Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet GraFrontLev (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The aim of the GraFrontLev project is to investigate coarse dry granular fronts and self-channelizing levees in debris flows by virtue of a combined study of theory, numerical computation and the experiment. Precisely, the applicant will collaborate with Prof. Gray who is an expert in the field of grain-size segregation of dry granular flows to develop a mathematical model. Analogous to the way in which large grains are segregated to the surface and preferentially transported to flow fronts by velocity shear, the core of this model is to derive a transport equation for the dry layer that forms at the surface of a debris flow, as the granular mixture undergoes shear-induced dilation and the liquid is sucked into the expanded pore space between the grains. This surface dry layer, together with large grains, which also rise to the top of the flow, are then sheared towards the flow forwards to create a highly resistive large rich dry front and shouldered aside to form coarse-grain-enriched levees. These two kinds of contributions can be captured in the proposal by combining a dilatancy law of the granular physics that describes the relation between shear and dilatancy and segregation theory developed by Prof. Gray. To validate the proposed model, numerical simulation will be performed by employing a high-resolution shock-capturing scheme and an experiment will be designed, in which the collected data will be used to inspect the obtained numerical results. It is expected that the research results of this project will have an impact on fluid dynamists, civil engineers and geologist working on debris flows’ prevention by providing them with deep insights into the physics of debris flows and helping to improve predictions of run-out dynamics of debris flows. Additionally, this research is expected to significantly expand the applicant’s knowledge of granular physics under Prof. Gray’s help, and extend the research field of Prof. Gray’s group into multiphase flows.

Mots clés : debris flows, granular fronts, channelized levees

Participants :
- University of Manchester (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 183454.8 €
Projet WATCH (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The aim of the WATCH project is to model the organisation of territories, economic and political connections, and social hierarchies promoted and sustained by maritime connections across and around the English Channel during the early Bronze Age (EBA). This study is crucial to understand how communities living in the Channel coastlands became interdependent at a time when trade in tin and copper was strenghtening the foundations for an extensive prehistoric European union. Central to the project is the study of burials within their human, social, and natural environments using Geographical Information System (GIS) analysis. The project is interdisciplinary, rooted in archaeology but borrowing concepts, methods, and data from geography and environmental sciences. This project will enable the fellow to achieve the research and transferable skills, which will allow him to become a mature independent researcher and international expert of the EBA northwestern Europe. The fellow will be able to apply the most up-to-date GIS skillset to different problems in the field of prehistoric archaeology, which will extend an exciting research career. This project offers the opportunity to the fellow to conduct innovative research and transnational mobility while providing benefits for the European Research Area, the Bournemouth University, the supervisor, the partner organisation and the fellow. This project will allow the fellow to develop a research agenda that will lead to a range of research and consultancy projects with European academic and non-academic institutions for the better understanding of EBA societies and cross-Channel relationships, thus enhancing research excellence and addressing recognized research questions in Europe, and beyond. Finally, the fellow aims to offer civil society the demonstration of how and why both sides of the Channel became socially and economically interdependent in the past is relevant to considering the future of our societies.

Mots clés : early bronze age, england, armorica, channel, maritory, networks, social inequality, economy, territories, landscape archaeology

Participants :
- Bournemouth University (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 224933.76 €
Projet ZES (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The aim of the ZES (opportunity Zones for innovation EcosystemS governance) project is to build a logical framework for prioritizing public choices at city level towards innovation ecosystem (IEs) rationale. The proposal, moves forward the results of the MAPS-LED project (Horizon2020 – MSCA-RISE), which pointed out how urban planning in particular advanced contexts spurs IEs towards physical transformation of urban settlements in order to make the place more suitable for sharing knowledge and allowing innovation dynamics. The proposal intends to build and experiment an evaluation process framework able to support the making decision process in urban context, inasmuch as to create/empower a local IEs, closely connected with the specific assets/values of the urban context. The ZES project will focus on the Boston (US) area (Boston, Cambridge) as exploratory case furthering the investigations of the MAPSLED project, and focusing on IEs assets, governance models/structures and decision- making processes. Investigations will focus on the Boston IE addressing: innovation-oriented policies centered on IEs and their assessment frameworks; the dynamics mapping of IEs assets; the assessment of IEs assets with respect the urban context and the elaboration of an IEs evaluation framework to create/empower local IEs The results of the mapping and assessing activity will constitute the basic information to built up the IEs assessment/evaluation framework and the Smart and Open Dashboard able to support policy-makers and community-based organization in deepening the knowledge of the context and trigger its potentials for the implementation of S3 at local level through place-based and tailored urban comprehensive policies. Such process will strengthen the urban dimension of S3 multiplying the effects of RIS3, strengthening the bridge between regional and local policies and favoring the monitoring phase of the strategy adopted.

