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|Report Type=Country Report Cards
|Title=Lithuania
|Has Location=Lithuania
|Research Infrastructure=According to the preliminary data, there were 9,538 full-time researchers in Lithuania in 2019 <ref>OECD.Stat. R&D personnel by sector and function. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: https://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DataSetCode=PERS_FUNC</ref>. In 2021 Lithuania has 18 universities – 11 public and 7 private; 22 colleges – 12 public and 10 private; 17 research institutes – 11 public and 6 private; and 5 Integrated Science, Studies and Business Centres (Valleys) <ref>Register of Educational Institutions AIKOS. [cited 2021 May 13]. Available from: https://www.aikos.smm.lt/Registrai/Svietimo-ir-mokslo-institucijos/SitePages/Pagrindinis.aspx?ss=c64f41ac-3196-44ff-95f5-a9204dd727de</ref>.  

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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}'''Organisation'''
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}'''City'''
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}'''Public universities'''
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://www.lka.lt/index.php/en/ General  Jonas Žemaitis Military Academy of Lithuania]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Vilnius
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://en.ktu.edu/ Kaunas  University of Technology]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Kaunas
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://www.ku.lt/en/ Klaipėda  University]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Klaipėda
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://lmta.lt/lt/english-3rd-international-conference-music-and-sound-design-in-film-new-media/ Lithuanian  Academy of Music and Theatre]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Vilnius
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[[wikipedia:Lithuanian_Sports_University|Lithuanian  Sports University]]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Kaunas
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://lsmuni.lt/ Lithuanian  University of Health Sciences]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Kaunas
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://www.mruni.eu/ Mykolas  Romeris University]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Vilnius
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://www.vda.lt/ Vilnius  Academy of Arts]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Vilnius
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://vilniustech.lt/index.php?lang=2 Vilnius  Gediminas Technical University]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Vilnius
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://www.vu.lt/en/ Vilnius  University]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Vilnius
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://www.vdu.lt/en/ Vytautas  Magnus University]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Kaunas
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}'''Private universities'''
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://en.ehu.lt/ European  Humanities University]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Vilnius
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://www.ism.lt/ ISM  University of Management and Economics]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Vilnius
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://ksu.lt/ Kazimieras  Simonavičius University]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Vilnius
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://lcc.lt/ LCC  International University]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Klaipėda
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://www.tks.lt/ Telšiai  Bishop Vincentas Borisevičius Priest Seminary]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Telšiai
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://uwb.edu.pl/ University  of Białystok]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Vilnius
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{{!}} width="283" valign="top"{{!}}[https://www.seminarija.lt/index.php?id=35 Vilnius  St. Joseph Seminary]
{{!}} width="321" valign="top"{{!}}Vilnius
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|Research Funding=In 2019, the gross expenditures on research and development were €483.868 million, which comprises 1% of the country’s GDP <ref name=":0">Official Statistics Portal. R&D expenditure. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: https://osp.stat.gov.lt/web/guest/statistiniu-rodikliu-analize?hash=dddf03e8-3dce-49f2-bfb7-1a0eca718e4c#/</ref>. Most funding was spent in the business sector (43%), higher education (36.53%) and government sector (20,47%) <ref name=":0" />. 

In 2020, Lithuania had 476 grants in H2020 projects, receiving €89.1 million funding from H2020 <ref name=":1">H2020 Country Profile. Key Figures – Lithuania. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: https://webgate.ec.europa.eu/dashboard/sense/app/a976d168-2023-41d8-acec-e77640154726/sheet/0c8af38b-b73c-4da2-ba41-73ea34ab7ac4/state/analysis/select/Country/Lithuania</ref>. It also had 1 ERC signed grant receiving €2.5 million from H2020 <ref name=":1" />.
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|Research Strategy=The Lithuania’s Progress Strategy “Lithuania 2030” reflects a national vision and priorities for development and guidelines for their implementation by 2030. It emphasizes that the Strategy was built on the principles of sustainable development, tangible and intangible national resources and social development, but it also points out the significant problems Lithuania has been facing, such as “identity crisis, the power of stereotypes, emigration, closed society, lack of tolerance and trust, lack of concern for one another and the environment, as well as fragile faith in country’s success”. Therefore, the Strategy aims to address these issues. Some of the key issues concern public approval and participation, so the engagement of the public is necessary for the Strategy to reach its objectives <ref>One Planet Network. Lithuania – Progress Strategy “Lithuania 2030” (incl. SCP). 2012. . [cited 2021 May 10]. Available from: 

