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

This AgRefine European Training Network (ETN) will provide Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) with the necessary skills and knowledge to position Europe as the global leader in developing an agri-bioeconomy industry based on advanced biorefinery technologies. AgRefine disrupts the mechanism by which biomass is currently being used by cooperatively integrating innovative stand-alone technologies so that the highest value, socio economically beneficial products per input substrates, can be achieved. An integrated training programme will facilitate the amelioration of Europe’s agri-sector competitiveness and environmental sustainability challenges by creating new and optimising current agri-resource and agri-waste valorisation pathways. The ETN will consist of 15 highly interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral PhD projects, each specialising in specific aspects of the bioeconomy, and provide training in a number of cross-cutting multi-disciplinary and highly interdisciplinary advanced technical subject areas including chemical and process engineering, biological science, life cycle assessment, and economics. The network will combine assessment of legislation and policy as it applies to the bioeconomy, with industry-led innovation of AgRefine technology, and market-led experience of sustainable value chain creation. The ESRs will receive training on adopted RRI principles, project management, communication, presentation and media skills. The network will provide ESRs with access to partners with key-expertise in the bioeconomy, gaining a range of relevant transferable skills and expertise in environmental, economic and social aspects of AgRefine. AgRefine will build on successful partnerships from the H2020 AgroCycle project and will leverage the capabilities of the AgroCycle team as well as bring new partnerships into this ETN to provide key researcher training opportunities that the bioeconomy needs in order to be a successful “Bio-green Revolution” for Europe.

Mots clés : bioeconomy, biorefinery

Participants :
- National University of Ireland (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 1098737.28 €
- Wageningen University & Research (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 265619.88 €
- Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (Grèce) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 243017.64 €
- TU Wien (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 528414.48 €
- National University of Ireland (Irlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 274684.32 €
- Ghent University (Belgique) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 768960.0 €
- Technical University of Denmark (Danemark) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 595044.0 €
- Tbw research gesmbh (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 264207.24 €
Projet RIDDLE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

This Fellowship application is crafted to bring together cross-disciplinary expertise and technology to help solve the challenge of sustaining river dolphin populations and other aquatic megafauna in dammed and regulated rivers. This is based on the recognition that freshwater habitats occupy only 1% of the Earth’s surface yet support 10% of all known species, but that freshwater species are now even more endangered than those in marine or terrestrial ecosystems. Freshwater dolphins are one of the most threatened mammal groups; listed as endangered or critically endangered in all places they occur, and the cause of their decline is attributed to habitat fragmentation by gated dams. The goal of this work is to quantify the extent, evaluate the consequences, and pilot solutions to understand and address river dolphin population connectivity in rivers fragmented by dams. To accomplish this acoustic and biotelemetry technology will be adapted and deployed at key gated dams in South Asia to monitor and quantify dolphin movement through the dams and two new options that have the potential to prevent river dolphins from passing through dam gates will be trialled. The results will have applications on the ground for the management of endangered riverine species, and the technological component has broader applications in assessing and potentially mitigating the impacts of marine engineering projects on the aquatic environment. The work falls at the interface between marine and freshwater ecology and will be conducted under the guidance of Dr Simon Northridge in the Sea Mammal Research Unit at the University of St. Andrews. The ability to move from my current research post in Tanzania into a vibrant academic community within the EU will allow me an unprecedented opportunity to diversify my technical skills and to collaborate with and learn from researchers from a range of disciplines from both within the university, and other academic and non-academic environments.

