Projet ACTIVA (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The proposed DN “Advanced Customized Technologies for Intact Vision in Ageing” (ACTIVA) provides an international, interdisciplinary platform to train young scientists at the interface of physics and medicine to study unresolved questions and develop novel techniques to facilitate intact, or even improved, visual function in the elderly population. Good vision throughout life is a key factor both on a personal level and socioeconomically and has particular pertinence to the ageing population of Europe. ACTIVA is a joint initiative to develop new optical technologies that will facilitate good vision throughout life. Within the project, 9 young researchers will be trained in new optical technologies to diagnose and compensate for different aspects of the normal ageing of the eye as well as the most common age-related ocular conditions. The novel vision enabling techniques, to be developed in this DN, will focus on facilitating the functionality of both near and far vision. Furthermore, early diagnosis of ocular diseases is essential to offer timely treatment and reduce the risk of vision loss. The novel diagnosis technologies, to be developed in this DN, will focus on early detection of pathological changes in visual function. The consortium combines the expertise of three academic partners with excellent research and teaching records and two fully integrated private sector partners. Furthermore, the consortium will be counselled by a scientifically accomplished External Advisory Board. Close collaborations and multi-site training activities will ensure to provide the young researchers with a vast network and interdisciplinary research experience. ACTIVA will be recognized worldwide as a major contribution to the ageing challenge and the social investment of the European Commission in active ageing.

Mots clés : physiological optics, presbyopia, cataract, ocular optical aberrations, adaptive optics, psychophysics, visual processing, diagnosis, vision aids and age related changes

Participants :
- KTH Institut royal de technologie (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 587419.2 €
- Université Eberhard Karl de Tübingen (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University College Dublin (Irlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 572976.0 €
- Université de Murcie (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 503942.4 €
- Tobii (Sweden) (Suède) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Carl Zeiss (Germany) (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 521078.4 €
- Diestia systimata idiotiki kefalaiouchiki etaireia (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 240098.4 €
- Voptica s.l. (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Alcon laboratories ireland ltd (Irlande) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €