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Results 2018 CORE Call

The FNR is pleased to communicate it has retained 36 of 137 eligible research projects for funding in the 2018 CORE Call, an FNR commitment of 21.61 MEUR.

CORE is the central funding programme of the FNR, with a prime objective to strengthen the scientific quality of Luxembourg’s public research in strategic priority areas.

In order to identify the most promising and most excellent projects, the FNR submits project proposals to an assessment by independent international experts. Among the 137 eligible project proposals that were submitted, 30 have been selected for funding by our international expert committees, and 6 placed on the waiting list. 106 proposals have been rejected. 14 of the 36 projects are CORE Junior projects (CORE Junior PIs marked with * below).  Of the Principal Investigators (PIs) on the funded projects, 8 are female and 28 are male.

2019 Call

The 2019 CORE Call was launched on 12 December 2018. Deadline is Thursday, 11 April 2019, 14:00 CET.

2018 Call funded projects

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Societal Challenges (SC): 11 of 30 projects funded, 4.9 MEUR committed

Principal Investigator

Gabrijela Aleksic*

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€287,000

Principal Investigator

Conchita D’Ambrosio

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€617,000

Principal Investigator

Stefan Krebs

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€636,000

Principal Investigator

Constanze Weth

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€541,000

Principal Investigator

Antoine Paccoud*

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-economic Research (LISER)

FNR Committed

€269,000

Principal Investigator

Magdalena Gorczynska*

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-economic Research (LISER)

FNR Committed

€460,000

Principal Investigator

Céline Dujardin*

Project title

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€88,000

Principal Investigator

Anna Jagosova*

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€352,000

Principal Investigator

Andreas Fickers

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€767,000

Principal Investigator

Sam Cosaert*

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-economic Research (LISER)

FNR Committed

€578,000

Principal Investigator

Michel Beine

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€347,000

Innovation in Services (IS): 9 of 47 projects funded, 6.9 MEUR committed

Principal Investigator

Peter Y. A. Ryan

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€661,000

Principal Investigator

Bjorn Ottersten

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€766,000

Principal Investigator

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€576,000

Principal Investigator

Paulo Esteves-Veríssimo

Project title

Adaptive Byzantine Fault and Intrusion Tolerance (ThreatAdapt)

(Bilateral project, FCT)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€875,000

Principal Investigator

Roman Kräussl

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€890,000

Principal Investigator

Alexandre Bartel*

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€631,000

Principal Investigator

Mark Cole

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€969,000

Principal Investigator

Yves Le Traon

Project title

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€746,000

Principal Investigator

Marcus Völp*

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€767,000

Domain New Functional and Intelligent Materials and Surfaces and New Sensing Applications (MS): 7 of 20 projects funded, 4.1 MEUR

Principal Investigator

Pierre Verge

Project title

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)

FNR Committed

€537,000

Principal Investigator

Emmanouil Anyfantakis*

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€456,000

Principal Investigator

Project title

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€612,000

Principal Investigator

Giusy Scalia

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€467,000

Principal Investigator

Jorge Iniguez Gonzalez

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)

FNR Committed

€656,000

Principal Investigator

Phillip Dale

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€835,000

Principal Investigator

Santhana Eswara

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)

FNR Committed

€535,000

Domain Biomedical and Health Sciences (BM): 6 of 28 projects funded, 3.7 MEUR committed

Principal Investigator

Mahesh Desai

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)

FNR Committed

€678,000

Principal Investigator

Damien Brevers*

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€533,000

Principal Investigator

Dirk Brenner

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)

FNR Committed

€615,000

Principal Investigator

Bassam Janji

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)

FNR Committed

€426,000 (jointly funded with Fondation Cancer)

Principal Investigator

Dimitri Van Ryckeghem*

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€607,000

Principal Investigator

Carole Linster

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€849,000

Sustainable Resource Management in Luxembourg (SR): 3 of 12 projects funded, 2 MEUR committed

Principal Investigator

Sylvain Legay*

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

FNR Committed

€595,000

Principal Investigator

Florin Capitanescu

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

FNR Committed

€770,000

Principal Investigator

Christos Soukoulis*

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)

FNR Committed

€617,000

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