Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet SMART-X (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

SMART-X is a multidisciplinary and intersectoral network aiming at the training of scientists who will bring X-ray ultrafast spectroscopy beyond the current state of the art as a standard technique for investigation in crucial sectors of material science, with a particular emphasis on the investigation of charge carrier dynamics in materials relevant for novel energy supply and storage. The network will recruit 15 early stage researchers (ESRs) to work towards the ambitious goal of the development of tabletop X-ray ultrafast spectroscopy in the condensed phase. Within SMART-X, a generation of creative, innovative, well-connected scientists will work towards unveiling the special physics of future and emerging material platforms, by implementing a research program at the physics/chemistry interface with partners from 7 European countries. This network will enhance the career perspectives of the ESRs by training them in a broad range of scientific, technical and transferable skills, through a unique combination of projects, secondments, and tailored courses provided by 8 world-leading academic institutions, two large scale facilities and 2 high-tech companies. Our goal is to establish long-lasting cooperation among the ESRs that will strengthen European competitiveness and innovation capacity.

Mots clés : non linear optics, ultrafast spectroscopy, coherent light matter interaction, x ray spectroscopy, attosecond science

Participants :
- Greateyes gmbh (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 252788.4 €
- Fastlite (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 274802.04 €
- Institute of Photonic Sciences (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 250904.88 €
- Stockholm University (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 563965.92 €
- Forschungsverbund Berlin (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 505576.8 €
- Max Planck Society (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 252788.4 €
- National Research Council (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 522999.36 €
- Italian Institute of Technology (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 261499.68 €
- Consorzio per l'AREA di Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica di Trieste (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 261499.68 €
- National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 243017.64 €
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 274802.04 €
- Utrecht University (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 265619.88 €
Projet SMILIES (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

SMILIES is based on perovskite solar cells (PSC) employing Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs) in a cutting-edge approach for the fabrication of stable and efficient PSCs. The current bottleneck are poor vertical conductivity in 2-dimenisional TMD and stability of PSCs. The research strategy to overcome such challenges are as follows: i) design, develop and optimization of quasi-3D TMD:small molecules with improved vertical conductivity and apply them as hole transporting materials in p-i-n PSCs; ii) fabricate high efficiency and stable PSCs (PCE >24%) with optimized TMDs quantum dots as top transporting materials. The project will overcome barrier to promote TMDs application in other opto-electrical devices, and will advances the commercialization of PSCs and TMDs. The expected results of the project will contribute to European excellence and competiveness in renewable energy field. The transferable aim of SMILIES is to provide training to the fellow in the emerging field of photovoltaics and corresponding materials, where host has a critical knowledge and expertise. The training program includes knowledge acquisition and characterization of organic materials, developing quasi-3D nanocomposites and TMD quantum dots and in-stu measurement for charge dynamics of PSCs. During his short research career, the applicant has gained expertise in the field of photovoltaics and inorganic materials. To further boost his career, the applicant needs to broaden his knowledge in the field of photovoltaics, and within framework of project he will acquire expertise in the field of organic and nanocomposite materials. This will complement the existing expertise in inorganic materials. Further, the success of the project will provide more opportunity to gain supervision and teaching experience, project and intellectual property management research funding and proposal writing skills, which are critical for the applicant to secure a long-term international career and collaboration.

Mots clés : perovskite solar cells, transition metal dichalcogenides, stability, improved, vertical conductivity of 2d materials, sensitivity to thickness, transporting layers, nanocomposite, quantum dots

Participants :
- Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 172932.48 €
Projet SOCIALSHIFT (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

SOCIALSHIFT investigates how fisheries can respond successfully to environmental and social challenges. Due to pressing local and global issues, fisheries are undergoing profound and long-lasting changes. These so-called transformations are hard to predict, difficult to reverse, and can have far-reaching impacts on fish stocks, ecosystems, economic outcomes, and social wellbeing. However, social transformations remain largely unexplored in the marine realm. Why are some fisheries capable of going through transformations with positive, desirable effects while others collapse or take an undesirable route? SOCIALSHIFT reunites studies from different disciplines in a global database to identify the drivers and inhibiting and enabling conditions for social transformations of marine fisheries. We combine this structural perspective with biographical interviews to explore what social transformations mean to individual people in marine fisheries and how their actions and mental processes shape these transformations and link to ecological factors. From case studies, we aim to develop a generalizable methods to systematically assess individual life histories and scale up qualitative approaches to make social aspects more accessible to fisheries management. Based on that, we identify tipping points and create scenarios to develop together with stakeholders inspirational visions for the future and resilient management strategies. The results will advance the field of fisheries science, raise awareness of social issues in fisheries, contribute to the understanding of complex systems, and provide guidance to decision-makers on how to steer successful transformations into resilient trajectories.


