Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet WelMovFem (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The WelMovFem project explores the interrelation between human mobility and access to pre-modern welfare within the Republic of Venice (from the 16th to the 18th century). The overall objective is to highlight the role of migrant women as both providers and recipients of social protection, focusing on their translocal networks and possessions. Could their geographical mobility influence their capacity to demand certain rights, or otherwise affect the institutions’ abilities to verify the legitimacy of their claim? To answer this question, the research will not be limited to urban charity institutions, but will encompass various forms of aid that moved between Venice and its Eastern Adriatic domains (e.g., financial aid, inherited possessions, dowries, and slave ransoms). Intertwining a quantitative analysis and an in-depth study of the sources will be essential to uncovering the significance of women’s material resources in empowering kinship, family, and community ties even across great distances. Through the adoption of an interdisciplinary approach, which combines gender history with mobility studies and digital humanities, the WelMovFem project will result in an innovative and ambitious vision of social care in a region that connects various facets of European culture. The research data will be accessible to scholars and the wider public through a web digital platform for the humanities, which will provide a starting point for future research. The project’s ultimate aim is to enrich ongoing discussions about migrants’ rights from a historical perspective, enabling EU policymakers to have a long-term view of the current migratory phenomena and raising EU citizens’ awareness of these global issues. The researcher’s mobility between various academic settings (the US, Italy, and Croatia) will enable her to acquire new interdisciplinary skills, expand her social and professional networks, and enhance her career opportunities within and outside of academia.

Mots clés : mobility migrations gender studies social welfare social networks adriatic early modern history digital humanities

Participants :
- Université de Zadar (Croatie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Padoue (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 265099.2 €
- Université Brown (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet InBoRC (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

InBoRC wants to design a more plural and complex image of the Roman city to integrate and go beyond the classical vision based on the élite and characterised by a top-down approach. As such, it focuses on the social, economic and political impact of middling groups in the city from the Late Republic to the 3rd c. AD. In order to do that the research is based on the study of the intermediate bodies of the cities – social aggregational cores intermediate between the family and the city – which are our best indicator of the civic action of this stratum of population. The project will mainly focus on the epigraphical sources coming from the cities of Roman Italy. However, InBoRC is not geographically strictly limited, but it is nourished by punctual parallels coming from the epigraphical documentation of Roman provinces. The main goals of this research are: i) analyse the sociability of these groups, and ii) study their agency in the civic life. The principal outcome of the project will be a monograph built on a multidisciplinary approach involving epigraphy, Roman history, sociology, economic and urban history, and archaeology. As a support of the monograph, I will provide digital open data of the inscriptions analysed in the text. Ancient texts will be encoded and enriched with metadata (city, people, institutions, etc.) using EpiDoc XML language in order to integrate new open linked data within existing European e-infrastructures (eg. Trismegistos, EDH, EDR). These goals will be achieved by a unique combination of “hands-on” research training, courses and workshops on scientific and complementary so-called “soft” skills facilitated by Brown University, ANHIMA Research Center, and the University of Bologna. The success of this project will allow me to assume fixed term tenure track position and eventually to obtain the position of Associate Professor at UNIBO.

