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

The European Directive in 1998 led to the increasing use of biological insecticides such as cry proteins produced by the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) that kill mosquito larvae after being ingested. Considering the interest in Bti as more environmentally sustainable biocide, it is important to examine environmental fate and impact of Bti especially taking into account the need of this information to fulfil the REACH criteria. Chandrashekhar (PhD 2014, North Maharashtra University, India) will employed an innovative 'Environmental Metabolic Footprinting' approach, at the University of Perpignan via Domitia, France and participate in a multidisciplinary project that spans the interface between chemistry and biology. To dynamically characterize biomarkers of Bti pollution found among metabolites issued from the sediment matrix meta-metabolome will require him to develop and optimize detection protocols using LC-MS platform. In addition, metabarcoding approach will allow to understand microbial community responses to the Bti pollution. Emphasis will be placed on better standardisation, data interpretation and evaluation that will build confidence in the value of “omics technologies – this being essential to increase their (regulatory) use. Through secondment to University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble he will deepen his knowledge base by evaluating fate of Bti in the sediment through cutting edge biological analysis tools. Taken together, these activities will advance our understanding of environmental risks associated with Bti, and pave the way for the development and adaptation to new environmental monitoring tool. EnvFate will thus increase the European research visibility to promote sustainable development, ensure the protection of environment, one of the priority areas of the H2020 program. Moreover, through the planned training and mentoring activities, Chandrashekhar will develop in to an outstanding early career researcher of great potential.

Mots clés : metabolomic, biopesticide, environment, impact, bacillus thuringiensis

Participants :
- Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 185076.0 €
Projet RiNG-21 (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : European Researchers' Night
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The European Researchers' Night in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2021 (RiNG-21) aims to bring researchers closer to the general public and to shape deeper connection between research, creativity and entrepreneurship. RiNG-21 is a flagship science promotion event in BiH while continuing to work on increasing awareness of research and innovation potentials in BiH, supporting public recognition of researchers and promoting achievements by local scientists and research-driven entrepreneurs, addressing research impact on people's daily life, and encouraging young people to embark on research careers. Shortly, main objectives are: Enhance researchers' public recognition; Increase awareness about research results, especially regarding the daily lives of citizens; Stimulate interest in research careers, in particular amongst young people facing a career choice. RiNG-21 slogan is "Beyond the Horizon", dedicating 2021 edition to highlighting the skills and knowledge needed to prepare for the future, as well to put a spotlight on the cutting-edge research. RiNG-21 is a multidisciplinary STEAM event, aiming to highlight people in Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Arts and Makers in BiH and Western Balkan region. RiNG-21 is a science festival of national character, involving coordinated actions in at least ten cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and incorporates cross-border aspect by involving researchers and research-driven business from the Balkan region as participants in RiNG activities. Due to coronavirus, the main event will be held online with smaller scale on-site activities in the participating cities. RiNG-21 is aiming to reach over 1 million people during awareness raising campaign and involve at least 26.000 participants in the organized online and in-person events during 2021 by including at least ten cities across BiH in the implementation of the European Researchers' Night activities.

