The first Call in the FNR’s PRIDE programme has generated 135 FNR-funded PhD positions in Luxembourg, spread over 11 doctoral training units and six of the country’s research domains. In addition to the 135 FNR-funded doctoral candidate positions, around 20 further PhD positions are to be funded by the Luxembourg host institutions.
About PRIDE
PRIDE, launched in 2015, is the FNR’s new programme for funding doctoral research in Luxembourg. Under this programme, a block of PhD grants is awarded to a consortium of excellent researchers grouped around a coherent research and training programme. PRIDE is open to all domains of research and technological development.
The 135 PhD positions generated through the 2015 Call are to be filled between 2016 and 2018, with the next PRIDE Call anticipated to launch in 2017.
Employment contracts for all PRIDE PhDs
All PhDs funded through PRIDE will receive employment contracts with their host institutions – candidates can be funded for up to 4 years. Additionally, each PhD candidate can take advantage of training and mobility allowance of 6500 EUR, which can be used for e.g. courses, summer schools, and international conferences, throughout the duration of the doctorate.
Doctoral Training Units overview
Below is an overview of the doctoral training programmes funded as part of the first PRIDE Call. Interested applicants should consult the title links for more information, as well as the individual coordinating institutes’ websites.
Domain Biomedical Sciences
Title: Training in Cancer Biology: Focus on Tumour Escape (CANBIO)
Number of FNR grants awarded: 14
Main coordinating institution: Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)
Name of coordinator: Simone Niclou
Number of FNR grants awarded: 13
Main coordinating institution: Luxembourg Institute of Health (LIH)
Name of coordinator: Markus Ollert
Title: Critical Transitions in Complex Systems: From Theory to Applications (CriTICS)
Number of FNR grants awarded: 10
Main coordinating institution: University of Luxembourg
Name of coordinator: Jorge Goncalves
Domain Education & Humanities
Title: Capitalising on Linguistic Diversity in Education (CALIDIE)
Number of FNR grants awarded: 9
Main coordinating institution: University of Luxembourg
Name of coordinator: Adelheid Hu
Title: Digital History and Hermeneutics (DHH)
Number of FNR grants awarded: 11
Main coordinating institution: University of Luxembourg
Name of coordinator: Andreas Fickers
Domain Material Sciences
Title: Materials for Sensing and Energy Harvesting (MASSENA)
Number of FNR grants awarded: 20
Main coordinating institutions: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), and University of Luxembourg
Name of co-coordinators: Emmanuel Defay (LIST); Susanne Siebentritt (UL)
Domain Sustainable Resource Management
Number of FNR grants awarded: 14
Main coordinating institution: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST)
Name of coordinator: Laurent Pfister
Domain ICT and Mathematics
Title: Security and Privacy for System Protection (SPsquared)
Number of FNR grants awarded: 11
Main coordinating institution: University of Luxembourg
Name of coordinator: Sjouke Mauw
Title: Geometric and Stochastic Methods in Mathematics and Applications (GSM)
Number of FNR grants awarded: 9
Main coordinating institution: University of Luxembourg
Name of coordinator: Gabor Wiese
Domain Economics. Law and Social Sciences
Title: Enforcement in Multi-Level Regulatory Systems (REMS)
Number of FNR grants awarded: 12
Main coordinating institution: University of Luxembourg
Name of coordinator: Katalin Ligeti
Title: Migration, Inequalities and Labour Markets (MINILAB)
Number of FNR grants awarded: 12
Main coordinating institution: University of Luxembourg
Name of coordinator: Michel Beine