Mots clés : roman history latin epigraphy digital epigraphy

Participants :
- Université Paris Cité (France) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Bologne (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 288859.2 €
- Université Brown (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet FFvsFB-UHF-fMRI (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Visual perception has long been cast as an inference process, in which feedforward sensory signals are integrated with expectation-related feedback. For every feedforward sensory pathway, there is a reciprocal feedback projection, yet standard models continue to represent vision as a feedforward hierarchical network. Such models fail, however, when confronted with cases in which global spatial context, expectations, or other higher-order cognitive functions affect local processing. The characterization of the distinct roles and mechanisms of feedforward and feedback processing is thus crucial for better models of vision. Based on the theory of predictive coding, a proposed implementation of visual inference, we propose the receptive field (RF) as the mechanism by which feedforward and feedback processes interact. We present three projects that harness recent advances in neuroimaging techniques, allowing in vivo imaging of recurrent processing in humans. Ultra-high field (UHF) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) enables a hitherto impossible investigation of layer-specific cortical processing, with different cortical layers receiving input from either feedforward or feedback channels. We will leverage the sub-millimeter spatial resolution of UHF fMRI, together with population receptive field (pRF) mapping, to target feedforward and feedback RF properties in two behavioral paradigms - visual crowding and Mooney image disambiguation. Crowding is dependent on global spatial context, recruiting recurrent processing between early and mid-level visual areas, whereas the prior object knowledge manipulation involved in Mooney image disambiguation targets early to high visual areas. The investigation of the contextual modulation of layer-specific pRF properties will help elucidate the mechanisms by which higher cortical areas affect early sensory processing - a long-standing question in neuroscience, whose resolution is essential to the progress of vision research.

Mots clés : feedforward and feedback processing, ultra high field fmri, layer specific fmri, population receptive field mapping, predictive coding, visual crowding, mooney images, structure function coupling

Participants :
- Société Max-Planck pour le développement des sciences (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université libre de Berlin (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 189687.36 €
Projet INCENTIVE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

In an increasingly hyperconnected society, cybersecurity concerns take on a broader dimension, which can impact citizens’ safety. This has been widely recognized in the EU through specific legal instruments, such as the Cybersecurity Act and the recent Cybersecurity Strategy for the Digital Decade. The development of the IoT technologies have fostered the deployment of data-driven services for everyday scenarios, such as transport, health and energy, but have also increased the probability and impact of new cybersecurity threats. Recent and well-known attacks have demonstrated the need to develop AI-based techniques to identify such attacks in IoT scenarios. In this context, the objective of this project is to build a decentralized framework to learn the IoT devices’ intended behavior throughout their lifecycle, in order to distinguish abnormal behavior that may reflect a security attack or threat. The proposal will build an edge-based and federated learning architecture to enable IoT devices to participate in the learning process by using lightweight security protocols. This architecture will include the use of blockchain through a novel approach in which different ledgers will be interconnected to improve the performance and practicability of existing approaches. Furthermore, the proposal will be the first effort to quantify the impact of human-machine interactions on the devices’ intended behavior. The project will be validated quantitatively and qualitatively to identify potential tradeoffs for its deployment in different IoT-enabled scenarios. It will leverage the candidate’s extensive knowledge and experience in IoT cybersecurity, which will be strengthened by the host institution to improve his technical and transferable skills in a multidisciplinary environment. The proposed project represents a unique contribution to reinforcing the culture of cybersecurity in the EU that will boost the candidate's professional development during and after the fellowship.

Mots clés : internet of things, federated learning, behavioural profile, machine learning, cybersecurity

Participants :
- Université du Kent (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Telefónica (Spain) (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Murcie (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 181152.96 €
Projet FlowBioCat (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Within Industrial Biotechnology, applied biocatalysis is poised to transform drug discovery and development by pharmaceutical industry. Enzymes as catalysts, allow for synthetic chemists to generate molecular complexity avoiding costly and time-consuming protection and deprotection steps. However, the high cost associated to their use, especially if a co-factor is required, the low substrate tolerance and productivity and the difficulties for scale-up, strongly limit the industrial uptake of these processes. The combination of enzyme immobilisation and continuous flow (CF), offers an opportunity to overcome these limitations. Enzymatic performance and recyclability can be dramatically improved by immobilisation and generic problems such as low productivity and substrate inhibition effect can be solved using CF. During the last years, enzymes have been most commonly immobilised in packed bed reactors. However, the very low flow rates required to achieve full conversion, decrease the mixing and make the system look closer to a batch reaction (with its generic problems). Here we aim to address these limitations through the design and manufacture of 3D Printed (3DP) reactors that combine optimised mixing at low flow rates, with tailored surface modification techniques with ionic liquids (ILs) for stable biocatalyst preparation and higher number of active sites. 3DP facilitates the generation of complex geometries in a variety of materials based on ILs, tailored to optimise enzyme stability. The aim of this proposal is to integrate chemical engineering (3DP continuous flow reactors) and biocatalysis (stable and recyclable immobilised enzymes) to develop more efficient biotransformations in flow, easy and effective immobilisation of enzymes and significantly promote sustainable development of IB. It will have a direct impact in the EU from an environmental, economic and social perspective, lowering drug prices, facilitating distributed production and reducing waste.

