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Latvia joined the EMBC as a member state in 2023. Life scientists in Latvia are eligible for all EMBO Programmes supporting life scientists in Europe and beyond.
Facts and figures
Latvia has six universities offering doctoral degrees in life sciences fields. The Riga Technical University founded in 1862 is the country’s oldest higher education institution.² Around 46% of Latvian adults attain a tertiary education.³ In 2022, more than 6,400 people in Latvia were employed in R&D work.⁴
Gross expenditure on research and development (GERD) increased by 66% between 2019 and 2023 to reach 324 million Euro, translating into a 21% increase as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product to 0.82%.
The European Patent Office granted 14 patents to residents of Latvia in 2024.⁵
Life scientists in Latvia have access to a funding from the national research council⁶ and through Horizon Europe projects, European Research Council grants, and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions⁷, as well as EMBO.
Population: 1.87 million1
R&D spending as percentage of GDP: 0.82%4
People employed in R&D: 6,4684
Patents: 145
Universities: 102
Horizon Europe funding:7
All life scientists in Latvia are eligible for the EMBO Programmes supporting life scientists in Europe and beyond.
Find out about all EMBO funding schemes here.
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All information as of April 2025.
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Meet scientists from the EMBO communities
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Meet Ieva Gailite, Senior Scientific Editor at The EMBO Journal
Lateral thinking in Latvia
Learn about Latvia’s new EMBC Delegate Jānis Kloviņš and his research