https://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/resource/lithuania-progress-strategy-lithuania-2030-incl-scp</ref>. At the end of 2020 the Lithuanian government approved the National Progress Program for 2021-2030, which aims to identify the main changes to be achieved in the country in the next decade, ensuring progress in the science, social, economic and security fields, and to mobilize the sources of financing for the implementation of these changes. The program sets out 10 long-term strategic goals, progress targets and quantified indicators to measure progress with targets for 2030. The strategic goals are implemented in accordance with three horizontal principles: innovation, sustainable development and equal opportunities for all, which aim to consistently form the values important for the progress of society and to promote the desired changes in attitudes and behaviour <ref>Savickad L. 2021-2030 National Progress Program: strategic goals and tasks. Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybė. [cited 2021 May 13]. Available from: 

https://www.esinvesticijos.lt/uploads/main/documents/files/Post%202020/2_%20LRVK_NPP.pdf</ref>.
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|Research Governance=Lithuania has several national bodies for research integrity: The Lithuanian Committee for Medical Ethics, established under the Ministry of Health in 1995 and later renamed to the Lithuanian Bioethics Committee <ref name=":0">Lithuanian Bioethics Committee. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: http://bioetika.sam.lt/index.php?1608991497</ref>, the Office of the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures <ref>Office of the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures of the Republic of Lithuania. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from:  https://etikostarnyba.lt/en/main/</ref>, the Pharmaceutical Marketing Ethics Commission and Research Council of Lithuania <ref>Research Council of Lithuania. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: https://www.lmt.lt/en</ref>. 

Regional research ethics committees are based at the universities with the tertiary medical education level. For the ethical supervision of biomedical research in the Kaunas region, the Kaunas Regional Biomedical Research Ethics Committee was established at the Kaunas Medical University in 2001. The Vilnius Regional Biomedical Research Ethics Committee was established at Vilnius University in 2008. Since 1997, hospital ethics committees have been established in most healthcare institutions <ref>EUREC. National Information: Lithuania. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: http://www.eurecnet.org/information/lithuania.html</ref>. 

The State Medicines Control Agency (SMCA) is Lithuanian governmental body responsible for approval of clinical trials regarding medicinal products <ref>The State Medicines Control Agency. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: https://www.vvkt.lt/index.php?2380224066</ref>. 

Lithuania does not have a national code of research conduct, but it has several codes of ethics related to professional ethics in the medical field <ref name=":0" />. Higher education institutions have their codes of academic ethics that encompass research ethics too. This approach allowed to ensure the autonomy of higher education institutions in developing and specifying their code of academic ethics. Furthermore, higher education institutions are encouraged to implement Guidelines for Ethical Review <ref>Guidelines for Ethical Review, approved by Order No V-60 of the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures of the Republic of Lithuania of 10 December 2020 (amendment by Order No V-24 of the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures of the Republic of Lithuania of 10 May 2021). [cited 2021 May 13]. Available from: https://etikostarnyba.lt/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Guidelines-for-Ethical-Review-incl-amendment.pdf</ref>, developed and approved by the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures. Codes of ethics of all higher education institutions are publicly available on their websites. Also, the Lithuanian University Rectors’ Conference took the lead to develop Guidelines for Publication Ethics which were publicized in 2019 <ref>LURK (2019). Publikavimo etikos gairės. [cited 2021 May 13]. Available from: https://lurk.lt/index.php/dokumentai/publikavimo-etika/publikavimo-etikos-gaires/</ref>.

Office of the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures is responsible for handling allegations related to academic ethics and procedures in academia. The Office encourages higher education institutions to adhere to academic ethics and procedures, monitors their compliance with recommendations for approval, implementation, and monitoring codes of academic ethics, and cooperates in solving problems related to violations of academic ethics and procedures. The investigation is conducted upon received complaints or at the own motion. All [https://etikostarnyba.lt/en/decisions/ decisions] of the Ombudsperson are anonymised and publicly available online for a year within one month if they are not appealed to court <ref>ENRIO. Country Report Lithuania. Last updated 2016 Dec 16. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: http://www.enrio.eu/country-reports/lithuania/</ref>. 

