Launch 2023 Industrial Fellowships Call

For the QuantERA Call 2025, ten applications involving Luxembourg researchers in international consortia were submitted in this highly competitive call. Of these, nine eligible proposals underwent scientific evaluation, and seven passed the central evaluation. In the end, one proposal with Luxembourg participation was selected for funding. This decision was based on the scientific assessment carried out by an international Evaluation Panel and the final selection made by the QuantERA Call Steering Committee in accordance with the criteria set out in the Call Announcement.

Mark your calendars! We are thrilled to announce that the 6th edition of SciCom Luxembourg will take place on Thursday, 24 September 2026, at ChouChou Luxembourg for a day of insightful interactions and meaningful discussions. Registration will open at the end of August via our website.

The LuxAid BRIDGES programme supports Research Luxembourg actors in initiating transdisciplinary research projects pertinent to development cooperation and humanitarian action, by developing partnerships for sustainable development and poverty eradication. The calls are a joint effort by the FNR, the Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade (MFA) and the Luxembourg Development Cooperation Agency LuxDev. The call deadline is 21 October 2026, 14:00 CET (both for SEEDLING and full proposals). An an info webinar will take place on 1 July at 14:00 CET.

The calls for the FNR’s programmes ATTRACT and PEARL will launch in late July 2026. Pre-proposal for both programmes is 17 November 2026, full proposal deadline is 16 February 2027.

The FNR is pleased to communicate that 17 projects have been selected for funding in the 2026 RESCOM Call, an FNR commitment of 390,500 EUR. Through RESCOM, the FNR supports communication between researchers to promote scientific outcomes. Of the retained proposals, 9 are International Scientific Conferences and 8 are Lecture Series.

The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) today publishes its Annual Report 2025. Alongside the year’s funding figures, the report features twenty-five first-person accounts from researchers based in Luxembourg, looking back at how successive FNR grants, often awarded years apart and across different programmes, shaped the work they have been able to do.

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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.