Vilnius University (VU) has received special recognition from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). On 2 September, VU was accepted as a new institute of this prestigious experiment by a unanimous decision of the LHCb Collaboration Board. This is a historic moment for the Lithuanian scientific community and an important step in strengthening the country's participation in international scientific projects.
Total budget: 4 million Eur. At the beginning of 2018, Lithuania became an Associate Member State of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Lithuania is participating in large scale research collaborations as well as participate in CERN governance by sending representatives to the CERN Council and its committee’s meetings. New collaboration contracts and research projects being implemented.
Main covered research areas are related to high-energy physics and particle detectors. R&D concerns with big data acquisition, Higgs precision studies, multivariate classifiers, semiconductor pixelated particle detectors, standard model and beyond the standard model physics, top quark studies.