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

Ritual movement, that is movement of individuals or groups on a more or less fixed route for religious causes or purposes (e.g. processions), always played a major role in the religious life of the Romans. Nevertheless, not enough attention has been paid so far to its fundamental place-making role: RITMO aims to investigate the impact and consequences of the continued performance of ritual movement on the cultural, social and physical creation of religious places, thus of collective identity and memory, in ancient Rome (8th cent. BCE – 5th cent. CE). RITMO will explore some key case studies of ritual movement in Roman religion, as the Salian rituals, the transvectio equitum, the Argei, as well as four women festivals (Matralia, Nonae Caprotinae, Nemoralia and the procession of 207 BCE), in order to better understand how such rituals shaped (and were shaped by) emotions, identity and memory processes – during and after the ritual performance – by finally becoming embedded in Rome’s sacred landscape. The project will then compare these case studies with more studied examples of ritual movements in Roman religion (e.g. the Lupercalia and the pompa circensis), and finally with a ritual movement still performed every year in Rome, the procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Close observation of a ritual movement still ‘in the making’ can further put RITMO’s results to the test. Comparison, spatiality and an inter/multidisciplinary approach will significantly enhance the understanding of such an important kind of ritual performance in ancient Rome. Moreover, as ritual movement is still practiced and is part of the cultural heritage of many countries, by delving into the significance of such phenomenon starting as from Antiquity, it will be easier to understand its semantics and meanings in contemporary society, and how it can still promote identity and belonging and foster social cohesion.

Mots clés : roman religion, place making, sacred landscape, ritual movement, comparative religious studies, spatial turn, procession, identity, emotions, cultural memory

Participants :
- Sapienza University of Rome (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 249597.12 €
- Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Brésil) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet Rockslope_failures (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Rock-slope failure (RSF) processes show very similar fingerprints to ice failures on glacier termini, nevertheless, progressive failures on glacier fronts occur at a much higher rate than that observed on mountain cliffs, which may lead to the latter being used as a proxy for investigating the occurrence of RSF in Alpine areas. I will originally investigate the observed similarities between ice and rock gravity-driven instabilities by monitoring glacier fronts using a dynamic three dimensional remote sensing approach. My research aims are to explore: (a) the spatial distribution and temporal dynamics of glacier front instabilities; (b) differential changes in the rate of displacement occurring at several parts of glacier fronts; (c) the existence of structural controls on the failure mechanisms of calving events; (d) the nature of the Magnitude-Frequency calving laws at a high level of detail; (e) The forecasting of single calving events. The back analysis of a plethora of calving events will be used to improve understanding of glacier front processes and also enables the development of better modelling solutions for rock and ice instabilities. The application of rock slope analysis in glaciology is innovative, both for the extraction of single calving events and for the analysis of the precursory indicators preceding the rupture of portions of the glacier front. This investigation is of great importance not only for forecasting the spatial location and the temporal occurrence of calving events, but also for increasing the understanding of scientific problems related to the evolution of slope instabilities that were difficult to investigate to date due to temporal and technological constraints.

Mots clés : natural hazards, gravity driven instabilities, rock slope failures, 3d deformation monitoring, high resolution data, lidar, interdisciplinary

Participants :
- University of Cambridge (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 183454.8 €
Projet InterPol (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Rydberg quantum optics (RQO) is a very promising approach to achieve effective interactions at the level of individual photons. It maps the strong interactions between ultracold Rydberg atoms onto light fields to create strongly interacting Rydberg polaritons. RQO enables single photon generation, exotic photon bound states, and effective interactions between spatially separated photons. Based on RQO, various quantum optical devices can be implemented, e.g. a deterministic gate for optical quantum information processing. Experiments to date have mostly used 1D interaction geometries and not yet investigated interactions between more than 2 or 3 polaritons or in a quantum network of interaction nodes. InterPol will implement controlled interactions between multiple Rydberg polaritons based on two complementary approaches. One will cascade multiple devices such as single-photon transistors and subtractors to implement multi-polariton logic circuits and demonstrate a network that coherently interfaces entangled Rydberg excitations with photons for quantum state transfer. The second will use adaptive optics to realize a novel, highly flexible platform to study simultaneous interactions between multiple polaritons in arbitrary spatial geometries to study the transition regime from few- to many-body interactions. This has fundamental impact beyond quantum optics as it will allow highly controlled experimental tests of many-body interactions and non-perturbative effects in quantum field theories with quasi-particles in a tabletop setting. Collaborating with leading theorists to experimentally benchmark field-theoretical descriptions, the applicant will further deepen his theoretical understanding of RQO to complement his excellent experimental skills. In charge of a comprehensive research action, he will enhance his independence and possess the skill set required to develop and conduct innovative quantum optics experiments as an independent researcher at its end.