Participants :
- University of Santiago de Compostela (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 172932.48 €
Projet SOCIETY (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : European Researchers' Night
Statut du projet : CLOSED

SOCIETY (in Search Of Certainty – Interactive Event To inspire Young People) European Researchers' Night events will take place in 5 cities (Bologna, Forlì, Cesena, Ravenna and Rimini). SOCIETY aims to present research as the best tool to investigate solutions, ideas and innovations to sort out the Societal Challenges that human beings face. In order to achieve its objectives, SOCIETY will rely on interactivity and engagement at large: the project will specifically aim to produce a Night co-design approach, in which researchers together with society will conceive the event programme. SOCIETY project will be extended to two editions of ERN, in 2016 and in 2017, with a project duration of 18 months. The line-up of each Night event will be structured as a subway map, with different lines and stops. Each line will represent an interdisciplinary pathway in some specific big topic for which researchers are trying to find some possible solutions and ideas. The two events will maintain the same overall theme, but a relevant evolution in public collaboration, which will support the design of the programme event, will be envisaged. The co-design of ERN events will act as a concrete lab experience for European researchers in structuring a bottom-up public communication event. The public will have a key role in the project, not only as target, and will be engaged to collaborate in the outline of an event tailored for societal interests. Researchers and research will benefit from this approach as a whole in terms of public support and acknowledgement of the importance of research work for society. SOCIETY Night events will be designed in order to attract different kinds of publics . However, secondary school students, who are about to make their choice in terms of career, will be a privileged target, also through the involvement of Eu and MSCA researchers. Specific activities will be addressed to encourage female young students to embark on scientific and research career.

Mots clés : public engagement, event, dissemination, co design, certainty, schools, young people, edutainment, gender balance

Participants :
- University of Bologna (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 98337.5 €
- National Institute for Astrophysics (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 5020.0 €
- Formicablu srl (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 32997.5 €
- National Research Council (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 5000.0 €
- National Institute for Nuclear Physics (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 5001.25 €
- Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 4268.75 €
- Cineca (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 4750.0 €
Projet SOLUTION (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

SOLUTION will provide research and training program for 14 early stage researchers (ESR) pursuing their PhD in various disciplines covering the broadly defined area of solid lubricant coatings. The project combines theoretical approaches represented by advanced nanoscale simulations, laboratory design and fabrication of novel solid lubricants supported by simulations, and the up-scaling of promising solutions and their application in selected emerging engineering applications. SOLUTION will link industries from various areas dealing with similar issues through intensive training and knowledge sharing. Three topics driven by industrial partners have been selected to demonstrate the added value of simultaneous development and training. The use of modern solid lubricants underlines the transformation of industry towards smart design, which is based on predictive models and cross-communication throughout the entire production chain. Fellows supported by the project will have a unique opportunity to gain competence ranging from simulation, characterization and processing, to industrial processes and entrepreneurship. Highly individualized multidisciplinary training reflecting actual market needs, together with scientific excellence, will generate an open-mind generation able to harvest multidisciplinary knowledge and to successfully face challenges represented by the design of competitive solid lubricants.

Mots clés : multiscale simulation, solid lubricant, transition metal dichalcogenide, tribology, training

Participants :
- "institut de recherches en ingenierie des surfaces" (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 262875.6 €
- Czech Technical University in Prague (Rép. Tchèque) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 464844.96 €
- Smiths Group (United Kingdom) (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 273287.88 €
- Jihlavan (Czechia) (Rép. Tchèque) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 232422.48 €
- University of Burgos (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 495745.92 €
- Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 242386.92 €
- Creative nano pc (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 242386.92 €
- University of Southampton (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 819863.64 €
- Instituto pedro nunes associacao para a inovacao e desenvolvimento em ciencia e tecnologia (Portugal) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 476712.72 €
Projet STARRY (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Doctoral Networks - Industrial Doctorates
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

STARRY (STARs that ‘R’ Young) is a twin site EID that will provide training to 2 inexperienced researchers in the development of sophisticated research tools in order to exploit, interpret and analyse astronomical data from state-of-the-art observatories in the field of star formation. The joint training programme is provided by world experts in stellar astrophysics at the University of Leeds, UK and in developing, maintaining and exploiting space science data archives at ISDEFE in Madrid, Spain. The programme is extremely timely in exploiting the astrophysical data that are now becoming available from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) mission GAIA and other, mainly European-led, sky surveys. These new developments allow us to answer a current and significant question in the field of the formation of stars, namely: “do massive stars form in clusters?”. The science question requires a particular, novel, functionality to interpret and analyze these new data, and the programme brings together both the academic sector and the non-academic sector to achieve this. The tools which will be developed in the Work Packages in order to address the current scientific question have the potential to enable future studies in many branches of stellar astrophysics, and beyond. Throughout, emphasis is put on skilling a new generation of researchers to work and communicate cross-borders which is vital for the future competitive health of this sector. In short, the need for the development of new analysis tools is identified by a clear and current research question. Its implementation will have a long term benefit to ISDEFE which will ultimately lead to a competitive commercial advantage for the company across Europe. In addition, a new generation of researchers is provided with a research and transferable skillset designed to exploit the considerable European investment in space.

