Launch 2023 Industrial Fellowships Call

The Alpbach Summer School 2025 (8 – 17 July) is now open for Master and PhD candidates with a scientific or an engineering background to apply. The Luxembourg Space Agency (LSA), with the support of the FNR and GLAE, is encouraging candidates from Luxembourg to participate in this unique programme. The 2024 topic is ‘Small bodies in the solar system’. Deadline to apply is 2 March 2025.

The 2026-1 Industrial Fellowships call is now open, with a deadline of 29 April 2026, 14:00 CET. The Industrial Fellowships programme awards PhD and Postdoc grants to researchers who carry out their PhD and/or postdoc training in collaboration with a company in Luxembourg.

On 9 January 2026, the Conseil de gouvernement approved the updated “National Research and Innovation Strategy for Luxembourg”. The “National Research Priorities for Luxembourg in 2020 and Beyond” have also been updated, with the revised version superseding the version from 2019.

On 5 February, the nine projects retained for co-funding in the context of the joint call for projects ‘High-Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence’ (HPC-AI BRIDGES) were announced by the Ministry of the Economy (MECO) and the FNR, following the final phase of the selection process. This joint call for projects was launched together with Luxinnovation in spring 2025 via the research-industry-collaboration-platform.

The Ministry of the Economy (MECO) and FNR have published a multi-annual planning for their joint calls. Its goal is to give applicants an overview of the calls and their timing in the next years, therefore enabling them to better prepare their participation. Please note, that each call will still be announced individually and its related call information published accordingly. Exact call deadlines are deliberately not included.

The FNR is pleased to announce that 5 projects have been retained for funding in the 2025-2 BRIDGES Call, an FNR commitment of 1.69 MEUR. The BRIDGES programme provides financial support for industry partnerships between public research institutions in Luxembourg and national or international companies. The next deadline is 29 September 2026, 14:00 CET.

We’re looking for bold and out-of-the box science challenges! After Take Off is before Take Off: Just as season 3 starts to air, we’re already getting ready for season 4, and we want your ideas. We’re inviting scientists, makers, engineers, educators, creatives, and curious minds to brainstorm and propose exciting challenges for upcoming episodes. 

The FNR is pleased to communicate the final results of the 2025 CORE Call. 44 projects have been retained for funding, an FNR commitment of 28.5 MEUR. Of the 44 projects, 13 are CORE Junior and 8 are CORE International. The deadline for the 2026 CORE Call is 21 April 2026, 14:00 CET.

Did you have an FNR-funded research project with great results? Did you run a popular PSP or outreach project? Fill out our participation form to be considered for an article on the FNR website and social media channels.  The FNR regularly publishes articles highlighting FNR-supported projects and people in our section “Research with Impact: FNR … Continued

On 21 January 2026, the FNR hosted an information webinar, which aims to update the Luxembourgish research community on what’s new in FNR funding and policies. The presented slides are now available.