Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet HydroMOF (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) represent a class of nanoporous materials that is propelling groundbreaking innovation in fields that include catalysis, gas capture and storage. The success of MOFs hinges on the possibility to tailor, based on technological demand, the properties of their cavities, with a versatility that results from the combinatorial variety of their modular, molecularly-precise structures. Recently hydrophobic MOFs are becoming increasingly popular in energy devices that exploit pressure cycles to force water to intrude and extrude the material’s cavities. Different MOFs display different Intrusion/Extrusion (IE) behaviors enabling a variety of applications that range from mechanical energy storage to vibration damping and impact absorption. IE of liquids, unlike gas adsorption, is a complex phenomenon associated to the cavity-by-cavity motion of a liquid front determined by the metastability of wet and dry cavities, a datum that is only accessible via expensive molecular simulations. This vast complexity has so far prevented a first-principle design of IE materials, with only a handful of MOFs currently being exploited for IE. Addressing these challenges HydroMOF sets to enable the rational design of IE MOFs. This is achieved first via the creation of WetNet, a physically-informed machine learning model able to predict the stability of water inside the cavities of database MOFs. Circumventing the need for case-by-case free energy simulations WetNet enables the screening of thousands of MOFs yielding designs tailored around specific applications. At a later stage molecular insight will inform original lattice models able to simulate actual IE cycles through realistic MOF cavity networks, unprecedentedly encompassing non-equilibrium, finite-size and disorder-related effects. Through these advances HydroMOF’s impact extends beyond IE, opening new avenues in the design of liquid+reticular material devices and in the study of nanoconfined water.

Mots clés : nanofluidics, molecular simulation, wetting, confined water, molecular dynamics

Participants :
- École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Suisse) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Rome « La Sapienza » (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 388940.52 €
Projet SEPOLCRI (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

SEPOLCRI seeks to provide the first connective analysis of non-Catholic funerary practices and burial spaces in Italy c. 1500-1780. The project will focus on a variety of non-Catholic subjects (Jews, Orthodox Christians, Protestants, and Muslims) from different social strata and at different stages of mobility: settled and well-established communities; semi-permanent communities such as merchants, students, and enslaved people; and transient subjects such as travellers, seasonal workers, and seafarers. The research will focus on both key trading, religious and cultural centres (Livorno, Naples, Rome, Trieste, and Venice) and on more peripherical cities which have been neglected by the scholarship but had an important presence of minority groups (Ancona, Civitavecchia, Mantua, Padua, and Pisa); information on such cities and more peripheral territories will also be acquired through the consultation of key Inquisition archives whose material is among the best preserved in Italy (Rome, Venice, Pisa, Modena, and Naples). By focusing on how the funerary practices of non-Catholic groups shaped the relationship with the dominant Catholic community, SEPOLCRI will make a transformative contribution to the scholarship on religious diversity, urban history, and Counter-Reformation studies. The project examines continuities and changes in the relationship between the dominant Catholic community and minorities after the Reformation until the advent of the Enlightenment, reflecting changing attitudes towards minority groups linked to social and religious impurity. The research puts marginalized members of society at the core of research, reshaping the understanding of premodern issues of inclusion and exclusion, tolerance and intoler-ance, negotiation and representation in the political, religious and social urban panorama.

Mots clés : religious diversity, urban space, death, mobility, minorities, early modern, italy, cross cultural encounters

Participants :
- Université de Rome « La Sapienza » (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 193643.28 €
Projet America-Islamica (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

America-Islamica investigates a little-known and unstudied corpus of illustrated and painted books known as The Tarih-i Hind-i Garbi (History of the West Indies) or the New Hadith, and in Persian translation as the Tarjuma-yi tā’rikh-i yangī dunyā (Translation of the History of the New World). The first non-indigenous and non-European history of the Americas, this account of the Spanish conquest and colonization was composed in Ottoman Turkish in Istanbul based on Italian translations of Spanish sources in the 1580s. Manifesting rich layers of multidirectional translation, the work’s journeys, crossings, and circulations in text and image, geographically and temporally—from Spanish and Italian to Ottoman Turkish, Persian and French, from the Americas to Spain, Italy and the Ottoman capital to Iran and India, and more recently to Europe and the U.S., and from manuscript to printed editions in form that span three centuries—speak to the esteem, admiration, wonder, and appeal it exuded. Inherently interdisciplinary, this study will introduce the work to a wider contemporary audience. An in-depth analysis of its text and image in various formats, languages and canons, will enrich our understanding of early modern travel and colonization from the perspective of the non-colonizers, who were acutely curious and interested in knowing about the confines of the earth, and in competing for its domination.