The new Law on Protection of Whistle-blowers entered into force in 2019. The Law applies to both public and private sectors. Its aim is to create conditions for individuals, including employees, to confidentially provide information about a suspected infringement and to avoid negative consequences related to whistleblowing. Individuals can disclose information about a criminal or administrative violation, inappropriate conduct by a colleague and other infringements that might affect the public interest. According to this Law, a whistle-blower does not have to be sure that the information is correct or to have evidence. The whistle-blower will still be legally protected <ref>New Law on Protection of Whistle-blowers: what should employers know?  [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: 

https://www.sorainen.com/UserFiles/File/Publications/en%5B1%5D36.html</ref>. 
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{{!}} width="295" valign="top"{{!}}'''Bodies  for RE+RI'''
{{!}} width="456" valign="top"{{!}}'''Scope'''
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{{!}} width="295" valign="top"{{!}}[http://bioetika.sam.lt/index.php?1608991497 The  Lithuanian Bioethics Committee (LBC)]
{{!}} width="456" valign="top"{{!}}Provides advice to the governmental bodies,  informs the general public about bioethical issues, and coordinates  activities of the regional ethics committees. It issues approvals to conduct  biomedical research and opinions for clinical trials on medicinal products,  prepares legal documents related to the ethical review of research, submits amendments  to them and consults on ethical and legal aspects of biomedical research.
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{{!}}[https://etikostarnyba.lt/en/main Office of the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures of the Republic of Lithuania]
{{!}}Responsible for the handling of complaints and initiation of investigations on higher education institutions’ violations related to academic ethics and procedures. The Office is also responsible for undertaking preventive actions (e.g., training, consultancy).
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{{!}} width="295" valign="top"{{!}}[https://www.vaistukodeksas.lt/en/pharmaceutical-marketing-ethics-commission/ The Pharmaceutical Marketing Ethics Commission]
{{!}} width="456" valign="top"{{!}}Supervises  companies’ compliance with the Code of Ethics for governing pharmaceutical  marketing and relations with health care professionals as well as relations  between the pharmaceutical industry and patient organisations.
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{{!}} width="295" valign="top"{{!}}[https://www.lmt.lt/en The Ethics Commission of the Scientific Council (Research Council of  Lithuania)]
{{!}} width="456" valign="top"{{!}}Oversees  research and knowledge exchange functions in relation to universities and  institutes which includes providing block grant funding to the national  research and education institutions, for research and development, developing  and implementing national funding streams, supporting, and encouraging  academic participation in EU Framework Programmes, overseeing the  sustainability of the Higher Education research base in Lithuania, and  promoting international collaborations.
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|Law And Regulation=A number of laws address RE and RI in Lithuania.  

