{"id":242124,"date":"2026-01-22T11:20:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vuf.lt\/?post_type=projects&#038;p=242124"},"modified":"2026-01-22T11:20:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T09:20:55","slug":"mantvydas-juozapavicius-endowed-scholarship-for-vu-students-and-researchers","status":"publish","type":"projects","link":"https:\/\/vuf.lt\/en\/projects\/mantvydas-juozapavicius-endowed-scholarship-for-vu-students-and-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mantvydas Juozapavi\u010dius Endowed Scholarship for VU students and researchers who are also alumni of Vilnius Lyceum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2025, the <strong>Mantvydas Juozapavi\u010dius Named Scholarship<\/strong> was established for VU students and researchers who are also alumni of Vilnius Lyceum. The aim of the scholarship is to <strong>encourage academic excellence and the pursuit of a research career<\/strong>. It is a one-time scholarship of <strong>up to \u20ac7,500<\/strong>, which may be used to cover expenses related to studies and research, including internships, research visits, materials, literature, databases, prototypes, and similar costs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The scholarship is funded from the investment returns and targeted donations of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vuf.lt\/en\/subfunds\/mantvydas-juozapavicius\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Mantvydas Juozapavi\u010dius (1976\u20132023) Endowment Sub-Fund<\/strong><\/a>, established in 2024. The subfund was created at the VU Foundation from the inheritance of their son, who passed away in 2023, by Mantvydas\u2019s parents, philanthropists Irena and Algirdas Juozapavi\u010dius.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-238574 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJ3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJ3.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJ3-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJ3-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJ3-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJ3-810x425.jpg 810w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJ3-895x470.jpg 895w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJ3-380x200.jpg 380w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJ3-285x150.jpg 285w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJ3-650x341.jpg 650w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJ3-286x150.jpg 286w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJ3-476x250.jpg 476w, https:\/\/vuf.lt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MJ3-600x315.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/630;\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 12px; text-align: center;\"><em>Mantvydas Juozapavi\u010dius (1976\u20132023)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Mantvydas Juozapavi\u010dius (1976\u20132023)<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">2025 Scholarship Recipients:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr. Mindaugas \u0160arpis<\/strong> (research scientist at the Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnology of the VU Faculty of Physics; \u20ac4,000 scholarship)<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u016ala Marija Lauci\u016bt\u0117<\/strong> (a master\u2019s student in Laser Physics and Optical Technologies at the VU Faculty of Physics; \u20ac2,500 scholarship)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dr. Antanas Terleckas<\/strong> (a junior research fellow at the Department of Modern History of the VU Faculty of History; \u20ac1,000 scholarship)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":242121,"template":"","project_type":[19],"class_list":["post-242124","projects","type-projects","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_type-finansuoti"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mantvydas Juozapavi\u010dius Endowed Scholarship for VU students and researchers who are also alumni of Vilnius Lyceum - Vilnius University Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mantvydas Juozapavi\u010dius Endowed Scholarship for VU students and researchers who are also alumni of Vilnius Lyceum - Vilnius University Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In 2025, the Mantvydas Juozapavi\u010dius Named Scholarship was established for VU students and researchers who are also alumni of Vilnius Lyceum. 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