Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet MET-A-FOR (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Doctoral Networks - Industrial Doctorates
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Forensic detection of the illicit use of drugs in performance and food-producing animals is experiencing critical shifts in paradigms with a growing threat in the form of new compounds emerging from human drug development and clinical applications. The MET-A-FOR project will be the first European training platform solely focussed on the development and practical advancement of animal forensic testing based on new concepts in metabolomics. This EID programme will train 3 early stage researchers (ESRs) to be creative, problem-solving and entrepreneurial European scientists with skills in high level interdisciplinary and intersectoral analytical techniques who can aid the translation of emerging discoveries from the academic sector to the commercial sector. The MET-A-FOR project will through the training and development of ESR Fellows and their completion of defined interconnecting PhD projects, bridge the knowledge gaps surrounding the novel concept of metabolomic profiling evident between fundamental researchers in academia (QUB) who have been developing such methods, and non-academic commercial end-users (IDLS) who recognise the necessity and opportunity to apply these methods as diagnostic services. The training of researchers who can utilise these novel innovative analytical tools to increase analysis speeds and sample screening throughput will be essential for providing continuing confidence in monitoring controls and regulations and maintaining animal welfare standards within Europe. ESR Fellows graduating from the MET-A-FOR programme will be uniquely situated to lead, innovate, and collaborate on future technological innovation in the field of analytical monitoring and forensic testing of performance and food producing animals as the challenges in this area increase.

Mots clés : metabolomics, forensic testing, drugs of abuse, performance and food producing animals, bovine, equine, mass spectrometry, animal welfare, food safety

Participants :
- Irish diagnostic laboratory services limited (Irlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Queen's University Belfast (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 819863.64 €
Projet FF18_19 (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : European Researchers' Night
Statut du projet : CLOSED

ForskarFredag, FF (Researchers' Friday) will unite events in 25 cities and towns in 2018 and 2019 respectively. The project will bring the general public, with a special focus on pupils aged 12–19, face-to-face with researchers through fun, festive and hands-on activities, all free of charge. By reaching out to all corners of Sweden, people will discover local and regional research in a national and international context. The non-profit association VA has coordinated FF annually since 2006, and FF18_19 builds on the success of previous years, drawing on experience, contacts and the ever-increasing national profile. Event programmes will be planned and executed by local subcontractors in centrally located venues and brought together under the national FF umbrella by VA. Subcontractors are universities, science centres, municipalities, museums, research centres and a county council. Each local event is organised in a way to give the highest impact in the local community, building on local strengths and using local networks. The local organisers share experiences and learnings in a national contact network. VA is responsible for the quality, framework, national identity and national awareness campaign. Annual themes – the European year of cultural heritage in 2018 and "50 years since the moon landing" in 2019 – will inspire innovative local activities with the researcher in focus, connect the local activities and strengthen the national profile. Common activities include the high-profile communications contest Researchers’ Grand Prix, Borrow-a-Researcher for schools and Science Cafés. Two annual massexperiments, inviting pupils to work together with researchers, will be conducted nationally as part of the awareness campaign. Collaboration and synergies with other ERN projects on the awareness campaign, activities and impact assessment will highlight the European dimension. FF:s motto is: "Researchers are ordinary people with extraordinary jobs!"

Mots clés : science communication, public engagement, people recognition, promotion of science careers, research, science, local industry, citizen science, science festival, hands on activities, general public

Participants :
- Public and Science (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 184000.0 €
Projet METAFRAX (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the most common cause of inherited intellectual disability (ID), and the leading known genetic cause of autism. This dominant phenotype represents a huge hindrance for clinicians in the treatment of FXS because the underlying neuronal deficits remain unknown. Individual neurons store information as we learn and acquire new information by modifying their connections with nearby neurons, a process called synaptic plasticity. This refers to activity-dependent long-term changes in synaptic strength but also synaptic structure, and is highly regulated by NMDA receptors (NMDAR). It has recently been proposed that NMDARs can signal in an unconventional manner. Our goal is to understand how unconventional NMDRs drive synaptic plasticity, and how this is dysregulated in the mouse model of FXS. For this, we will record electrical activity of the neurons and image synaptic structures during different forms of synaptic plasticity, and characterise metabotropic NMDAR signaling by functional genomic approaches. In summary, we will use a multi-disciplinary approach to unravel the mechanisms responsible for synaptic plasticity alteration in the mouse model for FXS and further our understanding of the neuronal processes underlying cognitive phenotypes of FXS. The outcomes of these experiments will not only offer hope to patients with FXS but will also further our understanding of the molecular basis of synaptic plasticity. If successful, this could serve as the basis for future molecular targets to promote cognitive recovery from ID, autism spectrum disorders and other diseases. The project is an excellent opportunity for the researcher to further develop her knowledge and to position her in unique multidisciplinary environment that will foster her career progression towards independence. The researcher’s experience acquired at MIT and during the outgoing phase at McGill will be extremely valuable for the host institution and the European research area.

