpg 810w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8-650x433.jpg 650w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8-1620x1080.jpg 1620w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250620_FLF_pirmos-8-600x400.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2048px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2048\/1365;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; text-align: center;\">Awarding of the Prof. Jonas Kazlauskas Award. From left: CEO of the Vilnius University Foundation Justinas Noreika, awardee Dr. Ernesta Kazak\u0117nait\u0117, Prof. J. Kazlauskas\u2019s daughter and patron Egl\u0117 Danielien\u0117, Dean of the VU Faculty of Philology Prof. Dr. Mindaugas Kvietkauskas (photo by Ugnius Bagdonavi\u010dius).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The award was presented during a formal graduation ceremony for philology graduates. During her speech, Dr. Kazak\u0117nait\u0117 quoted lines from a song believed to have been a favorite of Prof. Kazlauskas himself. The song was documented in the village of B\u016bda, near Bir\u0161tonas\u2014his birthplace:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Rivers will flow into the blue distance,<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Cranes will return and fly away again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cToday, cranes symbolize not only Prof. Kazlauskas, who keeps returning to the world of Baltic studies through his books and this beautiful support initiative, but also you, dear graduates\u2014who, like cranes, fly away but, I sincerely hope, will return, at least for a short while,\u201d said Dr. Kazak\u0117nait\u0117.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>You can learn more about VU&#8217;s faculties and named sub-funds <a href=\"https:\/\/vuf.lt\/en\/subfunds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":240680,"template":"","class_list":["post-240681","naujienos","type-naujienos","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Returns from Named Sub-Funds Pave the Way for New Endowed Scholarships and Awards - Vilnius University Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Returns from Named Sub-Funds Pave the Way for New Endowed Scholarships and Awards - Vilnius University Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The named endowment sub-funds of the Vilnius University (VU) Foundation are beginning to show tangible outcomes\u2014this year, returns from the investment of the Prof. Algis Petras Piskarskas (1942\u20132022) and Prof. Jonas Kazlauskas (1930\u20131970) sub-funds have already financed three named scholarships and one named award. 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