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Join our team! L-up, based in Paris and Lyon, has been a specialist in European funding programmes dedicated to RD&I (Research, Development and Innovation) for 22 years. We accompany our clients in preparing project proposals and ‒ as a partner in collaborative projects ‒ in project management, dissemination / communication and exploitation. We also provide…

Making Europe a more circular and climate-neutral society requires responsible utilisation of residues and wastes, as well as large volumes of sustainable fuels for transport sectors like aviation and shipping, where direct electrification is not viable. CIRCULAIR addresses these challenges by developing an advanced biomass conversion pathway for cost-effective fuel production from abundant agricultural residues…

Advanced composites play a crucial role in efforts to achieve a carbon-neutral future as enablers of resistant, lightweight and therefore energy-efficient structures, for example, in the aerospace and wind turbine sectors. The increasing use of large composite structures also raises the question of their damage tolerance and durability, which is currently generally assessed using imprecise…

L-up is thrilled to support the HECATE project (“Hybrid-ElectriC regional Aircraft distribution Technologies”), a three-year research initiative co-funded by the European Union’s Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking Programme and UK Research and Innovation with roughly 40 million Euro (34 million Euro from the EU and 6 million Euro from the UK). As the aviation industry works…

The EU faces an increasingly complex threat spectrum that requires very early warning systems. Especially hypersonic and ballistic threats call for a new and robust capability to complement existing assets. The EU-funded project “hIgh FreqUency oveR The Horizon sensors’ cognitivE netwoRk” (iFURTHER) aims to develop a disruptive defence concept capable of protecting the sovereignty and…

Dear friends, clients and partners, We all would have liked 2022 to be less challenging than 2021, but it brought new and different challenges. At least this past year 2022 brought great progress in the fight against the pandemic. Let us all hope together that 2023 will bring peace. We are very grateful for the…

The entire L-up team is proud to be part of the PATTERN project, which had its kick-off meeting on 15 and 16 September. PATTERN will develop the world’s first Process and Assembly Design Kits (PDK & ADK) for microwave photonics at ultra-high frequencies (100+ GHz) as well as new methods of heterogeneous integration of III-V…

L-up is thrilled to be part of the ELENA project that officially kicked off on 10 and 11 February! ELENA is a 42-month collaborative Research and Innovation Action funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme (Grant number 101016138). The project promises to benefit the entire photonics sector by developing the first European…

Dear friends, clients and partners, 2021 has been a very challenging year. It held personal hardships, but also positive surprises. We would like to thank you for the excellent cooperation and are looking forward to continued success in 2022. *** MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR *** JOYEUX NOEL ET MEILLEURS VŒUX *** BUONE…

OLGA ‒ hOListic Green Airport ‒ is a new project approved under #EUGreenDeal. It is set to develop innovative sustainable measures for reducing both airside and landside emissions of airports. L-up is thrilled to be part of this ambitious endeavour! OLGA aims to reduce the environmental impact of air transportation, thus facilitating the transition to…

L-up is looking for an expert in European funding with at least five years of experience in setting up and managing collaborative research projects. L-up, based in Paris and Lyon, has been a specialist in European funding programmes dedicated to RD&I (Research, Development and Innovation) for 20 years. We accompany our clients in the preparation…

L-up celebrates its 20th anniversary! We would like to thank all clients, business partners and associates for being an essential part of our success.

FIBRE4YARDS will contribute to supporting the European leadership in shipbuilding and maintenance.

L-up is proud to announce that four of our current projects in the aviation sector will be presented at the upcoming EASN Conference in September 2021.