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

EURJAZZ looks at the role played by music in the process of cultural europeanisation. It examines how a cultural product coming from outside Europe can become fully part of European culture and identity. Taking jazz as an example of such cultural expression, the project explores how its diffusion outside the United States (USA) led to the development of a unified European jazz world, which was distinctive and independent from the American one. Three aspects of europeanisation are examined in light of representative case studies, considered from a transnational and European perspective: self-affirmation; appropriations, individuation and differentiation from the USA; integration and cooperation. EURJAZZ also shows that these three elements played a critical role in the formation of the first European jazz institution: the European Jazz Federation (1968-1975). The project explores the role of music in shaping identities at European level. It takes the inherent interdisciplinary nature of musicology a stage further by designing a research and training plan with the aim of establishing research cooperation that is of mutual benefit to European and Anglophone scholarly traditions in the Humanities and Social Sciences. EURJAZZ is timely in building on recent research about national histories of jazz in Europe in order to initiate a change of scale in the study of the history of jazz. Besides, it tackles one major challenge of the H2020 programme: a better understanding of Europe’s cultural identity and heritage. It is timely in being implemented during the European Year of Cultural Heritage (2018) and on the 100th anniversary of the arrival of jazz in Europe. The dissemination and communication plans aim to contribute to these celebrations. EURJAZZ has strong societal relevance, at a time when Europe is facing the threat of partial disintegration and when current immigration raises questions about the capacity of Europe to assimilate non-European cultural products.

Mots clés : music and transnational identities, europe, europeanisation, transational studies, jazz, cultural transfers, circulations, networks, interwar period

Participants :
- Royal Northern College of Music (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195454.8 €
Projet LNOB (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Effective humanitarian programs are predicated on a detailed and accurate understanding of what is happening on the ground. So often, however, humanitarian organizations do not have access to such information, and they lack the in-house capacity to conduct empirical research in conflict-affected areas. This gap—between generating scientifically grounded knowledge and engaging in humanitarian action— results in programs that are ineffective or misaligned with the needs of crisis-affected populations on the ground. The proposed project Leave No One Behind will bridge this gap by bringing together an academic researcher with a non-governmental humanitarian organization to conduct research primarily on a vulnerable population-- adolescent girls—who are living in protracted displacement and fragile environments. Leave No One Behind seeks to answer the following overarching research questions using quantitative and qualitative methodologies 1) What are the push and pull factors for early marriage in fragile environments and what are potential local solutions to decrease this practice? 2) What are the decision-making processes of refugee families with adolescents and unaccompanied minors who seek to integrate locally or return to their country of origin and what could support durable solutions? The research will be conducted in the Sahel region of Africa and Lebanon with the support of the host organization that currently has a presence in both regions. Leave No One Behind represents an applied research, based on identified needs, that will generate recommendations that are immediately actionable by the host organization, as well as local and international organizations involved in humanitarian action, advocacy, and policy. Beyond the actual research project, Leave No One Behind comprises a host of skills and continuous knowledge transfers between the researcher and the organization throughout the fellowship including two-way trainings, workshops, and regular consultation

Mots clés : protracted crises, displacement, youth, adolescent girls, child marriage, durable solutions

Participants :
- Red barnet (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 207312.0 €
Projet NaTeRM (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Effective structural upgrading solutions are becoming increasingly important in Europe, due to the ageing building stock and the need for preserving heritage buildings. When the reinforcement of existing and historic masonry structures is faced, several challenges with respect to the compatibility, cost-efficiency and environmental impact of the methods used need to be answered. Project NaTeRM promises a breakthrough in realizing sustainable retrofitting solutions via the development of a novel externally bonded masonry reinforcement system comprising of plant fibre textiles embedded in inorganic lime-based matrix. This Natural Textile Reinforced Mortar (NTRM) will offer several advantages compared to analogous systems that incorporate synthetic fabrics. Natural fibres are bio-renewable, bio-degradable and have good economic feasibility. They also offer a higher degree of flexibility that precludes over-stiffening effects, enabling better mechanical behaviour when applied on weak masonry. The plant fibres used in this study will receive a natural hydrophobic treatment that will ensure adequate durability. The design of a vapour permeable lime matrix will guarantee compatibility with a wide range of masonry substrates, including porous and salt-laden surfaces. The planned research activities include experimental work for the production and characterization of the matrix material and of the composite, pilot applications on full-scale walls and computational studies for validating operational performance and for developing analysis tools for the proposed applications. The project goes several steps beyond the state-of-the-art which still lacks systematic investigations, design guidelines and real-scale applications of NTRM. The outcomes obtained will assist towards enhancing resilience of the built environment, increasing the lifetime of existing buildings, protecting cultural patrimony, and promoting decarbonation in the construction and textile industries.

