The Baltic-German University Liaison Office is a platform for connections and encounters that promotes scientific cooperation between Germany and the Baltic States, offers opportunities for the implementation of ideas and raises public awareness of current scientific issues in the Baltic States and in Germany.

Submission Guidelines

General Information The project must improve the quality of higher education and the development of science in Estonia, Latvia and/or Lithuania, and must strengthen the scientific cooperation with Germany. Projects and project activities which are not aimed at scientific cooperation between the Baltic States and Germany but pursue an individual gain cannot be supported. 

Conditions of Participation

1. Project applicant  Only an employee of a state university, state-recognized university, or research institution in Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania can apply for a project. The project must be planned and implemented in cooperation with at least one German partner, who is a representative of state university, state-recognized university, or research institution in Germany. Several German partners as well as several partners from the Baltic States may also be involved in the project. Preference will be given to projects involving all three Baltic States.   

2. Deadlines for applications: 

- until 15 October each year: A project must be carried out and completed between February 1 and October 31 of the following year

All required documents have to be submitted, at the latest, until the end of the deadline for applications in the project application portal until 11:59 PM (EET).   

3. Required documents in German or English:

1. Project application

2. Financial plan

3. Confirmation from the German partner(s) about the cooperation in the proposed project (letter with letterhead of the German university)

Incomplete and untimely applications will not be taken into account and the applicant will be automatically expelled from the competition.   

Maximum grant amount: up to 5 000 EUR in exceptional cases 10 000 EUR

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to: hochschulkontor@lu.lv Tel.: +371 67286033

Further information can be found on the Baltic-German University Liaison Office's website: http://www.hochschulkontor.lv/en/projects/