Mots clés : science communication, edutainment, science festival

Participants :
- Privredno drustvo institut za hidrotehniku dd sarajevo (Bosnie-Herzégovine) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 30000.0 €
- Tidea doo banja luka (Bosnie-Herzégovine) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 55000.0 €
- Udruzenje za promociju kulture, nauke i kinematografije balkanfilm (Bosnie-Herzégovine) — Partner, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 38200.0 €
Projet MadridERN2021 (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : European Researchers' Night
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The European Researchers' Night in Madrid will bring together researchers to the general public and will increase awareness of research and innovation activities, with a view to supporting the public recognition of researchers, creatiThe European Researchers' Night in Madrid will bring together researchers to the general public and will increase awareness of research and innovation activities, with a view to supporting the public recognition of researchers, creating an understanding of the impact of researchers' work on citizen's daily life, and encouraging young people to embark on scientific careers. MadridERN2021 will implement it by means of a set of festive activities to be carried out in the Region of Madrid on the morning and evening of the 24th and 25th of September 2021. Pre-events will be also organized mainly in spring and summer. The activities will be addressed to public at large, science-addicts and science-reluctant, children, families, teachers, elderly, people regardless their scientific background with a special focus on young people: secondary and primary school students with the main purpose of encouraging STEM subjects and science careers, university students and also vocational education and training students. The event will involve researchers, benefited by EU funds, especially the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). Their presence in the activities at the European corners will point out the transnational and diversity aspects of research, showing the attractiveness of their jobs that can be done everywhere in Europe. Information on the EU: its history, initiatives, policies, especially the European Green Deal, and achievements will be provided to highlight the European dimension of the Night. Regional and Academic authorities, stakeholders and managers from universities, research centres, museums, hospitals, NGOs, foundations and industry (Spin offs, SME or Large Companies) in the Region of Madrid will be at the core of the project.

Mots clés : researchers, outreach, society, scientific carrers, entrepreneurial, innovative promotion, european green deal, sustainable development goals

Participants :
- Fundación Madrimasd Para el Conocimiento (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 170000.0 €
Projet CLoSER (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : European Researchers' Night
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The European Researchers’ Night (ERN) has become an annual tradition in Piedmont thanks to an extraordinary 10 years experience that has made citizens of all ages eagerly awaiting this appointment with the scientific vocation of our district and the European Commission. The CLOSER project will involve all the 8 provinces of Piedmont and the major city of the Aosta Valley (who recently joined the project), treasuring the capitalized experience of the past editions: it will build on the results achieved along this thrilling journey and move forward, also on the basis of the European agenda defined by H2020 in relation to the science and society issues. The acronym CLOSER reflects the whole thread of this proposal, which aims at establishing an alliance between researchers and the various societal actors by bringing them closer to one another, using the RRI approach to encourage them to take responsibility and work together to design a sustainable, ethically acceptable and socially desirable future. For this purpose, specific actions will be devised to actively engage citizens, schools and young people, policy makers and industries, who won’t be just the audience but the protagonists of each of the proposed action. A special programme will particularly target young people to foster their interest in scientific careers. In addition, CLOSER aims at strengthening the European citizenship feeling of the public involved as well as increasing their awareness of the importance of the European dimension in research through specific activities such as the ‘European Stage for Research and Innovation’, ‘A talk with young research!’ and ‘The Human Face of Research’. To realise such an ambitious programme, the engagement of a large, trans-disciplinary, gender-balanced community of researchers committed to public engagement will be vital: CLOSER will provide them with innovative, creative formats of communication that will strengthen their capability of communicating their research.

Mots clés : engagement, creativity, innovation, responsible research and innovation, participation, european research, citizen science, science communication, sharing good practices, educational entertainment

Participants :
- Creativa (Italy) (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 23000.0 €
- CentroScienza Onlus (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 47000.0 €
- University of Gastronomic Sciences (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 3750.0 €
- Polytechnic University of Turin (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 7500.0 €
- University of Eastern Piedmont Amadeo Avogadro (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 20000.0 €
- University of Turin (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 77000.0 €
Projet MOQS (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The European Training Network (ETN) "MOQS - Molecular Quantum Simulations" provides an international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral doctoral training of 15 early-stage researchers. The consortium of 8 academic, 2 non-academic beneficiaries, and 4 partner organisations has the expertise to prepare ESRs in the multiple disciplines required for the emerging field of quantum simulations of molecular structure and dynamics, at the crossroad of chemistry, solid-state and quantum optical physics, computer science, quantum information and quantum control. These are required for a large variety of possible industrial (e.g. catalysis-on-demand and drug design) as well as scientific (e.g., fully ab-initio and complete quantum mechanical description of complex molecular reactions) applications, requiring new scientific insight, new cross- disciplinary training courses and future experts. Thus MOQS’s research and training network will (i) address the need for a boost in quantum technologies through research on quantum simulations of molecular structure and dynamics, with potential mid-term impact on the chemical and pharmaceutical industries (ii) educate and train the future generation of quantum scientists specifically qualified in the application of quantum physics to technological and industrial needs. Its results will be widely communicated towards the scientific and non-scientific audience. MOQS has built-in mechanisms for shaping the future of doctoral training in quantum science.