Mots clés : endangered species, dams, freshwater ecology, habitat fragmentation, extinction

Participants :
- University of St Andrews (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 224933.76 €
Projet TransNic (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This Fellowship application unites an Experienced Researcher from India (but currently based in Taiwan) with expertise in asymmetric synthesis and transition metal catalysis using gold, silver, and rhodium complexes, with an internationally recognized Host Laboratory in the UK with expertise in the development of new catalytic reactions for organic synthesis. This project will: • Provide high-quality, structured training for an outstanding scientist with an excellent publication record who is destined for an independent research career, by complementing and enhancing his competencies. • Showcase European excellence in homogeneous catalysis and organic synthesis, which are critically important branches of chemistry that underpin many sectors, such as the pharmaceutical, fine chemicals, agrochemical, materials, and biochemical industries. The proposed research is based upon a new synthetic method recently discovered in the Host Laboratory that relies upon the formal trans-carbometallation of organonickel species across an alkyne. The resulting alkenylnickel species can be trapped by various electrophiles in cyclizations that would otherwise be impossible, giving densely functionalized carbo- and heterocyclic scaffolds. Moreover, the products can be obtained with high enantioselectivities using a chiral ligand. We believe this chemistry carries enormous potential, and the final result will be a powerful synthetic method for the preparation of valuable building blocks as single enantiomers. This Fellowship will therefore help Europe to remain globally competitive in the chemical sciences.

Mots clés : transition metal catalysis, nickel, domino reactions, stereoselectivity, enantioselective catalysis

Participants :
- University of Nottingham (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195454.8 €
Projet TheSBIE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This GF proposal concerns nano-crystalline (NC) metallic alloys, unique materials having extremely small crystals (grains) which exhibit significantly improved mechanical properties over their conventional coarse-grained counterparts. Yet their inherently-large fraction of internal interfaces (grain boundaries, GBs), associated with excess energy, leads to coarsening of their structure at elevated temperatures during either fabrication, processing or service life. This results in a rapid deterioration of their properties, rendering them unsuitable for many applications. Compared with conventional, kinetic stabilization of NC alloys, which is limited and temporary in nature, the approach proposed here is of ‘Thermodynamic Stabilization by Interface Engineering’ employing solute segregation: alloying with elements which preferentially migrate to GBs to substantially reduce their excess energy, leading to a stable, tunable nano-scale grain size even at high temperatures. Employing a thermodynamic approach for engineering the structure and chemistry of interfaces in these materials stands a good chance of overcoming their fundamental stability hurdle with nature’s blessing. The main materials to be studied are iron-based alloys. In particular, NC iron-magnesium alloys have the potential for exceptional absolute and specific strength, exceeding that of the hardest steels. Experiments will be combined with mesoscale and atomistic simulations of thermodynamic, kinetic and mechanical properties. This international interdisciplinary research involves MIT (USA), Technion (Israel) and WWU (Germany), bridges physical metallurgy, nanotechnology and interface science. It will result in a deeper fundamental understanding of energetics and kinetics in NC alloys; tools for designing stable NC alloys with tailored mechanical properties; and commercialization of successful alloys. It shall thus strengthen the EU "metallurgical infrastructure" according to the EC’s Metallurgy Road Map.

Mots clés : nanocrystalline metals, alloys, physical metallurgy, solid state thermodynamics, segregation, grain boundary engineering, mechanical properties, powder metallurgy, thin films, short circuit diffusion

Participants :
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (Israël) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 263385.0 €
Projet inhibitAUTO (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This action aims to discover a novel class of autophagy inhibitors and newly develop chemical probes that can identify their protein targets and dissect their biological mode of action. Autophagy dysregulation is intrinsically linked with major European healthcare challenges, including cancer. The identification of new classes of druggable autophagic proteins will have broad implications for the development of novel and more effective cancer therapeutics. To address the aims of this action, this proposal seeks support to initiate a pioneering and holistic chemical biology programme, which combines the newest technologies in synthetic chemistry and cell biology. Phenotypic investigations in the host lab recently identified new inhibitors of autophagy based on a novel scaffold, which modulates autophagy through an exciting but unknown pathway. In this action the use of a newly introduced sp2-sp3 cross-coupling reaction will allow systematic variation of the scaffold, exploration of its structure-activity relationship, and improvement of the potency of these inhibitors to facilitate the preparation of high-quality chemical probes. A focused compound collection (>100 compounds) will be prepared and investigated in cell-based assays, with the aim of establishing a broad, potent and selective class of inhibitors. The inhibitory mode of action will then be rationalised through identification, validation and engagement of the associated biological targets using further cell-based investigations and biophysical assays. Chemical probes will be generated from the most active inhibitors and used to identify and interrogate the druggability of a novel protein target with potentially huge significance for biomedical science. My ambition is to become an independent academic researcher in chemical biology at a leading European institution, and this Fellowship provides a vital opportunity for me to advance my scientific and career potential.

