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PRESIDENT PRIZE TO BE AWARDED TO 21 COMPETITION WINNERS
armradio.am
14.05.2009 12:56
The 2008 President Prize awards ceremony will be held on May 15 at the
RA president's Office. Mr. Sargsyan will deliver the keynote address
and hand out awards to this year's 21 competition winners, who will be
presented by Ara Vardanyan, acting executive director of the Hayastan
All Armenian Fund. Also addressing the winners and the audience will
be benefactor Jean Boghossian, representing the Boghossian Foundation,
longtime supporter of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund.
The awards ceremony will be attended by a distinguished roster of
guests including Armenian government officials, members of the Board
of Trustees, diaspora-based benefactors of the Hayastan All Armenian
Fund, representatives of the Fund affiliates, members of the prize
selection committees, intellectuals.
The President Prize was established in 2000 by the Boghossian
Foundation, seeking to promote excellence in the Armenian arts and
sciences.
Administered by the Hayastan All Armenian Fund, the juried annual
prize rewards exceptional accomplishments in a broad spectrum of
fields. The President Prize also includes the Youth Prize, which
awards young talent in several fields of creative endeavor.
Since 2001, the first year that the prize was awarded, there have
been 140 winners, nine of which have received the prize for valuable
contributions to the worldwide recognition=2 0of the 1915 Genocide of
the Armenians. This year there were 188 nominees in the categories
of Physics, Natural Sciences, Technical Sciences and Information
Technologies, Literature, Art, Vocal Art, Instrumental Performance,
Fine Arts & Film, and Valuable Contribution to the Recognition of
the Genocide of the Armenians.
This year, there were no winners in the categories of Medical Sciences,
Humanities, and Activities & Projects Promoting the Development and
Spreading of Humanistic Values.
According to Aida Khachikyan, adviser to the Hayastan All-Armenian
Fund's acting executive director, the number of this year's
President Prize candidates has surpassed all expectations. "This is
a tremendously heartening development because it means that there's
growing public interest in the President Prize," she said.
armradio.am
14.05.2009 12:56
The 2008 President Prize awards ceremony will be held on May 15 at the
RA president's Office. Mr. Sargsyan will deliver the keynote address
and hand out awards to this year's 21 competition winners, who will be
presented by Ara Vardanyan, acting executive director of the Hayastan
All Armenian Fund. Also addressing the winners and the audience will
be benefactor Jean Boghossian, representing the Boghossian Foundation,
longtime supporter of the Hayastan All Armenian Fund.
The awards ceremony will be attended by a distinguished roster of
guests including Armenian government officials, members of the Board
of Trustees, diaspora-based benefactors of the Hayastan All Armenian
Fund, representatives of the Fund affiliates, members of the prize
selection committees, intellectuals.
The President Prize was established in 2000 by the Boghossian
Foundation, seeking to promote excellence in the Armenian arts and
sciences.
Administered by the Hayastan All Armenian Fund, the juried annual
prize rewards exceptional accomplishments in a broad spectrum of
fields. The President Prize also includes the Youth Prize, which
awards young talent in several fields of creative endeavor.
Since 2001, the first year that the prize was awarded, there have
been 140 winners, nine of which have received the prize for valuable
contributions to the worldwide recognition=2 0of the 1915 Genocide of
the Armenians. This year there were 188 nominees in the categories
of Physics, Natural Sciences, Technical Sciences and Information
Technologies, Literature, Art, Vocal Art, Instrumental Performance,
Fine Arts & Film, and Valuable Contribution to the Recognition of
the Genocide of the Armenians.
This year, there were no winners in the categories of Medical Sciences,
Humanities, and Activities & Projects Promoting the Development and
Spreading of Humanistic Values.
According to Aida Khachikyan, adviser to the Hayastan All-Armenian
Fund's acting executive director, the number of this year's
President Prize candidates has surpassed all expectations. "This is
a tremendously heartening development because it means that there's
growing public interest in the President Prize," she said.