Mots clés : fragile x syndrome, nmda receptor, unconventional signaling pathway, metabotropic signaling, synaptic plasticity

Participants :
- McGill University Health Centre (Canada) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 244385.28 €
Projet BRIDGE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Economic Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Free movement of people and a common labour market is one of the four main pillars underlining the single market of the EU. The central aim of the Europe 2020 strategy, is to promote “smart, sustainable an inclusive growth”. One of the flagship initiatives of the EU2020 strategy centers on the labour market with of focus on the labour market matching, e.g. through labour mobility. In 2016 around 92% of the EU-28 workforce resided and worked in the same region (NUTS 2), 7% commuted between regions while just under 1% of the workers were cross-border commuters. These low mobility figures are striking considering that over a third of the EU population lives in a border region. Hence, the potential for increased integration across borders is large but there is a gap in the knowledge on mobility through cross-border commuting. In the past, data constraints have hindered research on cross-border commuters, but in the proposed project, BRIDGE, I am able to overcome those challenges. BRIDGE is at the forefront of this research by being the first study to merge and link employee-employer micro-data across borders. In addition thereto, we have the unique opportunity to look simultaneously at the impact of a large policy shock (Öresund Bridge) on labour market and firm outcomes in both Denmark and Sweden before and after the introduction of a physical connection between the two countries. This combination of a large policy shock and cross-country linked micro-data allows for a large array of potential research questions related to labour market and firm outcomes, integration, and regional development. The focus of BRIDGE will be on how lower cross-border thresholds to labour mobility impacts economic outcomes of the commuter and the employers/firms hiring them. In particular: Does cross-border mobility/integration improve labour market matching? Are there any gender specific effects? How does increased cross-border integration impact firm trade and specialization?

Mots clés : labour market integration, labour mobility, cross border commuting, labour market matching, globalization, international trade, micro data, firms, employers, transportation infrastructure, eu2020

Participants :
- University of Copenhagen (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 212194.8 €
Projet MolNanoTribology (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Friction is a phenomenon which is present in our everyday life although we tend to remember it only when it is nearly absent such as when “slipping on a banana peel”. Its presence across disparate length scales (earthquakes, car engines down to molecular machines) reminds us of its ubiquity which endows friction of an utmost practical importance. Therefore, attempts to control it are almost as old as civilization. Interestingly, during the past decades we have witnessed a growing progress in miniaturization of devices down to the nanometer scale. “Special problems occur when things get small […] and it might turn out to be advantages if we knew how to design for them”, said Feynman when discussing the prospects of building “infinitesimal machinery”. To achieve this goal, and to design efficient molecular nano-engines, it becomes imperative to know how friction at a molecular level can be controlled. In this project we propose to address this challenge by tuning molecular friction and adhesion via atomic/chemical design. Specifically, we shall study the lifting and sliding of two template molecules (porphyrin and terpyridine) over a Silver (111) surface. These molecules contain substituents groups that act as spinning molecular wheels when sliding over a surface. By proper modifications of these groups (wheels) we can tune the grip/drift response and the efficiency of the ball bearing over which the molecular wheel spins. Here we aim to provide an atomic level understanding of these processes by combining state-of-the-art molecular dynamics simulations with high resolution scanning-probe microscopy experiments conducted in ultra-high-vacuum conditions at low temperature. This will constitute a major step forward in our understanding of dissipation processes at the nanoscale and paves the way to tune molecular friction and adhesion by atomic/chemical design.

