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The University of Luxembourg was founded in 2003, right at the heart of the European Union (EU). The University is multilingual, international and strongly focused on research. We aim to achieve research excellence through a culture of reflection, innovation and diversity of approaches (i.e. different perspectives, methodologies, cultures). In line with this focus, research conducted at the University has been steadily growing, as the following numbers reflect.

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Third External Evaluation

121 approved grants
since the launch of Horizon 2020

 

 

 

 

Maison du Savoir, © Michel Brumat / University of Luxembourg

Third External Evaluation

 

Horizon 2020

Horizon 2020 (H2020) is the biggest Research and Innovation programme of the European Union ever with nearly 80 billion euros of funding available over seven years (2014 to 2020). It promises more breakthroughs, discoveries and world-firsts by taking great ideas from the lab to the market. For a research-centered and innovative university such as the University of Luxembourg, it is an important goal to be part of the H2020 community and to continue to successfully apply for these funding opportunities.

Our performance since the launch of H2020 in 2014:
121 approved grants (success rate: 16.7%) amounting to a total EU contribution of over 521 million euros, thereof a University of Luxembourg share of 66.8 million euros.

European Research Council Grants (ERC)

In total 17 approved ERC grants (including one under FP7, the 16 others under H2020) with a total European Commission (EC) contribution of over 25.5 million euros for the University of Luxembourg (success rate 26%).

University of Luxembourg ERC Fellows:

Prof. Tegawendé Bissyande

ERC StG

Prof. Stephane Bordas

ERC StG (FP7)

Prof. Lionel Briand

ERC AdG

Prof. Daniele Brida

ERC CoG

Prof. Jean-Sébastien Coron

ERC AdG

Prof. Massimiliano Esposito

ERC CoG

Prof. Josip Glaurdic

ERC StG

Prof. Jan Lagerwall

ERC CoG & PoC

Prof. Anja Leist

ERC StG

Prof. Björn Ottersten

ERC PoC & AdG

Prof. Mark Podolskij

ERC CoG

Prof. Ines Thiele

ERC StG

Prof. Alexandre Tkatchenko

ERC CoG & PoC

Prof. Paul Wilmes

ERC CoG

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

28 approved grants with a total budget of 51.3 million euros, thereof a University of Luxembourg share of almost 7.3 million euro.

Our instruments of success

  • ERC specific support
    • CV screening
    • Institutional validation of candidates
    • Targeted grant writing training
    • Revision support by external consultants
    • Pre-review by senior colleagues
    • Interview training
    • Mock panel training
    • Support during contracting process
  • University of Luxemburg Rapid Incentive Scheme (RISE)
    RISE aims at supporting our researchers to write successful H2020 applications. 10.000 euros for a participant role or 20.000 euros for a coordinator role can be applied for per project proposal preparation:
    • 87 UL-RISE applications approved out of 128 outlines evaluated
    • 22 UL-RISE EC grants have been signed
    • Success rate for projects supported by UL-RISE: more than 25%
  • Additional supporting measures
    • Organisation of info-sessions and trainings for H2020 applicants
    • Providing internal guides on grant application, grant preparation and grant management
    • Facilitating partner searches for H2020 via membership in EU networks
    • Access to our H2020 page at the University’s intranet
    • Support during the contracting process
    • Organisation of internal kick off meetings with PIs granted H2020 projects
    • Trouble shooting during the project lifecycle

List of accepted Horizon 2020 projects at the University of Luxembourg

IRO

Acronym | Responsible PI Funding Scheme Role

  • EURAXESS Hubs | DIDIER Aliénor | CSA Partner

Central

Acronym | Responsible PI Funding Scheme Role

  • Genderaction | VAN DAM Tonie | CSA Partner
  • OpenAIRE Advanced | PAUSCH Marie-Pierre | RIA Partner
  • OpenAIRE2020 | PAUSCH Marie-Pierre | RIA| Partner

CCDH

Acronym | Responsible PI | Funding Scheme | Role

  • TIME MACHINE | FICKERS Andreas | CSA | Partner
  • OPERAS-P  WIENEKE Lars | CSA | Partner

