Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet DiaMoND (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The EU is a world leader in the development and manufacturing of structural products for the transport industry, with the aeronautical sector alone providing more than 500,000 jobs, generating a turnover of close to €140 billion in 2013 . Noise is a serious form of environmental pollution affecting the lives of hundreds of millions of citizens worldwide and having multiple socio-economic consequences. Moreover, intense vibration can endanger the structural integrity and performance of equipment and hardware. Modern industrial structures are made of composite materials due to their well-known benefits. Despite their superior structural characteristics, composite structures exhibit poor dynamic and acoustic isolation levels compared to conventional metallic ones. In order to keep noise and vibration levels at acceptable limits, structural manufacturers are nowadays obliged to extensively employ constrained-layer damping treatments that are expensive in terms of additional mass and space usage. DiaMoND will bring together an ER being expert in ‘wave propagation and acoustics of mematerials’ and a host institution carrying leading academic know-how in ‘design, optimization and manufacturing of multifunctional composites’. The Fellowship aims at developing novel structures having exceptional damping properties combined with the outstanding structural performance of a layered composite at minimum extra mass, volume and cost. This will be attained through the inclusion of internal purely mechanical Negative Stiffness elements in the core of the structure. According to conservative preliminary simulations, a successful completion of DiaMoND will deliver structures that have a damping ratio at least 300% superior (for the same stiffness/mass fraction) to that of the structures currently employed in the transport industry. The secondment of the ER to AIRBUS will ensure the applicability of this new family of structures to real-world industrial scenarios.

Mots clés : negative stiffness, damping, structural dynamics, composite structures, wave propagation

Participants :
- University of Nottingham (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195454.8 €
Projet SECCON (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The EU is one of the key proponents of knowledge-based economy, i.e. an economic system based on research, development, and knowledge production. However, techno-scientific progress may bring not only benefits and well-being to the society, but also undesired side-effects and new dilemmas. Apart from social, ethical, or environmental controversies that scientific research opens, innovation is now increasingly linked with security controversies, characterized by the concerns over a potential misuse of science for hostile purposes. Yet with the ever-accelerating speed of scientific inquiry and the rise of interdisciplinary and international connections, it becomes impossible to clearly define and police “dangerous” research that could be exploited by terrorists and criminals. To balance the demands for scientific openness with national security interests, new techniques of governance are introduced in science, which integrate the existing principles of scientific responsibility with security practices restricting the mobility of scientific knowledge. This project aims to build a unique body of interdisciplinary expertise to study security controversies in the governance of research and innovation. It will link researchers from security studies and science and technology studies with leading biotechnological stakeholders in Austria and practitioners of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) involved in ethics review of EU research projects. Specifically, the project will, first, situate the current security controversies historically and theoretically, second, map the techniques of knowledge governance in health-data governance and RRI, and third, explore what competences and skills are required in the assessment of security risks of scientific knowledge mobility in the two empirical areas. In sum, the project will set out a research agenda to study how our societies design, implement, and regulate sensitive and potentially dual-use research and innovation.

Mots clés : emerging technologies, dual use, misuse of science, knowledge politics, responsible research and innovation  rri, security, risk, securitization

Participants :
- Institut für Höhere Studien - Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) (Autriche) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 178156.8 €
Projet Solar-Store (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2016)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The EU promotes the use of renewable energy for the reduction of CO2 emissions as part of the EU’s effort to protect the natural environment. It aims to reduce carbon emissions by 60% relative to the 1990 level by 2050 and increase the use of renewable energy to 20% by 2020. Buildings account for about 40% energy consumption in the EU and the use of renewable energy for heating and cooling of buildings will be important in achieving this goal. Transformation of the EU new-existing building stock towards low/zero energy buildings requires effective integration and full use of the potential yield of intermittent renewable energy sources. Thermochemical heat storage (THS) can play a pivotal role in synchronizing energy demand and supply, on both short and long term basis. The proposed solar powered thermochemical heat storage (Solar-Store) system will integrate solar collector, evaporative humidifier and heat pipe technology with a novel THS reactor design for seasonal storage of solar energy. The proposed system will deliver efficient, low-cost THS that can be fitted in the limited space in dwellings. The fellowship aims to benefit from Prof. Yijun Yuan’s recent work in energy storage systems, making use of sorption materials and solar thermal technology. Professor Yuan's considerable industrial and academic experience will make valuable contribution to the EU host organisation in terms of technology/knowledge transfer, PhD student/young researcher training and IP/commercialisation of new technologies. The partner organisations will also involve to this interaction (secondments) to enhance the effectiveness of the fellowship. Combining the skills and experience of UNOTT, Prof. Yuan and partner organisations and presenting them to the next generation of researchers and professionals in industry through the comprehensive programme of knowledge transfer activities proposed in this project will lead to a step change in the development of future products in this area.

Mots clés : sustainability, solar energy, thermochemical heat storage, sorption materials, humidification, heat, mass transfer, fibre membranes, heat pipes, heating, buildings

Participants :
- University of Nottingham (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 195454.8 €
Projet EUICIT (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2015)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The EUICIT action addresses the rights claims and agendas of intersex people and those with Disorders of Sexual Development (DSD), in response to recent Council of Europe recommendations to revise medical and policy approaches. The term 'Intersex' refers to people born with sex characteristics (chromosomal, gonadal and/or anatomical) not easily classifiable as either male or female; at least 1 person in 2000 is intersex/has DSD. Intersex/DSD people are a highly marginalised section of the EU population. Conflicts exist between those who seek to depathologise intersex and those who seek rights within the medical framework (DSD-oriented. There is a pressing need for research that highlights the experiences, understandings, and views of intersex/DSD people within a European context. In particular, an investigation of debates about intersex versus DSD perspectives is necessary, because of the divergent human rights and social policy implications of these two approaches. EUICIT is framed within interdisciplinary citizenship and participative democratic approaches, in order to highlight human rights issues, and to explore tensions between medical-oriented rights claims and those that seek depathologisation. It uses triangulated qualitative research methods: documentary and policy analysis across the EU, interviews with activists and healthcare/policy actors in Italy, the UK and Switzerland, and participant observation in a secondment organisation (Zwischengeschlecht- ZW). The case study countries were chosen to represent varied types of intersex/DSD activism and relationship to the EU. ZW, which is based in Switzerland, takes a combined medical/activist approach; it is actively engaged in policy work at national and international levels and is ideally suited to fieldwork on the topic. The project team has been assembled to help the applicant develop her existing expertise, drawing in expertise of gender theory, citizenship and human rights.

Mots clés : intersex, policy, medical approach, depathologisation, qualitative research methods, activists, gender theory, citizenship, human rights

Participants :
- University of Huddersfield (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 183454.8 €
Projet EgYarn (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2019)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The EgYarn project will study the textile production of New Kingdom Egypt (1550-1070 BCE). It offers a remarkable opportunity to understand a largely unexplored sector of Ancient Egypt’s economy and society of Ancient Egypt, making use of outstanding finds of textile tools, textiles and written sources. The project will enable in-depth comprehension of the chaîne opératoire, identify the main protagonists of textile manufacture (women, men, slaves or private entrepreneurs) and show how domestic and non-domestic production interacted. It will reveal the place of New Kingdom textile practises with respect to Mediterranean and African Late Bronze Age traditions. Lastly, it will build a European collections database of the New Kingdom tools and textiles stored in European museums, bringing them back together again more than a century after their discovery. Textiles, tools (spindles, whorls, parts of looms) and fibres will be analysed in order to understand production mechanism, while archaeological contexts and textual sources will furnish precious data about the organisation of textile manufacture. Experimental archaeology will provide fundamental clues about ancient fibres, how tools were used and what qualities of thread and textile could be produced using these instruments. Key sites are Deir el-Medina and Gurob, but the project will also encompass textiles and tools from other New Kingdom sites now kept in European museums. Through the EgYarn project, I will reinforce my research methodology and strengthen my knowledge of textile analysis, becoming an all-around textile researcher, able to address every issue raised by archaeological textiles. The project will give me the opportunity to acquire expertise in teaching at an academic level and participating and organising seminars/workshops, developing my international network in both textile archaeology and Egyptology.