Mots clés : rydberg non linear optics, rydberg atoms, quantum non linear optics, dipolar interactions, optical quantum information processing

Participants :
- University of Southern Denmark (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 207312.0 €
Projet SCIENCECITY (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : European Researchers' Night
Statut du projet : CLOSED

SCIENCE MEETS CITY Science Meets City is a two-day festival, where the general public in Rotterdam and its region meets with scientists and are introduced in their research and its relevance for daily life. The festival facilitates personal encounters between the audience and researchers within an interactive environment. It invites the audience to step in the daily life of researchers and discuss research and its perception by societal stakeholders. This dialogue will be stimulated and enriched with interventions by artists. Special attention will be given to cultural heritage: the work and ideas of Erasmus. The first part of the program on Friday night is Science Hotel, which takes place in the spectacular architecture of the Nhow Hotel on the Rotterdam waterfront. The hotel is scene of a scientific conference on ‘urban related’ research topics, where researchers present and discuss their latest work. This can be either fundamental or applied, but has implications for the great societal challenges in an urbanized context and lead to innovations that improve the quality of daily life, e.g.: life science & health, sustainability, digitalization, logistics & infrastructure, social sciences, economy & lifestyle and philosophy. Entering Science Hotel, visitors from the general public become the delegates of the conference. The visitors will find the researchers who are participating in the conference to be in the process of preparing their talks; meeting peers and societal stakeholders; giving presentations; and participating in debates. Within this context visitors are involved in all these activities. The second part of the program (Saturday morning and afternoon) is Science Open, the actual conference on the campuses of Erasmus University Rotterdam. Visitors are invited to lectures and presentations, ask questions and participate in debates. During daytime, it will enable school pupils in primary and secondary school, students and parents to attend.

Mots clés : responsible research and innovation, co creation, general public, stakeholders

Participants :
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 40000.0 €
Projet SCIENCzEch 2021 (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : European Researchers' Night
Statut du projet : CLOSED

SCIENCzEch 2021: Time for Change is a proposal of The European Researchers? Night in the Czech Republic in 2021. The common main objective of the European Researchers' Night is to give public and local communities the opportunity to meet with researchers, learn about their passion for science, the motivation that inspires them, the methods they use, and the results they achieve. It opens doors to the places where scientists work and also brings research to unusual places. At this event children, young people and adults can get insights into research work, careers and what kind of cutting-edge technology is used in modern research. The specific objective of the event is to show research careers as interesting, enriching and useful job that might entail a career path for everyone and to motivate and inspire the youth to enjoy, understand and pursue science and technology. One of the political priorities of the European Commission is the European Green Deal for the European Union and its citizens, with an aim to tackle climate and environmental-related challenges. This strategy and series of initiatives that will protect the environment, boost the green economy and improve the well-being of people under the European Green Deal for the European Union and its citizens will be promoted by a wide range of activities during the ERN 2021. . "The TIME" with subtitle ?TIME for Change? is going to be the main topic for the Researchers' Night in 2021. The topic refers to the to time in many ways. We are in a time of change, the situation with COVID-19 has shown us how vulnerable a global society is. At the same time, we are facing problems linked to climate change and environmental crises. We question how much time is left for our planet and how to deal with this time responsibly. We perceive that right now is the time for change and science is an important ally and condition for sustainable development.

