VU Students Awarded Presidential Nominal Scholarships

This year, 15 Vilnius University (VU) students received presidential nominal scholarships in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements. Awarded annually by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, the scholarships honour the Presidents of Lithuania and encourage the country’s highest-achieving students. 

Candidates are selected on the basis of their achievements in their studies, research, civic engagement, and artistic activities. Students are recognised for exceptionally high academic results, participation in competitions, expeditions, and student research internship projects, as well as for published research work. 

The Kazys Grinius Scholarship was awarded to Žygimantas Vareikis, a Bachelor’s student in Genetics, and Ugnė Šilinskaitė, a student on the integrated Medicine programme. 

The Antanas Smetona Scholarship went to Gustė Mickevičiūtė, a Bachelor’s student in Archaeology; Ieva Marija Sokolovaitė, a Bachelor’s student in Philosophy; and Smiltė Butkutė, a Master’s student in Audiovisual Translation. 

The Aleksandras Stulginskis Scholarship was awarded to Evita Spalinskaitė, a Bachelor’s student in Physics; Nerija Ričkutė, a Bachelor’s student in Chemistry; Evaldas Lugauskas, a Master’s student in Chemistry; and Justina Vaičaitytė, a Master’s student in Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics. 

The Algirdas Brazauskas Scholarship was received by Domas Matuiza, a Bachelor’s student in Economics and Finance; Vidmantė Krušinskaitė, a Master’s student in Politics and Media; and Lukrecija Žuromskaitė, a Master’s student in Clinical Psychology. 

The Jonas Žemaitis Scholarship was awarded to Justas Žuvelis, a Bachelor’s student in Light Engineering; Dominykas Laibakojis, a Master’s student in Pharmaceutical Chemistry; and Margarita Biveinytė, a Master’s student in Photonics and Nanotechnology. 

Across Lithuania’s higher education institutions, a total of 16 scholarships were granted to Bachelor’s students, 11 to Master’s students, and two to students on integrated study programmes. 

The scholarships provide €370 per month for Bachelor’s students and €518 per month for Master’s students and students on integrated study programmes. 

The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport established the presidential nominal scholarships in 1995. Each year, up to 30 are awarded to the country’s highest-achieving students. Students at all higher education institutions are eligible to apply, whether they hold state-funded or non-state-funded study places. Candidates are nominated by their higher education institutions, and the nominations are assessed by experts from the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.