Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet EyeGestLearn (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The overall objectives for this proposal are two-fold: 1) Learning new theories and methods with international recognized scientists to push forward the boundaries of the state of the art; 2) promoting to peers and public the insights and methodological advancements from the project with the scope of changing teaching methods in online learning. More precisely, the purpose of this MSCA-fellowship is to acquire expert level knowledge in second-language teaching and eye-tracking to investigate the cognitive effects of teachers' co-speech gestures on learning in an online learning environment where learners are not native English speakers. By tracking the students' eye movements and attention to teachers' co-speech hand gestures in the learning situation, I will gain unique understanding of how the learners attend to gestures and how the attention correlates with the uptake of new information. With the relevant guidance from the host organization both the progression and advancement of this proposal is in safe hands. The expertise of the supervisors in second-language teaching, speech analysis, educational psychology and eye-tracking will form an educational platform for myself to achieve my ambition of carrying this research proposal through. The objectives are relevant to the work program in two ways: 1) by maturing myself as a researcher to reach top international level with a solid international network; and 2) by working to create better learning materials and teaching skills in the massively expanding area of online learning (Massive Open Online Courses). In the grander picture, I work towards creating better learning opportunities for learners of all linguistic and socio-economical backgrounds.


Participants :
- University of Padua (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 183473.28 €
Projet ResearchLeaders2025 (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Cofund Postdoctoral programme
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The overriding objective of this programme is to foster the next generation of agri-food research leaders. Inspired by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Global Fellowships, it focuses on researcher-driven mobility. The programme offers applicants the opportunity to conduct their research in an academic or non-academic organisation of their choice worldwide (outside of Ireland) for 18 months, followed by a return phase to Teagasc (Ireland) for 18 months. The applicant will freely choose the research topic, the outgoing host (and supervisor) and the supervisor for the return phase. In addition, if the outgoing phase is with an academic host, they may choose to incorporate a secondment for up to six months to a non-academic collaborator of their choice. Interdisciplinary projects will be encouraged and facilitated. The programme will have a total value of €5.2 million (€2.1 million from EC). It will run for 60 months and will have two funding calls; each funding 10 fellowships (total 20 fellowships). Each fellowship will last 36 months. There will be a strong focus on the career development of the researchers, with all fellows undertaking an accredited management course, having a dedicated career mentor (separate to their scientific supervisors) and attending an annual retreat with presentations from established research leaders in industry, academia and civil society organisations. The need to address the “leaky pipeline” whereby many promising female researchers do not achieve senior positions is a strong focus of the programme. An International Expert Advisory Board will review all documentation for the programme to ensure that there is no unintended bias against, or discouragement of, female applicants. Remote review cohorts and the final review panel will be gender balanced. A dedicated section of the website will highlight positive reasons for female researchers to apply for the fellowship.

Mots clés : agriculture, food, gender balance, intersector, international, global

Participants :
- Teagasc - The Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 2124000.0 €
Projet IMaP (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The p53 protein is mutated in over 50% of cancers. Because its expression often promotes tumor growth and is associated with resistance to treatment, there has been great interest in treating cancers based on p53 mutation status. However, the use of p53- targeted therapies requires knowing the mutation status. DNA sequencing is one approach, but requires invasive biopsies, and newer sequencing techniques still face technical hurdles. Non-invasive imaging techniques offer an alternative approach for detecting mutation status. Given that p53 regulates blood vessel growth, and that vessel imaging is used clinically to monitor response to cancer therapy, I hypothesize that tumor vessels could be used as an imaging marker to identify p53 mutation status. To test this hypothesis, I will measure relationships between p53 mutations and vessel structure/function using my expertise in 3D cell biology, vessel imaging, and image analysis and the unique expertise of the host lab in p53 biology, proteomics, and flow cytometry. The objectives of this interdisciplinary work are: 1) to screen the effect of p53 mutants on vessel structure in vitro; 2) to characterize the molecular response of endothelial cells to p53-targeted therapies; and 3) to image the structure and function of vessels in mutant p53 tumors in vivo. If a relationship is found between p53 mutation status and tumor vessel features, then it could lead to the development of the first imaging marker of p53 mutation status. This marker could help clinicians select p53-directed therapies to personalize therapy for each cancer patient. Apart from scientific impact, the proposed work will also expand my career prospects and scientific network in Europe. Under the mentorship of the host lab supervisor Prof. Sir David Lane, who discovered p53, I will receive focused training to strengthen and diversify the scientific and transferable skills I need to transition from postdoctoral scientist to junior group leader.


