Support for PhD Students

Support for PhD Students

Supports Lithuanian PhD students through academic grants for research collaborations.

The Research Council of Lithuania (LMT) operates two distinct support schemes for doctoral candidates enrolled at Lithuanian higher-education and research institutions. The first is a doctoral scholarship awarded through an annual competitive call; eligibility requires that PhD candidates in the sciences have at least one published or accepted scientific paper, while candidates in the arts must have published, created, or publicly presented qualifying works. The annual budget varies based on the volume and quality of submitted proposals and LMT's yearly appropriation. The second scheme provides grants for short international academic visits and operates twice per year, enabling doctoral researchers to conduct brief research stays at foreign institutions. Both instruments are individual awards — universities and research organisations are not eligible applicants.

Full programme guidelines and application forms are available only in Lithuanian, which places a practical prerequisite on applicants to have Lithuanian-language proficiency or institutional support for navigation. Award amounts for both the doctoral scholarships and the academic visit grants are not published in LMT's English-language materials and vary by cycle. The twice-yearly academic visit grants are particularly suited to PhD researchers who need short-term international collaboration to progress dissertation work, attend specialist training, or collect data at a foreign facility.

Applicants should plan submissions around LMT's announced call windows, which are posted on the LMT website under the career development and mobility section. Because the budget varies annually, early preparation of a strong publication record and a clearly scoped research plan materially improves competitive standing. The programme contact for both schemes is Edita Kavaliauskienė at LMT.