Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet PlasmaSolution (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This action will implement the new Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Solution Deposition (PECSD) technique for coating of wood and wood-based substrates. This technique synergistically employs plasma-chemistry in the gas phase and polymer chemistry in the liquid formulation, thus combining all benefits of conventional surface coatings and plasma-based deposition technologies. This will be carried out as a novel integrated process for the continuous coating of substrates including three steps: (a) Plasma pre-treatment for optimized substrate wetting and liquid uptake, (b) Application of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA)-based liquid formulations including various additives, (c) Film formation via fast plasma curing. This overall goal is divided into three main objectives: Objective I: Building the integrated device, Objective II: Optimization of the deposition parameters, and Objective III: Demonstrating the technique’s capability and priming the industrial implementation. These objectives can only be achieved in the proposed collaboration, i.e. with my knowledge of plasma deposition and design of suitable devices, the wood coating experts’ knowledge of surface wood finishing at the University of Ljubljana, as well as the knowledge of plasma and surface diagnostics at the Jožef Stefan Institute. This complementarity is unique in all of Europe and will ensure the success of the action. Further, the knowledge exchange will not only help me to implement a stable career path in research and innovation, but also yield a cross-border propagation of this new and innovative field of research. The cross-cutting objectives especially extend the new technique to contribute to the pan-European sustainable development by implementing a novel environmentally friendly production technique that will allow to use renewable (e.g. wood-based) resources in novel settings. The transfer of this technology to the industrial sector will be already primed by the action.

Mots clés : dielectric barrier discharge, thin film deposition, wood surface finishing, wood polymer composites

Participants :
- University of Ljubljana (Slovénie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 157287.6 €
Projet EDEF (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This challenging and ambitious research project aims to analyse the enunciative devices of the European francophone essay film in order to determine the audiovisual procedures that materialise the expression of subjectivity, the thinking process and self-reflexiveness, which define this stimulating filmic form. Starting from the concept of francophony, and through an innovative interdisciplinary and intermedial approach that relates cinema to philosophy, semiotics to aesthetics and cinema history to cultural and gender studies, the research will establish firstly a typology of the different enunciative devices: audiovisual materials, intermedial forms and filmic procedures. Secondly, the research will analyse the relationship between them and the themes addressed by the essay films and the artistic movements they belong to, since its birth in modern cinema to the very present, in which this essayistic practice has known a great proliferation due to the digital revolution, facilitating the experience of subjectivity and intimacy of this filmic form. Thirdly, the research will determine the functionality of the different enunciative devices, exploring how identity –individual, social, political, gender, artistic– thinks through cinema. The EDEF proposal, considering the essay film as a social, political and artistic developer that fosters society’s critical thinking, will also analyse the function of the spectator in this dialogic filmic form. The project includes a dissemination plan and a communication strategy that will ensure the spread of the research results to both the widest scientific community and the largest general public, following the guidelines of the fully open-access policy of Horizon 2020. The principal output will be a scholarly monograph with a prestigious international publisher. Thus, the EDEF proposal will contribute concretely to European excellence in Film Studies and to the creation of a common, current and widespread European culture.

Mots clés : essay film, enunciative devices, francophone cinema, intermediality, aesthetics, semiotics, film analysis

Participants :
- Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 184707.84 €
Projet BIF-SCV (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Mathematics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This fellowship builds on the success of the applicant’s PhD thesis, where he made breakthroughs in the area of holomorphic dynamics in several complex variables. The field of holomorphic dynamics in several complex variables is a fast-growing area of mathematics, linking complex geometry, dynamical systems and many other topics. This project addresses the central question of studying stability and bifurcations of such dynamical systems under perturbation. The applicant’s foundational work has prepared the ground for significant advances in the subject, forming the basis for this project. This project specifically aims at the extension of parabolic implosion techniques (field in which the supervisor is a world-leading expert) from their natural one dimensional setting to higher dimensions (the applicant’s area of expertise). This proposal has three main directions. 1 - Establish the equivalence of various possible definitions of dynamical stability in this setting, and study in depth the many differences between the one and the several complex variables setting. 2 - Extend the theory to the case of systems of saddle type, i.e., generically displaying a repelling and an attracting direction. This case contains the Henon maps (polynomial diffeomorphisms of C^2), as well as explains the local dynamics near attracting sets for endomorphisms of P^2 (C). 3 - As part of the above points, contribute to a general theory of parabolic implosion in higher dimension.