Mots clés : natural fibrous composites, textile reinforced mortar, masonry strengthening

Participants :
- University of Minho (Portugal) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 147815.04 €
Projet CNSOL (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Energy efficiency is a key principle of the EU’s 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, and implementation of this strategy requires innovation in energy intensive industries. Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) meets this need—it is a membrane-based separation with the potential to achieve more than 90% energy savings over conventional distillation in the energy intensive chemical industry. Current challenges for OSN are the need for materials with high flux, high selectivity and high chemical resistance. This proposal advocates meeting this need by constructing a membrane with: i) an ultrathin selective layer, ii) uniform pore sizes and iii) a cross-linked network. Carbon nanomembranes (CNMs) are 2D materials made by crosslinking of self-assembled monolayers; this results in a film with single-molecule thickness. CNMs mainly comprise carbon, resulting in chemically-stable separating layers. Also, their molecular structure is tunable by synthesis with purpose-designed molecules. Recently, the Fellow was part of the team which created the first 1.2-nm thin CNM with a high density of sub-nm channels, providing ultrafast permeation of water while blocking the passage of most other molecules. This project will combine the Fellow’s expertise in the development of single-molecule-thick films with the host’s expertise in OSN and interfacial synthesis; it aims to design new nanomaterials for advancing molecular separation in organic liquids. The objectives of the project are to: 1) demonstrate the ability of freestanding CNMs for OSN; 2) explore the tunability of CNMs at a molecular level for improved selectivity; 3) create nanocomposite membranes comprising interfacially synthesized mesoporous films supporting CNM separating layers. This highly innovative and interdisciplinary research will promote the Fellow’s career prospects by widening her research perspectives, enriching her research experiences and expanding her network with European colleagues.

Mots clés : organic solvent nanofiltration, molecular separation, molecular self assembly, 2d material, interfacial synthesis

Participants :
- Imperial College London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 224933.76 €
Projet MONSON (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Energy efficiency is at the heart of the EU’s 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Organic solvent nanofiltration (OSN) technology is an emerging technology that can potentially achieve organic liquid separation on a molecular scale with less than half the energy consumption than conventional distillation processes. The main obstacle is the lack of OSN membrane materials with three key properties: high flux; high selectivity; and excellent stability. This project seeks to develop ultrathin OSN membranes comprising metal-organic framework (MOF) nanosheets in ultrathin polymer matrix in the form of mixed matrix membranes (MMMs). This research work is based on combining recent technology breakthroughs in: (i) 1-nm-thick MOF nanosheet based molecular sieve membranes, developed by the Applicant; and (ii) highly cross-linked sub-10-nm-thick OSN polymer membranes developed by the Host group. This is a timely and highly original research concept to create a new generation of high performances, and brings the full potential of MOF materials to the field of OSN membranes to produce highly stable OSN membranes with ultrafast solvent permeation and finely tunable (molecular weight cut-off) MWCO curves. In addition, the in-depth studies on controllable synthesis of MOF structures, rational design and synthesis of polymer networks, and microstructural optimization of MOF-polymer composites are expected to lead to application-oriented fabrication of high-performance membranes and functional thin films for a wide range of applications. This project will bring together the complementary expertise of both the applicant and the Host with the aim of developing mutually-beneficial research cooperation between Europe and China. This high-quality and highly innovative research will open up the optimum career possibilities for the applicant by broadening his research horizons, enriching his research experience, and strengthening his network with European colleagues.

