PEARL Program: Attracting Leading Researchers from Abroad to Luxembourg

With the PEARL programme, the FNR offers Luxembourg research institutions attractive funding to enable them to draw established and internationally recognised researchers to Luxembourg.

Through the recruitment of outstanding scientists in strategically important areas, the FNR aims to accelerate the development and strengthening of Luxembourg’s national research priorities.

PEARL projects have a lifespan of five years with a financial contribution of between 3-4 MEUR by the FNR. The financial contribution can be used flexibly to implement the research programme at the host institution.

In the current Call, the FNR expects to be able to fund 1 – 2 PEARL positions.

APPLICATION INFORMATION

Proposals must be submitted jointly by the candidate and the host institution, but PEARL also allows for the submission of a proposal where the candidate is still to be recruited. This is intended for particularly strategic positions within a host institution and/or for co-funded PEARL Chairs.

All applications have to be submitted through the FNR online Grant Management System.