Details
- Status
- Open
- Publication date
- 9 October 2025
- Opening date
- Deadline model
- Single-stage
- Deadline date
- 5 January 2026, 10:00 (CET)
- Funding programme
- Industrial Ecosystem
- Digital
- Level of funding
- EU level
Description
Overview
Objectives
The aim of the re-/up-skilling scholarships is to promote lifelong learning and re-/up-skilling in advanced digital skills among European citizens.
Activities/actions supported
The scholarship, for short courses, would be dedicated to covering the travel, study material purchase and other costs related to the course taking. This will contribute to access to high-quality education in digital areas.
Anticipated outcomes
The scholarship call motivates persons with non-ICT education or ones who graduate their studies earlier, to proceed with life-long learning and re-/up-skill in the area of advanced digital skills.
Institution providing the funding
European Commission and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Size of funding
EUR 3,000
Conditions
Overview of eligibility criteria
The scholarships can be awarded to students who are citizens of the European Union and have passed short-term courses, offered by the MERIT project in Vilnius Tech from the period of September 2024 to June 2026, but are not officially students of Vilnius Tech. The main requirements that must be met when applying for scholarships are:
- to be an EU citizen – provide a copy of the identity document indicating nationality;
- to finish on time a short-term course (of at least 6 ECTS) offered by the MERIT project at the VILNIUS TECH study program with a good (8 in 10-scale system) or higher final score for the course.
A re-/up-skilling scholarship of 100 Euros can be awarded once per finished short-term course by a person. One person can provide an application for each course he or she finished, while the total amount of re-/up-skilling scholarships cannot exceed 1000 euros.
Overview of award criteria
Evaluating the student application, the following criteria will be evaluated:
- how well the need for the SCHOLARSHIP is justified. Up to 1 point awarded for it, if the provided reasons are related to study availability.
- how well the re-/up-skilling need is justified, the reason for taking the course is justified. Up to 1 point awarded for it, if the re-/up-skilling is relevant and timely.
- what results did the student achieve in the course. For students with a final mark of 8, 1 point is awarded. For students with a final mark of 9 – 2 points are awarded. For students with a final mark of 10 – 3 points are awarded.
The application is eligible for funding if it reaches 3 points out of 5 possible points.
Procedures
Application procedures
Information is published on the Vilnius Tech website and other systems about the possibilities for students to receive one-time scholarships for their results and activities performed within short-term courses. After each short-term course, but before June 2026, each student can write an application to the study program committee and apply for funding. The application should contain the following information: a copy of the certificate of short-term course completion; a copy of a passport or personal ID, illustrating the person's nationality; confirmation that the scholarship will be used to cover study expenses (travel, study material or resource purchase costs) and will not lead to a double funding situation.
Application support available
Regarding questions, related to the call and MERIT studies at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, the main contact is Simona Ramanauskaitė (e-mail. simona [dot] ramanauskaite
vilniustech [dot] lt (simona[dot]ramanauskaite[at]vilniustech[dot]lt))