Mots clés : urban dimension of s3, innovation ecosystems decision making process, urban governance, innovation oriented urban comprehensive strategy

Participants :
- Northeastern University (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Reggio Calabria (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 269002.56 €
Projet MATRIX (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The aim of the innovative MATRIX project is to establish a new interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary methodological approach that combines archaeology, chemistry and geology for the identification of anthropogenic deposits in archaeological excavations through rare earth elements (REE) soil analysis, pushing current limitations of traditional chemical and sedimentology techniques. REE are a set of seventeen elements in the periodic table, specifically fifteen lanthanides as well as scandium and yttrium. Crucially, these elements are relatively abundant in the earth’s crust and thanks to their characteristics can be employed as unambiguous markers of soil provenance on archaeological sites worldwide. Many techniques may be able to reveal ancient human activities, however integrated approaches can be reinforced by the employment of REE patterns as proved by my previous and ongoing research; an approach that does not merely observe coarse differences between anthropogenic and non-anthropogenic sediments, but is also able to see finer nuances like the degree of human contributions to the formation of ancient soils (palaeosols), adding new ways to tackle a classic archaeological problem that has increasing modern relevance: how do we discern the impact of ancient human activities on the soils that are a pivotal component of environmental and economic sustainability. Agricultural human activities or livestock is reflected with higher REE concentrations compared with the natural REE soil level. Probably this is related to the enrichment in soil of the organic matter and this transformation remain fingerprinted in the REE concentrations at stratigraphic levels of any chronological period. In archaeological site or modern site were the presence of human activities has change the natural landscape REE method is an optimum skill to clarify the stratigraphic impact in the soil and as well the soil occupation and abandonment dynamics.

Mots clés : rare earth elements, mineral analysis, paleosols, archaeological soil, anthropogenic fingerprints

Participants :
- University of York (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195454.8 €
Projet CYMEIT (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The aim of the proposed project is to develop redox-active macrocycles for excellent electron and ion transporting materials. Such mixed ionic-electronic conductors are important for various state-of-the-art applications, for example organic battery electrodes, electrochemical transistors, electrochromic devices, and light-emitting electrochemical cells. So far, macrocycles are considerably underexplored regarding these applications; important aspects such as straightforward synthesis and self-assembly are usually not taken into account. The proposed project is going to change this by introducing new molecular design concepts; thereby, the project is expected to yield macrocycles with excellent electron and ion transport properties and to attract significant attention to macrocycles regarding the above mentioned applications. Cyanated paracyclophanetetraenes and related compounds with different aromatic units are selected as the target materials. Such fully unsaturated shape-persistent macrocycles often feature desirable properties, due to their strain and low conformational flexibility. Regarding the aim of electron transport, it is particularly useful that the macrocyclic structure facilitates intermolecular contacts and charge transport. Regarding the aim of ion transport, the potential self-assembly of shape-persistent macrocycles into tubular superstructures is encouraging as such structures can provide channels for the transport of ions. The specific objectives of the project are (i) the development and optimization of syntheses towards cyanated paracyclophanetetraenes using model compounds, (ii) the preparation of these cyanated macrocycles and related compounds with different aromatic units, and (iii) the investigation of their redox and self-assembly properties as well as the demonstration of their excellent electron and ion transport properties in devices such as transistors and batteries.