Mots clés : star formation, star clusters, distances, data archives

Participants :
- University of Leeds (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 546575.76 €
- Ingeniería de Sistemas para la Defensa de España (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
Projet STELLAR (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

STELLAR will offer world-class training through research in the cross-disciplinary and supra-sectorial field of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs)-based multiresponsive optoelectronics to an extremely talented and promising young researcher, with a PhD in physics and an extraordinary track record. The proposed research lies at the interface between physics, chemistry and electrical engineering, in the interdisciplinary realms of supramolecular sciences, materials science and nanoscience. The overall mission is to train the fellow to become an independent scientist and to prepare him for a leading position in academia/public sector or industry. The research programme in STELLAR targets a fundamental breakthrough in the field of 2D TMDCs by combining switchable molecular systems to construct multiresponsive hybrid molecules/TMDC structures and optoelectronic devices. For this purpose, TMDC nanosheets will be engineered via ion bombardment to create chalcogen vacancies as anchoring sites for molecules. Specially designed molecules with multiple responsive moieties (photochromic and electrochemically switchable moieties) and suitable head groups (thiol or selenol groups) will be chemisorbed on the defective TMDC surface. This novel hybrid system can respond to multiple independent external stimuli and exhibit distinct physical and chemical properties in different stable states. Electrolyte-gated field-effect transistors (FETs) with a hybrid molecules/TMDC channel will be exploited to realize multiresponsive optoelectronic devices. These FETs can be controlled or switched not only by gate voltage, but also by multiple external stimuli. Such smart devices can work as multi-bit memories, chemical sensors and diodes. In conclusion, STELLAR aims at developing high-performance multiresponsive optoelectronic devices with hybrid molecules/TMDC systems to replace the state-of-the-art Si-based and organic electronic devices.

Mots clés : tmdcs, defect engineering, supramolecules, molecular switches, chemisorption, charge transfer, multiresponsivity, optoelectronics, photochromism, electrochemical switches

Participants :
- Université de Strasbourg (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 173076.0 €
Projet STEPforGGR (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

STEPforGGR is a research and training focused initiative consisting of world-leading institutions in the multidisciplinary and intersectoral subject areas of physics, chemistry, engineering and manufacturing. The overarching purpose is to promote a novel greenhouse gas removal technology: removal of non-CO2 greenhouse gases utilising large-scale atmospheric photocatalysis enabled by solar up-draft towers. The objective is to collaboratively evaluate the feasibility of this new but entirely untested negative emission technology and build up a foundation for climate policy debate and practical application tackling climate change at the global scale. Through comprehensive and complementary expertise and the robust network among theoreticians, experimentalists and manufacturers, STEPforGGR will identify bottle necks (rate limiting steps, work package 1 (WP1)) and provide solutions for optimization of the complex process through modelling and experiments (WPs2&3), as well as estimate the scalability (WP4) and sustainability (WP5) of the truly pioneering greenhouse gas removal technology at the climatically relevant scale. STEPforGGR will produce multiple avenues for career development, cross-sectorial experience, and academic training in a multi-cultural, interdisciplinary and intersectoral environment formed by a consortium of six world-leading research organizations and one industrial partner.

Mots clés : greenhouse gases removal, non co2 greenhouse gases, solar up draft tower, negative emission technology

Participants :
- Wuhan University of Technology (Chine) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Fraunhofer Society (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 23000.0 €
- University of Birmingham (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 32200.0 €
- Aston University (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 32200.0 €
- University of Edinburgh (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 174800.0 €
- Pilkington technology management ltd (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 13800.0 €
- Nanjing Tech University (Chine) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet SURGE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

SURGE is a qualitative, ethnographic study of urban transformation driven by private Chinese capitals in Africa. Current research on Africa-China relationships focuses on major government-driven investments, such as the Belt and Road initiative, which is the most recent example of China’s increasing presence in Africa. Scholarly attention is thus directed toward the state and the continental scale, overlooking private and provincial Chinese investments in Africa and their consequences on cities. Very little is known about non-state-driven financial operations of Chinese entrepreneurs, or about the responses of African cities to the influx of Chinese capitals. SURGE addresses these knowledge gaps with an urban ethnography of the sinofinancialization of two African cities that offer two different models of China’s involvement in Africa: Addis Ababa, for manufacturing, and Nairobi, for high-value services. The research will explore the key urban sites of these financial operations: special economic zones, new towns, technology hubs and master-planned estates, charting the spatial and economic consequences of private Chinese capitals in the making of 21st-century African urban worlds. Methodologically, SURGE will be a multi-sited ethnography of financialization and will combine two disciplines: economic geography and social studies of finance. The overall aim of SURGE is to contribute to postcolonial urban studies, by foregrounding the diversity of Chinese capital in Africa, and the agency of African cities in attracting and harnessing these investments for purposes of social justice and sustainability that are at the forefront of urban restructuring in the continent.

Mots clés : african cities, chinese capital, china africa relations, financialization

Participants :
- University of Cape Town (Afrique du Sud) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Polytechnic University of Turin (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 194433.6 €