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Results of the first PRIDE Call

The first Call in the FNR’s PRIDE programme has generated 135 FNR-funded PhD positions in Luxembourg, spread over 11 doctoral training units and six of the country’s research domains. In addition to the 135 FNR-funded doctoral candidate positions, around 20 further PhD positions are to be funded by the Luxembourg host institutions.

About PRIDE

PRIDE, launched in 2015, is the FNR’s new programme for funding doctoral research in Luxembourg. Under this programme, a block of PhD grants is awarded to a consortium of excellent researchers grouped around a coherent research and training programme. PRIDE is open to all domains of research and technological development.

The 135 PhD positions generated through the 2015 Call are to be filled between 2016 and 2018, with the next PRIDE Call anticipated to launch in 2017.

Employment contracts for all PRIDE PhDs

All PhDs funded through PRIDE will receive employment contracts with their host institutions – candidates can be funded for up to 4 years. Additionally, each PhD candidate can take advantage of training and mobility allowance of 6500 EUR, which can be used for e.g. courses, summer schools, and international conferences, throughout the duration of the doctorate.

Doctoral Training Units overview

Below is an overview of the doctoral training programmes funded as part of the first PRIDE Call. Interested applicants should consult the title links for more information, as well as the individual coordinating institutes’ websites.

Infographic overview of PRIDE Doctoral Training Programmes
Infographic overview of PRIDE Doctoral Training Programmes

Domain Biomedical Sciences

Title: Training in Cancer Biology: Focus on Tumour Escape (CANBIO)

Number of FNR grants awarded: 14

Main coordinating institution: Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)

Name of coordinator: Simone Niclou


Title:Next Generation Immunoscience: Advanced Concepts for Deciphering Acute and Chronic Inflammation (NEXTIMMUNE)

Number of FNR grants awarded: 13

Main coordinating institution: Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)

Name of coordinator: Markus Ollert


Title: Critical Transitions in Complex Systems: From Theory to Applications (CriTICS)

Number of FNR grants awarded: 10

Main coordinating institution: University of Luxembourg

Name of coordinator: Jorge Goncalves


Domain Education & Humanities

Title: Capitalising on Linguistic Diversity in Education (CALIDIE)

Number of FNR grants awarded: 9

Main coordinating institution: University of Luxembourg

Name of coordinator: Adelheid Hu


Title: Digital History and Hermeneutics (DHH)

Number of FNR grants awarded: 11

Main coordinating institution: University of Luxembourg

Name of coordinator: Andreas Fickers


Domain Material Sciences

Title: Materials for Sensing and Energy Harvesting (MASSENA)

Number of FNR grants awarded: 20

Main coordinating institutions: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), and University of Luxembourg

Name of co-coordinators: Emmanuel Defay (LIST); Susanne Siebentritt (UL)


Domain Sustainable Resource Management

Title: Towards a holistic understanding of river systems: Innovative methodologies for unraveling hydrological, chemical and biological interactions across multiple scales (HYDRO-SCI)

Number of FNR grants awarded: 14

Main coordinating institution: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

Name of coordinator: Laurent Pfister


Domain ICT and Mathematics

Title: Security and Privacy for System Protection (SPsquared)

Number of FNR grants awarded: 11

Main coordinating institution: University of Luxembourg

Name of coordinator: Sjouke Mauw


Title: Geometric and Stochastic Methods in Mathematics and Applications (GSM)

Number of FNR grants awarded: 9

Main coordinating institution: University of Luxembourg

Name of coordinator: Gabor Wiese


Domain Economics. Law and Social Sciences

Title: Enforcement in Multi-Level Regulatory Systems (REMS)

Number of FNR grants awarded: 12

Main coordinating institution: University of Luxembourg

Name of coordinator: Katalin Ligeti


Title: Migration, Inequalities and Labour Markets (MINILAB)

Number of FNR grants awarded: 12

Main coordinating institution: University of Luxembourg

Name of coordinator: Michel Beine