Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet ImmunoBioInks (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The musculoskeletal tissue is the framework of our lives. It holds, shapes and supports freedom of movement of our body and protects the crucial internal organs (brain, heart and lungs). It is responsible for our body’s immunity by providing source of stem cells (bone marrow) that readily transform to immune system cells fighting pathogens, so any damage it poses significant threat to the individual’s quality of life. The patient’s immune system does not only play crucial role in fighting various pathogens but is also vital in inducing normal healing of damaged tissues. Patients, especially with prolonged diseases, ranging from diabetes to HIV tend to have decreasing capacity for healing after injuries due to their compromised immune system. In this project we aim to develop 3D-printed materials instructing the immune systems via the immune cell-material interactions through controlled mechanical properties and biochemical cues organised in 3D manner (i.e. biofabrication using additive manufacturing techniques) for treatment of musculoskeletal defects in patients with immune-system imbalance. Chemical approaches combining synthetic self-assembling peptides and hyaluronic acid together with 2D nanomaterials will be explored for fabrication of such well-defined printable scaffolds with high shape fidelity and gradient-like architecture. In a second step, we hypothesise that reprogramming of patient’s own immune cells (ex-vivo) using the developed printed materials and a microfluidic approach can be achieved through the stimulation of patient’s immune cells interacting with the designed material surfaces to produce the exosomes and signalling molecules (cytokines). Successfully harvested biomolecules would hold potential for personalized therapies in immune-deficient patients and could be re-applied using standard practises and injectable bio-fillers.

Mots clés : 3d printing, biofabrication, nanocomposites, 2d materials

Participants :
- AO Foundation (Suisse) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 191149.44 €
Projet DMsky (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The nature of dark matter (DM) is one of the greatest mysteries in modern physics. It is well established to constitute 26% of the total energy-matter of the universe, to drive the motion of stars and galaxies, and to have shaped the universe as we observe it today. We know how DM interacts gravitationally with standard matter, but what we do not yet understand are its nature and particle properties. A general prediction of theoretical DM models is that dark matter particles self-interact producing high-energy photons and charged particles at rates detectable by current ground- and space-based telescopes. Discovering such a signal would allow us to study the particle properties of DM for the very first time. In a recent exciting development, an anomalous emission in the gamma rays coming from the centre of our Galaxy has been measured, the so-called Galactic centre GeV excess: this could be the very first signature of the presence of DM there. My project will carry out definitive tests of this putative first non-gravitational signature of the DM particle nature by studying the gamma-ray sky. Firstly, I will improve the sensitivity and reliability of searches for DM in the inner region of the Galaxy - one of the most promising targets - thanks to novel analysis methods. The unprecedented accuracy of the data available requires theory to provide robust predictions for the DM distribution in the Galaxy, which are currently missing. I will remedy this by using the most recent simulations of galaxy formation to predict the DM induced signal. My project will considerably boost astroparticle physics research towards the identification of the much-sought after DM by developing new methods for gamma-ray data analysis and for DM models testing. Owing to the designed program, I will bring new expertise to the Imperial College Astrophysics Group and use this experience to grow into a senior researcher.

Mots clés : astroparticle physics, astrophysics, particle phenomenology, dark matter

