Project coordinator: VšĮ Innovation Agency

Project coordinator: VšĮ Innovation Agency
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Project description:
The project "Implementation of Mission-Based Science and Innovation Programmes" is implemented in three priority mission themes under the smart specialisation priorities:
Missions in different themes promote joint science-business cooperation projects, develop and commercialise business and scientific ideas through start-ups/ spin-offs, conduct basic or early-stage research, fill existing gaps in services and infrastructure for research and experimental development (R&D) activities at high levels of technological readiness. The project will address the lack of incubators for spin-offs/startups, prototyping spaces, pilot production lines.
The project activities will be implemented by April 2026. During this period, 3 Centres of Excellence will be set up (one per theme), 23 R&D projects will be implemented, 41 prototypes and 32 unique products will be developed, 19 international patent applications will be filed, 55 scientific publications will be published, and 21 start-ups/spinoffs will be established.
Under the theme "Innovations for Health", the Vilnius University consortium aims to establish a Gene Technology Centre of Excellence, which will bring together clusters of state-of-the-art scientific equipment (next-generation sequencing and bioinformatics, cytometry and cell sorting, microscopy and imaging, cell cultures, microbiology, bioengineering, and mass spectrometry) and the expertise of multidisciplinary scientists. This will ensure the efficient pursuit of new biomedical applications and the improvement of existing treatment strategies, with a particular focus on age-related diseases and cancers. Together with an advanced infrastructure and a business-like governance structure, the consortium will aim to have a positive impact on national R&D progress, healthcare and the economy.
The consortium's 7 mission R&D projects are designed to strengthen the multidisciplinary expertise of researchers, to develop and bring to market the most relevant R&D products and new scientific knowledge in these areas:
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Project value: €94.728 million
Project funding: €88.530 million (financed by the Economic Recovery and Resilience Plan "Next Generation Lithuania" and the State Budget of the Republic of Lithuania)