<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Dear colleagues,</span><br></p><div id="gmail-m_8214357383916275301divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:12.8px"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">The Luxembourg National Research Fund is offering research and professional development opportunities for researchers from abroad. Please find specific information attached and below. Would you please share with your networks? Thanks so much.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Sonia Ortega<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(148,183,187)">FNR ATTRACT Grants for future research leaders and FNR PEARL Chairs for outstanding senior researchers</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The </span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(148,183,187)">Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> is pleased to announce its </span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(195,31,138)">FNR ATTRACT</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> programme open to <b>future research leaders (levels R2-R3)</b> who have an excellent track record and between two and eight years of experience after their doctorate. The </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(195,31,138)">FNR ATTRACT </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">grant offers them the opportunity to set up their own research team within one of the country’s research institutions in domains of strategic relevance. Candidates are offered a <b>5-year grant of 1.5 – 2 million euros</b>, depending on their level of seniority (</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(195,31,138)">FNR ATTRACT</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> Starting or Consolidator Grants), plus a <b>tenure track with in-built promotion</b>.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">The </span><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(139,18,37)">FNR PEARL</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> programme is Luxembourg’s research programme for <b>internationally recognised senior researchers (level R4)</b>. Through the recruitment of outstanding scientists in strategically important areas, the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR) aims to accelerate the development and strengthening of Luxembourg’s national research priorities. The </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(139,18,37)">FNR PEARL</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> research programme gives researchers the opportunity to transfer their research programme to a Luxembourgish public-sector research institution. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_8214357383916275301xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(139,18,37)">FNR PEARL</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> offers up to <b>4 million euros funding over a 5-year period</b> and a tenured research position at one of the research institution in Luxembourg.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_8214357383916275301xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Further information: <a href="https://www.fnr.lu/funding-instruments/pearl/" target="_blank">https://www.fnr.<wbr>lu/funding-instruments/pearl/</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><div id="gmail-m_8214357383916275301LPBorder_GT_15014997788110.5246171490022102" style="margin-bottom:15pt;overflow:auto"><table class="gmail-m_8214357383916275301MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="90%" style="width:989px;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-top:1pt dotted rgb(200,200,200);border-left:none;border-bottom:1pt dotted rgb(200,200,200);border-right:none"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in"><div id="gmail-m_8214357383916275301LPTitle_15014997788100.20843630718684758"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:15pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,120,215)"><a href="https://www.fnr.lu/funding-instruments/pearl/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration-line:none">PEARL - FNR - Luxembourg National Research Fund</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div id="gmail-m_8214357383916275301LPMetadata_15014997788100.5573781829710083" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:15pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><a href="http://www.fnr.lu/" target="_blank">www.fnr.lu</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div id="gmail-m_8214357383916275301LPDescription_15014997788110.5442197187556828"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:15pt 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">PROGRAMME SUMMARY. With the PEARL programme, the FNR offers Luxembourg research institutions attractive funding to enable them to draw established and internationally ...<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="gmail-m_8214357383916275301xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">The two schemes are exclusively targeting researchers from outside Luxembourg.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_8214357383916275301xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(195,31,138)">FNR ATTRACT</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> Grants and </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(139,18,37)">FNR PEARL</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> Chairs must be submitted jointly by the candidate and the host institution.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_8214357383916275301xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)">Applications by female scientists are particularly encouraged.</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_8214357383916275301xmsonormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(33,33,33)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Further information: </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://www.fnr.lu/funding-instruments/attract/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">https://www.fnr.<wbr>lu/funding-instruments/<wbr>attract/</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><div id="gmail-m_8214357383916275301LPBorder_GT_15014956936860.08684225667260725" style="margin-bottom:15pt;overflow:auto"><table class="gmail-m_8214357383916275301MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1099" style="width:824.25pt"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0.75pt"><div id="gmail-m_8214357383916275301LPTitle_15014956936710.29672333799203243"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,120,215)"><a href="https://www.fnr.lu/funding-instruments/attract/" target="_blank">ATTRACT - FNR - Luxembourg National Research Fund</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div id="gmail-m_8214357383916275301LPMetadata_15014956936710.4987170070353566" style="margin-top:7.5pt;margin-bottom:12pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><a href="http://www.fnr.lu/" target="_blank">www.fnr.lu</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div id="gmail-m_8214357383916275301LPDescription_15014956936710.7975436459385381"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;line-height:15pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,102,102)">Funding instrument ATTRACT: Up to 2 MEUR grants for excellent researchers from abroad to establish research groups in Luxembourg<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Here is the twitter link:</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://twitter.com/FnrLux/status/890498732348891136" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FnrLux/<wbr>status/890498732348891136</a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div id="gmail-m_8214357383916275301Signature"><div id="gmail-m_8214357383916275301divtagdefaultwrapper"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Sonia Ortega, Ph.D.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New 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