FDEF

Acronym | Responsible PI | Funding Scheme | Role

  • WorkYP | RATTI Luca | RIA | Coordinator
  • ADCRIM | MARLETTA Angelo | HERCULE-AG | Coordinator
  • EULAW | LIGETI Katalin | JUST-AG | Partner
  • FIGHTER | ALLEGREZZA Silvia | JUST-AG | Partner
  • Jude-IT | LIGETI Katalin | JUST-AG | Partner

FHSE

Acronym | Responsible PI | Funding Scheme | Role

  • LU EMN NCP2017 | NIENABER Birte |AMIF-AG EMN | Coordinator
  • LU EMN NCP2019 | NIENABER Birte | AMIF-AG EMN| Coordinator
  • CROSSCULT | JONES Catherine | IA | Partner
  • FUSILLI | RECKINGER Rachel | IA | Partner
  • CONDISOBS | NIENABER Birte | MSCA IF | Coordinator
  • CIP | VOGELE Claus | MSCA IF-EF-ST| Coordinator
  • PainDynamics | VOGELE Claus | MSCA IF-EF-ST| Coordinator
  • SURREAL | VOGELE Claus | MSCA ITN | Partner
  • MinD | FERRING Dieter | MSCA RISE| Partner
  • MIMY| NIENABER Birte | RIA | Coordinator
  • MOVE | NIENABER Birte | RIA | Coordinator
  • PIONEERED | HADJAR Andreas | RIA | Coordinator
  • CEASEVAL | NIENABER Birte | RIA | Partner
  • RELOCAL | NIENABER Birte | RIA | Partner

FSTM

Acronym | Responsible PI | Funding Scheme | Role

  • SANDAL | SCHLENKER Jean-Marc | CSA | Coordinator
  • Beyond UNIVERSEH | TSCHIRHART Eric | CSA | Partner
  • EXCITING | ENGEL Thomas | CSA | Partner
  • HERCULES | BOUVRY Pascal  | CSA EuroHPC | Coordinator
  • DRIVEN | BORDAS Stephane | CSA Twinning | Coordinator
  • BIOMIMIC | SENGUPTA Anupam | MSCA IF| Coordinator
  • vdWForcesIn2D | TKATCHENKO Alexandre | MSCA IF| Coordinator
  • ML Potentials TKATCHENKO Alexandre| MSCA ITN | Coordinator
  • MOrPhEM | BORDAS Stephane | MSCA IF | Coordinator
  • SURFING BORDAS Stephane | MSCA IF | Coordinator
  • Stein-ML | PECCATI Giovanni | MSCA IF | Coordinator
  • Q-Line | WIRTZ Ludger | RIA | Coordinator
  • AIDD | TKATCHENKO Alexandre | MSCA ITN  | Partner
  • MUSIQ | BRIDA Daniele | MSCA ITN | Partner
  • Rainbow | BORDAS Stephane | MSCA ITN | Partner
  • EJD-FunMat | WIRTZ Ludger | MSCA ITN-EJD | Partner
  • MEL-PLEX | SAUTER Thomas  | MSCA ITN-ETN | Partner
  • ChronoPilot | BOTEV Jean | RIA | Partner
  • EGSIEM | VAN DAM Tonie | RIA | Partner
  • HEAT | CORON Jean-Sébastien | RIA | Partner
  • PRACE-6IP | BOUVRY Pascal | RIA | Partner
  • ProID | TKATCHENKO Alexandre | RIA | Partner
  • Sharc25 | SIEBENTRITT Susanne | RIA | Partner
  • ADELE | VAN DER TORRE Leon | JUST-AG | Partner
  • REDUCE | ODENBREIT Christoph | RFCS | Partner

