Claim: The Institute of the Lithuanian Language in Vilnius, which is founded in Vilnius back in 1911, is a state-supported research organization that focuses on research into the Lithuanian language, and its origins can be traced to the editorial commission Academic Dictionary of Lithuanian, founded by Professor Juozas Balčikonis in 1930.
Evidence: Founded in Vilnius back in 1941 on the basis of the Institute for Lithuanian Studies of Antanas Smetona (which itself was founded in Kaunas in 1939 and relocated to Vilnius in 1940).