Mots clés : textile production, textile tools, ancient egypt, new kingdom, deir el medina, gurob, economy, society

Participants :
- University of Copenhagen (Danemark) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 219312.0 €
Projet NEOSETAC (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Staff Exchanges
Panel : Life Sciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The European Chronic Diseases Alliance has defined cancer as one of the major non-communicable diseases, accounting for 13% of the deaths worldwide, resulting in 8.2 million deaths annually. In the NEOSETAC project, breast cancer will be the focus of study being the most common cancers in women. It comprises of 10.4% of all the cancer incidences among women, causing 411 093 deaths per year overall the world. In Europe, there is more than twice of the amount of new breast cancer cases annually than new cases of cancer in any other place. The complexity of breast cancer makes it a big challenge for successful treatment. The NEOSETAC project will demonstrate the anti-cancer therapeutic potential of a novel Seleniumbased therapy for the management of breast cancer. The clinical application of Selenium (Se) compounds for cancer treatment is until now limited in chemoprevention as dietary supplement. In this proposal, we aim to improve the therapeutic window, pharmacokinetic properties and targeting drug delivery via nanoparticles (NPs). By loading Se into biodegradable NPs, drug release is controlled within the narrow therapeutic window of Se. At the same time the uptake and activation of Se compounds at desired location (tumor lesions and metastasis) is achieved. We also propose to functionalize NPs by cancer cell / cancer stem cell targeting ligands to further improve the therapeutic efficacy and prevent cancer recurrence after chemotherapy. These advantages will lead to an enhanced anticancer activity and reduced systemic toxicity. Moreover, targeting via NPs will improve the pharmacokinetic properties and increase the relatively short half-life (~18 hours) of Se.

Mots clés : breast cancer, specific drug targeting, selenium based therapy, intracellular oxidative stress, induced apoptosis, polimeric nanoparticles

Participants :
- Rete Europea Dell’Innovazione (Italy) (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 67500.0 €
- Stockholm County Council (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 94365.0 €
- Karolinska Institutet (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 40635.0 €
- Autonomous University of Barcelona (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 202500.0 €
- Universität Innsbruck (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 27000.0 €
- Qualizyme diagnostics gmbh & co kg (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- AB-Biotics (Spain) (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 22500.0 €
- Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (Austria) (Autriche) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 27000.0 €
- Clinisciences sl (Espagne) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 22500.0 €
Projet RiNG-20 (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : European Researchers' Night
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The European Researchers' Night in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2020 (RiNG-20) aim is to bring researchers closer to the general public and to shape deeper connection between research, creativity and entrepreneurship. RiNG-20 will be 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-20 slogan is “Discover Hidden Treasures”, dedicating 2020 edition to specifically highlight “hidden treasures” of Bosnia and Herzegovina – while focusing as much on natural as well intellectual resources of this country. RiNG-20 is a multidisciplinary STEAM event, aiming to highlight people in Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Arts and Makers in BiH and Western Balkan region. RiNG-20 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. RiNG-20 is aiming to reach over 1 million people during awareness raising campaign and involve at least 20.000 participants in the organized events during 2020 by implementing European Researchers’ Night in ten cities of BiH.

