In 2025, the Mantvydas Juozapavičius Named Scholarship was established for VU students and researchers who are also alumni of Vilnius Lyceum. The aim of the scholarship is to encourage academic excellence and the pursuit of a research career. It is a one-time scholarship of up to €7,500, which may be used to cover expenses related to studies and research, including internships, research visits, materials, literature, databases, prototypes, and similar costs.

The scholarship is funded from the investment returns and targeted donations of the Mantvydas Juozapavičius (1976–2023) Endowment Sub-Fund, established in 2024. The subfund was created at the VU Foundation from the inheritance of their son, who passed away in 2023, by Mantvydas’s parents, philanthropists Irena and Algirdas Juozapavičius.

Mantvydas Juozapavičius (1976–2023)

Mantvydas Juozapavičius (1976–2023) was an active Lithuanian public figure with a broad education and experience in information management and genealogy. He studied at Vilnius Lyceum, the VU Institute of International Relations and Political Science (IIRPS), and the VU Faculty of Communication, and completed various courses at Rice University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Michigan in the United States. He worked as an assistant in the Lithuanian Parliament, an election observer in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and was a freelance specialist providing various services in information management and data analysis.

2025 Scholarship Recipients:

• Dr. Mindaugas Šarpis (research scientist at the Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnology of the VU Faculty of Physics; €4,000 scholarship)
• Ūla Marija Lauciūtė (a master’s student in Laser Physics and Optical Technologies at the VU Faculty of Physics; €2,500 scholarship)
• Dr. Antanas Terleckas (a junior research fellow at the Department of Modern History of the VU Faculty of History; €1,000 scholarship)