Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet FEMIber (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The interdisciplinary project “Digitizing Women of Medieval Iberian Historiography” (=FEMIber) aims to explore gender in the Iberian Middle Ages in ways that embrace emerging technologies while fostering long-lasting ties with the society and the cultural heritage in general. The project aims to study female representations in the "Crónica de Castilla" (Castile-León) and the Portuguese "Livro de Linhagens" via methods of Digital Humanities. The fellowship will take place at the Department of Humanities, the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) under the supervision of Prof. María Morrás. During the 24 months, a digital prosopographical database of the represented women will be generated (= objective 1), and then the subsets of data will be visualized to explore patterns, (dis)continuities and tendencies of the employed elements for sociopolitical and familial order in the two kingdoms through the lens of gender (= objective 2). When it comes to trans-sectoral training and mobility, after completing an online specialization in curatorial practices, a 6-month placement will be carried out at the company DIGIBÍS (Madrid), the Spanish heritage-digitization pioneer. During the placement, under the supervision by Xavier Agenjo, trainings in patrimony digitization will take place in order to gain new skills and explore the project’s potential in the digital Cultural Heritage field. This experience, together with the specialization in curatorial practices and the museum exposition, form part of the objective 3, dedicated to promote and advance the project´s links to the GLAM-sector, as well as facilitate public engagement and its use beyond the academia.

Mots clés : digital humanities, medieval iberia, spain, portugal, historiography, database generation, digital prosopography, data visualization, female representation

Participants :
- Université Brown (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Fordham (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université Pompeu Fabra (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 213505.2 €
- Digibis sl (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
Projet CageComm (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Proteins, functioning as enzymes, receptors, nanomotors, and transporters, have inspired the creation of numerous artificial molecular systems and materials that mimic biological structures and behaviors. However, replicating their dynamic behaviors and intra-protein communication pathways, which are responsible for allosteric interactions and signal transduction, remains a significant challenge. The "CageComm" project aims to emulate protein-like allosteric interactions and intra-protein communication pathways using multicavity molecular coordination cages. To achieve this, "CageComm" will develop novel directional mechanisms for intra-cage communication, enabling control of one cavity's features through the remote stimulation of another, and integrate them into asymmetric multicavity palladium(II) coordination cages. Like proteins, these coordination cages will be capable of receiving a stimulus, directionally transmitting the signal, and generating outputs such as structural changes, guest binding, or alterations in photophysical and chiroptical properties. Two primary mechanisms for intra-cage communication will be established: guest-induced twisting motion transduction and stimuli-responsive expansion/contraction motion transmission via palladium(II) re-coordination on "gear-like" ligands. Implementing these mechanisms will provide access to advanced features and behaviors of the cages, including structural remote control, remote sensing, cage-to-cage transformations, signal transduction across phase interfaces, and non-linear responsiveness.

Mots clés : coordination cages, allosteric interactions, signaling

Participants :
- Université de Dortmund (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 217965.12 €
Projet ALPS (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Energy is now the topic of a full-blown political and economic crisis in Europe. Nuclear fusion is a promising option to replace fossil fuels as a limitless, safe, and CO2-free source of energy. However, some challenging engineering issues must be addressed before fusion can supply electricity to the grid. The fusion reactor's first wall is subject to severe heat flux, erosion, and sputtering. Therefore, new materials must be developed. A liquid metal wall has been introduced as a viable solution to address all issues associated with the first wall of a fusion reactor. The ALPS project aims to deliver an innovative multi-objective design framework based on Additive Manufacturing (AM) of tungsten to address the main challenges associated with Liquid Metal walls and produce a state-of-the-art plasma-facing material for future fusion reactors. The Alps project will reach its goals by (1) introducing design guidelines for precision AM of tungsten, (2) AM of tungsten-copper multi-materials, (3) AM of a high-performance tungsten capillary porous system and (4) assessment of the produced liquid metal walls in fusion conditions. Since this is a highly interdisciplinary research topic, the ALPS project will connect two competencies existing at the applicant and TU/e, precision AM and the design and testing of liquid metal walls, through a European postdoctoral fellowship, to present a new concept of using AM in fusion research. The nature of this project is high-risk/high-gain. However, the existing competencies at the applicant, host, and associated partner (DIFFER) make the ambitious goals achievable. Contribution to fusion research as one of the promising sources of future energy is a strong motivation in the applicant to implement this research and push the state of the art in materials for fusion energy. Through this fellowship, the applicant will acquire new knowledge, skills, and competencies in top-ranked institutes to develop his career.

