Caputo, Barbara and Fratzl, Peter and Heckman, Caroline and Højgaard, Liselotte and Llerena, Patrick and Stampfer, Michael and Thomsen, Christian (2024) External Evaluation of the ATTRACT and PEARL Programs of FNR. Summary Report by the International Panel. Technical Report. WWTF - Wiener Wissenschafts- und Technologiefonds. Wien.
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Abstract (english)
This evaluation, conducted by an international panel of experts focuses on the ATTRACT and PEARL programs, the flagship incoming and career initiatives of the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR). These programs aim to attract highly qualified researchers to Luxembourg, fostering the establishment of strong research groups and enhancing the country's research landscape. The FNR, founded in 1999, operates as a key player in Luxembourg's public research system, with a current annual funding capacity of € 80-100 million. Its mission is to strengthen science as such and the link between science and society by supporting research activities. The ATTRACT program, launched in 2006-2007, targets early-career post-doctoral researchers, offering grants of up to € 1.5 million for Starting Investigators and € 2 million for Consolidating Investigators over a five-year period. The PEARL program, founded in 2009 to attract established researchers, awards large fellowships, currently funded with € 4 million each, over a five-year period. The evaluation panel, commissioned by the Luxembourg Ministry of Higher Education and Research (MESR), assessed the programs' abilities to achieve their goals, accomplishments to date, appropriateness in the current ecosystem, and provided recommendations. The assessment was based on a 2.5-day site visit with nearly 50 interviews with different stakeholder groups, 12 pre-interviews, a Self-Assessment Report by the FNR, and a bibliometric study.
| Funders: | FNR - Louxembourg National Research Fund |
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| Subjects: | Evaluation of Institutions |
| Divisions: | WWTF - Wiener Wissenschafts-, Forschungs- und Technologiefonds |
| Number of Pages: | 29 |
| Identification Number: | 10.22163/fteval.2024.719 |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2025 09:51 |
| URI: | https://repository.fteval.at/id/eprint/788 |
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