PROGRAMME SUMMARY
The aim of the Industrial Fellowships programme 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 to all researchers, regardless of their nationality. Collaborating companies must have a presence in Luxembourg.
The Industrial Fellowship scheme has two strands:
- Projects carried out in Luxembourg (IN): More than 50% of research time is spent in Luxembourg, under an employment contract.
- Projects carried out abroad (OUT): More than 50% of research time is spent outside Luxembourg, under an employment contract, but at least 25% of the work has to be spent at the company in Luxembourg.
The specific objectives of the programme are to:
- Prepare young scientists not only for an academic career, but also help in acquiring the necessary skills and competences for the private job market;
- Support knowledge transfer between higher education institutions and Luxembourg based companies active in R&D;
- Promote the development of industrial research capacity in Luxembourg through the recruitment of early stage researchers and the concomitant implementation of partnerships between companies and public research organisations.
DURATION
- Postdoc grants are funded for 1 – 2 years
- PhD grants are funded for up to 4 years.
FUNDING SPECIFICS
The FNR pays the host institution a predefined amount towards the annual salary costs of the researcher on the INDUSTRIAL FELLOWSHIPS project. Collaborating companies are required to contribute with 15% of the FNR funding to the salary of the grantee.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
- All applications must be submitted via the FNR Online Grant Management System.
- 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)
- Companies need to provide an accreditation (‘agrément’) issued by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in order to be eligible (external link).