Mots clés : islamic art history, early modern history, global history, ottoman, ottoman turkish, persian, visual translation, manuscript and print arts and cultures

Participants :
- Université de Rome « La Sapienza » (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 209483.28 €
Projet INCH (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The complementary feeding period, i.e. the time when infants are introduced to foods and liquids different from milk, has important implications for children's long-term social, physical, and cognitive development. While a large number of studies have surveyed the types of weaning foods provided, there is still a significant lack of research on the behavioural aspects involved in this important transition period. In terms of outcomes, existing studies have mostly focused on health effects, with very little attention paid to cognitive or language development. Lastly, most of the existing research is based on data from Western, industrialized countries, leaving us with a very incomplete picture of infant feeding practices and the resulting outcomes. Using a bottom-up approach, my project aims to fill these gaps by developing standardized tools for measuring infant feeding practices in rural and urban African settings, and investigating the impact of different feeding practices on children's health and developmental outcomes. Building on local contacts and relevant experience from a decade of research in Africa, I will (1) use focus group discussions to create a culture-sensitive questionnaire for measuring infant feeding practices; (2) use the questionnaire for a survey of infant feeding practices across rural and urban communities in Kenya; (3) collect detailed data on infants' nutrient intake; (4) assess children's motor, cognitive, and language development using tools which have been validated in similar African contexts, and correlate my data from 2, 3, and 4 to (5) identify feeding practices which relate to positive outcomes and can form the basis of future interventions.

Mots clés : nutrition, feeding behaviours, cognitive development

Participants :
- Université Aston (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Rome « La Sapienza » (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 172750.08 €
Projet EARTH (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

EARTH (Earthquakes And community Resilience Through Historical analysis) project explores the social and economic impact of earthquakes on Eastern Mediterranean societies during the Late Roman period (4th-6th centuries CE). It aims to highlight the characteristics of different societies that have suffered from earthquakes and analyse the theoretical and practical responses generated by these natural disasters. For these reasons, the ER has chosen to explore the Negev area from the 4th to the 6th century CE. This choice allows the researcher to analyse if earthquakes influenced human settlement choices, how different societies reacted to a catastrophic event, and how central powers changed their strategies. Today, as in the past, earthquakes continue to be an unpredictable and frightening phenomenon. They are examples of the power of nature and the impotence of man. EARTH project contributes to the recent flowering of integral regional studies, in which geography and topography, the history of settlements and migration, the study of trade routes, economic processes, and political organisation play an important role. Even earthquakes that did not have a significant impact were sometimes mentioned by ancient writers. Therefore, historians inevitably encounter this topic. By focusing on earthquakes and the events they triggered, my project compares societies at times when they were pushed to go beyond their limits and actively or reflexively deal with this circumstance. Studying ancient earthquakes is mandatory not only to explore historical seismology, but also because it allows us to better understand human societies, their resilience and their relationship with the past.

Mots clés : environment, resilience, earthquakes

Participants :
- Université de Yarmouk (Jordanie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- The american center of research, incorporated (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université George-Washington (Etats-Unis) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Rome « La Sapienza » (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 265099.2 €
Projet TWEETERS (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Hypersonic vehicles, with velocities exceeding five times the speed of sound, are pivotal for space exploration, reusable launch technologies, and rapid civil transportation. A major challenge in advancing these technologies is the complex phenomenon of three-dimensional shock wave boundary layer interaction (SBLI). SBLI occurs when rapid shock waves from vehicle control surfaces intersect with the surrounding turbulent air layer. Understanding this phenomenon is crucial due to its impact on control, drag, heat transfer, noise, and structural integrity. This research aims to unravel the physics of SBLI in hypersonic conditions using Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS). DNS allows us to capture the real-gas effects and complex vehicle geometries, in order to explore three-dimensional effects and complex shock patterns. Successful completion of this research will provide insights into flow distortion, unsteadiness phenomena, and shock-induced gas effects, bridging the knowledge gaps and improving existing computational models for hypersonic applications. This research, therefore, carries significant implications for shaping the future of aerospace technology and exploration, given the strong implications for aerodynamics, especially in the emerging hypersonic vehicles, shedding light on unique hypersonic effects and knowledge transferability from supersonic regimes.

Mots clés : high speed turbulent flows, hypersonic vehicles, shock waves, 3d effects, geometric complexity, high enthalpy regime, thermochemical non equilibrium

Participants :
- Université de technologie de Delft (Pays-Bas) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 187624.32 €
- Université de Rome « La Sapienza » (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet MUSH4FUN (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : SIGNED

There is a current need to explore diverse alternative protein sources with improved technological functionality and digestibility. Mushrooms are a relatively low-cost and environmentally sustainable horticultural product, which are valued for their taste, fibre and protein content and several other health benefits. Surprisingly, few mushroom derived ingredients are commercially available e.g., mushroom powders. Their relatively high protein and fibre content have largely been overlooked, leaving an opportunity to explore these nutrients to generate mushroom based value-added ingredients. MUSH4FUN aims to go beyond the state-of-the-art by extracting mushroom protein and optimising the protein's technological and digestive functionality while creating circularity through valorisation of the side-stream generated during protein extraction. This research work is comprised of four parts and will adopt multidisciplinary approaches. (1) Protein concentrates/isolates will be extracted from three mushroom varieties, i.e., white button, oyster and shiitake. Fibre will be isolated and purified from the residue. The technological functionality of the obtained proteins will be determined (WP1). (2) The in vitro protein digestibility of the protein concentrates in model emulsions and gel systems will be evaluated (WP2). (3) Innovative food products will be developed using protein and fibre obtained, as proof-of-concept (WP3). (4) The textural properties of the developed products will be evaluated instrumentally and through sensory evaluation by a consumer panel (WP5). This project addresses European Union's FOOD 2030 policy pathway 4 aimed at increasing the diversification of alternative protein sources and encouraging a dietary shift towards plant-based diets. Knowledge and concepts from this research work are expected to increase competitiveness of the mushroom sector and create opportunities for new markets.

