Launch 2023 Industrial Fellowships Call

On 19 May 2025, COST’s governing board, the Committee of Senior Officials (CSO), confirmed the funding of 70 new COST Actions, that will officially start in Autumn 2025. COST Actions are networks of researchers all over Europe and abroad and Luxembourg researchers are strongly encouraged to participate, especially early-career researchers. 

Twelve youngsters aged 15-21 face tricky challenges and have to prove their cleverness and scientific spirit. In each episode, they have to master two team challenges and a duel will then decide who has to leave the show at the end of each episode. In the big final, only one winner can take home the … Continued

The Ministry of the Economy and the National Research Fund (FNR), together with Luxinnovation, are launching a new joint call for projects in the fields of high-performance computing (HPC) and/or artificial intelligence (AI). This initiative aims to support companies and public research institutions working on projects in these domains. Deadline for Phase 1 is 18 June 2025, deadline for Phase 2 is 17 September 2025.

Every two years, the FNR commissions a survey study to understand the level of notoriety and the perception of the Luxembourg research community among the general public. Discover the latest findings!

To all researchers from Luxembourg: Are you Coordinating Lead Author, Lead Author or Review Editor for the three main working group contributions to the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7)? Register by 2 April 2025.

The FNR is pleased to share that an FNR PEARL Chair endowed with 3.5 MEUR has been awarded to Dr Vincent Lenders, who will take up a position as Full Professor for cybersecurity at the University of Luxembourg’s SnT. With the PEARL funding, Dr Lenners will create the Systems and Network Security (SNS) research group that will initially focus on securing critical infrastructures against cyber threats.

The FNR is pleased to announce that 4 of 7 proposals have been retained for funding in the 2024-2 JUMP Call (tech), an FNR commitment of 1 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. JUMP IN, a dedicated initiation and networking event designed exclusively for 2024 JUMP grantees, will take place on 22 April 2025 at the University of Luxembourg Incubator.

The FNR is pleased to communicate that 4 of 11 projects have been retained for funding in the 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.

Since 2010, the Section of natural sciences, physics and mathematics of the Institut grand-ducal has awarded each year a researcher for either their complete work or an exceptional discovery in the fields of biology, chemistry, geology, mathematics and physics. To be eligible for the award, the researcher must be of Luxembourgish nationality or a researcher working or having worked in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg with the major part of his/her scientific work and international publications done in the Grand-Duchy. The prize is endowed with 5.000 EUR and is awarded during an academic session at the end of the year. Deadline: 31 march 2025.

Discover the Research Luxembourg-SciLux podcast episode featuring Prof Jan Lagerwall on the topic of liquid crystals.