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{{!}} width="217" valign="top"{{!}}'''Law'''
{{!}} width="387" valign="top"{{!}}'''Scope'''
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{{!}} width="217" valign="top"{{!}}[https://vaspvt.gov.lt/files/EN/LAW%20ON%20HEALTH%20SYSTEM.pdf The  Republic of Lithuania Law on Health System]
{{!}} width="387" valign="top"{{!}}Regulates the national health system in Lithuania, its  structure, limits of legal regulation of health care, health strengthening  and health recovery, fundamentals of establishment of the scope of health  activities, organization and management of individual and public health care,  health promotion, conclusion of contracts regarding health activities,  fundamentals of the liability for violations of legal norms of health  activities, rights and duties of the residents and subjects of health  activities.
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{{!}} width="217" valign="top"{{!}}[https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalActPrint/lt?jfwid=5w7avz05m&documentId=TAIS.377604&category=TAD Law  on Health Care Institutions]
{{!}} width="387" valign="top"{{!}}Establishes the classification of healthcare institutions,  principles of their founding, reorganisation, liquidation, operation, state  regulation thereof, control measures, special features of administration and  financing thereof, the nomenclature of institutions of the National  Healthcare System of Lithuania, relations between healthcare institutions and  patients and the principles of liability for violations of this Law.
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{{!}} width="217" valign="top"{{!}}[https://vaspvt.gov.lt/files/EN/LAW%20ON%20MEDICAL%20PRACTICE.pdf Law  on Medical Practice of the Republic of Lithuania]
{{!}} width="387" valign="top"{{!}}Regulates conditions related to the medical practice of doctor  of medicine, doctor resident, family physician and a doctor specialist in the  Republic of Lithuania.
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{{!}} width="217" valign="top"{{!}}[https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/76582f93e9c811e59b76f36d7fa634f8?jfwid=-ji9gt0req Law  on Ethics of Biomedical Research]
{{!}} width="387" valign="top"{{!}}Establishes requirements for biomedical research, terms and  conditions of processing of human biological samples and managing personal  health information for the purposes of biomedical research and activities of  biobanks, terms and conditions of issuance of approvals to conduct biomedical  research, supervision of conducting of biomedical research and liability of  sponsors of biomedical research and investigators for damage resulting from  the subject’s health impairment or death.
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{{!}} width="217" valign="top"{{!}}[https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/rs/legalact/TAD/TAIS.296798/format/ISO_PDF/ Pharmaceutical  Law (2006, last amended in 2017)]
{{!}} width="387" valign="top"{{!}}Regulates pharmaceutical and other activity related to medicinal  investigational products, veterinary pharmaceuticals, active and other  medicinal substances as well as medicinal purpose products, veterinary  pharmaceutical activity and also state management and control of the  activity.
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{{!}} width="217" valign="top"{{!}}[https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/rs/legalact/TAD/TAIS.39603/ Republic of Lithuania Law on Dental Care (Assistance)]
{{!}} width="387" valign="top"{{!}}Regulates the right to engage in practice of doctor of  dentistry, dental technician, oral hygienist and dental assistant  professions, the procedure and control of performance of dental care  (rendering of assistance), obligations and rights of dentists and dentist  specialists, state regulation measures and grounds of liability.
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{{!}} width="217" valign="top"{{!}}[https://vaspvt.gov.lt/files/EN/THE%20LAW%20ON%20NURSING%20PRACTICE%20AND%20MIDWIFERY%20PRACTICE.pdf The Law on Nursing Practice and Midwifery Practice of  the Republic of Lithuania]
{{!}} width="387" valign="top"{{!}}Establishes the acquisition of professional qualification of the  nurses responsible for general care and midwives, their practice conditions,  rights, duties, and responsibilities.
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{{!}} width="217" valign="top"{{!}}[https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/81a7b822444a11e68f45bcf65e0a17ee Republic of Lithuania Law on Higher Education and  Research]
{{!}} width="387" valign="top"{{!}}Establishes state regulation of higher education and research, principles  of quality assurance in higher education and research, legal basis of  establishment, termination and restructuring of higher education and research  institutions, awarding and recognition of higher education qualifications and  scientific degrees, management of higher education and research institutions,  organization and supervision of their activities, rights and duties of the  academic staff, research staff and students of higher education and research  institutions, funding of higher education and research, principles of  management, use and disposal of the assets of state higher education  institutions.
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{{!}} width="217" valign="top"{{!}}[https://e-seimas.lrs.lt/portal/legalAct/lt/TAD/5f13b560b2b511e59010bea026bdb259?jfwid=9tq147ogj Republic of Lithuania Law on Copyright and Related  Rights]
{{!}} width="387" valign="top"{{!}}Regulates copyright in literary, scientific, and artistic works  (copyright), the rights of performers, producers of phonograms, broadcasting  organisations and producers of the first fixation of an audio-visual work  (film) (related rights), the rights of makers of databases (sui generis  rights), exercise, collective administration, and enforcement of copyright  and related rights, as well as the exercise and enforcement of sui generis  rights.
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{{!}} width="217" valign="top"{{!}}[https://europam.eu/data/mechanisms/PF/PF%20Laws/Lithuania/Lithuania_Code%20of%20administrative%20offences_1985_amended2016_eng.pdf The Republic of Lithuania Code of Administrative  Offences]
{{!}} width="387" valign="top"{{!}}Protects the Republic of Lithuania social order, property, social,  economic, political, and individual citizens' rights, and freedoms, as well  as companies, institutions and organizations rights and legitimate interests  of the established order of administration, the state and public order. It  also focuses on contract cheating.
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|Measure=<u>RI training </u>

No consistent training for all academia in this regard is provided; however, research ethics/integrity is encouraged to be taught for all doctoral students due to amended national regulation on doctoral studies <ref>Minister of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania. Order. Approval of the Provisions for Doctoral Studies. 2020 May 18 No. V-739 Vilnius. [cited 2021 May 13]. Available from: 

https://www.e-tar.lt/portal/lt/legalAct/08504a3098df11ea9515f752ff221ec9</ref>. In addition to this, only a few initiatives are known. For example, Vilnius University offers General Competence Skills Training. The part of the training considers publication of scientific results and publication ethics as part of it <ref>Vilniaus universitetas. General competence skills training. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: https://www.vu.lt/mokslas/mokymai</ref>. There was also an annual international conference ‘Shaping Ethics in Academia and Society’, organised during the period of 2016-2018, that served as an open arena for informal education of academia <ref>Shaping Ethics in Academia and Society, 2<sup>nd</sup> International Conference. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: http://etika2018.mruni.eu/</ref>. Furthermore, the Office of the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures annually delivers customized training.