Mots clés : quantum simulations, superconducting circuits, rydberg atoms, molecular structure and dynamics, quantum chemistry

Participants :
- Hqs quantum simulations gmbh (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 252788.4 €
- Rudjer Boskovic Institute (Croatie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 237367.08 €
- Université de Strasbourg (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 1374010.2 €
- Heidelberg University (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 252788.4 €
- Eindhoven University of Technology (Pays-Bas) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 265619.88 €
- Saarland University (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 252788.4 €
- University of L'Aquila (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 261499.68 €
- University of Ljubljana (Slovénie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 239956.92 €
- Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Allemagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 252788.4 €
- National Research Council (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 261499.68 €
- IBM Research - Zurich (Suisse) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 281276.64 €
Projet RADICALISATION (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The European Union (EU) is facing a high-level security threat by the re-emergence of the far right, indicated by a recent significant increase in far-right violence, often underreported to the police and by the media. The timeliness of this project is indicated by the alarming rate of radicalisation in the EU: the use of the internet for the fast-paced dissemination of far-right ideology and mobilisation of radicalised individuals from white supremacist movements pose an enhanced security threat to the EU and an ‘existential threat’ to fundamental European values such as ‘non-discrimination, tolerance, and equality’ as per Article 2 of the Treaty of EU. The primary goal of this project is to identify radicalisation strategies in online far-right propaganda, in order to gain a deep understanding of its linguistic repertoire and contribute to its prevention. Specifically, the main research question of is how radicalisation strategies of European far-right narratives deploy a wide range of nuanced semiotic, linguistic and visual meaning-making resources in order to recruit potential new members. Understanding the appeal of the European far right is therefore an urgent priority: the increasing normalisation of populist radical rhetoric is evidenced by 1) these voices gaining traction in recent elections and referenda and 2) increased incidents of hate speech and hate crime. By investigating extremist online propaganda, the ultimate goal of this interdisciplinary project is twofold: 1) to contribute new knowledge relevant to a range of disciplines, and 2) to lay the foundations for the creation of educational and deradicalisation programmes. This focus on far-right radicalisation strategies is consistent with the policy objective of ‘develop[ing] joint programmes on countering violent extremism and radicalisation’, set out in the European Commission’s document 'A Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy'.

Mots clés : far right extremism, radicalisation, criminogenic intent, affiliation, iconisation, propaganda analysis, emotion, big data analysis, social semiotics, multimodal discourse analysis

Participants :
- Norwich University (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Central European University (Autriche) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 235191.36 €
- Central European University (Hongrie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet Lefko-Phos (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The European Union set the ambitious target of increasing energy efficiency by 27% within 2030. Since ≈ 20% of the EU electrical energy is used for lighting, more efficient lighting concepts need to be developed. At present, inorganic light emitting diodes (LEDs) stand out as the best alternative to conventional lighting devices. In future, organic LEDs (OLEDs) are predicted to become the ultimate solution, since they allow fabrication of large-area flat and flexible devices; consequently, white-emitting OLEDs (WOLEDs) are actively investigated. Current WOLEDs require the use of multiple luminophores in a single device, but this leads to imbalanced white-light emission and colour instability, due to the different stability over time of each single emitter. Moreover, the incorporation of multiple emitters increases manufacturing costs. To overcome these drawbacks, attempts have been made to generate white-emission from a single multifunctional material. However, strong limitations were faced due to the complex synthetic procedures and the inability to control the excited-state properties of the emitter and its internal energy-transfer processes. In this scenario, we propose a new strategy for easy-to-synthesize binuclear cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes, displaying dual-emission for white-light generation from a single molecular entity. The strategy involves simultaneous generation of blue and orange emission from two electronically uncoupled Ir(III) centres, linked together by a non-conjugated bridging unit. This ambitious goal can be achieved due to the mutual interaction between the Experienced Researcher (ER) and the Host Institution (HI). While the ER has a strong background in the synthesis of luminescent complexes, the HI has a consolidated expertise in organic synthesis, theoretical and experimental photophysics, and in fabrication and testing of OLED devices. This combination of competencies will guarantee the successful implementation of this project.

