Lietuvos mokslo taryba

Their core work

Lietuvos mokslo taryba (LMT) is the Research Council of Lithuania — the national agency responsible for funding competitive research and coordinating Lithuania's participation in European research programmes. In H2020, LMT acts as a co-funding partner in ERA-NET Cofund schemes, pooling national budgets with other countries to launch joint transnational research calls across biodiversity, materials, nanomedicine, quantum technologies, and humanities. They also serve as a National Contact Point network member, helping Lithuanian researchers access EU funding and build cross-border partnerships.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2015–2018, LMT focused on humanities (HERA programmes), researcher mobility (EURAXESS), biodiversity basics, and building science-society bridges — classic research council concerns around career development, gender equality, and open access. From 2019 onward, the portfolio shifted toward harder science co-funding: quantum technologies (QuantERA II), antimicrobial resistance (JPIAMR-ACTION), circular economy and urban transformation (ENUTC), and preparing for Horizon Europe (Bridge2HE). The trend shows a funding agency broadening from social sciences and environmental research toward deep-tech and health, while maintaining its biodiversity backbone.

LMT is expanding its co-funding reach into quantum technologies, antimicrobial resistance, and urban transformation — signalling Lithuania's growing ambition to participate in deep-tech and health ERA-NETs under Horizon Europe.

How they like to work

LMT never coordinates — they participate as a national funding partner in large ERA-NET consortia, typically with 15–30+ member countries per network. With 420 unique partners across 53 countries, they are a broad-network connector rather than a deep bilateral partner. Working with LMT means accessing Lithuania's national research funding pool for transnational calls; they are the gateway to Lithuanian research teams in any ERA-NET they join.

Exceptionally wide network: 420 unique consortium partners across 53 countries, reflecting their role as a national funding agency in pan-European ERA-NET schemes. Geographic reach spans all of Europe plus associated countries, with no strong regional bias.

What sets them apart

LMT is the single gateway to Lithuanian national co-funding in transnational research calls. Unlike universities or research institutes, they bring money to the table — their role in ERA-NETs is to commit national budget so that Lithuanian research teams can participate in joint calls. For consortium builders, including LMT means automatic access to Lithuania's research community and ensures geographic coverage of the Baltic region in proposals.

Highlights from their portfolio

• QuantERA II
  Largest single funding commitment (EUR 130,905) and marks LMT's entry into quantum technologies — a significant strategic expansion for a Baltic funding agency.
• BiodivRestore
  Culmination of a decade-long biodiversity ERA-NET chain (BiodivERsA3 → BiodivScen → BiodivClim → BiodivRestore), showing rare long-term thematic commitment to ecosystem restoration.
• CHANSE
  EUR 120,369 for humanities and social sciences in the digital age — one of their largest investments and a bridge between their traditional humanities focus and emerging digital themes.