The FNR has approved a total of 18.3 MEUR for 32 research projects of the 2016 CORE call. The projects retained for funding are located at the University of Luxembourg, LIST, LIH and LISER.
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 108 eligible project proposals that were submitted, 32 have been selected for funding by our international expert committees. 13 of the 32 projects are CORE Junior. 76 proposals were rejected. Of the Principal Investigators (PIs) on the funded projects, 8 are female and 24 are male.
Overview of funded projects
Below is an overview of the projects selected for funding, including a project abstract.
Domain Biomedical & Health Sciences
8 projects, 4.1 MEUR committed
Domain Innovation in Services (IS)
6 projects, 3.8 MEUR committed
| Project Title | Project Acronym | Host Institution | Principal Investigator |
| Functional Encrypted Secure Systems | FESS | University of Luxembourg | Vincenzo Iovino |
| DAta Protection REgulation COmpliance | DAPRECO | University of Luxembourg | Gabriele Lenzini |
| Energy and Complexity Efficient Millimiter-wave Large-Aray Communications | ECLECTIC | University of Luxembourg | Christos Tsinos |
| Enhanced Signal Space opTImization for satellite comMunication Systems | ESSTIMS | University of Luxembourg | Farbod Kayhan |
| Public Information Mapped to Environmental Events | Publimape | LIST – Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology | Thomas Tamisier |
| Electrified Cooperative Bus System | eCoBus | University of Luxembourg | Francesco Viti |
Domain New Functional & Intelligent Materials & Surfaces (MS)
8 projects, 4.6 MEUR committed
| Project Title | Project Acronym | Host Institution | Principal Investigator |
| Surface passivation for thin film photovoltaics | SURPASS | University of Luxembourg | Florian Werner |
| BIsmuth-based AntiFErroelectrics as Tunable materials | BIAFET | LIST – Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology | Mael Guennou |
| transparent Piezotronic Strain SENSors | PSSENS | LIST – Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology | Jerome Polesel |
| Photon Absorption and Relaxation in Topological Insulators | PARTI | University of Luxembourg | Thomas Schmidt |
| Scanning Transmission Helium Ion Microscopy: from classical to quantum phenomena | STHIM | LIST – Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology | Tom Wirtz |
| Atmospheric pressure plasma TORCH for microprinting organic/inorganic functional layer | MICROPLASCOAT | LIST – Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology | Patrick Choquet |
| Quantum Ion Tunneling and Scattering in Layered Nanomaterials | QUANTION | University of Luxembourg | Alexandre Tkatchenko |
| Nanodisk assembly for new soft matter | NANOSOFT | University of Luxembourg | Giusy Scalia |
Domain Societal Challenges (SC)
7 projects, 3.9 MEUR
| Project Title | Project Acronym | Host Institution | Principal Investigator |
| The Training of Complex Problem Solving | TRIOPS | University of Luxembourg | Samuel Greiff |
| Dynamics of Academic Self-Concept in Everyday Life | DynASCEL | University of Luxembourg | Christoph Niepel |
| The origins of democracy in Luxembourg: Mechanisms of democratization at the elite and popular levels | LuxDemo
| University of Luxembourg
| Philippe Poirier
|
| Subjective Wellbeing and Identity Construal in a Changing World | SWITCH | University of Luxembourg | Elke Murdock |
| Evaluation of parental leave in Luxembourg, focus on couples’ strategies and the role of workplace characteristics | PARENT
| LISER
| Marie Valentova
|
| Migration duration and socio-cultural integration | INTEGRIMM | LISER | Bertrand Verheyden |
| Older workers’ employment participation: new evidence from Luxembourg | WorkAgeing | LISER | Thuc Uyen Nguyen-Thi |
Domain Sustainable Resource Management (SR)
3 projects, 1.9 MEUR committed
| Project Title | Project Acronym | Host Institution | Principal Investigator |
| Ecosystem Service Toolbox developed from multi-scale Integrated Modelling of Urban Metabolism | ESTIMUM | LIST – Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology | Benedetto Rugani |
| Challenges for the implementation of Circular Economy policies: practices, institutions and hybrid intersections | CIRCULAR
| University of Luxembourg
| Christian Schulz
|
| Studying cell wall-associated processes in fibers of nettle | CABERNET
| LIST – Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology | Gea Guerriero
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