Programme for the Priority of Lithuanian Studies

Lithuanian Studies Priority Programme

Connects grants for Lithuanian studies research in humanities social sciences and arts through the Lithuanian Studies Priority Programme.

The Programme for the Priority of Lithuanian Studies 2025–2030 is a state-commissioned initiative administered by the Research Council of Lithuania (LMT) that funds competitive research projects in humanities, social sciences, and arts, including interdisciplinary work with a Lithuanian-studies focus. The programme succeeds the Lithuanian Studies Programme 2016–2024, which closed at the end of that period, and operates on an annual competitive-call basis governed by LMT's General Rules for Competitive Funding of Research and Dissemination Projects. It is structured around four strategic objectives: assembling researchers for significant Lithuanian-studies scholarship, expanding the accessibility and public awareness of results, popularising Lithuanian-studies findings, and promoting applied Lithuanian-studies activities for international audiences.

Fundable activities span a wide range of outputs: research and experimental development, digital datasets, citizen-science projects, scholarly publication in Lithuania and abroad, translation of scholarly works into other languages, support for scholarly journals, and applied Lithuanian-studies activities targeting international or diaspora audiences. Eligible applicants are Lithuanian universities and research organisations; individual researchers and for-profit entities are excluded. Specific award amounts and total pool per annual call were not published in LMT's English-language documentation as of late 2025, and 2026 call-opening dates had not been announced by the source update date of December 2025.

The programme's competitive structure means that applications are assessed against the General Rules framework, with scientific quality, relevance to Lithuanian-studies priorities, and dissemination potential as key evaluation criteria. Applicants at Lithuanian universities and research institutes should monitor LMT's official call announcements and engage the designated programme contacts — Jolita Klimavičiūtė-Stokienė and Deimantė Rangaitė at LMT — to confirm call timelines and documentation requirements before submission.