International projects

HORIZON EUROPE projects

1. CO-creation Of Pathways to foster agroecoLogical transition of FARMs driven by Living LAB approach (CoolFarmLab). Leader Dr. Monika Toleikienė. 2025–2028.

2. Organic Farming Innovations Network in Europe (OH-FINE). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Lina Šarūnaitė. 2024–2028.
3. GREEN NUDGEs for sustainable FORESTry and AGRIcultural practices post 2027 (ForestAgriGreenNudge). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Roma Semaškienė. 2024–2027.

4. A sustainable ecosystem for the innovative resource recovery and complex ore extraction (XTRACT). Coordinator in the Institute of Forestry Dr. Vaida Sirgedaitė-Šėžienė. 2023–2026.

5. Breeding European Legumes for Increased Sustainability (BELIS). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Rita Armonienė. 2023–2027.
6. The NUTRI-CHECK NETwork to maximise site-specific precision in managing the nutrition of European arable crops (NUTRICHECK-NET). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Dalia Feizienė. 2022–2025.
7. A holistic approach to sustainable, digital EU agriculture, forestry, livestock and rural development based on reconfigurable aerial enablers and edge artificial intelligence-on-demand systems (CHAMELEON). Coordinator in the Institute of Forestry Dr. Vaida Sirgedaitė-Šėžienė. 2022–2025.

HORIZON 2020 projects

1. A holistic fire management ecosystem for prevention, detection and restoration of environmental disasters (TREEADS). Coordinator in the Institute of Forestry Dr. Vaida Sirgedaitė-Šėžienė. 2021–2025.
2. Towards climate-smart sustainable management of agricultural soils (EJP SOIL). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Žydrė Kadžiulienė, deputy coordinator Dr. Virginijus Feiza. 2020–2025.

• Optimizing roots for sustainable crop production in Europe – pure cultures and cover crops (MaxRoot-C). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Monika Toleikienė. 2022–2025.
• Are mixed species systems fostering belowground C inputs and C sequestration? (MIXROOT-C). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Monika Toleikienė. 2022–2025.

Completed projects

INTERREG Programme projects

1. Policies to promote the competitiveness of forest-based SMEs in resource-efficient European regions (FBI4EU). Coordinator in the Institute of Forestry Dr. Diana Lukminė. 2024–2028.
2. Innovative solutions for sewage sludge management in small wastewater treatment plants (ISMA). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Karolina Barčauskaitė. 2024–2027.
3. Tackling agricultural phosphorus load by soil amendments (GYPREG). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture (Vėžaičiai Branch) Dr. Danutė Karčauskienė. 2023–2026.
4. Eco-designing for the coastal zone nutrient's circularity (ECONUT). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture (Vėžaičiai Branch) Dr. Danutė Karčauskienė. 2023–2026.

Completed projects

LIFE Programme projects

1. Integrated water management in Lithuania (LIFE SIP Vanduo). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Lina Šarūnaitė. 2024–2033.

Completed projects

Baltic Research Programme projects

Completed projects

Projects supported by other research programmes

1. AGROECOLOGY parnership project ‘Agroecological transition of the European dairy farming system’ (TEDY). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Gintarė Šidlauskaitė. 2025–2028.

2. AGROECOLOGY parnership project ‘CO-creation Of Pathways to foster agroecoLogical transition of FARMs driven by Living LAB approach’ (CoolFarmLab). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Monika Toleikienė. 2025–2028.