Participants :
- Imperial College London (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 183454.8 €
Projet 2D_PHOT (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The need for inexpensive yet highly efficient photodetectors and solar cells is driving the search for a new generation of semiconductors that have high absorbance in the visible, broad wavelength operation range, are transparent and flexible albeit with strong light-matter interaction, and are easy to process. Manufacturing these optoelectronic devices at a large scale involves concerns at technological, economical, ecological, social and political levels. Ideally, the new materials are abundant, easily processed and feature long term stability and non-toxicity. The advent of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs). e.g., MoS2 and WS2, has generated great expectations since these materials fulfill all these requirements. 2D-TMDCs exhibit direct band gaps, high absorption coefficients, and high carrier mobility values, making them promising candidates for optoelectronic applications. The out-of-plane quantum confinement responsible for the direct bandgap in the monolayer, also allows for the modulation of the bandgap as a function of the number of layers. However, for photovoltaics (PV), even if transparency is an important attribute in some niche markets, e.g. building-integrated PV, thickness-limited absorption poses a challenge in general. To overcome this issue, we propose a photonic nanostructuration to maximize light harvesting in these devices. We will combine strong interference effects based in the small penetration in a metallic substrate and the light trapping due to the nanostructuration by lithography of TMDCs over a metallic substrate. Resonators with high-quality factors will have potential applications in light harvesting devices, such as photodetectors, but also in solar cells. We will design and fabricate such an efficient photodetector, and also a solar cell incorporating the photonic design, and demonstrate enhanced performance in a metal back reflector/TMDC/graphene device.

Mots clés : transition metal dichalcogenides, two dimensional materials, light trapping

Participants :
- International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (Portugal) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 159815.04 €
Projet COAT4LIFE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The need to develop and use products made out of residues or sub-products from industry is creating pressure over fields where more traditional, linear economy concepts prevail. In this project we address one important stage of the life cycle of products, particularly trying to extend its service life, thereby contributing for advances towards circular economy via increase in durability of materials and use of greener materials. In particular, this proposal addresses the problem of protection and monitoring of corrosion of metallic substrates used in different applications. Structured in previous experience with a recently finished MSCA-RISE project SMARCOAT (ref. 645662, 2015-2018), this project aims at developing eco-friendly multifunctional coatings with capacity to protect and detect corrosion based on different mechanisms combining nanostructured inhibiting and sensing additives. Two types of coating systems are intended to be developed, one for temporary protection during storage and transportation based on biodegradable materials and another on thermosetting polymers obtained using raw materials from sustainable sources. A relevant part of this project includes the study of fate and ecotoxicity of different coating components and Life cycle analysis, which will be equaled as a figure of merit with performance factors to select the most promising systems and launch demonstrators for standard and field tests.

Mots clés : nanostructured materials, magnetic nanoparticles, controlled release, anticorrosion, corrosion, sensing, modeling, metallic substrates, aeronautical, maritime, life cycle assessment, circular economy

Participants :
- SINTEF (Norvège) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 13800.0 €
- Colorlak (Czechia) (Rép. Tchèque) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 23000.0 €
- University of Aveiro (Portugal) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 92000.0 €
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 32200.0 €
- Kaunas University of Technology (Lituanie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 64400.0 €
- Smallmatek (Portugal) (Portugal) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 55200.0 €
- University of Tartu (Estonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 78200.0 €
- University of Latvia (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 73600.0 €
- Vodárenská Akciová Společnost (Czechia) (Rép. Tchèque) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 59800.0 €
- Tehnolabor ou (Estonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 78200.0 €
- Belarusian State University (Biélorussie) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet NGOST (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The negative impacts of the recent global economic crisis had a disproportionately adverse effect on young people’s labour market opportunities. Ethnic minorities, particularly the Roma, tend to have access to the poorest educational services and the most precarious parts of the labour market. Roma people are Europe’s largest ethnic minority, who suffer higher than average level of marginalisation in all domains of life. The NGOST research project will examine how NGOization of the school-to-work transition (STWT) programmes targeting the Roma can be interpreted as a form of neoliberal governance of minorities. A neoliberal state, in the name of efficiency, delegates its core functions, such as social services, to private corporations and NGOs, claiming that NGOs have direct knowledge and easier access to beneficiaries. NGOization refers to the process through which civil society organisations professionalise themselves to deliver technical interventions, demobilising their clients and depoliticising their own action. NGOST will offer a theoretically informed, comparative ethnographic account of this under-researched topic: how local practices of STWT with the corresponding neoliberal ethos of activation and self-responsibilisation, shape young Roma people’s chances on the labour market and their perceptions thereof. Case studies, conducted in Hungary, Slovakia and Spain, will follow three levels of inquiry: programmes, key players, and beneficiaries’ biographical experiences. The analysis will draw on multiple disciplinary, theoretical and conceptual traditions. A mixed-method design will include 3-month-long ethnographic endeavours, conducting observations, interviews, focus group discussions and surveys. The proposed research will contribute to a critical understanding of ideological/policy, structural/institutional and social configurations of neoliberal governance of the Roma, through the NGOization of their transition from school to work.