Mots clés : autophagy, chemical biology, synthetic organic chemistry, chemical probes, biological target, identification, cell biology, cell machinery, biological mechanisms, cancer, metastasis

Participants :
- Max Planck Society (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 171460.8 €
Projet HARHCS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Mathematics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This fellowship will enable the Experienced Researcher Dr. Gian Maria Dall'Ara and Dr. Alessio Martini, as Host Researcher based at the University of Birmingham, to carry out innovative research at the interface of harmonic and complex analysis. This very active research area has deep connections with the most disparate fields, from algebraic, complex and subriemannian geometry to analysis on Lie groups and numerical harmonic analysis. Despite the spectacular developments of the last decades, many fundamental problems remain open and several phenomena lack a conceptual explanation. Dall'Ara will bring a point of view influenced by mathematical physics in which some of the key questions are interpreted in terms of uncertainty principles for generalized Schrödinger operators, and he has already proved the effectiveness of this approach in a number of situations. Dr. Alessio Martini's mastery of harmonic analysis in various non-Euclidean settings will provide the crucial ingredient to disclose the full potential of these novel ideas. The project consists of various interconnected working packages, mainly focusing on two mathematical objects naturally attached to real hypersurfaces embedded in complex manifolds: Cauchy-Szegö projections and spectral multipliers of Kohn Laplacians. The former are higher dimensional incarnations of the classical Cauchy integral, and as such they are of central importance in modern complex analysis in several variables. The project will increase our understanding of the nature of their singularities and mapping properties under general geometric assumptions involving for example the Ricci curvature. Kohn Laplacians are the natural Laplacians in this context and the study of their spectral multipliers fits into a wider set of problems lying at the heart of contemporary harmonic analysis. Our methods are a combination of geometric analysis, singular integral theory and mathematical physics.


Participants :
- University of Birmingham (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 212933.76 €
Projet KaMCAM (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Mathematics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This fellowship will enable the experienced Researcher Dr Rieuwert Blok - a currently USA-based European Union national - and Dr Corneliu Hoffman - as Host researcher based at the University of Birmingham - to carry out innovative and mutually beneficial research utilising their complementary skill sets. Blok brings extensive research experience in buildings, Lie theory and geometries while Hoffman's background is in group theory, representation theory and number theory. The fellowship aims to create optimal conditions for the Researcher to reintegrate into ERA for the benefit of both the Researcher and the ERA. The action comprises two distinct, yet interconnected Work Packages . The first one concerns Curtis-Tits groups, a large family of groups recently introduced by the Researcher and Dr Hoffman. This family includes groups of established importance, namely groups of Lie and Kac-Moody type, but in fact contains many new groups of great theoretical significance and practical interest. The action develops methods that open up this promising family for further study. It then determines key properties such as simplicity, and explores and establishes applications in geometric group theory, combinatorics, group presentations, and computer science. The subject area is an innovative blend of group theory, homological algebra, topology, geometry, number theory and computer science. The second package is an interdisciplinary project between mathematics and computer science, exploring the promise of effectively using the recent developments surrounding proof assistants in teaching and research. It builds forth upon pioneering work in this direction by both researchers at their respective universities.