Participants :
- Karolinska Institutet (Suède) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 203852.16 €
Projet XYL-EID (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The pathogenic bacterium Xylella fastidiosa threatens European agricultural and natural flora through the loss of economically, environmentally and culturally important host plants such as grape, olive and oak. This bacterium was first detected in Italy in 2013 and then in Corsica,France. Although X. fastidiosa is a generalist pathogen, infecting over 300 plant species, only a few plant species develop disease symptoms, and these infections always depend on a specific pathogen genotype. Although X. fastidiosa has been studied for over 80 years in the U.S.A., the determinants of X. fastidiosa host specificity remain unknown. In other words, it is not know why genotypes cause disease in one plant species but not another. Understanding what constrains X. fastidiosa host specificity is of paramount importance because it is currently not possible to predict what plant species are susceptible in Europe; this represents a major knowledge gap and limiting an adequate analysis of the risks posed by X. fastidiosa. This project aims to answer this important question by studying populations of the bacterium that are already host specific as well as one epidemic population exploiting a novel plant species in the EU. This will be done through collaboration between U.C. Berkeley -a leading expert on this pathogen- and BGPI, a French institute with excellent expertise in population genomics and interdisciplinary research. Besides reinforcing the link between the U.S.A. and European research on a subject of major importance, this project will result in the training of a European expert on this emerging pathogen. It will also broaden the Experienced Researcher's knowledge in plant-pathogen interactions. Finally, this project intends to disseminate knowledge on X. fastidiosa to the European society through (i) a collaboration with the French non-academic institute ANSES, (ii) a website dedicated to this pathogen and (iii) a collaboration with European farmers and agronomical schools.

Mots clés : plant pathology, vector borne plant disease, emerging infectious disease, invasive species, agriculture, xylem limited bacterium

Participants :
- University of California System (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 246668.4 €
Projet SmarTher Grid (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The penetration of renewable sources of energy in power networks is expected to grow over the next years, motivated by environmental concerns. However, renewable generation is in general intermittent and a large penetration may cause frequent generation-demand imbalances that may compromise power quality and even result in blackouts. Demand side participation can offer a solution to this problem, due to loads ability to provide a fast response when required. However, a large portion of the total demand corresponds to thermostatic loads (TLs), which are characterized by a cyclic thermostatic behavior. Such effects need to be taken into account in the design of control schemes for TLs, if those are to provide support to the power grid. The primary technical research objective of this project is the design of control schemes for TLs such those provide effective, efficient and reliable ancillary support to the power network. In particular, the major research objectives of the project are to: (a) Enable TLs to provide ancillary support to existing frequency control mechanisms, ensuring that those switch when there is an urgency. (b) Obtain an optimal power allocation between TLs with minimum user disruption. (c) Provide analytic stability guarantees for power networks when the proposed TL control designs are implemented. (d) Enable further research on TLs, by providing analytic models that characterize their aggregate behavior. (e) Validate the proposed control designs with realistic numerical and hardware in the loop simulations. The main career objectives are to: (a) Strengthen the research skills of the fellow with training on advanced simulation tools, power systems analysis and control theory. (b) Enable the transfer of knowledge between the fellow, the scientific community and the industry. (c) Enrich the transferable skills of the researcher with training on presenting to wide audiences, writing research grant proposals and managing intellectual property.