Mots clés : holomorphic dynamics, julia set, fatou set, bifurcations, parabolic implosion

Participants :
- Imperial College London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 183454.8 €
Projet MSCALI (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

This fellowship will draw together Western and Chinese theories and literatures to develop a truly comprehensive genealogy of asceticism, and will explore how this expanded understanding of ascetic practice can enhance contemporary therapeutic practices. It will examine the relationship between the idea of the “care of the self,” whose early Western genealogy was explored by 20th Century thinker Michel Foucault, and an ethics of concern for the other as developed in Chinese traditions, with a view to surmounting the solipsism that seems to plague Foucault’s ethics of transgression. This fellowship will be hosted by Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL) under the supervision of Prof. Nathan Widder.

Mots clés : asceticism, care, self, other, subjectivity, psychotherapy

Participants :
- University of London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 212933.76 €
Projet RE-FRUIT (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This fellowship will grow the participant's skills and experience in social aspects of rehabilitation. The research project aims to analyse the role of the family in in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation for disabled people in the UK and compare it with evidence previously gathered in Turkey. More widely, the sociology of rehabilitation is underdeveloped in disability research. Rehabilitation sciences have neglected the social and cultural dimensions of their work; conversely, disability studies has neglected the domain of rehabilitation. However rehabilitation is a key turning point in the lives of many disabled people. The role of the family is also of special importance, given the emphasis on independent living. This is especially so today, when neoliberal and austerity policies in the UK mean that state services are contracting and there is likely to be an expanding role for informal care and family support. The project will examine the role that families play in rehabilitation, the experiences of disabled people with such family involvement, and the situation for people who lack available family support, and compare the case of UK with the Turkish example. The project is designed as a qualitative case study, employing a variety of data collection strategies such as the use of participant observation, semi-structured interviews, focus groups, secondary sources, and the method of comparative analysis. This is an interdisciplinary project strengthened by the disciplines of sociology, philosophy, political science, and rehabilitation sciences, with the potential to make significant contributions to the fields of sociology of rehabilitation, disability studies and public policy. As well as the training dimension of the research (project management, focus group research, disability studies), the fellowship will also generate a research network proposal on post-conflict rehabilitation and integration research (enhancing European project writing skills).

Mots clés : rehabilitation, disability, family s role

Participants :
- University of East Anglia (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 99371.35 €
Projet CHELALZ (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This fellowship will provide a prolific researcher with an internationally competitive, multi-disciplinary research training at the Chemistry/Biology interface in an EU leading Bioinorganic chemistry team, preparing her to obtain her goal of a faculty position in the EU and her own research team in Medicinal Chemistry. She will develop novel anti-Alzheimer conjugates that target multiple disease's hallmarks. Afterwards she will evaluate their in vitro therapeutic and diagnostic potential through a secondment with cell biologists in another EU country, the United Kingdom. This research will pave the way towards the development of innovative and effective anti-Alzheimer drugs by using versatile drug combination approaches to fight this horrible and still incurable disease. Alongside her research she will also acquire research management, leadership, presentation and teaching skills to prepare her for a successful future as an independent research group leader.

