Launch 2023 Industrial Fellowships Call

Sense about Science has published a new guide setting out how citizens and researchers want their MEPs to use and evaluate evidence when making policy decisions, in partnership with Research Ireland and the FNR.

Dr Ronald de Vries has been awarded a prestigious FNR PEARL Chair, further cementing the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) as a leading force in environmental and industrial biotechnologies. Dr de Vries, an internationally recognised fungal biotechnologist, joins LIST where he will lead the newly established Fungal Biotechnology research group within the Environmental … Continued

The FNR is pleased to announce that two young promising researchers from Luxembourg are among the 600 young scientists selected by the Lindau Selection Committee to attend the annual Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. The 2026 Meeting, dedicated to interdisciplinarity, takes place from 28 June – 3 July in Lindau, Germany.

Following a first successful pilot call in 2024, NRF, the National Research Foundation of the Republic of Korea and FNR are launching a new call for projects. Deadline for proposals is 12 May 2026 (at NRF) and 13 May 2026 (at FNR). A Webinar will take place on 15 April at 09:00, more information to follow.

The FNR is pleased to communicate that 3 of 6 full proposals and 7 of 10 SEEDLING projects have been retained for funding in the 2025-1 LuxAid BRIDGES Call. LuxAid BRIDGES is a joint call between the FNR, the Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (MFEA) and the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency LuxDev.

Did you have a JUMP project accepted in 2025? Join ‘JUMP IN’, a JUMP Initiation and Networking event that serves as a forum for those whose JUMP projects recently accepted for funding. Meet fellow JUMP grantees and listen to some of inspiring stories! The event takes place on 24 March 2026 at the University of Luxembourg Incubator.

The PRIMA call 2026 will be launched on 20 March 2026, with a pre-proposal deadline of 15 May. An information webinar will take place on 26 March 2026 from 10:00 – 13:00 CET.

The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR), together with the Ministère de l’Économie – Luxembourg and Luxinnovation GIE, has launched a new joint call for R&D projects in the fields of Data, Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Technologies. The first deadline for submitting a Project Outline is 1 April 2026 at 14:00.

The FNR is pleased to announce that 4 of 6 proposals have been retained for funding in the 2025-2 JUMP Call, an FNR commitment of 1,295 MEUR. The FNR’s JUMP programme aims to bridge the technical and funding gap between research-driven discoveries and their commercialisation/ utilisation, thereby enhancing the impact of Luxembourg’s research on the economy and society.

The Ministry of Research and Higher Education (MESR), together with the FNR, the University of Luxembourg (UL), the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), the Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH), and the Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), have jointly developed Responsible Research Collaboration Guidelines – Why does Research Security matter?