Mots clés : sensory evaluation of food, microstructure of food

Participants :
- Teagasc (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 215534.4 €
- University College Dublin (Irlande) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet SMART (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Effective and timely bridge maintenance is critical to ensure their long-term structural integrity and safety. This project presents an innovative approach to bridge maintenance that integrates acceleration data collected via smartphone from vehicles crossing the bridge daily into the continuous process of updating finite element models (FEMU). The project develops a strategic maintenance plan for bridges that optimizes resource allocation and improves the overall performance of bridge structures. The integration of acceleration data with the continuous FEMU enables a comprehensive assessment of the structural condition of a bridge and real-time monitoring. Acceleration data collected using smartphones is used to extract the dynamic response of the bridge under different load conditions and integrated into a finite element model of the structure and its continuous updating. The model is updated to accurately represent the current state and performance characteristics of the bridge. By combining real data with computer models, this project provides engineers and maintenance professionals with deep insight into structural behavior. This information serves as the basis for developing a strategic maintenance plan. The plan includes recommendations for inspections, repairs, and maintenance actions based on the actual condition of the bridge, prioritizing critical areas that require immediate attention. This innovative approach improves safety by enabling proactive maintenance and reducing the risk of unexpected structural failures. It also optimizes government budgets for maintenance by efficiently allocating resources to areas where they are most needed, thereby extending the life of bridge structures and minimizing downtime for repairs. In summary, it represents a significant advance in bridge maintenance practice, ensuring the long-term durability and safety of critical infrastructure while optimizing the use of resources.

Mots clés : structural health monitoring, drive by bridge monitoring, finite element model updating, brigdes, rehabilitation

Participants :
- École polytechnique de Milan (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 172750.08 €
- University College Dublin (Irlande) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet OCEAN-RE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The OCEAN-RE project aims to address the pressing issue of marine plastic waste and promote a sustainable circular economy in Europe. Led by a talented researcher, the project adopts a multidisciplinary and intersectoral approach to develop innovative chemical recycling technologies to effectively convert marine plastic waste into valuable platform chemicals. Through four work packages, the project will investigate hydrothermal treatment as a pre-treatment step, optimize a tandem catalytic process for propene and BTX production, and conduct a life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis to evaluate the process's sustainability and profitability. The successful implementation of the OCEAN-RE project will not only enhance the Fellow's academic competencies and research skills but also promote a sustainable and circular economy in Europe through effective plastic waste management.

Mots clés : plastic waste, circular economy, marine litter

Participants :
- Université de Swansea (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 276187.92 €
- Université Aston (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- IVL - Swedish Environmental Research Institute (Suède) — Partner, associated partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- École des mines et de la métallurgie de Cracovie (Pologne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Oxccu tech ltd (Royaume-Uni) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- University College Dublin (Irlande) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet DIVE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Initiatives geared at promoting heritage as a tool for the continual revalorization of cultural diversity have spread like fire in recent decades. Who determines what counts as heritage, however, has been contested. On the global sphere, the UNESCO holds a monopoly by controlling inclusion to the lists of World Heritage and Intangible Cultural Heritage. Espousing the UNESCO designations, China has in parallel developed an internal framework for the study and the dissemination of cultural heritage. Some scholars have criticized China’s co-option of the UNESCO discourse for nation-building. Yet scholarship in critical heritage studies concurs that heritage value is not inherent in cultural items themselves, but rather in how such items are used to assert and affirm certain sets of values. DIVE explores how Chinese authorities have mobilized the origin myths (chuangshi shenhua) of the 55 officially recognized Chinese minorities (shaoshu minzu) to sustain the discourse of China as a united, multicultural nation. These myths have been circulated via literary publications, documentaries/broadcasts, and websites. To analyze the information from these heterogeneous sources, DIVE employs a cross-disciplinary approach that draws from the candidates’ research experience in digital humanities and in literary, media, and minority studies. Exploring the authorized discourse on minorities’ myths, this action contributes to decentralizing Chinese literary studies (traditionally focused on the Han majority), and to heritage studies by providing the first in-depth research on minority heritage’s appropriation in a socialist context. Research outputs will strengthen the candidate’s academic profile as an expert on Chinese textual heritage, opening career opportunities in and beyond academia. Moreover, the study of heritage in a multicultural nation such as China prepares the candidate to provide comparative insights to heritage practitioners and policy makers in the European Union.

Mots clés : chinese ethnic literature minority literature

Participants :
- Université Ca' Foscari de Venise (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 188590.08 €