Mots clés : smart grids, demand side management, frequency control

Participants :
- University of Cyprus (Chypre) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 157941.12 €
Projet IPUOIPV (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The phenomenon of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) knows no boundaries. It crosses all sectors, cultures, countries and groups of ages. Recently we can see major interest in the study of IPV among ethnic groups, neglected minorities, as well as among faith-based communities. The aim of this individual fellowship is to explore IPV in terms of seeking care among abused ultraorthodox Jewish women (UOJW). In other words, the purpose of the planned study is to explore preferences for intervention and prevention among UOJW effected by IPV (IPUOIPV). Based on 30 semi-structured face to face interviews and 5 focus groups of women with prior or current experience of IPV, from the Ultra-Orthodox communities in Montréal and Israel, the aim of this study is to gain a better understanding of the specific needs of this minority in relation to IPV. Such study can contribute to practice and future research examining IPV in other minorities, communities-based faith, and hard-to-access populations around Europe and worldwide. For decades, IPV was known as a hidden problem in the Orthodox Jewish communities. However, only recently it is acknowledged to occur in Orthodox Jewish families. Alongside the unique difficulties of abused women, UOJW display several cultural characteristics that require solutions to ensure their social well-being, due to their conservative and obliging way of life. In addition to the common types of IPV (physical, emotional, sexual, economic and social), UOJW may also suffer from spiritual abuse. An example of spiritual abuse might be, when a husband forces his wife to pray against her will, or to avoid intimacy after she is going to the 'Mikveh' (religious immersion-bath).This study may reveal an added value to the current state of the art in the field of IPV. It may promote the understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of interpersonal violence against this neglected minority-women.

Mots clés : domestic violence, intimate partner violence, intervention and prevention programs, battered women, ultraorthodox jewish women

Participants :
- University of Haifa (Israël) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 174747.84 €
- McGill University (Canada) — Partner, organization partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet MicrobialLEAF (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The photoelectrochemical conversion of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) to energy-rich chemicals and fuels is an attractive strategy towards climate change remediation and a circular carbon economy. However, the renewable synthesis of complex organic molecules using solar power still faces several challenges for practical application. Current synthetic systems, which can reach high light absorption and charge separation efficiencies, still rely on the use of expensive materials with improvable specificity for the generated products. On the other hand, biological systems such as microbes are far superior performing complex catalytic chemistry (C-C coupling, multi-electron catalysis) with high product specificity. The synergistic combination of synthetic and biological components enables novel synthesis pathways, otherwise inaccessible abiotically, to generate useful chemicals and fuels with higher efficiency and product specificity. The proposed project aims to build a proof-of-concept microbial hybrid artificial leaf to generate ethanol and acetate via fermentation of hydrogen and carbon monoxide (syngas) produced by molecular catalysts immobilized on an artificial leaf. The molecular catalysts will be embedded in a highly porous carbon-based cathode to generate the syngas from aqueous CO2 to feed locally the bacterium Clostridium ljungdahlii within the pores, a novel approach compared to current decoupled microbial hybrid systems. The proposed artificial leaf will integrate state-of-the-art BiVO4 and perovskite components, for efficient light absorption, charge separation and water oxidation, with the cathode. This microbial leaf will be the first example of cascade catalysis where molecular catalysts and microbes will work together to produce multi-carbon products, enabling the study of abiotic-biotic interfaces key to design new materials for improved solar (bio)chemicals generation.