Mots clés : nuclear fusion, additive manufacturing, plasma facing materials, liquid metal divertors

Participants :
- Nederlandse organisatie voor wetenschappelijk onderzoek (Pays-Bas) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de technologie d'Eindhoven (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 203464.32 €
Projet JAIG (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : TERMINATED

The sense of agency refers to the underlying feeling of control over our voluntary actions and the outcome(s) of those actions. Joint agency refers to the sense of agency when we perform voluntary actions with other people. This is the feeling we experience when we move a couch with a friend, build a Lego tower with our younger family members, play sports with friends, or even perform music with a band. Despite its essential role in social life, joint agency has received much less attention than work on individual sense of agency. Furthermore, extant work has primarily focused on dyads. Yet, actions are not done solely by individuals or pairs; indeed, the ability to work together in large groups and perform similar and complementary actions to achieve some goal (e.g., building a large house) undoubtedly played an essential role in the flourishing of human societies. As such, the aim of this research proposal is to fill this gap in the literature by investigating if and how joint agency changes in groups. To tackle this important issue, my work will involve a series of experiments, implemented in a Virtual Reality (VR) setting, featuring both behavioural and neural indices of the sense of agency.

Mots clés : social neuroscience

Participants :
- Université Humboldt de Berlin (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 173847.36 €
Projet MICROLIFEPAQS (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Groundwater pollution is a significant threat to human health and ecosystems and one of the leading causes of limited access to good-quality water resources worldwide. Biodegradation is an effective means to remove chemicals from the environment, and several remediation techniques benefit from degrading bacteria to eliminate pollution from aquifers. Reactive Transport Models (RTMs) have proved to be valuable tools to support remediation. However, efforts made so far to model biodegradation in polluted aquifers have been incomplete, as they did not thoroughly consider that microorganisms’ behaviour in groundwater depends on their metabolism and physical interaction with the porous medium. The MICROLIFEPAQS project aims at implementing a novel and interdisciplinary approach for pollutant biodegradation modelling as reliable support for groundwater remediation optimisation. Modern and newly collected microbiological omics data will constrain RTMs of degrading bacteria with information about their metabolism. Moreover, microorganisms will be considered as reactive biocolloids moving in the subsoil. This omics-informed RTM of biocolloids will be tested in a contaminated test site, considering naturally occurring bacteria or injected/stimulated for bioaugmentation/biostimulation. Working on this project at the Delft University of Technology will enrich my existing expertise with advanced skills in reactive transport modelling and microbiological analysis modelling. Moreover, the secondment at the Technical University of Denmark will provide additional knowledge about innovative contaminated site investigation and advanced (bio)remediation strategies. This transfer of knowledge will foster research and innovation on these topics. As the United Nations and European Union strive to eliminate pollution to reduce the risk for human health and ecosystems and secure safe water resources and sanitation for everyone, this project will also contribute to this global challenge.

Mots clés : biodegradation contamination plume organohalide reducing bacteria reactive transport modelling genome scale constraint based metabolic models heterogenous porous media groundwater

