The Lithuanian Foundation believes that students who are active in their community are developing leadership skills that will benefit them and those around them in the future. The Foundation concentrates its resources on those students who have demonstrated involvement and volunteerism in the Lithuanian community or the community at large. As such, the Lithuanian Foundation strives to ensure the continuity of the Lithuanian culture and traditions by contributing to the development of future leaders in the Lithuanian community.

The Lithuanian Foundation is a diaspora organization. As such, priorities are given to students studying outside the borders of Lithuania, especially to those who are members of the Lithuanian Foundation, Inc.

The candidates for the scholarship will be selected based on their academic merit, leadership potential, demonstrated volunteer engagements in their communities, and especially involvement in Lithuanian community activities.

According to LF Grants Commission guidelines, the Lithuanian Foundation supports only full-time students of Lithuanian heritage, pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees based on the following priorities:

1. US citizens and US permanent residents (“green card” holders) pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees.
2. Students from Lithuania pursuing Master’s, or Doctoral degree in Lithuania;
3. Students from Lithuania, pursuing a Master’s, or Doctoral degree in the US (with a student visa) or elsewhere abroad;
4. By exception only, students from Lithuania seeking a Bachelor’s degree in Lithuania meeting donor-directed fund designations.

LF members have established donor-directed funds to support various areas of study, and in some cases, particular fields of studies within Lithuania proper. You can familiarize yourself with donor-directed funds and their supported areas here (no need to apply for any of the specific donor-directed funds). Special attention is given to the applications from students, studying or doing research in Lithuanian linguistics, literature, and folklore or Lithuanian history.

The Lithuanian Foundation grants scholarships (up to $7,500) for one academic year at a time. Applicants will need to submit applications each academic year in their degree program.

1. The student is not of Lithuanian heritage;
2. The applicant is enrolled in a part-time course of study.
3. The student is enrolled in an associate or certificate program.
4. The student is not yet accepted by an accredited college, university, or other academic institution;
5. The applicant does not have citizenship or an appropriate visa for the country in which he or she wishes to study;
6. The student from Lithuania enrolled in a Bachelor‘s degree program in the US (with a student visa) or another foreign country.
7. The scholarship application is not fully completed

The Foundation uses an electronic application process that requires that all supplementary documentation be attached to the application before the application can be submitted. Supplementary documentation might be in Lithuanian or English. Translations must be presented to documents in other languages. Completion of the application form in Lithuanian is preferred, though not required.

To remove the application from “draft” status, applicants will have to click “submit”. If any of the required documentation is missing, the submission will not go through. Applicants should, therefore, begin collecting required documentation as soon as possible. If technical difficulties interfere with the attachment of a document, the Foundation must be contacted by email at admin@lithfund.org by September 28, 2024, for an exception.  Without an exception letter from the Foundation office, the application will be considered late and not will be deliberated.

Please review the information above, before selecting the LF Scholarship Application link below. Register as a scholarship applicant using this link. For the best user experience with our software, we strongly recommend using the latest version of the Chrome browser. Only those who are registered on this site will receive any special notices by email.

Request/obtain all other required documentation in time to be attached to the application by midnight of October 1, 2024 (11:45 p.m. CST – Central Standard Time (US). Supplemental documents, sent by e-mail or post will not be accepted.

1. A photograph;
2. Documentation of citizenship ( passport, Permanent Resident Card, copies of your birth certificate or other) ;
3. Non-citizen applicants wishing to study in the US or any other country must attach a copy of a valid student visa signed by the student. Applicants wishing to study in the US must present a copy of a US student visa (e.g. F-1) and a copy of an I-20 form issued by your university. Both copies have to be signed by the student;
4. Latest official transcript showing current GPA. A transcript released  to the student and stamped “issued to student” (unofficial) is also acceptable, but a printout from the internet is not. First-semester university students may provide a copy of a High School Transcript;
5. “Official Enrollment Verification Certificate” (in the US, or it’s equivalent in other countries) from the academic institution that would verify the student’s full-time status for the 2024 – 2024 school year. “Acceptance letter” or class schedule printout IS NOT acceptable;
6. Two recommendations: At least one recommendation from a professor/teacher at your current school. Preferably, the second recommendation comes from the organization in which you are actively involved.
    Recommendations from family and friends are not acceptable. First-semester university students may provide a recommendation letter from the High School teacher. ATTENTION: Both recommendations have to be written no earlier than 2024. It is the applicant’s responsibility to make sure that recommendations are received on time. Thus, we strongly recommend asking for recommendations early. Without them, your application will be incomplete. If the recommending person prefers to send his or her recommendation to the LF directly, there is a specific section in the application form that provides directions on how to do so.
7. Copy of the financial aid award letter from the academic institution you will be attending, showing expected scholarships, financial aid, and student’s portion of the tuition, even if the letter indicates no aid will be forthcoming. A generic statement of tuition costs from the internet is not acceptable;
8.  Copy of the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) SAR report p.1 for US residents, or other financial information forms provided to the academic institution.

As there is only one scholarship allocation period each year, additional funding will not be available until new applications are accepted in 2025.

Applicants who completed online applications in 2023 (or earlier) can log on using the same username and password and print the packet to see information from previous years. The packet will be in PDF format. If you have not saved uploaded documents on your computer, you can select portions of the PDF and copy/paste them into separate documents. If you sent documents you need for the current application process directly to the Foundation offices, you will not be able to see them.

Updated: 02/06//2024