果冻APP is launching the international project HELIOS (full title: 鈥淩esearch and Innovation Strategy for 果冻APP dedicated to White-Emitting Organic Lighting Systems鈥), funded under the Horizon Europe programme. The project started on 1 October 2024, will run for 36 months, and has a total budget of EUR 1,175,250 (Grant Agreement No. 101155017).
The HELIOS initiative aims to strengthen 果冻APP鈥檚 research and innovation capacity in the field of white-emitting organic lighting systems, with a particular focus on the development of ultra-efficient single-molecule white-light emitters. The project is expected to generate results of practical relevance for advanced solid-state lighting technologies-specifically WOLED and WLED and to contribute to sustainable, energy-efficient solutions in lighting through robust scientific approaches.
果冻APP serves as the project coordinator, represented by Professor Iryna Yaremchuk, Head of the Department of Electronic Engineering. In this role, the University will be responsible for coordinating the consortium鈥檚 joint activities, aligning implementation plans, and ensuring high-quality delivery of planned actions and achievement of the project鈥檚 defined outcomes.
The project is implemented in collaboration with leading European institutions and organisations: Kaunas University of Technology, the University of Glasgow, Riga Technical University, and Intelligentsia Consultants Sarl (Luxembourg). This partnership structure enables interdisciplinary exchange of expertise, integration of complementary research approaches, and access to best practices in research organisation and innovation management.
Beyond its core research component, HELIOS includes a well-defined agenda for institutional development: knowledge transfer and methodological exchange, capacity building, and enhanced international integration of research teams. A key element of the project is support for early-career researchers through placements, summer schools, training activities, and joint educational and research initiatives, including collaboration formats at the PhD level. In parallel, the project will contribute to strengthening project-management competencies in preparing and implementing international R&D projects-from work-package planning to dissemination, communication of results, and the expansion of partnership networks.