Research and Innovation Department

E-mail darbuotojai.mid@vdu.lt
The Research and Innovation Department is a non-academic unit of the University that aims to achieve the highest level of research and artistic output at the University by ensuring active participation in national and international research networks, bringing together research groups in priority research areas, and pursuing the implementation of the University’s strategic goals in the area of research.

Director Dr. Darius Milčius
Address Universiteto g. 8A, room 219, 53341 Akademija, Kaunas district
Area of responsibility – organising and coordinating the work of the Research and Innovation Department.

Head of Research and Arts Unit Dr. Karolina Gugytė
Phone +370 37 325 457, +370 662 11035
Address Universiteto g. 8A, room 219, 53341 Akademija, Kaunas district
Area of responsibility – organising and coordinating the work of the Research and Arts Unit.

Chief Specialist Assoc. prof. Remigijus Žalkauskas
Phone +370 37 788 147
Address Universiteto g. 8A, room 202, 53341 Akademija, Kaunas district
Area of responsibility – consulting on the annual evaluation of research and arts activities and on comparative expert assessment of R&D.

Chief Specialist Laura Stankevičienė
Phone +370 37 327 946; +370 611 46396
Address Universiteto g. 8A, room 202/203, 53341 Akademija, Kaunas district
Area of responsibility – organising and administering various competitions funded by VMU Research Foundation, administering the scientific and artistic production of VMU researchers and teachers, handling documents for the granting of pedagogical and Professor Emeritus titles, preparing information for sending documents to research and other organisations.

Chief Specialist Viktar Khilman
Phone +370 37 327 946
Address Universiteto g. 8A, room 202/203, 53341 Akademija, Kaunas district
Area of responsibility – coordinating research clusters, systematising and submitting data for international rankings.

Chief Specialist Assoc. prof. Raimundas Žaltauskas
Phone +370 85 27 34 244, +370 698 21686
Address T. Ševčenkos g. 31, room 223, 03111 Vilnius
Area of responsibility – consulting researchers and teachers of the VMU Education Academy on scientific and artistic activities, scientific and artistic productions, scientific journals and other issues, coordinating research clusters at the VMU Education Academy, analysing the results of the University’s scientific production, coordinating research events at the Academy.

Head of Doctoral School Dr. Viktorija Kavaliauskaitė-Vilkinienė
Phone +370 620 64637
Address Universiteto g. 8A, room 202/203, 53341 Akademija, Kaunas district
Area of responsibility – organising and coordinating the work of the Doctoral School.

Chief Specialist Rasa Andrišiūnaitė
Phone +370 37 209 815, +370 619 21615
Address Universiteto g. 8A, room 203, 53341 Akademija, Kaunas district
Area of responsibility – organising and coordinating doctoral studies, administering admission procedures, administering doctoral committee’s documents, providing assistance and information to enrolled and prospective doctoral students, managing doctoral student’s files, creating and registering certificates.

Chief Specialist Dr. Rasa Kimbirauskienė
Phone +370 37 209 815, +370 620 30067
Address Universiteto g. 8A, room 203, 53341 Akademija, Kaunas district
Area of responsibility – handling the documentation of doctoral students’ and other files, administering the defence of doctoral dissertations, mediating in the preparation of doctoral students’ applications for scholarships from the Research Council of Lithuania, preparing doctoral students’ documents for archiving.

Chief Specialist Monika Brimaitė-Kemėšė
Phone +370 37 752 254, +370 672 63856
Address Universiteto g. 8A, room 203, 53341 Akademija, Kaunas district
Area of responsibility – organising and coordinating doctoral studies at the VMU Agriculture Academy; admitting doctoral students; managing the progress of studies; processing individual doctoral students’ data; processing documents submitted by doctoral committees; providing information and responses to doctoral students; managing doctoral students’ files; preparing certificates; administering doctoral dissertation defences; and preparing doctoral students’ files for archiving and transfer.