Mots clés : nano tribology, nano manipulation, friction, scaning probe microscopy, atomic force microscopy, ultra high vacuum, molecular dynamics

Participants :
- University of Basel (Suisse) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 187419.6 €
Projet FUNDra (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Functional diversity (FD) among species in ecosystems allows these systems to function optimally and provide essential services for society, e.g. carbon sequestration and water filtration. FD determines the ecosystem’s resilience to environmental change and provides resilience to abrupt disturbances. Although the importance of FD is now recognized, its divers across spatial and temporal scales are not yet clear. This lack of knowledge is enhanced by the difficulty to infer FD from communities that cannot be realistically sampled, such as most tundra ecosystems. Temporal dynamics of FD is rarely investigated but would give useful insights into how ecosystem functioning responds to change. The overall objectives of the project are: 1) determine FD across sampling locations and time periods based on environmental and remote sensing data, and 2) determine which edaphic and climatic factors are the main drivers of FD distribution. To accomplish these I will use remotely sensed data from state of the art technologies, i.e. hyperspectral vegetation signatures, vegetation structure, time series of satellite earth observation, and environmental data, incorporating them into a distribution modelling framework. Models will be calibrated and validated using detailed plot-level data. This research will produce current spatial distribution of FD in the tundra, environmental drivers of FD distribution, the temporal dynamics of FD distribution, and the temporal dynamics of FD for different vegetation types. Generated data will be made freely available through multiple portals. Social media, press releases, and a popular science article will communicate the research to a broader audience. The high quality training for this research; the multitude of networking opportunities through collaboration, dissemination, and communication activities; and the hands-on training for project management, will restart my career after a break and advance me toward becoming a senior researcher.

Mots clés : functional diversity, biodiversity, ecosystem services, functional traits, distribution modeling, hyperspectral, lidar, sentinels, tundra, essential biodiversity variables, environmental drivers

Participants :
- Leiden University (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 177598.8 €
Projet CFMOS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Functional materials are the bottleneck for almost all technologies, and they underpin directly or indirectly all the enabling ones. This project aims to synthesize with atomic precision on surfaces carbon-based materials with emerging functionalities that cannot be produced otherwise by traditional wet chemistry. CFMOS will focus on carbon nanostructures with predicted antiferromagnetic and open-shell character, frustrated magnetism and high efficiency in electron transport offering convenient materials for spintronic and electronic applications. The challenge of this project stems on the control of the complexity of the “on-surface synthesis” (OSS) strategy that can lead to their growth. In fact, for reactions involving multiple competing pathways as in this case, OSS often encounters obstacles. Based on the applicant previous experience, the applicant will focus on the smart design of molecular precursors and the kinetic chemical control to precisely steer the reactions pathway under a clean ultrahigh vacuum environment. Thanks to the combination of surface sensitive state-of-the art experimental techniques and theoretical support offered by the Host, the applicant will provide a complete characterization and understanding of the synthesized complex carbon nanomaterials. The overall mission of this fellowship will be to train the researcher to become an independent scientist through the achievement of well-defined scientific objectives and the development of managerial and outreach skills, preparing him for a leading position in academia.

Mots clés : on surface synthesis, scanning tunneling microscopy  stm, low dimensional nanostruture, surface reaction, characterization of local electronic properties

Participants :
- Donostia International Physics Center (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 160932.48 €
Projet GraCerLit (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Functionally Graded Materials (FGMs) were developed for applications where a continuous, stepped or spatial change in composition and/or microstructure is required. In recent years, an interest has been given to Functionally Graded Ceramics (FGCs) since high-complex technical ceramics are increasingly requested in almost every field of applications. In the past, conventional methods have been used for the production of FGC components. However, these methods have limitations in production of custom and complex-shaped ceramic parts. Lithography-based Ceramic Manufacturing (LCM), a recently developed additive manufacturing method by Lithoz GmbH and is used successfully for the cost-efficient, fast and near-net-shape production of monolithic ceramics. In the GraCerLit project, a new LCM printing setup will be designed and the open platform LCM printer prototype will be adapted that allows manufacturing of ceramic-ceramic FGCs without composition and geometry limitations. FGC samples will be produced and characterized in terms of mechanical, physical and microstructural properties. The process-structure-property (PSP) relations of FGC samples will be established through regression analysis by applying Machine Learning (ML) algorithms. The project will be carried out by the experienced researcher (ER) Dr. -Ing. Serkan Nohut who has wide experience on statistical characterization of advanced ceramics and generation of PSP relations. The ER will collaborate with the supervisor Dr. Martin Schwentenwein who has a strong background in manufacturing ceramic components by LCM method and experience on execution and management of EU funded research projects. The technical knowledge and professional skills that will be gained by the ER during the GraCerLit project will make great contributions for his future career development and provide him opportunities to participate in international research projects by cooperating with prestigious research institutes.

