Funding for students research projects (summer schollarships)

Call for applications for Student Summer Internships (Phase II)

The Research Council of Lithuania is continuing its summer internship competition and announces a call for the second stage – the submission of student applications – to encourage student involvement in research, strengthen their scientific skills, and support their path toward a career in science.

 

Submission of Student Applications

From 8 April 2025 to 8 May 2025 at 3:00 PM

In the Council’s electronic system, at https://projektai.lmt.lt/#login, a student may submit no more than two applications for summer internship positions.

Eligible Applicants

Applications for student summer internship positions may be submitted by students who meet the following requirements:

  1. The student is enrolled in the first (bachelor’s) cycle, second (master’s) cycle, or integrated study programmes, and is not in the final year of their studies on the last day of the application submission deadline indicated in the call;
  2. The student’s weighted average of all course grades from the most recent semester is 8.0 or higher. In cases where the applicant is a student from a foreign higher education institution, the weighted average of all course grades from the most recent semester must correspond to at least 80% of the maximum weighted average used at that institution;
  3. The student has not received funding under this measure to undertake a summer internship from 2022 onwards;
  4. On the date of application submission, the student is not enrolled in doctoral studies and does not hold a doctoral degree.

The student shall not have any other employment relationship with the host institution for the duration of the summer internship, other than the employment relationship for the summer internship itself.

Selection of Students

Once the student application period has ended, a selection process will take place:

  1. The Council will carry out an administrative check of student applications;
  2. Internship supervisors will assess each applicant by completing the Student Eligibility for the Summer Internship Topic evaluation form (Annex 6 of the Guidelines). The assessment will be based on the principles of transparency, impartiality, and fairness, taking into account the applicant’s motivation and academic achievements. Supervisors must also ensure that no students related to them by marriage, kinship, or affinity are selected for the internship.

Additional Information

A total of 267 internship positions will be funded.

Internship period: July–August 2025

Internship funding: €4,000 or €4,900 (in accordance with the provisions of Point 35 of the Guidelines)

Upon completion of the summer internship, or at another time specified in advance by the Council, students will present the results achieved during their internship at a conference organised by the Council. They will also be required to submit a free-form report electronically via the Council’s system, describing the new competencies acquired during the internship and the conditions provided by the host institution and supervisor that enabled the acquisition of these competencies.

Call Documents:

The information on this Call is also available in Lithuanian here.

List of topics here

Programme coordinator 
Ilona Monstavičienė
e-mail [email protected]
ph. no. +370 604 53 802

Last updated: 24-04-2025