Participants :
- University of Birmingham (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195454.8 €
Projet PHOTO_IMS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This fellowship will use novel instrumentation to define the role of cofactors on the structure and stability of proteins. We have recently adapted a commercially available Synapt ion mobility mass spectrometer to allow it to perform optical measurements on conformer and mass selected ions, in collaboration with Waters Corp. The heart of this instrument is the ion mobility cell, IM-MS measurements are possible in this instrument, as for any Synapt mass spectrometer, but uniquely we are able to trap ions that have been conformer selected, to allow optical measurements in a so called ‘photo SRIG’ (stacked ring ion guide). Such optical measurements can take several forms, including IR-spectroscopy, UV/Vis-spectroscopy, which will provide structural analysis of co-factors and coenzymes, photo-dissociation to sequence the proteins as well as fluorescence to probe global conformations. Molecular mechanics calculations will generate structures to compare with those determined experimentally. This MC fellow will use this novel instrument to examine the role of cofactors on the conformations of proteins, by making measurements on the cofactor alone, the apo and the holo form of the protein. The MC fellow will be trained in biological mass spectrometry, in optical methods and in molecular mechanics. They will spend a secondment at Waters developing software to best interpret the data from this instrument. This cutting edge interdisciplinary science program is world leading and will train this fellow with a set of skills highly desirable both in academia and in industry.

Mots clés : ion mobility mass spectrometry, cofactors

Participants :
- University of Manchester (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195454.8 €
Projet EQUBUILD (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

This interdisciplinary project, EQUBUILD, investigates architectural strategies that enhance democratic social equality in public buildings Sweden, from 1921 to the present, yet not fully understood and thus, will contribute to empower architects, urban-planners, decision-makers and citizens with new knowledge and practical recommendations to fight inequalities for a more cohesive society. To reinforce citizens’ opportunities for equality through public buildings, promoting more balanced living standards and peaceful cities, we urgently need new architectural design knowledge and actionable design strategies. Public buildings can be a tool for the administrations and society to support citizens’ equality as a basic human right, a global concern addressed by UN SDG 10 and a core value of the EU. However, there is scarce knowledge and no thorough studies on how to promote social equality through evidence-based design strategies in public buildings. Bridging this gap, I will innovatively conduct the 1st systematic case study analysis of public buildings in Swedish cities, unveiling what and how design strategies enhance societal equality in each case. I will leverage on feedback from international and interdisciplinary experts, a mix-methods methodology linking archival research, field work, interviews, theory and practice and my experience as researcher and practicing architect. EQUBUILD will deliver new knowledge, presenting architecture as an active tool in implementing equality measures: a novel theory, database, relational maps, network diagrams, and an array of recommendations and design strategies to influence contemporary architectural designs, architects, urban designers, policy-makers, researchers and the rest of society. The impact of implementation of results will: open new research paths in EU, contribute to UN SDGs; consolidate a novel field in architecture; facilitate gender equality, reinforce citizens’ equality, balanced and peaceful cities.

Mots clés : architecture, architectural design, 20th century architecture, contemporary architecture, design strategies, building, swedish architecture, public building, cities, equality, democracy, sweden

Participants :
- KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 191852.16 €
Projet Frobenius (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Mathematics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This is a project in commutative algebra of positive characteristic, which has also many connections with algebraic geometry.The main goal of this project is to study the relations between some classes of rings that arise in prime characteristic, F-singularities, and three specific notions. These are the symmetric signature, a new invariant defined by the Experienced Researcher in his Ph.D. thesis; the generalized Hilbert-Kunz function, a recent generalization of the classical Hilbert-Kunz function studied intensively in prime characteristic algebra; and the FFRT property, a positive characteristic version of the notion of finite representation type, important in representation theory. As a guideline for the future research, eight concrete problems are stated and will be investigated by the Experienced Researcher with the help of the Supervisor. The strategy to complete this task include the acquisition of new knowledge, which will be obtained, among other things, also through the organization of weekly seminars with the collaboration of the host institution. The arguments of this project, F-singularities in particular, are important topics in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry which are developing and growing fast in these years, especially in the USA and in Japan. As a further way to promote the development of these topics also in Europe, the Experienced Researcher and the Supervisor plan to organize a small workshop which will take place in the host institution at the end of the fellowship.

Mots clés : prime characteristic methods, frobenius homomorphism, hilbert kunz function, singularity, finite representation type

Participants :
- University of Barcelona (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 158121.6 €