Luxembourg's national innovation agency providing NCP services, SME advisory, and HPC competence building across multiple EU programme areas.
LUXINNOVATION is Luxembourg's national innovation agency, operating as the primary gateway between Luxembourg's businesses — especially SMEs — and EU research and innovation funding. They run National Contact Point (NCP) services across multiple H2020 programme areas (ICT, Energy, Security, Climate, Widening), providing advisory, training, and brokerage services to help companies and researchers access EU programmes. They also deliver hands-on innovation management support to SMEs through key account management, and have built Luxembourg's national High Performance Computing competence centre under EuroHPC.
Participated in NCP networks across ICT (Idealist2018, Idealist2020), Energy (C-ENERGY 2020), Security (SEREN 4), Climate/Environment (NCPs CaRE), Widening (NCP_WIDE.NET), and cross-cutting (Bridge2HE).
Ran four consecutive rounds of AISS4SME (2015-2021) plus DesignShots and GO-SME, delivering key account management and innovation advisory to SMEs.
Participated in DIHNET.EU and DIH-World, supporting the deployment and networking of Digital Innovation Hubs across Europe.
EUROCC (€1M — their largest single grant) established Luxembourg's national HPC competence centre for skills training and industry engagement.
Coordinated M-Future2015 on strategic manufacturing investment, participated in MANUNET III ERA-NET and FIT-4-NMP for advanced manufacturing.
In the early H2020 period (2014-2018), LUXINNOVATION focused heavily on building NCP networks and basic SME support — keywords like "training", "brokerage event", "twinning", and "networking" dominated, reflecting an organization setting up infrastructure for EU programme access. From 2019 onward, the focus shifted toward strategic innovation advisory (KAM, advisory services), programme transition support (Horizon Europe preparation via Bridge2HE and FIT-4-NMP), and new technical domains like HPC (EUROCC) and digital innovation hubs. The evolution shows a move from operational NCP housekeeping toward higher-value innovation services and emerging technology competences.
LUXINNOVATION is expanding beyond traditional NCP brokerage into technology-specific competence building (HPC, digital transformation), positioning itself as a more hands-on innovation partner for Luxembourg's economy under Horizon Europe.
LUXINNOVATION almost exclusively participates as a partner (20 of 21 projects), joining large pan-European NCP and support networks rather than leading them — consistent with a national agency contributing its country-level expertise to EU-wide coordination actions. With 279 unique partners across 48 countries, they operate as a well-connected hub rather than a loyal repeat-partner organization. Working with them means gaining access to Luxembourg's innovation ecosystem and their extensive European NCP network.
Exceptionally broad network of 279 unique consortium partners spanning 48 countries, reflecting their role in pan-European NCP networks that typically include one agency per EU member state. Their reach extends well beyond EU borders into associated countries.
As Luxembourg's sole national innovation agency, LUXINNOVATION is the mandatory gateway for any consortium wanting a credible Luxembourg partner with government-backed NCP authority. Their multi-sector NCP coverage (ICT, Energy, Security, Climate, Manufacturing) is unusually broad for a small country's agency, making them a versatile consortium partner. The EUROCC investment signals that they are building real technical infrastructure, not just administrative capacity.
