Latvijas Zinātnes padome

Name

Latvijas Zinātnes padome

Legal name

Latvijas Zinātnes padome

Website

https://lzp.gov.lv

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research Funding Administration

NAICS

Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Research Administration & Grants Management Support (Pre/Post-Award, Compliance) (EDAEALAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Science, Technology & Innovation Administration (National R&D Policy) (BPAIAAAK)

Keywords

• Research funding administration
• Scientific expertise services
• Horizon Europe coordination
• Postdoctoral research grants
• National research programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Riga

HQ country

Latvia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Scientific Expertise Services: The organization provides paid scientific expertise services for public and private sector needs. These services have a published price list (cenrādis) for evaluation and assessment work.
2. Government Funding Administration: As a government agency, LZP administers state budget funding for research programs (FLPP, VPP) and international cooperation programs, operating under Ministry of Education and Science supervision.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Latvijas Zinātnes padome administers state-funded research programs (VPP, FLPP, Postdoctoral), coordinates Latvian participation in international research frameworks (Horizon Europe, COST, EUREKA, ERA-NET), maintains the Register of Scientific Institutions, and provides scientific expertise and innovation project evaluation services to public and private sector organizations. It operates as the Latvian government's central research funding agency under the Ministry of Education and Science.

Product overview

Latvijas Zinātnes padome (Latvian Council of Science) is a state institution operating under the Ministry of Education and Science. It functions as a research funding agency offering multiple interconnected programs: the State Research Programme (VPP) and Fundamental and Applied Research Programme (FLPP) as the core national funding instruments, supplemented by the Postdoctoral Programme for human capital development. International collaboration is facilitated through participation in Horizon Europe, COST, EUREKA, ERA-NET, Baltic Bonus, Nordforsk, OSMOZE (Latvia-France), and bilateral cooperation with Ukraine and Taiwan-Lithuania. The council also provides scientific expertise services including expert certification, innovation project evaluation, and maintains the Register of Scientific Institutions. The institution does not offer commercial software products but rather government-funded research programs and scientific evaluation services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Valsts pētījumu programma (VPP)
• Fundamentālo un lietišķo pētījumu projekti (FLPP)
• Pēcdoktorantūras programma
• Apvārsnis Eiropa Nacionālais kontaktpunkts
• Starptautiskā zinātniskā ekspertīze
• Zinātniskās ekspertīzes komisija
• Inovāciju projektu zinātniskā ekspertīze
• COST programme coordination
• EUREKA network coordination
• ERA-NET coordination
• Baltic Bonus
• OSMOZE (Hubert Curien Partnership)
• Latvijas–Ukrainas sadarbības programma
• Latvijas–Lietuvas–Taivānas zinātniskās sadarbības atbalsta fonds
• Eiropas Partnerības (European Partnerships under Horizon Europe)
• NordForsk coordination
• Zinātnisko institūciju reģistrs
• Latvijas Zinātnes padomes maksas pakalpojumu cenrādis

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered strategic, core, flagship, regional and major.

• Taiwan (China) - Scientific CooperationstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1997Trilateral cooperation fund involving Latvia, Lithuania, and Taiwan's National Science and Technology Council, initiated in 1997 and expanded in 2000.
• Ukraine - Bilateral Cooperation ProgramstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 November 1995Bilateral science and technology cooperation program between Latvia and Ukraine, initiated based on the 1995 government agreement signed in Kyiv.
• European Commission - Horizon EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLZP serves as the National Contact Point for Horizon Europe, supporting Latvian researchers and institutions in accessing EU research funding. The program runs 2021-2027 and succeeds Horizon 2020.
• COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCOST is an international cooperation program supporting scientific collaboration across Europe. LZP coordinates Latvian participation in COST Actions covering various research domains.
• Swiss Confederation - Partnership in Applied ResearchflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerBilateral cooperation program funded by Swiss contribution (EUR 12.35M for LACISE project). Supports applied research in smart materials, ICT, and smart energy through projects like LACISE, FIBRIX, and LACHMAT.
• EUREKA NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational cooperation network of 45+ countries supporting industrial R&D. LZP facilitates Latvian participation in EUREKA cluster programs including Xecs on Quantum technologies.
• ERA-NET CofundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean research area networks coordinating joint international calls. LZP supports Latvian participation in ERA-NET Cofund projects across various research areas.
• NordForskregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerNordic research cooperation body. LZP collaborates on Nordic-Baltic research initiatives and hosts joint events strengthening regional research impact.
• CBE JU (Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU partnership supporting bioeconomy innovation. Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry participates in FIBRIX project (€3.5M funding).
• European Partnerships under Horizon EuropecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU instrument combining European Commission, private and public partners to address sustainability challenges. LZP facilitates Latvian participation in various European Partnership initiatives including Eurostars for SMEs.
• Paul Scherrer Institute (Switzerland)majorTechnology or IntegrationSwiss research institute partnering in LACISE project for battery longevity and hydrogen production technologies research.
• Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)majorTechnology or IntegrationPartner in LACISE project developing AI-based solutions for power system stability analysis.
• Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Switzerland)majorTechnology or IntegrationSwiss technology center collaborating in LACISE project on smart energy digital solutions.
• University Hospital of Zurich (Switzerland)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss partner in pediatric oncology development program, providing expertise for cancer care improvement in Latvia.
• University Hospital of Lausanne (Switzerland)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerSwiss partner collaborating on pediatric oncology program to strengthen laboratory capacity and patient follow-up systems.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG): Germany's central research funding organisation — a large incumbent with a peer-review-driven grant portfolio that parallels LZP's FLPP evaluation model, useful as a benchmark for mature research-agency governance.
• Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF): Switzerland's principal research funding body and a strategic partner of LZP via the Swiss-Latvian Cooperation Programme — comparable in research-administration function but materially larger and used by Latvian institutions as a funding counterpart.
• Research Council of Norway: Norway's national research council, considerably larger in budget and headcount, administers sector-specific and thematic research programmes and serves as Norway's NCP — a broader incumbent providing a useful comparator for mature funding-agency operating models.

Others

• European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA): EU agency implementing the ERC frontier-research grants within Horizon Europe — adjacent rather than competitive, but the upstream funder that LZP's NCP activities help Latvian researchers access.

Direct peers

• Estonian Research Council (ETAg): Estonia's national research funding agency providing research grants, institutional evaluation, and serving as the national contact point for EU research programmes — a near-identical peer in mandate, scale, and Baltic geography.
• Latvian State Education Development Agency (VIAA): Latvian public agency administering EU funds for education and research mobility, formerly housing several functions now consolidated into LZP — making it the most directly comparable institutional peer for Latvian R&D administration.
• National Research, Development and Innovation Fund (Hungary): Hungarian national R&D&I funding office administering competitive grants, managing Horizon Europe participation, and coordinating international research cooperation — a Central European peer with overlapping programme portfolio.
• Slovak Research and Development Agency (APVV): Slovak agency funding applied research, supporting international cooperation programmes, and providing expert evaluation services — a direct peer in mission, EU-13 positioning, and programme-mix.
• Czech Science Foundation (GAČR): Czech national agency funding basic research across all disciplines via competitive grants, with similar functions in peer review, expert databases, and bilateral/international cooperation — comparable in mandate and operational scale within the EU-13.
• Research Council of Lithuania: Lithuania's national research funding agency with an analogous mandate — administers competitive research grants, postdoctoral programmes, and is the Lithuanian NCP for Horizon Europe/COST/EUREKA, with closely comparable scope and Baltic-region scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/Zinatnespadome
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/latvian-council-of-science

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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