Mots clés : additive manufacturing, functionally graded ceramics

Participants :
- Lithoz gmbh (Autriche) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 186167.04 €
Projet E4F (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Cofund Postdoctoral programme
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Fundación Iberdrola España (FIBE) is the non-profit Foundation in Spain of the IBERDROLA Group (one of the most important global energy leaders with the main activities in ES, UK, US, MX and BR) and the beneficiary of the programme “ENERGY FOR FUTURE – E4F” (E4F will be used as the short description in all programme processes). E4F is within the clean and sustainable energy field (Photovoltaic and Wind Energy, Energy Storage, Smart Grids and Electric Vehicle, etc). E4F’s main objectives focus on the: (1) attraction of outstanding worldwide Experienced Researchers (ERs); (2) the improvement of the working and employment conditions; (3) development of an innovative and attractive training programme; (4) creation of an Open-Access and Open-Data research culture; and (5) possibility to provide commitment of the beneficiary FIBE and Partner Organisations with the European Charter & Code for Researchers. To achieve that, E4F will count with the participation of 19 European (ES, UK, FR and DE) and non-European (US and MX) academic and industrial partner organisations as hosting and/or secondment entities. E4F is based on a 60-months (5 years) Fellowship Programme that will recruit 28 ERs in two calls (14 ERs per call). Each postdoctoral fellowship will have a duration of 24 months, promoting mobility both between countries, and academic and industrial sector with: i) 18-21 months hosting periods; ii) 3-6 months intersectoral secondments; and iii) training and communication & dissemination activities. Noteworthy, E4F aims at the next generation of low-carbon energy technologies and energy efficiency potential, being aligned with several Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Horizon Europe and the EU Green Deal programmes, and the EU Energy Roadmap 2050 targets. In addition, FIBE and all partner organizations are aware of the current COVID-19 pandemic and its associated risks (as well as other future similar issues) suggesting solutions for the implementation of E4F.

Mots clés : sustainable and clean energy, low carbon energy technologies, energy efficiency, photovoltaic energy, wind energy, energy storage, smart grids, electric vehicle

Participants :
- Fundacion iberdrola espana (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 2059680.0 €
Projet ALIENinSoil (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Fungi and bacteria are utilised for the production of microbial-based fertilisers and pesticides worldwide. These bioinoculants have a huge potential in agriculture because they can help to increase crop yields and quality and allow a reduction in the application of chemicals. While the effectiveness of bio-inoculants as bio fertilisers or biopesticides is widely tested for crop yield and pathogens control, little is known about the effect of bioinoculants on microbial assemblages in the non-rhizospheric soil of agroecosystems. A sudden artificial introduction of a fungal species in soil could create a substantial impact on the biodiversity of endemic microbial species and local community functions, as well as lead to changes in the food webs and nutrients availability. ALIENinSoil will, therefore, assess the impact of a fungal inoculum, the globally-used biofertiliser Trichoderma afroharzianum T22, on microbial assemblages of a model soil system. The project will apply an innovative rapid metagenomic approach based on long-read Oxford Nanopore Technology to assess the effects of the fungal inoculum on soil microbial communities and functions in a laboratory-based microcosms experiment. Thus, this project will use innovative and cutting-edge techniques to understand 1) to what extent the native microbial community richness and relative abundance is influenced by a competitive fungal strain introduced to soil; 2) whether or not the keystone microbial taxa are resilient to the disturbance by the introduced fungus 3) how far the bioinoculant impacts the functions of soil microorganisms. With this action, I want to acquire new in-depth knowledge necessary to stimulate innovation in the field of soil bioinoculants and agriculture by way of competitive technology transfer. Oxford Nanopore sequencing has great potential to be used for real-time diagnostics in agricultural surveys and the development of indicators for monitoring soil biodiversity and functionality.

Mots clés : biofertilisers, microbial community, biodiversity, function, soil metagenome, long reads

Participants :
- Natural History Museum (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 224933.76 €