Horizon Europe
“Horizon Europe” is the new European Union (EU) research and innovation funding program for 2021-2027. The goal of the program is to ensure the EU’s leadership in global research and innovation. The “Horizon Europe” program is designed to:
- strengthen the EU’s scientific and technological bases and the European Research Area;
- increase Europe’s innovation capacity, competitiveness, and job creation opportunities;
- address citizen priorities and uphold our social and economic models and values.
The program encompasses three main pillars:
- Excellent Science;
- Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness;
- Innovative Europe.
All activities are based on the principles of international cooperation, open science, and partnerships.
More information about the program and current calls for proposals can be found on the European Commission’s website. Information about national contact points (NCP) is provided on the Lithuanian Research Council’s website.
Lithuanian Research Council
The Lithuanian Research Council (LMT) funds and initiates cross-border programs (bilateral, trilateral). Participation in the initiated cross-border programs (bilateral, trilateral) provides opportunities for high-level institutions from different countries (Lithuania-Latvia; Lithuania-Poland; Lithuania-Latvia-China) to collaborate, share accumulated experience, and jointly conduct scientific research. Additionally, through collaboration, new innovative networks are created.
Current program calls are announced here. More information about cross-border programs (bilateral, trilateral) can be found on the LMT website.
COST Program
The COST program (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a program for cooperation among European countries in the field of science and technology. Its goal is to coordinate nationally funded research by supporting European researchers in generating and implementing new ideas and initiatives across all research fields, including social and human sciences. COST is implemented through high-quality new international networks, especially those that span multiple scientific disciplines – known as COST Actions.
Current program calls are announced on the Lithuanian Research Council (LMT) website or the COST website. More information about the COST program can be found on the LMT website and the COST website.
Era-net
M-era.NET – a materials science research and innovation program aimed at initiating and helping to bring together national and regional materials science research within the European Research Area and funding international projects. M-era.Net brings together research funding institutions from 28 countries.
More information about the program and current calls for proposals can be found on the M-era.NET website.
The Lithuanian Research Council administers the M-era.Net program in Lithuania and funds Lithuanian institutions that execute projects winning international competitions under this program. More information is provided here.
ENUTS – Joint Programming Initiative “Urban Europe” “ERA-NET Cofund” scheme program “Enhancing Urban Transformation Capacities”. The program aims to mobilize the potential of the European Union, associated and other countries, and their researchers (from 16 different countries), by increasing urban transformation capacities through joint scientific research.
More information about the program and current calls for proposals can be found on the ERA-NET ENUTC website.
The Lithuanian Research Council administers the ENUTS program in Lithuania and funds Lithuanian institutions that execute projects winning international competitions under this program. More information is provided here.
CHIST-ERA – “Horizon 2020” scheme “ERA-NET Cofund” program (European Coordinated Research on Long-Term Challenges in Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies), aimed at coordinating national program research in the field of information and communication sciences and technologies and funding international research projects in this field. CHIST-ERA unites 24 research funding institutions from 23 countries.
More information about the program and current calls for proposals can be found on the CHIST-ERA website.
The Lithuanian Research Council administers the CHIST-ERA program in Lithuania and funds Lithuanian institutions that execute projects winning international competitions under this program. More information about the measure is provided here.
FLAG-ERA – “Horizon 2020” scheme “ERA-NET Cofund” program (English: Flagship initiatives Graphene and Human Brain Project (HBP)), aimed at improving the integration of national and regional research programs into the flagship initiatives “Graphene” and “Human Brain Project”, by coordinating the use of different funding sources and funding research in these initiative areas, thereby achieving the ambitious goals of these flagship initiatives. FLAG-ERA unites 39 research funding institutions from 26 countries.
More information about the program and current calls for proposals can be found on the FLAG-ERA website
The Lithuanian Research Council administers the FLAG-ERA program in Lithuania and funds Lithuanian institutions that execute projects winning international competitions under this program. More information about the measure is provided here.
HERA – Humanities in the European Research Area, uniting 26 research funding institutions from 25 countries. HERA conducts joint research programs aimed at promoting high-level international research in the field of humanities in Europe, by organizing international competitive funding in this field and thereby coordinating national research programs.
More information about the program and current calls for proposals can be found on the HERA website.
The Lithuanian Research Council administers the HERA program in Lithuania and funds Lithuanian institutions that execute projects winning international competitions under this program. More information about the measure is provided here.
Interreg VI
The goal of the 2021-2027 European Union (EU) territorial cooperation objective INTERREG program is to promote harmonious economic, social, and territorial development across the entire EU by addressing common regional problems, sharing ideas, and best practices. INTERREG is based on three cooperation directions: cross-border (INTERREG A), transnational (INTERREG B), and interregional (INTERREG C) cooperation. Over 12 billion euros from the European Regional Development Fund have been allocated for the implementation of all INTERREG programs in EU countries. The funding intensity is 70-85% of eligible project implementation costs. Current program calls are announced on each program’s website:
- Interreg EUROPE program
- Interreg Baltic Sea Region program
- Interreg VI A Lithuania-Poland Cross-Border Cooperation program
- Interreg VI A Latvia-Lithuania Cross-Border Cooperation programs
More information about the 2014-2020 EU territorial cooperation objective Interreg programs can be found on the EU cooperation website.
Eureka / Eurostars
EUREKA is designed to fund market-oriented R&D projects carried out by science-business partnerships within the international collaboration network of the EUREKA program member states.
EUROSTARS is an international program that funds R&D projects conducted by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and supports R&D projects that create innovative products, processes, or services aimed at commercialization in the international market. Academic institutions, companies, and research institutes can participate as partners in these projects.
More information about the EUREKA/EUROSTARS programs can be found on the EUREKA website and the Science, Innovation and Technology Agency website.
Digital Europe
The new European Union funding program “Digital Europe Programme” is designed to strengthen the key digital capabilities of the European Union (EU), focusing on artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, advanced computing, data infrastructure management, deployment, and use in important economic sectors such as energy, manufacturing, agriculture, and health. The program will also promote the digital transformation of the EU industry ecosystems and aim to bridge the gap between digital technology research and its market deployment.
The program funds projects in five main areas:
- High-performance computing;
- Artificial intelligence;
- Cybersecurity;
- Advanced digital skills;
- Broad use of digital technologies in the economy and society.
Current program calls are announced here. More information about the program can be found in the information provided by the European Commission.