Mots clés : biocatalysis, continuous flow, 3d printing, enzymatic cascades, ionic liquids

Participants :
- Université Jacques Ier (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 165312.96 €
Projet ChemFishPlast (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Microplastics (MPs) are extremely persistent, ubiquitous and have the ability to adsorb/absorb chemicals from the surrounding environment. Marine organisms ingest microplastics and the chemicals are transferred through the food chain, and may potentially reach humans through the consumption of fish and shellfish. Therefore, the identification of chemicals arising from this potential human exposure source is of great interest for ensuring food safety and establishing the appropriate legislative framework. FishConPlastic proposes a simple and robust methodology, based on the combination of supramolecular solvents (SUPRASs) with liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS), that will allow to detect and identify chemicals associated with the intake of microplastics in edible marine species through suspect and non-target analysis. FishConPlastic will provide the first overview on chemical-microplastic contamination in edible marine species from the Mediterranean Sea. In a second stage, the relationship between the chemical present in marine organisms and the microplastics will be investigated. For this, the quantity, size, integrity and polymer-type of the microplastics found in the marine species analysed will be determined. Finally, all the identified chemicals will be prioritised in a list according to the level of confidence of the identification, frequency of detection, human risk exposure to chemicals and toxicity. FishConPlastic will offer to public authorities a comprehensive list of chemicals to be monitored for ensuring food safety, which is expected to have a positive impact on net fishery exports in the European Community. FishConPlastic is in line with the European Mission on healthy oceans, seas, coastal and inland waters, deepening the knowledge of the mechanisms of chemicals migration and microplastics contribution to the marine species contamination.

Mots clés : microplastics, emerging contaminants, edible fish, food safety, human exposure assessment, high resolution mass spectrometry

Participants :
- University of Córdoba (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 181152.96 €
Projet I-STOP (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

While presenting us with the external world, our perceptual experiences also give us information about ourselves as perceivers. For instance, we always see the world from a perspective: when we look outward, we are not only aware of the objects and people populating our surroundings, but we are also aware of our own position relative to them. Another example is touch: when we touch an object with our hand, we perceive the object’s texture and shape, but we are also aware of our own fingers against the surface of the object. The phenomenology of many of our perceptual experiences involves, thus, subjective traces. However, perceptual experiences involve yet another dimension: what philosophers have called a “sense of presence,” namely the fact that, in them, the objects, and the external environment in general, are given as existing out there, independently of our perception. How these subjective and objective dimensions of perception fit together is one of the most puzzling aspects of our perceptual relationship with the world. I-STOP investigates this puzzle. The project will demonstrate how subjectivity structures perceptual experiences, in particular in the visual and the tactile modalities, through the involvement of a sensory field; and will identify the specific contribution that sensory fields make to the sense of presence. I-STOP will generate a systematic comparative analysis of the phenomenologies of vision and touch in order to inquire into the following hypothesis: sensory fields, while having a subjective character, structure our perceptual access to objects and, if transparent to the right amount, actually make presence possible. The project will generate a questionnaire to empirically test this conceptual framework in virtual reality settings, where the transparency of interfaces is essential to our sense that the virtual environment is real.

