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 from abroad 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.

DURATION & FUNDING SPECIFICS

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 2018/19 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 reserved for particularly strategic positions within a host institution (e.g. Head of Department) only.

Funding decisions will be comminicated in June / July 2019.

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

RELATED DOCUMENTS

2019 CALL DOCUMENTS

• PEARL Programme Description
• PEARL Guidelines for Applicants
• PEARL Project Description Form
• PEARL Budget Form

Download all Call documents as .zip file

REVIEW PROCESS

• PEARL Peer Review Guidelines
• PEARL Review Form
• PEARL Strategic Merit Assessment Form
• Peer Reviewer Claim Form Guide

OPEN PEARL RECRUITMENT AND HIRING PROCESS

• ‘Open’ PEARL recruitment and hiring processes

FNR GUIDELINES

• Guidelines for all FNR applicants (zip)