Lithuanian RDI Liaison Office LINO in cooperation with  IrRADIARE Science for Evolution, ERRIN and other partners is organizing event Cities for Excellence. The event will take place at the Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU (Rue Belliard 41-43, Brussels) on October 11-12th.    This matchmaking and networking event will be a great platform to […]

  UK organisations that secure funding through EU programmes, from now until the end of 2020, will be guaranteed by the UK government even in a no deal scenario. Businesses, universities and local organisations were assured today (24 July 2018) that any funding they secure through EU programmes, from now until the end of 2020, […]

  The adoption of the 2019 ERC Work Programme, originally planned for mid-July, is now expected for the end of July or early August. The first ERC 2019 Calls, Starting Grant 2019 and Synergy 2019, should therefore open for submissions the first week of August 2018. The call closing dates remain the following : 17 […]

  The group of researchers of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) has developed several innovative applications of cuttlebone, natural biologically active material possessing bone and wound healing properties. The products include natural bone implants, suppositories for treatment of haemorrhoids and wound gels. By removing protein from the cuttlebone, KTU researchers have solved the main challenge […]

  Contemporary technological devices can be managed not only by pressing keys on a keyboard or moving a mouse. Students and researchers of Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) Faculty of Informatics are conducting research of eye-controlled IT systems.   Simonas Baltulionis, software systems’ graduate has designed an eye-tracking IT system, which will be used in […]

  The Commission’s 2018 European Innovation Scoreboard published today shows that the EU’s innovation performance continues to improve, but further efforts are needed to ensure Europe’s global competitiveness.   Every year, the Commission publishes a comparative assessment of the innovation performance of Member States and benchmarks it with international competitors. The data helps Member States, […]

  For the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the Commission is proposing €100 billion for research and innovation.   A new programme – Horizon Europe – will build on the achievements and success of the previous research and innovation programme (Horizon 2020) and keep the EU at the forefront of global research and innovation. Horizon […]

  Lithuanian Research Development and Innovation Liaison Office in Brussels (LINO) was elected to chair the Informal Group of RTD Liaison Offices (IGLO) – informal association of Brussels-based non-profit Research & Development Liaison Offices – for one year starting from July 2018.   Dr. Brigita Serafinavičiūtė, the head of LINO Office: “Lithuania was accepted as […]

  Lithuanian science and business will be able to use world-class supercomputers to carry out large-scale calculations in areas such as health, climate change, industry, cybernetic security, energy, artificial intelligence, economic forecasts. “Lithuania is interested in joining the European High Performance Computing Initiative (EuroHPC), which will allow our country to use the possibility of computing […]

  European Research, Science and Innovation Commissioner Carlos Moedas has today appointed seven experts to conduct the search for the next president of the European Research Council (ERC), the European Union institution spearheading fundamental advances at and beyond the ‘frontier’ of knowledge. The committee will be chaired by Mario Monti, President of Bocconi University in […]