Mots clés : iridium iii  metal complexes, luminescence, energy transfer, luminescent materials, white light, electroluminescent devices, oled

Participants :
- National Research Council (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 171473.28 €
Projet Nat-HEC (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The European Union targets a climate-neutral economy by 2050. In the context of this initiative, hydrogen gas (H2) is regarded as a promising energy carrier; however, about 95% of the H2 industrially consumed originates from steam reformation of fossil resources and is associated with significant CO2 release. High-efficiency H2 catalysts based on rare elements like platinum are not affordable on a larger scale. To address the global need for green energy, catalysts composed of earth abundant elements are desirable. Natures’ Hydrogen Evolution Catalyst is the enzyme [FeFe]-hydrogenase. It catalyses H2 production with high rates (10 kHz), in aqueous solution (pH 7), and at low over potentials (-420 mV vs. SHE). [FeFe]-hydrogenase inspired the design of numerous synthetic catalysts, none of which could rival the efficiency of the native system. Basic research is necessary to understand hydrogenase catalysis, in particular regarding the metal hydride chemistry prior H2 release. The objective of this action is to investigate the fundamental hydride chemistry of [FeFe]-hydrogenases under turnover conditions. Catalysis will be initiated via a laser pulse and monitored by transient absorption spectroscopy. Such pump/probe experiments allow following reaction intermediates with sub-turnover time resolution. The results of this action will inspire a targeted design of synthetic catalyst based on earth abundant elements. Moreover, the developed methodology will facilitate a detailed investigation of related enzymes, catalysing global key processes in nature like N2 or CO2 fixation.

Mots clés : metalloenzymes, biological hydrogen catalysis, transient absorption spectroscopy, hydrogenases, photochemistry, redox chemistry

Participants :
- Uppsala University (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 191852.16 €
Projet GiFlex (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The European Union’s priority of increasing the penetration of renewable generation in modern distribution networks has posed many challenges. The largest share consists of distributed and small-scale systems. The increased variability of supply from distributed renewable generations such as, wind and solar photovoltaics causes frequency and voltage stability issues in the system. Moreover, the power electronic interfaces reduces the system inertia which can lead to severe frequency deviations if a proper control mechanism is not implemented. However, an energy storage system and demand response with non-dispatchable generations will reduce the variability and thus, improve the system resilience by providing energy arbitrage, frequency and voltage regulation and fast reserves which are beneficial to distribution network management. Although the small-scale distributed sources are not capable to provide these flexibility services to the distribution and transmission network operators, the aggregator in the modern distribution network enables this process. Besides, they are able to provide slow services such as peak shaving, demand side management. GiFlex tackles this aspect by proposing an optimization framework in the smart grid scenario. The objectives are: 1) to assess and implement accurate estimation of flexibility services from GridEye measurements by employing machine learning algorithms, 2) to aggregate the flexibility services from distributed sources. The DEPsys product GridEye has a target of providing services in seconds. 3) GiFlex further will address the joint provision of fast response in seconds and slower response in minutes through a co-optimization framework. GiFlex is relevant to the Work Programme 2018-2020 and is expected to impact the European power sector by contributing to the effective and increased integration of renewable generation and to the realisation of a true smart grid with affordability, sustainability and security of energy.

Mots clés : flexibility services, distributed control, smart grid, demand response, demand side management, energy reserves, inertia, slow and fast services, multi objective optimisation

Participants :
- Depsys sa (Suisse) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 191149.44 €