Participants :
- Université technique du Danemark (Danemark) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de technologie de Delft (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 187624.32 €
Projet ATES-SEUM (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The ATES-SEUM project addresses knowledge gaps regarding Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES) systems' viability in Southern European Union Member (SEUM) states. ATES systems store thermal energy in aquifers for building heating and cooling but face challenges like groundwater fluctuations, climate change impacts, and complex legislation. The project aims to develop a common methodology for SEUM countries to evaluate ATES systems' potential, considering the specific impacts of climate change.  To achieve its goals, the project works with experts at Delft University of Technology (TUD) and the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, with knowledge sharing in Italy and Greece. It responds to the need for renewable alternatives to heating and cooling, especially in water-scarce SEUM countries.  Challenges include excessive groundwater demands for irrigation, climate change effects, and legislative complexities in SEUM states. Spain is the primary study region, with additional case studies planned in Italy and Greece.  Through interdisciplinary research, training, and knowledge dissemination, ATES-SEUM aims to enhance methods and knowledge related to ATES system suitability in water-scarce regions. It aligns with EU sustainability goals and emphasizes the integration of renewables and technologies to reduce energy consumption and emissions. Additionally, it aligns with the EU Water Framework Directive by studying groundwater aquifers' current and future states.  The project's objectives include assessing climate change impacts on groundwater, evaluating aquifer suitability, generating suitability maps, and transferring results to influence energy policies and regulations in SEUM states.

Mots clés : hydrogeology, climate change, heat pumps, energy policies, geothermal energy

Participants :
- Conseil supérieur de la recherche scientifique (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de technologie de Delft (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 203464.32 €
Projet ORION (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

So far medicine has not solved the workings of a formidable and scientifically challenging aspect of cancer: metastasis, the migration of circulating tumor cells (CTC) through the body. In this highly interdisciplinary project, expertise and techniques from fluid dynamics are employed to study how CTC move through the vascular network and what prompts them to do so. The complex interplay among hydrodynamics, biophysics of intracellular interactions, and biochemical signaling within vascular networks is unknown. Our understanding of these underlying processes is hindered by the complex heterogeneity in the vascular network, comprising of capillaries, veins and arteries with a wide range of size and structural diversity. To unravel these processes I bring my expertise in fluid dynamics and porous media together with the state-of-the-art facilities on experimental cancer mechanobiology and multiscale modeling at the host and secondment institutes. I will conduct microfluidic experiments and simulations by simplifying the vascular network as strategically designed pore-network models. First, I will study the two-way interactions between the heterogeneous flow field and the deformable CTCs that control their overall transport, deformation and trapping. A heterogeneous flow field also induces a spatially nonuniform scalar concentration across the medium. CTCs are highly sensitive to certain biochemicals that can alter motility and invasiveness of CTCs. I will investigate how the local gradients of such biochemicals in a heterogeneous microsystem influence CTC migration. Finally, I will study the collective migration of CTC clusters through the system and quantify the dynamic intracellular interaction by measuring membrane tension and intracellular adhesion forces. These investigations will provide novel understandings on cancer metastasis that I will strategically communicate to research communities, stakeholders and general public.

Mots clés : porous media, microfluidics, ctc

Participants :
- Université de Copenhague (Danemark) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de technologie de Delft (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 187624.32 €
Projet U-ROBUST (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The current approach to renovation is falling short to meet the decarbonisation goals set for the EU building stock by 2050. Building renovation is as a complex technical process wherein occupants are a source of uncertainty and not well integrated in the process from the beginning. This leads to performance gap in design, segregated production and construction processes, inadequate social benefits and lack of integration, and weak technological success in practice. Renovation is not approached by the construction industry with socio-technical considerations, which remain unexplored and thus important to investigate for increasing deep renovation performance giving a long-term purpose and value to its end-users. The proposed research investigates the relationships of social aspects such as user behaviour, end-use, living, and socio-spatial characteristics with deep renovation measures (technologies and building systems) and processes (design, planning and construction). The role of socio-technical approaches will be evaluated in deep renovation using existing theories, co-creation methods and quantification techniques. The overarching research objectives are to: • investigate the capabilities and limitations of socio-technical interactions in deep-renovation • formulate a socio-technical framework for enhancing occupant interaction • validate the developed framework using socially driven scenarios The project will involve mixed-method research towards holistic deep renovation and develop a socio-technical framework with KPIs to be used in decision-making by industry stakeholders. It will focus on the aspects of co-creation, greater outreach and dissemination in practice to push to deep renovation in the EU. This project will be completed in a leading multi-disciplinary research group and draw on applicant’s experiences and competencies in (i) energy efficiency and renovation, (ii) stakeholder engagement, and (iii) practice and education in architecture.