Mots clés : ngoization, roma youth, school to work transition, neoliberalism, biographical experiences

Participants :
- Central European University (Hongrie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 151850.88 €
Projet IC-3i-PhD (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2014)
Action : Cofund Doctoral programme
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The new IC-3i-PhD program of Institut Curie and its partners will produce top-level scientific knowledge by promoting basic interdisciplinary research that will be translated into novel therapeutic avenues for diagnosis and treatment. The completely re-structured, revitalized, and ambitious international “Triple i” PhD program is strengthened by trans- and inter-disciplinary and inter-sectorial research projects and will offer 35 international PhD positions. The program will teach PhD/Doctoral Program recipients to be excellent researchers of tomorrow; to perform research but also enhance innovation through research via established working relationships with private industry, and by supporting the creation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). The objective of the doctoral programme is to offer an international, inter-disciplinary, and inter-sectorial training program for the researchers, including training-through-research (both on site and through secondments) as well as hands-on training in transferable skills. Furthermore, supporting researchers’ career development via a structured career plan, and a commitment to providing fellows with the transferable skills they need, will change the standard of excellence for PhDs at the institute, and beyond. Training IC-3i-PhDs to the high standard set out in the program will ultimately lead to producing a new generation of researchers and researcher-physicians working side by side on improving health outcomes, reducing health inequalities, and promoting active and healthy ageing. Overall the proposed project will further stimulate the development of European research and human resource capacities, knowledge transfer between academic institutions and industrial stakeholders and thus strengthen the competitiveness and innovation of EU industries.

Mots clés : cancer, health, disease, epigenetics, physical chemistry, biophysics, genetic, genotoxic stress, immunology, systems biology, imaging, medicinal chemistry, biomarkers, epidemiology

Participants :
- Sanofi-aventis recherche et developpement (France) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Institut de recherches servier (France) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Institut Curie (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 2746800.0 €
Projet NIGHTLV-2018-2019 (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : European Researchers' Night
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The objective of the Project is to raise the awareness of the larger public, especially young people, about science as well as to familiarize them with the scientist’s profession; to show the impact of sciences such as natural sciences, social sciences and humanities on everyday human life; to bring researchers closer to the Latvian society and to raise the interest of young people about research. Aim of the activities is to enhance public recognition of researchers’ profession and their role in Latvian society. A number of attractive, amazing and interactive events will be organized in Riga and in a number of towns covering the whole territory of Latvia.