Mots clés : shape persistent macrocycles, fully unsaturated macrocycles, redox active materials, mixed ionic electronic conductors

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

The aim of this 24-month Fellowship is to explore how refugees and refugee solidarity groups along the “Balkan route” relate to and enact European citizenship. While the project of European citizenship is an unprecedented political development, it has institutionally been modelled upon and reproduces national conceptualisations of citizenship, rights and identity. The research will undertake a comparative analysis of discourses and practices of refugees and pro-refugee volunteers in both EU and non-EU sites, and of the way in which they challenge concepts and institutions of European citizenship derived from national models of membership. It will pay particular attention to the relationship between “movement” and the constitution of new European political subjectivities. The main objectives of this study are (1) to engage in a critical examination of the processes and institutions of European citizenship with a specific focus on countries of the “Balkan route”; (2) to develop a cross-national and cross-local perspective on solidarity practices with refugees that have emerged along the Balkan route; (3) to investigate “acts of citizenship” emerging from both EU and non-EU citizens in relation to refugee mobilities and to assess their implication for European citizenship; (4) To develop analytical and theoretical frames to reflect on new politics of solidarity in Europe and the way in which they contest exclusionary readings of Europe; and (5) to contribute to conceptual debates on citizenship, the governance of migration and social movements and solidarity in the EU and beyond. In the current context of uncertainty regarding the future of the EU, these questions appear of rising urgency. This study proposes to address these issues through ethnographic research with a range of pro-refugee initiatives in Hungary, Serbia and Greece, three countries at the heart of the Balkan route yet which hold different historical and political relationships to “Europe” and the EU.

Mots clés : solidarity, citizenship, migrants, refugees, europe, balkan route

Participants :
- Central European University (Hongrie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 134239.2 €
Projet HISTPLAY (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The aim of this Fellowship is for the researcher, Dr David O’Shaughnessy, to develop the professional prowess, advanced training, high-impact dissemination, and practical experience commensurate with a leading independent researcher in the EU. The researcher will be based for 15 months at the Huntington Library, California (HL) supervised by Professor Kevin Gilmartin and for 12 months at the School of English, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) supervised by Dr Aileen Douglas. Research training will be implemented through an interdisciplinary project investigating the importance of the history play to the discussion and dissemination of Enlightenment ideas in the two main London theatres of the eighteenth century, Covent Garden and Drury Lane, 1750-1815. The key output will be the first monograph to be written on the eighteenth-century history play but the project will also communicate knowledge to a public audience through appropriate activities. On the outgoing phase of the Fellowship, the researcher will access expertise, advanced training, mentoring as well as having access to the Larpent Collection of theatre manuscripts at the HL, the most important archive in the world for the study of eighteenth-century theatre. Due to its unique archive holdings, the HL is the only institution in the world that can host this project; it also has collaborative relationships with Caltech and the University of Southern California (USC) which will benefit the research in significant ways. In TCD the researcher will be given the opportunity to embed his new knowledge through undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, conferences and a symposium, and continued research. The resources of the host institutions will facilitate development of an interdisciplinary and international academic network as well as career-mentoring. The Fellowship will establish the researcher firmly at the centre of eighteenth-century theatre studies and position him for a successful ERC Consolidator application.

Mots clés : eighteenth century theatre history, enlightenment studies, cultural history, history of ideas

Participants :
- Henry e. huntington library & art gallery (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Trinity College Dublin (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 201514.5 €
Projet FlexBatteries (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The aim of this proposal is to develop next generation flexible high-energy density Li ion batteries. This project seeks to advance this field by developing generalized methodologies to effectively interface flexible nano carbon scaffolds with inorganic nanocrystals, and to obtain tailor made hierarchical assemblies as building blocks. Fabrication of these hierarchical materials whose chemical and mechanical properties can be optimized at the nano, micro and millimeter scale are key to ensure both high energy and power density, and structurally flexible components. Our strategy will significantly increase the loading of electro-active particles (nanocrystals) and maximize their contact/exposure to electrolytes in optimized conditions, which will improve the electrochemical properties of nanostructures. Parallel, by applying in situ electrochemical-Li-NMR-Neutron depth profile and XRD, the proposed multi-scale approach will deepen the understanding of fundamental issues such as Li+ diffusion path ways in nanocrystal-carbon scaffolded structures (Li ion kinetics), volume expansion of nanocrystals (stress/strain issues), thermal management (heat dissipation), gas evolution (via electrolyte decomposition) and various modes of particle degradation during battery charge/discharge cycling.