Mots clés : renovation, energy efficiency, energy policy, socio technical, residential buildings, decision making, building technology, building envelope, building systems, 

Participants :
- Université Louis-et-Maximilien de Munich (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université technique de Munich (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de technologie de Delft (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 203464.32 €
Projet PYRAMID (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Chip-scale magnetometers come in several flavors, the most common being silicon Hall-effect plates that integrate easily with electronics. However, these devices only detect 1D fields, are asymmetric between X-Y and Z directions, and cannot work in extreme temperatures. My goal is to leverage my expertise in micromachining and wide-bandgap semiconductor Hall-plates to realize magnetometers with a unique "3D" microstructure that uses 10% of the space of existing "3x1D" sensors, and is 3-10x more accurate. This enables new products for 3D navigation in autonomous microsystems such as biomedical implants, power monitoring, and nanosatellites. This proposal will involve the development of the inverted pyramid device through crystallographic etching of <100> CMOS silicon to expose the <111> crystal plane at 54.7°. This enables higher angular accuracy and avoids fabrication misalignment or packaging errors. The <111> also supports direct GaN and other 3D Material integration with CMOS chips. In parallel, the host group, the Electronics Instrumentation(EI) laboratory at TU Delft, will develop the CMOS integrated circuit for front-end amplification and switching scheme of the sensor to detect all three components of the field from a singular device. The EI lab is top-ranked in circuits design and complements my sensor development activities seamlessly.  The final year of the project will focus on testing these chips packaged together and development of a integrated single chip with both sensor and circuit to reveal improved performance with the use of graphene as the device layer. This project will open up future work with (ultra) wide-bandgap material integration using GaN and/or Diamond to enable extreme-environment navigation sensors with exotic applications in high temperature environments. The project will improve my career prospects as a tenure-track professor with training in circuits, teaching and tenure-track professional development at TU Delft.

Mots clés : hall effect sensor, magnetic sensing, microelectromechanical systems, cmos integrated circuits

Participants :
- Université de technologie de Delft (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 203464.32 €
Projet REEcycle (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The European Union (EU) has the ambitious target to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The current energy transition is playing a crucial role in achieving a greener future by electrification of industries and the use of renewable resources for energy. Many greener applications rely on electric motors or generators that contain NdFeB permanent magnets (PM) in large quantities. The composition of these magnets is about 30 % of rare-earth elements (REEs), mainly neodymium (Nd). The worldwide supply of REEs is controlled by China (85 %). As the demand of REEs is increasing, due to energy transition, it is important for the EU to ensure a continuous supply of REEs. Recycling end-of-life magnets is a feasible alternative to obtain REEs from secondary resources. With REEcycle research project, my objective is to determine, for the first time, the leaching mechanism of REEs in NdFeB magnet scrap, aiming at selective recovery of REEs by means of electrochemical leaching in organic acids. I will combine different electrochemical approaches at different scales to evaluate the electroleaching efficiency in organic acids aiming at the selection of the most suitable acid and process conditions for a high dissolution rate of REEs. Then, to determine the leaching mechanism under electrochemical effect, I will use a recently developed local electrochemical technique, scanning electrochemical cell microscopy (SECCM), which will indicate the dissolution parameters for each element present in the NdFeB matrix. Finally, with the findings from SECCM, I will be able to promote a controlled electroleaching in organic acid followed by oxidation of Fe2+, to selectively recover the REEs from the magnet scrap. With my project, the use of organic acids and an electrochemical approach will bring the realisation of a sustainable recycling of permanent magnets a step forward, thereby contributing to the EU’s knowledge in REE supply from secondary sources.

Mots clés : electroleaching local electrochemistry ndfeb permanent magent recycle scanning electrochemical cell microscopy seccm

Participants :
- Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgique) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de technologie de Delft (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 187624.32 €