Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet POLARC (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The Arctic is undergoing a profound transformation. The striking increase in observed Greenland Ice Sheet melt and sea-ice retreat are two symptoms of the multiple impacts of climate change at high latitudes. In the sea-ice covered oceans surrounding northern Greenland however, large areas of year-round open water, termed polynyas, have been present since historical times. Located at two major Arctic-Atlantic gateways, these biological productivity hotspots support not only large mammals and birds but are a vital natural and cultural resource for indigenous Arctic communities. Polynyas also act as a potentially significant carbon sink. Three large polynyas recurrently form around northern Greenland. Paleoceanographic reconstructions of the largest, the North Water Polynya, indicate that the polynya and its associated ecosystem are extremely sensitive to rapid climatic fluctuations during the Holocene. Taking advantage of new, readily available marine sediment cores, I propose to reconstruct, for the first time, ocean circulation and sea-ice dynamics at the two main polynyas in the Greenland Sea (North East Water and Sirius Water). This action will target key climatic intervals in the early (Holocene Climatic Optimum) and late (Little Ice Age, Medieval Warm Period) Holocene and provide direct input to a fully-coupled earth system model to evaluate past and, more vitally, predict future dynamics under different greenhouse gas concentration pathways defined by the IPCC. This action provides a unique opportunity for me to learn a new proxy for Arctic paleoclimate reconstructions, skills in the applicability of paleo-data to modelling and a number of essential transferable skills such as scientific writing and mentorship, coupled with an extensive new network of expert collaborators. Through this action, I believe I can contribute to bringing this field of research forward, while gaining invaluable assets for my career development as an independent Arctic researcher.

Mots clés : arctic, paleoceanography, polynyas, sea ice, holocene, foraminifera, dinoflagellate cysts, future climate

Participants :
- Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 207312.0 €
Projet ECAMMETT (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The Asian Monsoon is primarily driven by continent-ocean thermal contrasts, and frequent hydro-meteorological extreme events emphasize that it is affected by recent global climate change in response to increasing atmospheric level of carbon dioxide (pCO2). The medium and longer-timescale effects of circulation changes in the monsoon system control precipitation in continental Asia and, in the past, shaped Eurasian paleoenvironments and biotic evolution. The Asian monsoons have long been thought to have originated ~23 Million years ago, driven by regional uplift. However, recent studies have shown that the monsoons are millions of years more ancient than previously thought and were regionally similar to today during the high pCO2 Eocene Greenhouse episode. These studies open a vast array of new questions: (1) How did these early monsoons evolve through the Eocene? (2) How did they react to the numerous, short-term hyperthermal and hypothermal pCO2 events that ruled this period? This research project proposes to address these issues by focusing on three key sedimentary records in the Eocene monsoonal realm: in China, Myanmar, and Turkey. After refining the local stratigraphy through U/Pb geochronology of volcanic deposits, the three records will be investigated with respect to different geochemical and mineralogical paleoclimatic proxies. Elemental geochemistry and clay mineralogy will help to understand the evolution of seasonality and precipitation; stable and clumped isotope analyses on pedogenic carbonates and soil organic matter will document past rainfall amount, temperature and pCO2 variations; U/Pb dating on aeolian dust deposits will allow the reconstruction of past wind patterns. The resulting findings will document the short- and long-term variations of the monsoons during the Eocene, and in light of modern global climate change, will furnish the basis for a substantial advance in our understanding of monsoonal forcing factors in a warmer, high-pCO2 world.