Mots clés : subjectivity, perception, phenomenology of perception, vision, touch, sensory fields, sense of mineness, transparency, bodily transparency, objectivity, sense of presence, virtual reality

Participants :
- Université de Copenhague (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 247553.28 €
- Université technologique de Dresde (Allemagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet CyanoAsterisMETAB (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

In the proposed research I aim to explore the secondary metabolome of the newly identified fungal endophyte Cyanodermella asteris. In this regard, we have selected two in silico-predicted polyketide synthase gene clusters, which will be further examined. The selected gene clusters thereof are chosen for vector construction in Escherichia coli and subsequently the heterologous expression in fungal hosts (Aspergillus niger or Aspergillus nidulans) will be performed. Afterwards, the engineered expression strains will be examined in a combined effort applying mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance experiments to identify the newly produced compounds. Additional metabolomics-based tools and molecular networking will be employed. Moreover, the biosynthetic pathways of the isolated natural products of the respective gene clusters will be fully delineated.

Mots clés : cyanodermella asteris, fungal endophytes, heterologous expression, natural products, biosynthesis

Participants :
- Université technologique de Dresde (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 173847.36 €
Projet SUBLIME (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The influence of human activities on the marine geological environment has reached an unprecedented magnitude throughout history. The decomposition of hydrates within reservoirs due to changes in temperature and pressure conditions can result in the release of overpressured fluids, potentially triggering submarine slope failures that pose significant risks to offshore engineering developments and marine ecosystems. Nonetheless, the existing research in this field is deficient in providing a comprehensive assessment of the entire lifecycle of submarine landslide hazard chains. This research aims to understand the complex geophysical processes that cause submarine slopes to evolve and fail in the context of overpressured fluid transport in marine sediments, addressing a critical gap in our understanding of submarine slope instability and has important implications for fundamental geophysics, risk assessment, and climate change. To achieve our objectives, we will characterize the physical and mechanical properties of seabed geological bodies and fluids and develop a coupled Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) model with the Random Field Theory approach to capture the material heterogeneity in the micro- and macro-scales (WP1), conduct laboratory-scale experiments for obtaining quantitative parameters and use CFD method to study submarine slope failure caused by overpressured fluid transport, reproducing the life cycle process of submarine landslides (WP2), develop a highly scalable numerical model based on the open source code Hydro3D to evaluate the impact of submarine slope failure on infrastructures and the submarine environment using field observation data (WPs3-4), and ultimately implement comprehensive training activities and IP transformation, and develop an integrated offshore geohazard management framework for the sustainable exploitation of offshore resources (WP5).

Mots clés : submarine landslide hydrate decomposition overpressured fluid transport numerical modelling

Participants :
- Université de New York à Abu Dhabi (Émirats arabes unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University College de Londres (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Cambridge (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 260347.92 €
- University of California System (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet GoalFlex (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Mental health is a global priority, with disorders such as depression and anxiety projected to become leading causes of disease worldwide by 2030. This underscores the urgent need for innovative research to understand protective factors and inform preventive measures. My fellowship aims to explore the potential protective effects of goal flexibility—the ability to adjust one’s goals and strategies in goal pursuit—against the development of depression and anxiety symptoms in emerging adults. Currently, we have limited understanding of how goal flexibility and mental health dynamics unfold over time or how and when to promote goal flexibility. By developing an integrative conceptual framework and adopting contemporary dynamic approaches such as ecological momentary assessment and computational modelling, I will demonstrate how these processes unfold over time. In this fellowship, I will pursue three research objectives: firstly, I will conduct a systematic review to develop a new conceptual framework linking goal flexibility and mental health processes; second, I will perform an empirical study using ecological momentary assessment to preliminarily evaluate the framework; and third, I will utilize computational modelling to simulate the proposed model, and to refine the conceptual framework. By achieving these objectives, this fellowship will guide future practices in developing personalized interventions for depression and anxiety. It will identify modifiable factors at critical time points, enabling the prevention or reversal of mental health symptoms.

Mots clés : goal pursuit depression anxiety goal theory motivation personality mental health psychological framework development goal persistence goal disengagement well being goal adjustment

Participants :
- Université du Queensland (Australie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université du Danemark du Sud (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 247553.28 €
- Ohio University (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €