September 27th, 2016, Lithuania's Finance Minister Rasa Budbergytė congratulated MRU Master's Degree Finance Management graduate Ernestas Česokas for his Master's Research Work, "Assessment of the European Fisheries Fund Aid to Lithuania's Aquaculture Sector." Česokas won 1st place in the Master's Degree category of research papers on EU Funds. His research head was MRU Prof. Rima Žitkienė.