On the 16th of November 2017, in Krakow, a meeting took place involving representatives of the National Science Centre (NCN) and the Research Council of Lithuania (Lietuvos mokslo taryba, LMT). During this meeting, prof. Zbigniew Błocki, director of the NCN, and prof. Daunius Pauža, chair of the LMT, signed a memorandum of understanding between the two institutions. This bilateral agreement lays the cornerstone of work on a future common funding opportunity for Polish-Lithuanian research teams. »