Mots clés : artificial leaf, photoelectrochemistry, molecular catalyst, co2 reduction, syngas, perovskite, microbial fermentation, clostridium, porous graphene electrodes, solar biochemical and biofuel generation

Participants :
- University of Cambridge (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 224933.76 €
Projet SPOCEI (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The planning, operation and control is of importance to the Energy Internet (EI). With large numbers of energy routers (ERs) integrated into EI, the EI system becomes more complex and variable. This state of affairs renders it is necessary to develop new architecture, modelling, optimization and control methods, in order to achieve intelligent, distributed, reliable, exible and cooperative system operation for EI. To this end, the researcher proposes the following three unique researcher actions in this project, including: 1) controllable structure planning for multi-ER-based EI under different environments (before and after fault) from the concept of controllability view; 2) distributed and adaptive cooperated control strategies based on deep policy gradient algorithm to enable each microgrid adaptively to respond to the system model switching without the need of exact system dynamics; 3) multiple timescale power trading model and distributed optimization algorithm to achieve both optimal energy generation/consumption and optimal energy flow allocation among ER with faster convergence rate in different timescales. Our project has the potential to produce new technological transformations and overcome multiple critical bottlenecks in the development of the current power grid from “smart grid” to “EI”. Through many inter-sectoral training, project management and communication activities, the research will gain comprehensive experience and skillsets, which is conducive to his future career prospects. This project effectively combines the researcher’s expertise in distributed control as well as optimization theories and the participating organizations’ expertise in energy informatics and energy management, planning of power grid and artificial intelligence, resulting in ensured two-way knowledge transfer. Moreover, our project fits well with the EU energy development strategy, which will contribute to European energy innovation and applications.

Mots clés : energy management, artificial intelligence, energy internet, energy router, distributed control and optimization

Participants :
- University of Oslo (Norvège) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 214158.72 €
Projet MuCellWall (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The plant cell wall is dynamic, complexes structure composed of polysaccharides divided into fibrillar (cellulosic) fraction and extracellular matrix (hemicelluloses and pectins). All the components are arranged in a network structure characteristic of the cell wall. The proposed, general spatial models of the cell wall based mostly on various biochemical and/or microstructural analysis, which have usually been invasive by treatment with enzymes or chemicals, which can destroy the cell wall organization and allow to visualize a selected components. Despite of extensive research our knowledge about the cell wall is still incomplete and restricted mostly to the biochemical or genetic studies. The main aim of this project will be the determination of the cell wall components i.e. polysaccharides, glycoproteins, and the determination their spatial distribution in a special type of cell wall of the mucilage secreting cells (MSCs). The obtained results will allow creation a direct spatial cell wall model. The used material e.g. seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants and wild type, Artemisia leucodens or Lepidium sativum will be an excellent and so far not examined study model due to characteristic loose spatial structure of the MSC cell wall. The use of modern techniques (in a quite new combinations) e.g. antibodies with attached gold particles and precise visualization in divers microscopes (e.g. SEM, LCSM) available at the host laboratory (Kiel University) will allow to overcome invasive procedures and let to detect the exactly location of the components. The realistic, representative cell wall spatial model will be created allowing for better understanding the different processes taking place within the cell wall. The project will be implemented at an interdisciplinary level opening a new possibilities for various cell wall studies. The project will give a new insight into the cell wall structural studies and lead to significant advances in this field.

Mots clés : arabidopsis thaliana, cell wall, mucilage, cellulose, pectins, hemicelluloses, seeds, cell wall model

Participants :
- Kiel University (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 171460.8 €
Projet AFFIRMATIVE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The power dynamics and the effects of gender on social, spatial and political behaviour have regained major interest in public debates in the last years. If media (and new media) play an important role in relaying this debate, it does also in producing and reinforcing normative gendered practices. In response to the incapacity of mainstream media to induce effective change, video and digital artists explore the technological and political possibilities of digital media, video art and virtual reality to transform gendered norms affirmatively; that is creating alternative futures to the status quo rather than lamenting the current situation. Calling for a post-cinematic spectator, both individualised and participative, video and digital artists produce new genres and formats through which they express affirmative responses to gender and power. Building a bridge between film theory, new immersive media and social engagement, this research project will investigate how post-cinematic arts produce micropolitical instances of activism through narrative and aesthetic experiences.

Mots clés : film, gallery film, video art, virtual reality, gender, power, space, affect, affirmative ethics, social norms and transformation, political art

Participants :
- University of Bergen (Norvège) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 196400.4 €