PROGRAMME SUMMARY
Taking reference to Luxembourg’s coalition agreement of 2018 to support the LU Industry in getting access to the defence market, the Directorate of Defence of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the Ministry of the Economy, the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) and Luxinnovation join forces to offer a new funding opportunity to companies and research organisations looking to develop dual-use defence technologies (products, services and systems). Only collaborative projects between companies and public research institutions are eligible.
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Goal of the call
Development and validation of innovative dual-use defence solutions potentially benefiting the national defence forces, international defence organisations (EDA, NATO), the defence forces of allied nations, as well as civilian research and local industry.
Call topics
Call topic 1: SMART MOBILITY
Call topic 2: RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURES
Call topic 3: STRATEGIC FORESIGHT AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
FUNDING & DURATION
The FNR will fund the costs of the eligible public research organizations in Luxembourg, up to 500.000 € per project, covering project-specific costs.
Project durations are targeted for a max 36 months period.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
Phase 1 (Project outline)
- Launch of call 15 April 2024
- Submission deadline 14 June 2024
Phase 2 (Full project proposal)
- Launch 22 July 2024
- Submission deadline 30 September 2024
All applications of Phase 1 must be submitted via the Research Collaboration Platform. All phase 2 applications of public research institutions will be submitted via the FNR grant management system.
Employees from companies and research organizations taking part in the project need to have nationalities of a NATO Member Country, from an EU EEA/EFTA Country or from one of the following NATO Indo-Pacific Partners, Australia, Japan, Republic of South Korea and New Zealand.