Mots clés : copper, chelator, coordination, peptide, nanoparticle, alzheimer, multitarget

Participants :
- University of Barcelona (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 170121.6 €
Projet INNOWAVE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Doctoral Networks - Industrial Doctorates
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : TERMINATED

This initiative proposes an innovative training environment for 3 ESRs in a supportive environment provided by an award-winning progressive wave energy company (Aquamarine Power Ltd) and a research centre at the forefront of innovation in wave energy device optimisation and control (the Centre for Ocean Energy Research at NUIM). The ESRs will be recruited by COER and will be seconded for 50% of their time to APL. There is a clear need for a training programme that integrates academic and industrial contributions. The proposed programme integrates formal and informal training activities with a rich set of industry-academic research projects, supported by significant secondment to the industrial partner and experience with real-world tank and ocean testing, wave-energy device deployment and implementation of new research results in state-of-the-art wave energy technology. The ESRs will be enrolled in a Structured PhD programme at NUIM, and will benefit from a series of structured training models. The training programme is complemented by a set of network-wide training activities. The research programme is composed of 3 closely-knit projects in the research area of wave energy and ocean energy, which allow the ESRs to have significant interaction, yet providing each ESR with an independent set of objectives and the opportunity to play a significant role in the rapidly developing area of wave energy conversion. With a clear global requirement to provide new energy sources, this programme aims to contribute to both the rapid commercialisation of a viable and economic wave energy technology, while also providing a pipeline of well-trained engineers with research, technical and commercial skills which are badly needed by this rapidly-expanding industrial sector.

Mots clés : wave energy, optimisation, control, economics, oyster

Participants :
- National University of Ireland (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 531349.2 €
- Aquamarine Power (United Kingdom) (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 273287.88 €
Projet InPreSS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This is a proposal for a global fellowship position within the International Pregnancy Safety Study (InPreSS), a recently established international collaboration based at the Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology, Karolinska Institute (CPE/KI), Sweden, between researchers in all five Nordic countries and the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), USA. The majority of pregnant women take prescription drugs but there is limited evidence of their efficacy and safety. InPreSS aims to conduct exceedingly important research into the risk and benefits of prescribed drug use during pregnancy. The overarching objective of this fellowship is to provide advanced training in reproductive pharmacoepidemiology while creating a platform from which to launch an independent academic career in the EU. Three specific aims are to: 1) investigate the efficacy/safety of prescribed drugs used treatment of diabetes during pregnancy; 2) to trial the InPreSS international research model to evaluate short- and long-term infant and maternal health outcomes following use of prescribed drugs for chronic disease treatment during pregnancy using an unparalleled global resources of over 5 million pregnancies; 3) provide experience and mentorship at HSPH to design and deliver courses in pharmacoepidemiology in Sweden. Aims will be achieved via an 18-month out-going phase at HSPH where the Fellow will use the latest methodologies in pharmacoepidemiology to analyze a dataset comprised of US health insurance data, and a 12-month return-phase at CPE/KI where the results will be combined using meta-regression techniques. The Fellow will receive the highest quality support while facilitating long-term partnerships, training the next generation of researchers, and contributing to the field with studies that will directly impact clinical practice and guidelines for pregnant women.

Mots clés : pharmacoepidemiology, pregnancy, in utero exposures, treatment efficacy, diabetes, maternal health, teaching

Participants :
- Harvard University (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Karolinska Institutet (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 219875.52 €
Projet MUSLIMWOMENFILM (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This pioneering interdisciplinary project identifies a new object of study, Muslim women’s auto/biographical filmmaking, and studies the contextual factors that distinguish it within the field of women’s and feminist cinema. Muslim women academic writers, historians, critics and journalists have been instrumental in establishing a distinctly Muslim feminist identity. Taking on a critical, oppositional stance, they have done this through their literature, life-writings and critiques of Islamic cultural constraints, Sharia laws and religious and cultural discrimination against women in their respective Muslim societies. They have questioned their own political, social and gender histories to redefine the sources of their particular oppressions and formulate strategies for emancipation and equal rights. Additionally, they have turned to the film medium to extend their feminist intent and representations from their particular socio-historical and contextual perspectives. However, research on Muslim women’s contribution to feminist auto/biographical cinema remains a gaping lacuna in film studies. This project aims to fill this gap. Its objectives are: a) To create a corpus by identifying and categorizing the different modes of autobiographical films produced by Muslim women filmmakers from the Islamic world from the 1980s to date. This implies a broad regional focus and extensive work of data mining and organization of women’s auto/biographical cinemas according to geographical, cultural, and filmic criteria. b) To develop a contextual scholarly study on works of representative directors to examine Muslim women’s auto/biographical contribution to feminist cinema in the context of their political, personal, historical, social, and institutional conditions. This implies specific regional focus and a film analysis work to inform a scholarly examination of the commonalities and differences that characterize the films of the studied countries.

