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Results 2020-2 BRIDGES Call

The FNR is pleased to communicate that 12 of 23 eligible projects have been retained for funding in the 2020-2 BRIDGES Call, representing an FNR commitment of 4.1 MEUR.

The BRIDGES programme (formerly CORE-PPP) provides financial support for industry partnerships between public research institutions in Luxembourg and national or international companies. The next Call deadline is foreseen in April 2021.

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Funded projects

Domain Materials, Physics & Engineering: 6 projects 

Principal investigator

Patrick Choquet

Project title

High power Impulse Magnetron sputtering Multilayer hard nitrides coatings for “difficult-to-cut” Materials (HI3M)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

Industry partner

Ceratizit

FNR committed

€400,000

Principal investigator

Daniele Waldmann

Project title

Integrated structural health monitoring model for demountable and reusable elements in a design for deconstruction approach using BIM (SHM4REUSE)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

Industry partner

Compagnie De Construction Luxembourgeoise S.A. (Luxembourg)

FNR committed

€353,507

Principal investigator

Bernhard Peters

Project title

High Fidelity process Simulation HiFiProSi

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

Industry partner

ASETS-LUX (Luxembourg)

FNR committed

€190,800

Principal investigator

Jean-Sébastien Thomann

Project title

Biobased microsphere for cosmetic products (BIOMICO)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)

Partners

Société de Recherche Cosmétique (SRC) / NUXE Groupe (Luxembourg)

FNR committed

€400,000

Principal investigators

Emmanuel Defay

Project title

Electrocaloric polymers for solid-state cooling (CALPOL)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)

Industry partner

Arkema (France)

FNR committed

€392,055

Principal investigator

Gilles Frache

Project title

Improving Sensitivity in MALDI molecular imaging Mass Spectrometry (SENSIMASS)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)

Partner

Masstech (United States)

FNR committed

€388,989

Innovation in Services / ICT: 5 projects 

Principal investigator

Raphael Frank

Project title

Always Up-To-Date High Definition Map (AUTOMAP)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

Industry partner

Solfice Research Sàrl (Luxembourg)

FNR committed

€367,633

Principal investigator

Thomas Engel

Project title

SEcuring TIme Critical traffic in (next gen) Automotive networks (SETICA)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

Industry partner

HONDA R&D Europe GmbH (Germany)

FNR committed

€281,247

Principal investigator

Radu State

Project title

SME Credit Risk Platform (SCRiPT)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

Industry partner

Yoba S.A. (Luxembourg)

FNR committed

€395,611

Principal investigator

Bhavani Shankar Mysore Rama Rao

Project title

Modelling and Simulation of Complex Radar Scennes (MASTERS)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

Industry partner

IEE Luxembourg

FNR committed

€399,450

Principal investigator

Alexandru-Adrian Tantar

Project title

Adaptive AI for Rehabilitation Exoskeleton (A-AIRE)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)

Industry partner

ExoAtlet Global S.A. (Luxembourg)  

FNR committed

€399,685

Domain Life Sciences, Biology & Medicine: 1 project

Principal investigator

Bassam Janji

Project title

Improving cancer immunotherapy based on anti-PD-1 and STING agonists by combining small innovative molecules (SMART COMBO)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)

Industry partner

Sprint Bioscience (Sweden)

FNR committed

€150,673

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