Mots clés : european researchers  night, science communication, edutainment, public recognition of researchers, promotion of science careers, science festival

Participants :
- Udruzenje za promociju kulture, nauke i kinematografije balkanfilm (Bosnie-Herzégovine) — Partner, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 32600.0 €
- Privredno drustvo institut za hidrotehniku dd sarajevo (Bosnie-Herzégovine) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 26500.0 €
- Tidea doo banja luka (Bosnie-Herzégovine) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 47500.0 €
Projet ERN 2020 SVK (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2020)
Action : European Researchers' Night
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The European Researchers´ Night (ERN) in Slovakia is the biggest science popularisation event taking place every year since 2007. It is a public event aiming to bring researchers closer to general public, showcase the diversity of science and its impact on citizens’ daily lives and stimulate interest in research careers, especially amongst young people. This annual festival of science brings together hundreds of researchers from across the country. Project will organise wide variety of activities - main online event, visits of scientists in schools, science kits, competitions, accompanying and teasing events. The aim is to attract the general public, particularly people who are generally not interested in science

Mots clés : science, research, innovation, communication, science policy

Participants :
- Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information (Slovaquie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes publics (hors enseignement & recherche), subvention : 18900.0 €
- Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovaquie) — Partner, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 29625.0 €
- EurActiv (Slovaquie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 9375.0 €
- Slovenska organizacia pre vyskumnea vyvojove aktivity zdruzenie (Slovaquie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 167050.0 €
Projet ERNMadrid2020 (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, creating an understanding of the impact of researchers' work on citizen's daily life, and encouraging young people to embark on scientific careers. ERNMadrid will implement it by means of a set of 107 festive activities to be carried out in the Region of Madrid on the morning and evening of the 27th and 28th of November 2020. Pre-events will be also organized in summer and after the summer holiday if circumstances allow. One of the biggest will take place in the framework of Madrid Science and Innovation Fair that will organized from the 1st to the 15th of November 2020 to reinforce and prepare the coming Night. Sport competitions as pre-events will be held during September and October and another in December 2020 as post event, if circumstances allow. 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, other researchers benefited by EU funds, especially the Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows, 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.

Mots clés : researchers, outreach, society, scientific carrers, entrepreneurial and innovative promotion

Participants :
- Fundación Madrimasd Para el Conocimiento (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 142000.0 €
Projet RESPIRE4 (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2018)
Action : Cofund Postdoctoral programme
Statut du projet : SIGNED

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) is the largest society of lung clinicians and scientists in Europe, with a growing international membership (more than 30,000 currently) in more than 160 countries. Its mission is to promote lung health and to drive globally standards for respiratory medicine. Since 1997, ERS has operated a wide portfolio of fellowships, promoting transnational mobility and career development of researchers within respiratory science. This included three Marie-Sklodowska Curie COFUND programmes (two under FP7 and one under Horizon2020). ERS is now proposing to build on the success and best practice developed during previous RESPIRE programmes and on an already established network of more than 100 host centres, through a new, next-generation RESPIRE4 scheme. The latter introduces further added value and innovative elements compared to the past, building on fellows' feedback and the external evaluation of the previous RESPIRE programmes. First of all, RESPIRE4 places major attention to flexibility for fellows via tailored secondment and extension schemes, notably in the non-academic sector. Second of all, the outreach and patient involvement components have been further strenghtened to enhance the impact of the programme. Third, a country coefficient criteria has been introduced to continue to attract the most promising researchers. Lastly, the programme integrates returnees from a career break as well as less represented countries (COFUND 2018 list) in its planning. RESPIRE Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellows will also benefit from extensive opportunities in terms of training and networking, notably via the ERS flagship events (Lung Science Conference & International Congress) and wider ERS network. Therefore, the proposed RESPIRE4 programme will contribute to foster the European Research Area by training the next generation of leaders in respiratory research, which remains significantly underfunded at European level.

Mots clés : lung disease, respiratory research, inter sectoral exposure, european fellowship, global fellowship, career development

Participants :
- European Respiratory Society (Suisse) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Autres, subvention : 1710270.0 €