PEARL Programme
Call(s):
Summary of the Programme
Total Budget 2011-2013: EUR 22,500,000
With the PEARL programme, the FNR wishes to provide the institutions with a proactive means to attract internationally recognised senior researchers who will transfer and establish their research programme in Luxembourg in order to accelerate the development of and to strengthen the national research priorities.
The main aims of PEARL are:
- To offer institutions a flexible and highly attractive tool to recruit established and recognised senior researchers in strategically important areas
- To help institutions implement their strategic development in specific areas of importance to Luxembourg
Through this programme the FNR offers the research institutions substantial additional funds (3-5M€) to compete for the best candidates. The FNR foresees to grant 1 to 2 PEARL awards per year.
The recruitment of excellent PEARL grantees contributes to increasing the quality of Luxembourg's research environment through creating a kernel for building critical mass. The grantees’ research activities should integrate into the institutions programme and create synergistic effects with the existing research fabric to multiply the scientific output within the research field (i.e. to have a pull effect on the overall scientific quality within a specific field). The grantees should be leaders in the field, innovative, creative and possess an outstanding track record that will strengthen Luxembourg’s position in the international world of R&D.
Selected Candidates
- 2009: Erik Proper (CRP Henri Tudor) - FNR Contribution: EUR 3,370,000
- 2010: Bruno Domon (CRP Santé) - FNR Contribution: EUR 5,000,000
- 2011: Lionel Briand (University of Luxembourg) - FNR Contribution: EUR 4,600,000
- 2011: Louis Chauvel (University of Luxembourg)