Mots clés : documentary film, muslim women filmmakers, autobiographical and first person cinemas, gender issues, islam, feminism

Participants :
- National University of Ireland (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 196590.72 €
Projet TRANS-END (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This project addresses a pressing issue: violence against individuals who challenge traditional gender norms and expectations. Recently, violence against transgender individuals -whose gender identity differs from their assigned gender at birth– and intersex individuals – whose bodies differ from the average male or female standards- has gained special attention. Such violence is labeled as 'hate crimes', 'transphobia' or 'anti-transgender violence,' rarely addressing its gender-based nature. This may prevent T/I from accessing the protection offered by the gender-based violence (GBV) framework, which is perhaps the most sophisticated system of protection within international human rights law (IHRL) today. Tensions among disciplines and interest groups may account for this. Recently, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) rights has become the preferred concept to include T/I under the protection of IHRL. In addition, expanding the scope of the concept of gender in GBV beyond women seems resisted. In fact, human rights documents on GBV tend to focus on cis women -born as women and comfortable with such classification- and exclude T/I from such protection unless they "fit" such category, forcing their self-identification as male or female. The ‘visibility’ of violence against T/I questions legal conceptualizations of 'men' or 'women', offering a perfect opportunity to explore the potentially exclusionary effects of the m/f binary that exists in IHRL. Revisiting the conceptualizations of gender with this in mind could transform the scope of protection of the current GBV framework by including T/I and also improve the protection of women. This research takes a comprehensive approach to GBV and SOGI issues, exploring the formal and practical potential of the GBV framework to protect T/I individuals from violence. It entails a socio-legal analysis and incorporates a case study on Argentina, which promotes T/I rights but shows high levels of violence against TG/I.

Mots clés : human rights, gender based violence, gender, cisgender, transgender, intersectionality, male, female binary

Participants :
- University of Buenos Aires (Argentine) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Utrecht University (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 215285.4 €
Projet AFNAP (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

This project aims at assessing the existence and significance of a foraging network based on acoustic signals in a diving seabird, the African penguin. It is divided into three research aims: 1) Describe the vocal communication used by foraging African penguins: - Analyse their vocalisations at sea from penguin-borne acoustic devices. 2) Quantify the implementation of an acoustic foraging network: - Estimate the theoretical acoustic communication range of at-sea vocalisations (propagation experiments). - Investigate the function of at-sea vocalisations and their use for networking (playback experiments on free-ranging penguins). 3) Evaluate the potential impact of anthropogenic marine noise on foraging African penguins: - Study their behavioural responses to marine noise. - Quantify the potential masking effects of marine noise on their communication. - Characterise the marine noise that they encounter in their foraging range (student project). This project is extremely novel since the biological functions of acoustic signals used by seabirds at sea have never been analysed before. The potential existence of a network among foraging penguins has never been quantified, and the distance at which such acoustic signals may operate has never been measured. This project will also push technical boundaries in the field of acoustic research with the first-ever performance of playback experiments on seabirds at sea. Furthermore, the outcome of this project has substantial potential to actively contribute to the mitigation of the impact of anthropogenic marine noise pollution on endangered seabird populations (in collaboration with experts in conservation and sustainable management). Besides the rise of this threat, a single study so far has addressed the issue in a seabird species. In the context of an expanding Blue Economy, and in order to address the Sustainable Development Goal number 14 of the United Nations, this project could serve as an example worldwide.

Mots clés : vocal communication, group foraging, seabirds

Participants :
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 191061.68 €