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Results 2019-1 Industrial Fellowships Call

The FNR is pleased to communicate that 8 of 12 eligible Industrial Fellowship projects have been selected for funding in the 2019-1 Call, representing an FNR commitment of 1.38 MEUR. 

The aim of the Industrial Fellowships programme (formerly AFR-PPP) is to foster the cooperation between Luxembourg based companies active in R&D and public research institutions in Luxembourg and/or abroad. The scheme awards PhD and Postdoc grants to researchers who carry out their PhD and/or postdoc training in collaboration with a company in Luxembourg. The scheme is open to all scientific domains, and do all researchers, regardless of their nationality. Collaborating companies must have a presence in Luxembourg.

Go to Industrial Fellowships programme page – next deadline 11 October 2019, 14:00 CET.

Funded Industrial Fellowships projects

PhD – Domain Materials, Physics & Engineering

Applicant

Francesco Deboli

Project title

Formulation and Characterization of Novel Hierarchical Ion Exchange Membranes for Electrodialysis Application (EXCEED)

Host institution

Katholieke Universteit Leuven

Industry partner

Amer-Sil S.A.  

Postdoc – Domain Materials, Physics & Engineering

Applicant

Ali Margot Huerta Flores

Project title

Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Deposition of Perovskite-type Complex Oxide Thin Films for Visible-Light Photocatalysis for Solar Fuel Generation (PLASPEROX)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

Industry partner

Molecular Plasma Group

Applicant

Martin Rehor

Project title

Robust Incompressible FLow solver Enhancement (RIFLE)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

Industry partner

Rafinex Sàrl

PhD – Information and Communication Technologies

Applicant

Laurent Lesage

Project title

Data Analysis For Insurance (DAFI)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

Industry partner

Foyer Assusrance S.A. / Institut Elie Cartan Lorraine

Applicant

Quinzhuan Qian

Project title

Vehicle In-cabin Scene Analysis (VISA)

Host institution

Technische Universität Kaiserslautern / German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence

Industry partner

IEE S.A.

Postdoc – Environmental and Earth Sciences

Applicant

Taynara Tuany Borges Baleriano

Project title

Modelling pests and diseases impact on hazelnut production (MatHiLDE)

Host institution

Council for Agricultural Research and Economics, Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment

Industry partner

Ferrero Trading Lux S.A.

Postdoc – Law, Economics, Finance

Applicant

Percy Blount

Project title

Cybersecurity in the Space Domain: Understanding the Legal Requirements for Cybersecure Space Operations (CSD)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg  

Industry partner

SES Techcom S.A.

Postdoc – Mathematics

Applicant

Marwa Kechaou

Project title

Machine Learning for wood defects segmentation and classification (MAWDSEC)

Host institution

INSA-ROUEN University

Industry partner

Luxscan Technologies

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