Mots clés : european researchers night, european green deal, science career, popularization of science

Participants :
- Technical University of Ostrava (Rép. Tchèque) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 198575.0 €
Projet SCIMFONICOM2018-19 (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : European Researchers' Night
Statut du projet : CLOSED

SCIMFONICOM 2018-19 is a two years project organized by the Institute of Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering and Faculty of Physical Chemistry University of Belgrade. "Begin with basic science" (2018) and "Aspire to applied science" (2019) will be organised in 13 cities and 6 rural communities in Serbia, with the addition of three new cities in 2019. Several educational and cultural institutions (Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade City Library, Belgrade City Museum, French Institute, Institute Cervantes, Foundation of Ilija M. Kolarac, Regional Center for Talents, Biosense Institute, etc.) and NGO Regional Team for Science, Education and Art Support in Central Serbia have supported the project. NIGHT program will include a range of attractive activities, some of them are: Science Vans (mobile researchers’ teams in rural areas); Grand Science Adventure (interactive demos in different research fields); Treasure Hunt (win award by solving hands-on experiments); 50 shades of green (lectures and workshops regarding environment); Open Lab (tours around the research laboratory accompanied by researchers); ExerScience (demos educating about processes underlying exercise); Science can be social (workshops representing social sciences and conservation of cultural heritage); European Corners (interactive display of EU projects in Serbia and competition "Guess the science"). SCIMFONICOM 2018-19 is expected to continue raising public awareness about researchers and to bring researchers closer to visitors by offering new activities and locations, while obtaining greater support of cultural/educational institutions, NGO and other organisations towards RN main ideas. Project will take part in RN network (Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, UK, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal), bringing the greater synergy at the regional and European level and emphasizing European character of Researchers’ Night activity.

Mots clés : basic science, applied science, grand science adventure, science vans, treasure hunt, private life of scientists

Participants :
- University of Belgrade (Serbie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 79812.5 €
- Institut za molekularnu genetiku i geneticko inzenjerstvo (Serbie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 89437.5 €
Projet SCRIBSCIE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

SCRIBSCIE seeks to understand the place of scribal practices and manuscript artefacts in the work of French naturalists between ca. 1660 and 1770, and especially their role in these scholars’ effort to gather a knowledge of the wider world’s nature. The aim is to measure the vibrancy of scholarly scribal labor in the age of print and well beyond epistolary exchanges. My overarching hypothesis is that manuscript culture shaped the ill-defined intellectual and social contours of both natural history and the naturalist’s persona, not the least in their global and imperial dimension: making and managing manuscript records of observations and data were imperial gestures through and through. In charting the hidden stories of taken-for-granted artefacts such as field notes, excerpt notebooks, plant catalogs, and sketches, as well as quotidian gestures such as notetaking, listing, drawing, arranging papers into folders, and moving archives from one location to another, this project asks about the social, political, and cultural implications of European scholars’ working methods at home and abroad in a context of colonial expansion. Mining principally the exciting and virtually untapped holdings of the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN) in Paris, the project fits particularly well the first major professional objective of this action, namely to develop my career as an independent historian of science with a strong expertise in museum and library curatorship. This last aspect in particular will be achieved through close collaboration with the MNHN and a secondment to Università di Bologna: such trans-sectorial transfer of expertise will materialize in a workshop, a special issue, and an exhibition. The second major professional goal is strengthening my experience in the organization of scientific and broad-public events, which will be attained by coordinating an international conference, a second special issue, and a graduate seminar.

Mots clés : history of science, history of the book, early modern history, history of manuscript culture, history of, archives

Participants :
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 184707.84 €
Projet SEAS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Cofund Postdoctoral programme
Statut du projet : SIGNED

SEAS will provide exceptional inter- and transdisciplinary research and training opportunities, supported by a dedicated team supervision and inter-sectoral mentoring scheme for 37 ERs in the area of marine sustainability, a strategic focus of the beneficiary University of Bergen, Norway. The SEAS programme promotes excellent, transdisciplinary research at the marine science-society-policy nexus. The programme will attract excellent researchers (for both incoming and outgoing mobility) through an inclusive, transparent, merit-based, and structured recruitment process. The ERs will acquire novel insight and skills in high-calibre research projects set within a transdisciplinary context, with the opportunity to transfer knowledge and skills between disciplines, organisations and sectors, and to harness entrepreneurial mindsets for innovation. SEAS will offer academic freedom, equal opportunities, personal career support, structured skill-based training, a regional ecosystem of marine actors, and high-quality working conditions. The ERs will be employed in postdoctoral researcher positions at UiB, with three-year contracts and full social coverage. Through SEAS, the ERs will gain unprecedented possibilities to diversify their marine career options within Norway, the European Research Area (ERA) and internationally.

Mots clés : inter  and transdisciplinarity, marine sustainability, science society policy nexus

Participants :
- University of Bergen (Norvège) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 4082580.0 €
Projet SELDOM (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

SELDOM aims to generate the scientific understanding needed to design area-selective deposition approaches for transition metal dichalcogenides (MX2), a class of inorganic 2D materials that recently attracts great interest for nano-electronic applications. We will investigate the substrate dependence and nucleation mechanisms of MX2 Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) and Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD). This substrate dependence will be exploited to attain selectivity. Finally, the findings can directly be applied to demonstrate selective deposition of an MX2A/MX2B hetero-stack, a key component for the future development of Tunnel Field effect transistor (TFET). As one of the largest independent research centers in the field of nanotechnology and electronics, imec will provide excellent infrastructure and expertise in semiconductor technology. Two cleanrooms, the device production line, and numerous thin film deposition and characterization techniques are available to conduct the research. The SELDOM project will combine the experience of Prof. A. Delabie who has an extensive track-record in thin film research and semiconductor processing and the knowledge of Dr. Y. Tomczak in surface reaction mechanisms of ALD. The candidate will apply his expertise to explore a new class of materials, the 2D materials. He will broaden his existing expertize on deposition and characterization to 2D materials and the substrate dependence and nucleation mechanisms of thin film deposition techniques. He will apply his extended insight in surface chemistry to design novel selective deposition processes. He will work in a multidisciplinary team of physicists, chemists, process and electrical engineers and develop his personal skills by undertaking project management and coaching of students. This project and training activities will enhance the career prospect of the candidate by establishing contacts with the semiconductor community while conducting industrially relevant research.

Mots clés : selective deposition, 2d materials  transition metal chalcogenides, surface reactions, atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition

Participants :
- IMEC (Belgique) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 172800.0 €
Projet REBOOST (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

SEPN1-related myopathy (SEPN1-RM) is a rare, untreatable debilitating congenital myopathy in which SEPN1 mutations impair the antioxidant system, ER stress protection and mitochondrial oxidative function. These altered cellular processes ultimately lead to a significant loss of bioenergetic production and abrogate muscle cellular functions. SEPN1-RM patients experience potentially-lethal respiratory failure and major life burden due to loss of mobility. Currently, there are no high-throughput or appropriate preclinical models to facilitate identification of disease-modifying drugs; this has hampered efforts in devising therapeutic strategies. To overcome these bottlenecks, I aim to use patient-derived cells to establish (1) high-throughput measureable readouts of metabolism, facilitating repurposed drug screen for SEPN1-RM; (2) an original treatment strategy by exploiting potential biased signalings, which bypass SEPN1 defects to restore cellular bioenergetics. I will capitalize on (1) the availability of SEPN1-RM biopsies, (2) host lab expertise for handling and culturing primary SEPN1-RM cells and (3) my experience in muscle biology and innovative tools for analysing metabolic/signalling pathways. I aim to implement transcriptomic analyses by using next-generation RNA-seq, optogenetic based sensors to quantify metabolic activity, real-time clonal analysis of cell fate with dynamic fluorescent time-lapse microscopy and multi-dimensional assessment of intracellular activities at single-cell level via CYTOF technology. This study will not only facilitate the establishment of SEPN1-RM biomarkers and novel therapeutic studies, it will also provide a model paradigm for analysing and treating other inherited or acquired myopathies sharing an underlying bioenergetic deficiency, including sarcopenia and cancer cachexia.

Mots clés : congenital myopathy, bioenergetics, oxidative stress, biomarker, high throughput screen

Participants :
- Université Paris Cité (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 196707.84 €