<u>RI dialogue and communication</u>

The National Bioethics committee is responsible for coordination and methodological assistance to Hospital Ethics Committees and to Regional Biomedical Research Ethics Committees <ref name=":0">Lithuanian Bioethics Committee. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: http://bioetika.sam.lt/index.php?1608991497</ref>. The Committee organises annual meetings with regional ethics committees to discuss current issues regarding academic ethics and ethics in science in Lithuania <ref name=":0" />.

The Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures organises twice per year a meeting with Committees of Academic Ethics to discuss their concerns and issues, e.g., while handling allegations within their higher education institutions, implementing the Office’s/Ombudsperson’s recommendations and guidelines <ref>Office of the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures: Activity Report for 2020. 2021 February 26 No TS-11 Vilnius. [cited 2021 May 13]. Available from: https://etikostarnyba.lt/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Activity-Report-for-2020_final.pdf</ref>.

Trust in Lithuanian public institutions is low due to corruptive practices. However, there is no evidence how the public perceives research integrity and whether they (mis)trust in science <ref>Universiteit Van Amsterdam European Policy Studies. Country Report on Lithuania. A country report on Lithuania’s position in the EU. 2013 June. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: 

http://www.uva.nl/binaries/content/assets/faculteiten/faculteit-der-geesteswetenschappen/disciplines/europese-studies/rapporten-landenpracticum-europees-beleid/corereport-vi_lithuania2013.pdf</ref>. Nevertheless, academia’s knowledge on research ethics is yet to be developed <ref>Ozolinčiūtė E, Židonė G, Tauginienė L. 2020. Responsible Research Barometer 2020, Vilnius: Office of the Ombudsperson for Academic Ethics and Procedures. https://etikostarnyba.lt/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Atsakingo-mokslo-barometras-2020-tyrimo-ataskaita_LT_EN.pdf</ref>.  

Within the period of 2013-2017, the news portal [http://www.delfi.lt/ www.delfi.lt] published around 40 press articles about ethical infringements. Regarding (self-)plagiarism, authorship, contract cheating, fraud and conflict of interest.

<u>RI incentives</u>

The Ministry of Education and Science has signed 15 agreements with Lithuanian associations, companies, various institutions and higher education institutions to support student internship model in companies and institutions. In order to encourage companies to employ (more) scientists, the Ministry of Higher Education and Science in 2010 allocated EUR 17.4 million to support employment in enterprises <ref>Deloitte. Researchers’ Report 2014 Country Profile: Lithuania. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from:

https://cdn5.euraxess.org/sites/default/files/policy_library/lithuania_country_profile_rr2014_final.pdf</ref>.

Lithuania also offers Income Tax Relief for Investing in research and development <ref>Ministry of Education, Science and Sports. Tax incentives for R&D. Last updated 2017 July 12. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: https://www.smm.lt/web/lt/mokslas/mokestines-mtep-lengvatos</ref>. There is also Baltic Bonus - a scheme created to promote cooperation between the three Baltic states (Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia) to participate in joint projects of Horizon 2020 <ref>Ministry of Education, Science and Sports. International cooperation. Last updated: 2019 April 12. [cited 2021 May 6]. Available from: 

https://www.smm.lt/web/en/science1/international-cooperation</ref>. 
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{{!}} width="342" valign="top"{{!}}'''Initiatives'''
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{{!}} width="342" valign="top"{{!}}[https://www.vu.lt/mokslas/tyrejo-karjera-vu/mokymai-tyrejams General competence  skills training]
{{!}} width="409" valign="top"{{!}}Training
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{{!}} width="342" valign="top"{{!}}[https://norric.org/nordbalt/lithuania/ Centre for Quality  Assessment in Higher Education (SKVC)]
{{!}} width="409" valign="top"{{!}}Accreditation
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{{!}} width="342" valign="top"{{!}}[http://www.lma.lt/prizes-and-scholarships The Lithuanian Academy of Science awards]
{{!}} width="409" valign="top"{{!}}Support
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{{!}} width="342" valign="top"{{!}}[https://www.lb.lt/en/bank-of-lithuania-awards-for-scientific-activities Bank of Lithuania awards for scientific  activities]
{{!}} width="409" valign="top"{{!}}Support
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{{!}} width="342" valign="top"{{!}}[https://www.lrp.lt/en/media-center/photos/21462/presentation-of-awards-to-winners-of-the-best-dissertation-2011-competition-organized-by-the-lithuanian-society-of-young-researchers/a843 Best PhD thesis awards by Lithuanian Society of Young  Researchers]
{{!}} width="409" valign="top"{{!}}Support
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