Mots clés : organic solvent nanofiltration, metal organic frameworks, nanosheets, mixed matrix membranes

Participants :
- Imperial College London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195454.8 €
Projet ROTRANS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Energy is of essential importance to our society. The global warming thread, coursed by massive greenhouse gas emissions, forces us to use existing energy sources with more responsibility. This includes the discovery of new energy sources as well as the improvement of process efficiencies in existing machines. Several technologies make use of ultra-compact transonic and supersonic turbomachinery stages. Occurring shock systems in the supersonic flows, e.g. at the leading edge of the turbomachine rotor, reduce the machine efficiency drastically and threaten the responsible use of energy. The proposed project aims at developing a new understanding of the shock establishment and high-frequency response within the rotor. A recent project allows the expectation to improve turbomachinery stage efficiencies by more than 14%points. The project includes a numerical analysis of observed phenomenon to develop a reduced model based on 3D characteristics. This model will thoroughly be validated by advanced experimental measurements. The final applicability of the reduced model and the functionality of the novel concept will be assessed by a design optimization of a turbine and a compressor geometry. With Purdue, a world unique lab owning advanced laser diagnostic tools and expertise on supersonic turbines and with TU Berlin, a lab with massive experience on compressors and the overall engine analysis will participate to assure the success of this project. The project is structured to allow a complete transfer of gained knowledge in the outgoing phase towards TU Berlin. Training activities in both entities plus the composition of the project topic will strengthen my professional formation. I can build on my experience in numerical simulations, one-dimensional modeling and experiments applied on radial turbomachinery. During the fellowship, I will be trained in transonic flow in turbines and compressors combined with reduced models based on 3D characteristics.

Mots clés : aerodynamics in turbomachines, transonic flows, shock waves in internal flows, compact turbomachinery

Participants :
- Technische Universität Berlin (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 246669.12 €
- Purdue University System (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet DENTADFE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Energy security and climate change and two interwoven global societal issues that will continue to dominate the 21st century that are particular salient for fast developing world. Intense effort and activity are underway to find solutions to reduce power consumption and to mitigate global warming. One technology that can address both of these important challenges is energy-efficient lighting. In this context, considerable research efforts devoted towards the development of Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED)-based lighting and electronic devices, in part due to their much lower power consumption and greater efficiency compared to other lighting technologies. According to Transparent Mark Research the global OLED displays market is expected to reach $100 billion by 2050 from $4.9 billion in 2012. Europe has been at the forefront of OLED-based research with companies having invested significantly in this technology. Although, OLEDs are already commercialized, the devices were fabricated by expensive vacuum. To achieve a truly cost-effective product, devices must be fabricated via solution processing. Thus, dendritic molecules represents a good alternative to small molecules and extensively high molecular weight polymers. Since dendrimer simultaneously possesses the advantages of polymers and small molecules, i.e. low crystallization trend, high purity, well-defined chemical structure, and excellent film-forming properties. In this proposal, the applicant intends to fabricate non-doped devices using inexpensive solution-processing techniques coupled with bespoke TADF molecules designed for this purpose. Outcome of this research will establish a new strategy to achieve highly efficient OLED device at low cost. Apart from contributing to European academic excellence and enhancing Europe’s leading roll in organic semiconductor research, outputs from this research will help to make OLEDs accessible to the developing world by contributing to reducing their production cost.

Mots clés : dendron, tadf, red emitter, oled, organic electronics

Participants :
- University of St Andrews (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195454.8 €
Projet PhotoCatRed (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Energy shortage and environment pollution are two critical threats faced by the present society. Carbon dioxide (CO2), the well known greenhouse gas is a major cause of global warming but at same time it is also an abundant resource for hydrocarbon energy fuels. Photocatalytic CO2 reduction (PCO2R) into sustainable solar fuels is a highly enticing challenge for simultaneous settling of energy and environmental issues. So far, manifold photocatalysts including inorganic semiconductors, noble metal complexes, metal organic frameworks, 2D nanomaterials etc. have been demonstrated potential candidates for CO2 photo reduction. But the overall catalytic performance of the state of art materials is still far from practical application due to one or combined problems of low conversion efficiency, poor light harvesting, low stability, high electron-hole recombination rates, high cost and lack of product selectivity. Thus there is a steady demand for high performance photocatalysts preferably multinary heterostructure designs that can compensate for the shortcomings of the single components. The PCO2R project aims to develop novel multinary N-doped graphene based heterostructure composites decorated with titanium dioxide semiconductor, gold-copper bimetallic nanoalloys and/or transition metal dichalcogenides-copper nanoparticles as robust high efficiency photocatalysts for visible light reduction of CO2. The heterostructure composite is custom designed to overcome the major existing challenges and is anticipated to have great potential as a practically useful photocatalyst that can reduce CO2 under irradiation of visible light along with high product selectivity. The PCO2R project will confer significant scientific advances in the field of materials design, synthesis and catalysis strategies in addition to the knowledge transfer, training activities and long run societal interests.

