crossroads magazine The national research strategy is structured around four interdisciplinary priority areas: Industrial and service transformation, which focuses on how digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI), automation and data-driven innovation reshape entire value chains. Personalised healthcare, which builds on Luxembourg’s expanding biomedical ecosystem and ambition to move towards more predictive, preventive and patient-centred models of care. Sustainable and responsible development, which supports research on the transition towards climate neutrality, responsible resource management and smarter infrastructure. Future-oriented, 21 st century education, which aims to better understand how people learn, how skill demands are shifting, and how to prepare future generations for jobs that may not yet exist. “For a country of Luxembourg’s size, focus is strength,” says Minister Obertin. “We have deliberately chosen priorities where scientific excellence meets strategic relevance, allowing us to achieve international visibility while addressing concrete societal and economic needs.” Funding schemes for collaborative R&D Luxembourg has several measures facilitating partner- ships between industry and public research. A specific funding scheme for R&D and innovation co-funds busi- ness projects carried out jointly with a research institute. “Nearly 45 projects have been financed in this way over the last five years, representing a total investment of €200 million, of which €120 million came in the form of grants,” Minister Delles points out. Other initiatives include the BRIDGES programme, which provides financial support for partnerships be - tween Luxembourg’s research institutions and national or international companies, and thematic calls for pro- jects that aim to foster collaboration between businesses and public research institutes in fields such as defence, high-performance computing for 5G, AI, data, and quan- tum technologies. © Luxinnovation/Capsule