Results 2018 CORE Call

18.12.2018

The FNR is pleased to communicate it has retained 36 of 137 eligible research projects for funding in the 2018 CORE Call, an FNR commitment of 21.61 MEUR.

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 137 eligible project proposals that were submitted, 30 have been selected for funding by our international expert committees, and 6 placed on the waiting list. 106 proposals have been rejected. 14 of the 36 projects are CORE Junior projects (CORE Junior PIs marked with * below). Of the Principal Investigators (PIs) on the funded projects, 8 are female and 28 are male.

2019 Call

The 2019 CORE Call was launched on 12 December 2018. Deadline is Thursday, 11 April 2019, 14:00 CET.

2018 Call funded projects

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Societal Challenges (SC): 11 of 30 projects funded, 4.9 MEUR committed

Principal Investigator

Gabrijela Aleksic*

Project title

Translanguaging Programme for Teachers Working with Language Minority Preschool Children in Luxembourg (TRANSLA)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€287,000

Principal Investigator

Conchita D’Ambrosio

Project title

Financial Strain and Economic Instability: Effects on Wellbeing and Behaviour over the Life Course (FESI)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€617,000

Principal Investigator

Stefan Krebs

Project title

Repairing Technology – Fixing Society? History of Maintenance and Repair in Luxembourg (1918-1990) (REPAIR)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€636,000

Principal Investigator

Constanze Weth

Project title

Effects of Grammatical Reflection on Spelling among multilingual pupils (GRASP)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€541,000

Principal Investigator

Antoine Paccoud*

Project title

Territorial inequality: a study of the local mechanisms implicated in long run changes in property wealth concentration (TER_INEQ)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-economic Research (LISER)

FNR Committed

€269,000

Principal Investigator

Magdalena Gorczynska*

Project title

The Effects of Affordable Housing on Subjective Well-being (A-HOUSE)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-economic Research (LISER)

FNR Committed

€460,000

Principal Investigator

Céline Dujardin*

Project title

Social Housing and Homelessness (SOHOME)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€88,000

Principal Investigator

Anna Jagosova*

Project title

Power of Consort – Power of Queen Ruling practices in composite monarchy from a gender comparative perspective (the House of Luxembourg in Europe, 1292–1442) (FEMPOW))

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€352,000

Principal Investigator

Andreas Fickers

Project title

Doing Experimental Media Archaeology: Theory & Practice (DEMA)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€767,000

Principal Investigator

Sam Cosaert*

Project title

Time: too little, too late or too lone? Theoretical, empirical and experimental investigation of time choices (TIMING)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Socio-economic Research (LISER)

FNR Committed

€578,000

Principal Investigator

Michel Beine

Project title

Testing the Random Utility Model (RUM) in migration: Evidence from Lab-in-the-field experiments (RUMEXP)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€347,000

Innovation in Services (IS): 9 of 47 projects funded, 6.9 MEUR committed

Principal Investigator

Peter Y. A. Ryan

Project title

Socio-Technical Verification of Information Security and Trust in Voting Systems (STV)

(Bilateral project, NCBR)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€661,000

Principal Investigator

Bjorn Ottersten

Project title

Signal Processing for Next Generation Radar (SPRINGER)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€766,000

Principal Investigator

Zhe Liu*

Project title

Lightweight Post-Quantum Cryptography for the Internet of Things (LIPOC)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€576,000

Principal Investigator

Paulo Esteves-Veríssimo

Project title

Adaptive Byzantine Fault and Intrusion Tolerance (ThreatAdapt)

(Bilateral project, FCT)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€875,000

Principal Investigator

Roman Kräussl

Project title

Performance and risk characteristics of the alternative investment fund industry (ALPHA)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€890,000

Principal Investigator

Alexandre Bartel*

Project title

Automatic Detection and Prevention of Deserialization Vulnerabilities (ONNIVA)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€631,000

Principal Investigator

Mark Cole

Project title

The EU NIS Directive: Enhancing Cybersecurity across Vital Business Sectors (EnCaViBS)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€969,000

Principal Investigator

Yves Le Traon

Project title

Testing Self-Learning systems (STELLAR)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€746,000

Principal Investigator

Marcus Völp*

Project title

Architectural Support for Intrusion Tolerant Operating-System Kernels (HyLIT)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg (SnT)

FNR Committed

€767,000

Domain New Functional and Intelligent Materials and Surfaces and New Sensing Applications (MS): 7 of 20 projects funded, 4.1 MEUR

Principal Investigator

Pierre Verge

Project title

New lignin-based benzoxazine polymers (LIGNOBENZ)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)

FNR Committed

€537,000

Principal Investigator

Emmanouil Anyfantakis*

Project title

Colloidal Organization at interfaces Reconfigured by LIGHT-driven thermal Marangoni flows (COReLIGHT)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€456,000

Principal Investigator

Thomas Schmidt

Project title

Advancing quantum thermodynamics (QUTHERM)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€612,000

Principal Investigator

Giusy Scalia

Project title

Carbon Nanotube sheets for Cells for liquid crystals (CARNAC)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€467,000

Principal Investigator

Jorge Iniguez Gonzalez

Project title

Theoretical investigation and design of ultra-REactive Functional OXides (REFOX)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)

FNR Committed

€656,000

Principal Investigator

Phillip Dale

Project title

Semi-transparent solar cells for building-integrated photovoltaics (STAR-Sol)

(Bilateral project, FCT)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€835,000

Principal Investigator

Santhana Eswara

Project title

Multiscale 3D mapping of Hydrogen Distribution in Solids (MEMPHIS)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)

FNR Committed

€535,000

Domain Biomedical and Health Sciences (BM): 6 of 28 projects funded, 3.7 MEUR committed

Principal Investigator

Mahesh Desai

Project title

Mucobiomes in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (Muco-IBD)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)

FNR Committed

€678,000

Principal Investigator

Damien Brevers*

Project title

Understanding the neurobiology of gambling addiction in the age of online betting (BETHAB)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€533,000

Principal Investigator

Dirk Brenner

Project title

Elucidating the function of antioxidants and ROS on metabolism and inflammation in macrophages and B cells (cROSsfire 2.0)

(Bilateral project – DFG)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)

FNR Committed

€615,000

Principal Investigator

Bassam Janji

Project title

Improving T-cell and Macrophage Immune checkpoint blockades by combining autophagy inhibitors (COMBATIC)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)

FNR Committed

€426,000 (jointly funded with Fondation Cancer)

Principal Investigator

Dimitri Van Ryckeghem*

Project title

Flexibility in attention for pain over changing contexts and its impact upon poor pain outcomes: An experimental investigation and training approach (PainFlex)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€607,000

Principal Investigator

Carole Linster

Project title

Cellular and animal models of a new paediatric neurodegenerative disorder to investigate disease mechanism, develop diagnostic tools and test small molecule treatments (NAXDE)

Host institution

University of Luxembourg

FNR Committed

€849,000

Sustainable Resource Management in Luxembourg (SR): 3 of 12 projects funded, 2 MEUR committed

Principal Investigator

Sylvain Legay*

Project title

Dicarboxylic Acid syNThesis Elucidation (DANTE)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

FNR Committed

€595,000

Principal Investigator

Florin Capitanescu

Project title

Energy management system for smart sustainable buildings: planning, operation and optimal integration in the smart energy system (gENESiS)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)

FNR Committed

€770,000

Principal Investigator

Christos Soukoulis*

Project title

Exploitation of plant seed mucilage in the development of protein based xero-scaffolds embedding human gut relevant probiotic cells (PROCEED)

Host institution

Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST)

FNR Committed

€617,000