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Luxembourg National Research Fund

BRIDGES

PUBLIC-PRIVATE RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS

Overview
  • Career Stage(s):
    Postdoc & Junior Researcher , Established Researcher , Leading Researcher
  • Funding Type(s):
    Innovation & company collaboration , International collaboration
  • Deadline: 18-04-2024 14:00 CET
  • Call launch: February 2024

PROGRAMME SUMMARY

The BRIDGES programme provides financial support for industry partnerships between public research institutions in Luxembourg and national or international companies.

Specific objectives of BRIDGES:

  • Stimulate strong partnerships between public research institutes and companies, particularly activities that promote innovation and sustainable value creation;
  • Facilitate access to advanced industrial technology and expertise worldwide;
  • Utilise and strengthen national testbed facilities and living labs;
  • Increase the attractiveness of Luxembourg as an innovation hub based on advanced technological research

DURATION

The FNR will support BRIDGES projects for a minimum 12 and maximum 36 months.

FUNDING SPECIFICS

  • Funding of no more than 400,000 EUR can be awarded to successful applications that guarantee a balanced partnership.
  • Luxembourg-based collaborating companies are required to cover 15% of the eligible project costs.
  • International-based collaborating companies are required to cover 30% of the eligible project costs

APPLICATION INFORMATION

  • Funding decisions are communicated no more than 3 months after the submission deadline
  • The project should be jointly developed by the applicant, the company and the public partner (e.g. the university)

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RELATED CALLS

Joint thematic BRIDGES calls with Luxembourg ministries in the fields of Agriculture (Ministry of Agriculture); Healthtech (Ministry of the Economy & Luxinnovation); High Performance Computing (Ministry of the Economy & Luxinnovation); Defense (Ministry of Defense); and Luxaid (Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs & LuxDev).

Download the 2024 FNR Calls flyer

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