Mots clés : co2 reduction, photo catalysis, metal nanoparticles, solar fuels, titanium dioxide, n doped graphene, multinary heterostructure, dft study

Participants :
- National Institute of Chemistry (Slovénie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 162040.32 €
Projet MULTICALORICS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Enhancing the efficiency and reducing the contaminant fingerprint of refrigeration and air conditioning are crucial in adapting to climate change and responding to high-energy demands, but cooling engines are presently dominated by low-performance refrigerants exploiting the compression of greenhouse harmful gases. Refrigeration exploiting magnetism has thus become a promising technology since it is environmentally friendly and more energy efficient. Typically, magnetic fields and mechanical stresses are applied to magnetic materials to generate cooling. However, this technology is still commercially unattractive because it relies on expensive neodymium-based permanent magnets to produce large enough magnetic fields and some mechanical materials suffer of fatigue that reduces their lifetime. I aim to advance both theoretical and experimental aspects of refrigeration based on magnetic materials by combining my expertise on theoretical magnetism with the know-how of experimentalists at the university of Barcelona on the experimental and thermodynamic study of solid-state materials. Our project focuses on two novel research directions: (1) The simultaneous application of magnetic and mechanical stimuli to reduce their magnitude and maximize the cooling effect. (2) The exploitation of a novel boost to cooling performance that I have recently predicted to arise from multisite interactions, which are complex interactions between atom-size magnetic degrees of freedom emerging from the cooperative behavior of many electrons gluing the magnetic material at the sub nano-scale. I will guide experimental efforts to overcome the performance limitations of current solid-state refrigeration in cost-effective magnetic materials by advancing the understanding of how to nanostructure magnetic materials with cooling power boosted by multisite interactions and by developing a new theory accounting for the coupling between the magnetism, the atom motion, and material elasticity.

Mots clés : caloric and multicaloric effects, ab initio thermodynamics, magneto phonon coupling, magnetic interactions, magnetic phase transitions, density functional theory

Participants :
- University of Barcelona (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 160932.48 €
Projet IN-PLANTO_CUES (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Environmental challenges such as drought, temperature and light extremes can impose oxidative stress in multiple organelles, thus negatively affecting the function of plant cells. Both chloroplasts and mitochondria can invoke signaling pathways to the nucleus that trigger stress responses and adjustment of cellular homeostasis, resulting in physiological outcomes such as enhanced stress tolerance, or conversely programmed cell death. These pathways include the 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphate (PAP)-SAL1 pathway for chloroplasts and the ANAC013 mobile transcription factor for mitochondria. However, the mechanisms by which plant cells coordinate different signals from chloroplasts and mitochondria for whole-cell acclimation to oxidative stress are still enigmatic. Whether there is any cross-talk between chloroplast and mitochondrial signaling is also intriguing. My project will investigate these fundamental questions using an exemplar model system consisting of three components that combine my research with the Hosts’. The first goal is to take my PNAS findings that SAL1 is a redox-regulated initiator of chloroplast signaling and determine if a similar mechanism occurs in the mitochondria, where SAL1 is also localized. This would reveal how two distinct organelles can integrate oxidative stress sensing and response by using the same pathway. Second, the interaction between SAL1-redox sensing and the mitochondrial signaling transducer ANAC013 will be investigated to understand integration between these two apparently distinct pathways. Third, ANAC013 targets a biosynthetic enzyme for PAP hinting at crosstalk between mitochondrial and chloroplast signaling at the level of signal metabolism. Thus, my research on SAL1-PAP and VIB’s on ANAC013 collectively present a unique opportunity to reveal how the two pathways are linked at different levels enabling cellular signaling to be coordinated across scales to facilitate a harmonic, not discordant acclimation response.

Mots clés : retrograde signalling, drought, high light, plant cell responses to environment, oxidative stress, redox regulated protein

Participants :
- Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (Belgique) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 172800.0 €