REQUIREMENTS
A person applying for funding from the Open Fund shall fill in the University’s Open Fund application form (Annex 4 of the LSMU Regulations on Research Activities). The application shall include the name of the event in Lithuanian (the name of the event in the original language may be provided in brackets).
The completed application shall be accompanied by:
- a copy of the accepted theses;
- a copy of the invitation to the fellowship;
- other documented evidence of the trip.
NB. The completed and signed application form with the accompanying documents shall be submitted to the Research Affairs Department no later than two months before the date of departure for the event. A digital version of the application (in Word format without signature) shall also be sent by email to the Technical Secretary of the Open Fund.
NB. If funding has been allocated for the trip, the trip cannot take place during a vacation period!
If the event is held remotely, funding from the Open Fund of LSMU may be available to cover the registration fee. Steps to seek funding:
- The first step is to submit the application to the Board of the Open Fund no later than two months before the date of the event.
- The second step involves the procurement procedures. As a standard practice, the initiators submit the procurement plans followed by the applications, and the procurement procedures are carried out according to the chosen procurement method.
- Once the procurement is approved, payment for the event is executed.
- If the PhD student is an employee, a remote professional development activity shall be registered via the rdp. The registration payment shall be settled beforehand. When completing the application for the professional development, do not tick the “registration fee” box, as the funding procedures (i.e. the Open Fund Board meeting) are completed prior to this application. This funding is not available to the PhD students who are not LSMU employees.
Doctoral students
A doctoral student intending to go on a trip shall additionally submit an request “For a doctoral student’s trip”. In the application, the student shall indicate the specific dates of the one-month trip and the specific locations where the research will be carried out. The application shall be submitted to the Research Affairs Department of the University before the departure date. If the doctoral student is an employee of the University, he/she shall also fill in the template of the application form for each work travel in the Time Sheet system.
Teaching and research staff
Having obtained funding for a trip, the staff member shall fill in the template of the application form for each work travel in the Time Sheet system.
NB. If funding has been allocated for the trip, the trip cannot take place during a vacation period!