Mots clés : li ion batteries, nanocrystals, nanocarbon, flexibility, energy, power density

Participants :
- Delft University of Technology (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 165598.8 €
Projet CHUFA (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The aim of this proposal is to stablish a systematic methodology for the study of Underground Storage Organs (USOs), commonly known as roots, tubers or bulbs, creating a digital reference collection database and developing experimental archaeology. By doing this, the CHUFA project will remarkably contribute to the advance in the study of food plants among hunter-gatherer Prehistoric groups. Underground Storage Organs (USOs) are plant structures that store mostly carbohydrates and water and they had a key role in different capital moments of human history. However, they are not always well represented in the archaeological record, due to recovery and methodological constrains. This project will deal with the methodological aspects of USOs analysis. The identification of USOs is based on the detailed description of their anatomical structures: outer features of small-sized tubers, and inner cell organization for smaller fragments, for which till date SEM has been used. However, there are serious limitations when dealing with these remains: very few reference materials available, there is no reference collection for other markers such as use-wear or starches and the SEM observation implies sample coating, hindering the possibility of observing the remains from several angles. The main objectives of this proposal are: a) Application of new methods to study parenchymatous tissue remains (ESEM, 3Dscanner and microCT), b) Creation and publication of a botanical reference collection of USOs using the new methods and c) Creation of a data base on use-wear traces and residues on experimental material related to USOs labour. Through its interdisciplinary approach this project will provide archaeobotanists and use-wear analysis specialists with reference material for the identification of USOs and their processing in archaeological sites and fill in this gap in Hunter-Gatherer investigation.

Mots clés : archaeobotany, experimental archaeology, archaeological hunter gatherer economy, use wear analysis, starches analysis, underground storage organs  usos

Participants :
- CERCA Institution (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 172932.48 €
Projet LADENTHER (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The cardiovascular diseases are among most serious health problems of modern human society. Despite various advanced therapeutic, pharmaceutic and surgical methods of their treatment, significant improvement of human health has not been reached yet due to insufficient efficiency of these methods, side effects, soreness and long recovery. Hence, searching for novel approaches for both diagnostics and treatment of the diseases is of highest importance. This proposal will explore a new approach based on combining latest achievements in laser- and nano-technologies. Contamination-free multi-component nanoparticles with novel properties (efficient light absorption at specific wavelength ranges, enhanced photoluminescence for detection, minimal cytotoxicity and biocompatibility, etc.) will be synthesized by ultrafast laser irradiation of materials in aqueous environment. They will be tested as nanotools for treating actions on biological objects (model systems provided by biologists) for dissolving thrombus and cholesterol and for fatigued muscles recovery. The nanoparticles will be injected to the model systems (simulating problematic blood vessels and overexpressed muscles) and activated by ultrafast lasers tunable in mid-IR spectral range to make laser action gentle but effective with a deep penetration to bio-tissues. Irradiation will be performed in single- and multicolor modes to inspect capabilities for nanoparticle activation. The results of nano-phototherapy will be analyzed with assessment of its efficiency. The detailed protocols of nano-phototherapy will be prepared to continue these studies with biologists in-vivo after the project implementation. Outcomes of this proposal will bring new knowledge on the prospects of non-invasive therapy of cardiovascular problems that will have a positive impact on both fundamental science and bio-medicine in the European area. Implementation of this research will enable me to become a recognized expert in the field.

Mots clés : nanopartciles, composite nanomaterials, laser synthesis, mid infrared ultrafast lasers, nano phototherapy, cardiovascular diseases

Participants :
- Czech Academy of Sciences (Rép. Tchèque) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 144980.64 €