Mots clés : monsoons, global warming, eocene

Participants :
- University of Potsdam (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 159460.8 €
Projet BALTIC KLEMS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Economic Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The BALTIC KLEMS (Baltic Countries Capital, Labour, Energy, Material, Service inputs) project aims at developing methodology for the Baltic Countries for KLEMS (countries are missing information). It expands the actual EU KLEMS and WORLD KLEMS framework and includes the role played by detailed intangible assets to productivity growth. The results obtained will enable: a) to up-to-date information in the EU KLEMS database; b) to perform comparative economic analysis for different developed countries from two complementary perspectives: the determinants of productivity growth and the patterns of structural change; c) be beneficial for a set of EU countries (plus the USA) from the INTAN-Invest initiative as well as from the SPINTAN project funded by the 7th Framework programme of the EU. This can be summarized in the following objectives: (1) to investigate the economic structures; (2) to group the countries and propose a taxonomy of consistent patterns; (3) to develop a new methodology; (4) to investigate the main characteristics of detailed intangible capital impact on productivity growth; (5, 6) to measure, rank the detailed contributors; (7, 8, 9) to derive the main results emphasizing the main policy implications. In order to achieve these goals WP1 is dedicated to researching the economic structures. WP2 is devoted to developing a methodology, to obtaining values, ranking. WP3 is dedicated to identifying the consistent paths of structural changes and the determinants. WP4 is dedicated to dissemination, public engagement. WP5 is dedicated to the practical exploitation. WP6 is dedicated to the management. WP7 is dedicated to training, career development. The researcher had internship at the host supervised during the doctoral studies. The supervisor is the coordinator of the SPINTAN project funded by the 7th Framework programme. The host performs the calculations for the case of Spain (EU KLEMS), a set of Latin American countries (LA KLEMS, a part of WORLD KLEMS).

Mots clés : productivity growth, database, methodology, detailed intangibles, determinants of productivity growth, structural change, policy implications

Participants :
- Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 170121.6 €
Projet PrecisionTools4LHC (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has opened a new exciting era in fundamental Particle Physics, by reaching energies never probed before in a collider experiment. The data collected in 2010-2013 already led to an historical achievement, the discovery a new-particle with properties very close to those predicted for the “Standard Model” Higgs boson. The pivotal role played by this particle calls for an extremely accurate study of its properties. Together with the search for direct signals of New Physics at the ~10 TeV scale, this will be the major topic of research over the next 20 years, throughout the whole duration of the LHC experiment. Especially in absence of striking signature pointing to Physics Beyond the SM (BSM), the success of this long-term programme relies on the capability of extracting precise informations from the measured data. In addition to extraordinarily sophisticated experimental equipment, accurate theoretical predictions for the sought-after signals and their known backgrounds are required. The goal of this research proposal is to push the precision of Monte Carlo programs needed to interpret LHC measurements to an unprecedented level. This will be achieved combining several novel techniques developed in the Monte Carlo community and results obtained in perturbative QCD. The realization of the specific objectives detailed in the proposal will allow to model more reliably signal and background processes relevant to perform a variety of overriding precision studies. This will permit a more solid interpretation of future measurements and, in a longer timescale, will also be instrumental in continuing to improve the accuracy of simulation tools.

Mots clés : lhc phenomenology, high energy particle physics  theory

Participants :
- European Organization for Nuclear Research (Suisse) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 175419.6 €
Projet COLEX (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The COLEX project (Coopetition and Legislation) aims to produce unprecedented and original research on the (in)effectiveness of legislation promulgated in the name of the Spanish King in the Spanish Netherlands (currently Belgium, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Northern France) during the reign of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella (1598-1621) and Philip IV of Spain (1621-1665). In order to study carefully the chosen theme, we will rely on the concept of coopetition. The chosen period should allow for a comparison of legislation enforcement since the reign of the Archdukes, starting with the death of King Philip II, after which the Netherlands was ceded to the archducal couple, until the death of King Philip IV. From a conceptual point of view, the project intends to make the concept of coopetition [contraction of cooperation and competition] operational, in other words the capacity to be able to compete and cooperate simultaneously, between agents involved in the decision-making process and in the implementation of legislative decisions.

Mots clés : legal history, legislation, decision making process

Participants :
- Casa de Velázquez de Madrid (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 172932.48 €
Projet IBERIRON (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The IBERIRON project is aimed at improving our understanding of the origins, development and transmission of iron technology in the Western Mediterranean and its socio-cultural ramifications. The Iberian Peninsula is chosen as a representative framework because of the interactions it features between local technological developments and external influences (Phoenician and Central European). For this purpose, it is essential to characterize the iron technology in the Iberian Peninsula since the end of the Bronze Age to the arrival of the Romans (first quarter of the 1st millennium BCE-3rd c. BCE), which has not been properly done yet. This project is going to design and implement a strict methodology for gathering high quality technological data from selected iron objects from Spanish and Portuguese sites in museum collections. These protocols will include a broad range of analytical methods (metallography, spectroscopy, SEM, EPMA, etc.) which are going to be used to characterize the technological details of the objects, introducing also Neutron Diffraction analyses in order to study non-destructively highly significant specimens never analysed before. A data model will be proposed and the results integrated in it, leading to an open access database that can be developed into an interoperable Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). The database will be subjected to statistical analyses and data-processing algorithms to obtain patterns that provide information on the generation, transmission and exchange of iron technology. The results will be finally integrated in a wider background that will surpass the boundaries of the technological framework and offer insight into broader social, cultural, archaeological and historical aspects. This future SDI is also going to complement ongoing similar projects and research on Cu-based metallurgy of the Iberian Peninsula that have been going on for a long time with standing success.

