IMI is planning a fast-track Call for proposals on combatting coronavirus infections (particularly COVID-19) to be launched in early March. Draft Call documents Draft Call text Draft Q&A document

  European Commission adopted its 2020 Work Programme. It sets out the actions the Commission will take in 2020 to turn the Political Guidelines of President von der Leyen into tangible benefits for European citizens, businesses and society. The driving force behind this first Work Programme is to successfully grasp the opportunities that the twin ecological and digital transitions will […]

  The Research Council of Lithuania in cooperation with the Research Council of Norway and the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Lithuania are pleased to open the call for proposals under European Economic Area (hereinafter – EEA) Financial Mechanism Baltic Research Programme in Lithuania. The main goal of the Baltic […]

  The European Commission is boosting urgently needed research into coronavirus with €10 million from its research and innovation programme, Horizon 2020. It has launched an emergency request for expressions of interest for research projects that will advance our understanding of the novel coronavirus epidemic, contribute to more efficient clinical management of patients infected with the virus, […]

IMI will hold webinars on IMI2 – Call 20 from Wednesday 22 January to Tuesday 31 January inclusive. All webinars on the Call topics will feature a presentation by the EFPIA topic coordinator and time for questions and answers. The webinars represent an excellent opportunity to learn more about the Call topics, interact directly with the topic […]

  After assessing the nominees, MEPs voted on 27 November to elect the European Commission led by Ursula von der Leyen, allowing it to take office on 1 December. A total of 461 MEPs voted in favour of the new Commission, while 157 voted against and 89 abstained. The plenary vote brings to an end […]

On 5 November 2019 the Czech Liaison Office for Research, Development and Innovation (CZELO) organised an IGLO Open event on Results of the co-design consultations on Horizon Europe. The aim of the event was to present the results of the public consultation and the application of these results to the Strategic Plan. The representative of […]

  The country‘s leading research centers – the Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC), the Lithuanian Energy Institute (LEI), the Lithuanian Research Center for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC) and the Science and Technology Park of the Institute of Physics – have established a Research and Technology Organization (RTO). It will act as an association with […]

  A team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) have developed a novel approach to precision grinding of hard and brittle materials achieving unparalleled efficiency of the process. By experimenting with tungsten carbide they created an innovative technology allowing to shape the extremely strong and yet easily breakable material into a desirable form. […]

  Compared to the previous year, the number of European patent applications filed with the European Patent Office (EPO) last year reached a new high of 174 thousand, says Enrico Luzzatto, Senior Advisor to the European Patent Academy at the EPO. He was invited to Lithuania by the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Doctoral School. According […]