On 4 February 2020, the Commission for Lithuanian Science Prizes announced the laureates of the Lithuanian Science Prizes 2019 at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
In the fields of biomedicine and agricultural sciences, prizes were awarded to Prof. Dr. habil. Vidmantas Stanys, Dr. Tadeušas Šikšnianas, Dr. Dalia Gelvonauskienė, and Dr. Audrius Sasnauskas for the cycle of works in experimental development ‘Genetic and Biotechnological Research for the Development of Horticultural Plant Varieties’.