Mots clés : ancient metallurgy, technological knowledge, cultural exchange, spatial data infrastructures, digital, humanities

Participants :
- University of Cambridge (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 183454.8 €
Projet IKETIS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The IKETIS project will seek to raise awareness in the UK of the need for action to address climate change induced migration and will focus on the mediation of the climate refugees’ issue. The first aim of the action is to understand the representational practices that shape media and NGOs discourse about climate refugees. The second aim is to build capacity of journalists, NGOs and policy-makers, key intermediaries in the mediation of climate change induced migration, to enhance social support for policy actions. Together, both aims contribute to the transformation of how climate change induced migration is perceived and provide new patterns of critical thinking and civic engagement. The research consists of four phases: i) identify the policy, institutional and definitional factors that may impede meaningful media discourse on the issue ii) perform critical discourse analysis (image and text) and frame analysis of the representations of climate change induced migration of UK online news media iii) using these findings, then move on to examine how UK humanitarian and environmental NGOs utilise and challenge frames identified by online news media coverage of climate displacement and iv) based on the understanding of the representational practices that formulate climate refugees mediated discourse, promote climate justice approach to frame climate change and build capacity of journalists, NGOs and policy-makers to best use climate justice approach through e-learning strategies. This training-through research scheme will provide the applicant with the necessary skills to develop competences in media theory, visual communication, critical discourse and frame analysis and digital media research and plan an academic career track for a better integration into the academic community, while the applicant will be of specific benefit to the research-informed teaching that forms the basis of the host institution’s approach to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching practice.

Mots clés : environmental communication, climate change communication, climate refugees

Participants :
- University of Brighton (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 183454.8 €
Projet IST-BRIDGE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Cofund Postdoctoral programme
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The IST-BRIDGE program will host 60 fellows across the life sciences, mathematics and computer science, and the physical sciences recruited over 5 globally advertised calls. BRIDGE fellows will receive a 2 year contract, with an additional (fellow option) 6 month secondment phase. IST-BRIDGE will be hosted by IST Austria and embedded into the BRIDGE network, where BRIDGE stands for Basic Research Institutions Delivering Graduate Education, bringing together five of the 2019 Nature Index Top 10 research institutions worldwide. This network will help the program to achieve visibility and provide secondment options on a global scale, thus benefiting the ERA. IST-BRIDGE will provide researchers in basic science a unique opportunity to bridge their training and/or experience gap. Fellows will be enrolled in a Career Development Program, which is structured in four profiled tracks, a combination of desired career goals and concrete professional options. It will provide experienced researchers with the necessary information, tools, and opportunities to make informed career decisions. Fellows have the option to consolidate skills acquired through the Career Development Program through a broad secondment scheme consisting of 1) global academic secondments at BRIDGE network partners, 2) intersectoral secondments, and 3) intrasectoral placements within IST Austria. Fellows will be provided with the framework (flexible agreements, existing partner networks, IST Austria Alumni Initiative) and experienced support services (Tech Transfer Office, HR, Grant Office) to facilitate fellow-driven (i.e. bottom-up), dynamic interaction with actors from other fields and sectors and to develop sustainable partnerships and their own scientific and professional network.