Mots clés : researchers  night public event

Participants :
- University of Liepāja (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 7237.0 €
- Vidzeme University of Applied Sciences (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 6084.0 €
- State Education Development Agency (Lettonie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 80525.0 €
- Rēzeknes Augstskola (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 6675.0 €
- Ventspils University of Applied Sciences (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 9581.0 €
- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 7706.0 €
- Latvian Academy of Sciences (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 6862.0 €
- Latvian Academy of Sciences (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 7477.0 €
- Daugavpils University (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 10453.0 €
- Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 8456.0 €
- University of Latvia (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 30825.0 €
- Riga Stradiņš University (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 12848.0 €
- Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment “BIOR” (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 8362.0 €
- Latvian Academy of Sciences (Lettonie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 6112.0 €
Projet CONIN (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The objective of the project is determination of universal features and specific properties of various systems spontaneously ordering into spatially inhomogeneous structures (mobile ions in solids, ionic liquid mixtures, soft-matter and biological systems), with special focus on effects of confinement. There is striking similarity between properties of the above systems despite different interactions and length scales of inhomogeneities. The fundamental relation between structural inhomogeneities and mechanical and thermodynamic properties is not fully understood because the exchange of knowledge between the solid-state, liquid-matter, soft-matter and biophysical communities is limited. Theoretical and simulation approaches developed by 3 EU MS + 1 AC + 2 TC groups are closely connected or complementary. We use mean-field, liquid-matter, DFT, integral equations, field and collective-variables theories, molecular simulation approaches, and experimental methods of electrochemistry. We will share our experience in constructing/modifying, solving and verifying experimentally models for different complex systems. The new results and theoretical approaches will help in future studies of various inhomogeneous systems. The first work package concerns systems spontaneously forming ordered patterns, from thin films on solid surfaces through particles on interfaces to biological membranes and arid ecosystems. The pattern formation can be exploited in innovative technology. In the second work package we will investigate ionic liquids/ionic-liquid mixtures, especially near charged surfaces and in porous media, and mobile ions in intercalation compounds. Mobile ions and ionic liquids in porous electrodes are potentially important in innovative electrochemistry. EU/TC knowledge transfer will be by joint theoretical, simulation and experimental studies. Open workshops will be organized. Long term visits of young researchers and joint supervision of PhD students are planned.

Mots clés : inhomogeneous systems, confinement, self assembly, ionic systems

Participants :
- Spanish National Research Council (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 175500.0 €
- Polish Academy of Sciences (Pologne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 243000.0 €
- École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 108000.0 €
- National University of La Plata (Argentine) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Ukraine) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 135000.0 €
- Belarusian State Technological University (Biélorussie) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Sorbonne Université (France) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 13500.0 €
Projet RECYCLES (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The objective of the project is to exploit the integration of the carbon, nitrogen and suflur cycles in bioreactors to design optimal treatment trains to recover added-value products out of liquid and gaseous effluents. The strategy will be to combine interdisciplinary approaches to: - investigate innovative unit processes based on partial nitrification for nitrogen recycle, autotrophic denitrification for biosulfur recovery and multienzyme-based bioreactors for CO2 valorization; - apply technologies that are novel in this field such as moving bed bioreactors, membrane biofilm reactors and enzimatic reactors - combine biological processes in to innovative treatment trains for wastewater treatment and biogas upgrading. The topic will be addressed from the point of view of circular economy by exploring the potential synergies of carbon, nitrogen and sulfur cycles in wastewater and biogas treatment trains to reduce treament costs and to te increase production of added-value products. From a methodological point of view, the project targets the improvement of existing knowledge of innovative technologies based on immobilized biocatalysts as well as the demonstration of the viability of innovative treatment trains at in-silico, lab- and pilot-scale levels. The project is interdisciplinary and intersectorial; in fact, the research teams involved include environmental and chemical engineers, biologists and bioinformatics and mathematical modellers, while the companies are complementary being specialised in reactors design and construction and in bioprocess design and control. Finally, the involvement of the industry will allow to receive feedbacks on the solutions needed from pilot case studies using real effluents and to effectively translate novel scientific outcomes into suitable technologies.

Mots clés : resource recovery, bioreactors, s cycles, integration, immobilized biocatalysts, bioprocesses engineering, wastewater treatment, waste gas treatment, innovative treatment trains

Participants :
- Italprogetti spa (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 78200.0 €
- Prince of Songkla University (Thaïlande) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- University of Manitoba (Canada) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Autonomous University of Barcelona (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 395600.0 €
- University of Pisa (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 289800.0 €
- University of Florence (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 358800.0 €
- Aeris tecnologias ambientales sl (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 87400.0 €
- Pontificial Catholic University of Valparaiso (Chili) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €