This aid scheme from the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade aims to facilitate access to highly qualified human resources from public research organisations or large enterprises who can contribute knowledge and expertise. 

"Secondment" is understood to be the temporary posting of a person to a private research organisation or to an enterprise, including a right of return to the establishment releasing the person on secondment at the end of the posting period. 

"Highly qualified personnel" is defined as a person with a university degree marking the successful conclusion of a higher education course of at least 4 years and with a minimum of 5 years' experience in the fields of research, engineering or the design or marketing of products, services or processes. 

Beneficiaries

This aid is reserved for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) established in Luxembourg. The following conditions must be met:

• the person is released on secondment by a large enterprise or a research organisation and does not replace another salaried employee
• the person is assigned to a newly created post
• the person must have been working in the original establishment for at least two years
• the person must carry out RDI activities for the enterprise receiving the aid. 

Eligible costs

Eligible costs include:

• the salary expenses for the seconded personnel for a maximum period of 3 years
• recruitment expenses
• any moving expenses of the seconded personnel and their families

Forms of aid

The maximum intensity is set at 50% of the eligible costs.

Submitting an application

Aid applications and their appendixes should be submitted both:

• in electronic format (pdf and docx or doc, rtf, odt) to the following e-mail address: loi.rdi@eco.etat.lu. The mail subject must include the name of the company and the name of the project
• and in paper format to the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade, Directorate of Research and Innovation, L-2914 Luxembourg

Aid applications must be submitted before the RDI investments are made or before the relevant connected activities are launched. Before submitting your application, consult the guidelines for the submission of aid applications.