The EU regional development fund has co-financed around 23 research and innovation projects in Luxembourg, at a sum of 18.5 million euros.
The Centre for Systems Biomedicine in Belval received 2.7 million euros between 2009 and 2012 to help with the laboratory infrastructure, around a third of the total costs.
The EU's Horizon 2020 programme has financed around 300 projects in Luxembourg since 2014, donating over 100 million euros.
Luxinnovation helps researchers to obtain European funding. The Luxembourg standard is international. Benjamin Questier of Luxinnovation said that researchers work in a collaborative manner on projects.
Physicist Daniele Brida received help from the EU to part-fund a laser, saying the EU offered the opportunity to finance research which at first glance might not seem all that interesting, as results take a long time to develop. But it is the sort of research which will help mankind to progress, in 20, 30, 40 or 100 years.
Less and less funding is channelled toward agriculture, with more money invested in research. However, physicists from the University of Luxembourg do run projects which could benefit the agricultural sector, such as analysis into how plants turn sunlight into energy.
In 2017, Luxembourg paid 307 million euros into the EU budget, while receiving 1.8 billion euros from the European Union. 80% thereof went towards institutions with a seat in Luxembourg. 3% went towards agriculture, with 11% to the research and development sectors.