3. NordForsk project ‘Green nitrogen transition: the potential of legumes in control environment agriculture’ (GreeNTrans). Coordinator in the Institute of Horticulture Dr. Aušra Brazaitytė. 2024–2028.
4. NJK (The Nordic Joint Committee for Agricultural and Food Research) project ‘Fimbulwinter wheat – creating a team with a plan to adapt winter wheat for difficult winters’. Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Rita Armonienė. 2025–2027 m.
5. NordForsk project ‘Innovative sustainable Nordic-Baltic horticulture’ (InNoBaHort). Coordinator in the Institute of Horticulture Dr. Neringa Rasiukevičiūtė. 2023–2026.
6. NordForsk project ‘Climate-smart resilience through diversified cropping systems – Identifying springboards in Nordic and Baltic agriculture’ (AgroMixNorth). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Monika Toleikienė. 2023–2026.
7. NordForsk project ‘Upscaling crop performance monitoring by linking satellite and field biosignatures’ (UPSCALE). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Rita Armonienė. 2023–2026.
8. SNS (Nordic Forest Research Co-operation Committee) project ‘Integrating soil monitoring in forest and other semi-natural land uses in the Nordic and Baltic region’ (MoniForSoil). Coordinator in the Institute of Forestry Dr. Iveta Varnagirytė-Kabašinskienė. 2025. 
9. Swedish Institute (SI) Baltic Sea Neighbourhood Programme project ‘SORG4NOBAL: Introduction of climate-resilient sorghum for the mitigation of eutrophication and pesticide pollution in the Baltic Sea region’. Coordinator in the Institute of  Agriculture Dr. Rita Armonienė. 2023–2025.
10. ECPGR Allium Plant Working Group project ‘Genotyping-by-sequencing of the European garlic collection to develop a sustainable ex situ conservation strategy’ (GarliCSS). Coordinator in the Institute of Horticulture Dr. Danguolė Juškevičienė. 2023–2025.
11. SNS (Nordic Forest Research Co-operation Committee) project ‘Development of ash reproductive material for forestry and nature conservation’. Coordinator in the Institute of Forestry Dr. Diana Marčiulynienė. 2022–2025.

Completed projects

Continuous projects

1. European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) project ‘European Network of Wildlife’ (ENETWILD). Coordinator in the Institute of Forestry Dr. Olgirda Belova. 2017–2025.
2. The European Forest Genetic Resources Programme (EUFORGEN), Phase VI. Coordinator in the Institute of Forestry Dr. Darius Kavaliauskas. Since 2010.
3. Nordic Forest Research Co-operation Committee (SNS) project ‘Northern European database of long-term forest experiments’. Coordinator in the Institute of Forestry Dr. Marius Aleinikovas. Since 2008.
4. Winter wheat breeding, variety testing and marketing in Estonia. Leader in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Žilvinas Liatukas. Since 2000.
5. European Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Programme. Coordinators in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Žilvinas Liatukas and Dr. Eglė Norkevičienė. Since 1998.

COST Actions

1. CA23148. European Network for the Integrative Approach of Urban Forestry (INTUF). Coordinator in the Institute of Foresty Dr. Povilas Žemaitis. 2024–2028.

2. CA23121. Genetic Nature Observation and Action (GENOA). Coordinator in the Institute of Foresty Dr. Rita Verbylaitė. 2024–2028.
3. CA22136. Pan-European Network of Green Deal Agriculture and Forestry Earth Observation Science (PANGEOS). Coordinator in the Institute of Agriculture Dr. Rita Armonienė. 2023–2027.
4. CA22158. Exploiting Plant-Microbiomes Networks and Synthetic Communities to improve Crops Fitness (MiCropBiomes). Coordinator at the Institute of Horticulture Dr. Inga Tamošiūnė. 2023–2027.
5. CA21138. Joint effects of CLimate Extremes and Atmospheric depositioN on European FORESTs (CLEANFOREST). Coordinators in the Institute of Forestry Dr. Valda Gudynaitė-Franckevičienė and Dr. Valda Araminienė. 2022–2026.

6. CA20118. Three-dimensional forest ecosystem monitoring and better understanding by terrestrial-based technologies (3DForEcoTech). Coordinator in the Institute of Forestry Dr. Povilas Žemaitis. 2021–2025.

7. CA20132. Urban Tree Guard – Safeguarding European urban trees and forests through improved biosecurity (UB3Guard). Coordinator in the Institute of Forestry, Management committee member and leader of WG2 Innovations Dr. Diana Marčiulynienė. 2021–2025.

8. CA20138. Network on water-energy-food nexus for a low-carbon economy in Europe and beyond (NEXUSNET). Coordinator in the Institute of Forestry Dr. Diana Lukminė. 2021–2025.

Completed projects

Other completed projects

The 7th Framework Programme Projects

European Territorial Cooperation Projects

EUREKA Programme Project