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THE INNOVATION HUB
IN THE HEART
OF EUROPE
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IN A FEW WORDS…
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Luxembourg is reinventing itself – again.
Once a leading steel producer and later a global financial centre,Luxembourg is now also an international academic hubfostering research and innovation. This nation’s researchlandscape – sustained by robust state funding and publicsupport – makes it an attractive place to excel.
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OUR STORY
• A fast growing landscape
of research bodies
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A PROVEN GOVERNMENTAL PRIORITY TO DEVELOP R&D
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Luxembourg Public Investments in Public and Private R&D
• Sustained funding growth
from successive
governments - from €24
million in 2000 to €1.5 billion
for the 2018-2021 period
• Objective: raise public
spending on R&D, for both
the public and the private
sector, to 1% of GDP by
2023
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Government support has built an attractive and fertile
research landscape, gaining high international
recognition in specific domains:
• Materials science
• Health
• ICT
• Data science
• Education
13 ERC grants were awarded
between 2014 and 2019
AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO EXCEL!
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AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO EXCEL!
National research and innovation
strategy approved by the
Government in December 2019
Mission: make Luxembourg a
sustainable, knowledge-driven,
diverse and trusted digital society by
2030
Four interdisciplinary research
priority areas to fulfill the mission
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The University of Luxembourg
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FACTS AND FIGURES
Towards an international leader in selected areas of research
– 6,400 students, thereof 1,650 Master students and 900 PhD candidates
– 14 Bachelor and 42 Master degree programmes, 4 doctoral schools
– 270 faculty members, 500 researchers
– 54% students from abroad, multilingual teaching and mandatory semester abroad
– 32 chairs since 2005, thereof 12 ERC chairs; 70 Horizon2020 grants
– Ranked No.17 (THE Young Universities) and No.1 for its international outlook
– Ranked No.14 in the NATURE index 2018 of “rising stars”*
*universities younger than 30 years with increasing publication
numbers in first-rate scientific journals
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INTERDISCIPLINARITY
Computer Science &
ICT security
Materials science
European and
international law
Finance and financial
innovation
Education Digital and contemporary
history
Cross-disciplinary theme: Health and Systems Biomedicine
Cross-disciplinary theme: Data modeling and simulation
>> On the agenda: SPACE and GREEN FINANCE
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The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
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MISSION
Created in 2015 | Active in 3 fields
Environment Informatics Materials
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FACTS & FIGURES
Created in 2015 | Active in 3 fields
Environment Informatics Materials
600employees
35%women
45nationalities
80people recruited
75%researchers or
Innovation experts
110PhD students hosted
Human resources
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THE NEW research and technology organisation
and many more…
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The Luxembourg Institute of Health
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Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH) in a nutshell
LIH performs outstanding research for the benefit of patients
LIH ranks #15 in the world
& #7 in Europe
> 370 ongoing projects*
383 employees*
3 research departments
& 1 biobank
* 2018 figures
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LIH tomorrow: Vision and mission
Towards a centre of excellence aiming at impacting on patients’ needs.
Transversal, translational bed-to-bench-to-bed programmes:– Connecting unmet needs of patients in hospitals with cutting edge biomedical
research
– Driving new therapy developments forward into a clinical trial dimension
Set up to lead the way in a new era of data driven, patient based research
LIH diseases model and approaches:
– Cancer and Immunological diseases
– Population Health
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The Luxembourg Institute of Socio- Economic Research
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VISION AND MISSION
LISER is a socio-economic research institute
internationally recognised, focused on societal challenges.
Through its multi and interdisciplinary research,
LISER contributes in an active and focused way
to a sustainable and inclusive knowledge society
at national and international levels.
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LISER’s ORGANISATION
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FACTS AND FIGURES
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The Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
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VISION AND MISSION
Our Mission
To set up a sustainable world-class research system in Luxembourg that will generate societal and economic impact in key strategic areas
– Supports excellence and quality in research
– Project selection always based on external peer-review
– Supports the transfer of research results
– Collaborates with many funding agencies worldwide
– Promotes science in society
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FACTS AND FIGURES
– 21% of all the FNR funded projects were international projects
– 20,5% of the total FNR budget were dedicated to international projects
Sustainable Resource
Management:Water resources, bio resources,
building and bioenergy, urban
development
Biomedical and Health
Sciences:age-related diseases, translation
research, public health
Material Sciences: new functional and intelligent
materials and surfaces, new
sensing applications
Societal Challenges:social and economic cohesion,
education and learning, identities
diversity and interaction
Innovation in Services:finance, business, information
services, telecommunication
OTHER:law and economics; mathematics
30.9
69.2
74.2
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RESEARCH
PRIORITIES(Foresight
2007)
TOTAL INVEST:
314.9 24
44.8
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FNR: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
– Project funding in the framework of bilateral or multilateral collaborations built on joint research activities
– Mobility scheme for experienced researchers
– AFR Bilateral: Specific calls for PhD and Postdoc Grants with selected partners
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– About 30 students from ASEAN countries enrolled at the University of Luxembourg in 2018/2019; majority from Vietnam
– Interuniversity agreements with
• University Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)
• Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
• King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (Thailand)
• Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)
• Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Vietnam)
– Cooperation of University of Luxembourg with National University of Laos in the field of Law, with the support of Luxembourg Development Cooperation
RELATIONS WITH ASEAN COUNTRIES
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Examples of research collaboration:
• University of Luxembourg - National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA)/National Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (NECTEC), Thailand: high performance computing;
• University of Luxembourg - National University of Singapore: mathematics (joint PhD projects funded by FNR)
• Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) - National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore: Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Environmental and Industrial Biotechnologies
• LIH – Institut Pasteur Laos/ Red Cross Laos/ National University of Laos
• LIH – National University of Singapore: Regulatory RNA markers, cancer
EURAXESS Luxembourg: services centre at the University of Luxembourg to foster researcher mobility and provide information and assistance for researchers moving to Luxembourg
RELATIONS WITH ASEAN COUNTRIES
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RESEARCH LUXEMBOURG
A PLACE TO EXCEL!