Mots clés : career tracks, global network, knowledge transfer, basic science

Participants :
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (Autriche) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 4597500.0 €
Projet ISTScholar (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Cofund Doctoral programme
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) is an English language PhD-granting research institute with focus on basic research in the natural and mathematical sciences. ISTScholar offers PhD training in biology, neuroscience, computer science, mathematics, physics and relevant interdisciplinary areas. The program is divided into two distinct phases: Phase 1 is dedicated to course work and rotations. The curriculum is designed to provide a foundation both broad and deep enough to support thesis research across a wide spectrum of cutting-edge research problems. Students have to fulfill a breadth requirement by taking courses outside their own field. Throughout the courses, interdisciplinary approaches will be encouraged through the formation of mixed teams of students. The translation between vocabularies in different disciplines will be emphasized. Students will not be directly affiliated to any research group, but will be supported through a mentor during the first phase. This uncommitted period offers the student the opportunity to work closely with several professors and make an informed choice about his or her future career path. Phase 2 is the period in which the student will primarily work on completing a thesis project. The scientific training will be accompanied by the Career Development Program. Workshop topics include science communication, career planning, time and self-management, and interpersonal skills. ISTScholar therefore offers courses in teaching didactics and there is a teaching requirement for all students. Intersectoral exposure will be guaranteed through the ISTInnovation program with workshops and talks to help translate research findings into innovations. The aim of ISTScholar is to educate a new generation of researchers who are able to approach scientific questions from different angles and are fluent in the languages of both the experimental sciences and analytical sciences.

Mots clés : international scholars, phd granting research institute, basic research, new generation of researchers, scientific training and career development program, mentoring program

Participants :
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria (Autriche) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 4394880.0 €
Projet MagicTin (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The MagicTin proposal aims at the use of a new generation active target detector (ACTAR) to study the shell evolution in exotic Sn isotopes. The goal of this project is to commission the ACTAR demonstrator, optimizing it for the neutron-rich beams produced at the forthcoming second generation radioactive ion beam facilities. Worldwide, the availability of exotic ion beams is providing new insight on the evolution of nuclear shells far from beta stability, advancing our understanding of the nuclear force. Measuring transfer reactions, in particular 134Sn(d,p)135Sn, will allow to search for signatures of the existence of a new sub-shell closure at N=90 and to study, in this very neutron-rich region, the nucleon-nucleon interaction in the nuclear medium coupled to the continuum. Experiments where conventional techniques cannot be employed due to low-beam intensities will become feasible using the ACTAR device. This consists of a time projection chamber where the gas is used both as target material and as reaction products detector. Thanks to the fact that the interaction point lies inside the gas volume, very low detection thresholds can be obtained. Detection efficiency is also remarkably improved and this is essential when dealing with low intensity exotic beams. The beneficiary institution is deeply involved in the ACTAR development and the supervisor is managing an ERC project that aims at coupling ACTAR with gamma-ray detectors. Through the MagicTin project, the experienced researcher will have the possibility to learn the ACTAR technology, deeply contributing to the setup of the device for the exotic Sn physics case. Moreover, the experienced researcher (ER) will exploit his experience on scintillators to contribute in the development of the gamma-ray detectors. The ER will be also in charge of a commissioning experiment with the 120Sn stable beam: this task will allow him to re-enforce his research independence and maturity.

Mots clés : nuclear shell model, radioactive ion beams, active target, scintillation detectors

Participants :
- KU Leuven (Belgique) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 172800.0 €
Projet transMed (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : MSCA other
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The Marie Sklodowska Curie actions pay particular attention to physical accessibility and inclusion and foresee financial support for the additional costs entailed by recruited or seconded researchers with disabilities.

Mots clés : retinal dystrophy, low vision, accompanying person with technical skills

Participants :
- University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 60000.0 €
Projet MIDIC (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : MSCA other
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions pay particular attention to physical accessibility and inclusion and foresee financial support for the additional costs entailed by recruited or seconded researchers with disabilities.

Mots clés : intercultural competence, migrant descendants, labour market

Participants :
- University of Birmingham (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 55938.0 €
Projet CAROLINE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : MSCA other
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions pay particular attention to physical accessibility and inclusion and foresee financial support for the additional costs entailed by recruited or seconded researchers with disabilities. This grant will cover the additional costs that the researcher with disabilities face due to the increased mobility cost.

Mots clés : impaired mobility, chronic physical problem, ergonomic office furniture, migration, cuba, white colonisation, spanish empire, gender, race, ethnicity, cultural heritage

Participants :
- Higher Education Authority (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 27385.0 €