LCSB

Acronym | Responsible PI | Funding Scheme | Role

  • B1MG SCHNEIDER Reinhard | CSA | Partner
  • Clinnova | BALLING Rudi  | CSA | Partner
  • HealthyCloud | SCHNEIDER Reinhard | CSA | Partner
  • PERMIT | GLAAB Enrico | CSA | Partner
  • CENTRE-PD | KRÜGER Rejko  | CSA Twinning | Coordinator
  • CIRCLES| WILMES Paul | IA | Partner
  • SyMPaBiome | WILMES Paul | MSCA IF-EF-ST | Coordinator
  • TranSYS | SKUPIN Alexandre | MSCA ITN | Partner
  • EUROoC | WILMES Paul  | MSCA ITN | Partner
  • MIRIADE | SCHNEIDER Reinhard | MSCA ITN | Partner
  • PoLiMeR | THIELE Ines | RFCS | Partner
  • SysMedPD | BALLING Rudi | RIA| Coordinator
  • ZeroPM | SCHYMANSKI Emma | RIA | Partner
  • BIOMAP | SCHNEIDER Reinhard | RIA | Partner
  • CONNECT | SCHWAMBORN Jens | RIA | Partner
  • COVIRNA | SCHNEIDER Reinhard | RIA | Partner
  • SYSCID | SCHNEIDER Reinhard | RIA | Partner
  • ELIXIR-CONVERGE | SCHNEIDER Reinhard | RIA | Partner
  • EPND | KRÜGER Rejko | RIA | Partner
  • PerMedCoE | SCHNEIDER Reinhard | RIA | Partner
  • PROSPECTOMICS | LACZNY Cedric | RIA| Partner
  • SinFonia | LINSTER Carole | RIA| Partner
  • Smart4Health | SCHNEIDER Reinhard | RIA | Partner
  • FAIRplus | SCHNEIDER Reinhard | RIA IMI2 | Partner
  • ImmUniverse | SCHNEIDER Reinhard | RIA IMI2 | Partner
  • imSAVAR | SCHNEIDER Reinhard | RIA IMI2 | Partner

SnT

Acronym | Responsible PI | Funding Scheme | Role

  • FIN-TECH | STATE Radu | CSA | Partner
  • 5G-MOBIX | ENGEL Thomas | IA | Partner
  • Atena | ENGEL Thomas | IA | Partner
  • CITIES2030  | ENGEL Thomas | IA | Partner
  • DataProMat | BORDAS Stephane | MSCA IF | Coordinator
  • MetabioMec | BORDAS Stephane | MSCA IF | Coordinator
  • ProLeMAS | VAN DER TORRE Leon | MSCA IF-EF-ST | Coordinator
  • LAST-JD-RIoE | VAN DER TORRE Leon | MSCA ITN | Partner
  • LeADS | LENZINI Gabriele | MSCA ITN | Partner
  • MIREL | VAN DER TORRE Leon | MSCA RISE | Coordinator
  • 5G-DRIVE | ENGEL Thomas | RIA | Partner
  • ADMORPH | VOLP Marcus | RIA | Partner
  • bIoTope | LE TRAON Yves | RIA | Partner
  • CONCORDIA | STATE Radu | RIA | Partner
  • COSMOS | BRIAND Lionel | RIA | Partner
  • CyberSec4Europe | VERISSIMO Paulo | RIA | Partner
  • TARGET  | ENGEL Thomas | RIA | Partner
  • F-Interop | ENGEL Thomas | RIA | Partner
  • FLYSEC | ENGEL Thomas | RIA | Partner
  • FutureTPM | RYAN Peter | RIA | Partner
  • MAELSTROM | BRORSSON Mats | RIA | Partner
  • MDOT | FRIDGEN Gilbert  | RIA | Partner
  • MEESST | THOEMEL Jan | RIA | Partner
  • PRIVACY FLAG | ENGEL Thomas | RIA | Partner
  • SAINT | ENGEL Thomas | RIA | Partner
  • SANSA | CHATZINOTAS Symeon | RIA | Partner
  • SESAME| OLIVARES-MENDEZ Miguel  | RIA | Partner
  • SPARTA | VERISSIMO Paulo | RIA | Partner
  • STARR | AOUADA Djamila | RIA | Partner