Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet PD-MPEA (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : SIGNED

MultiPrincipal Element Alloys (MPEA) have emerged as a novel class of materials with broad potential applications in engineering fields due to their unprecedented properties. The phase diagrams, essential for designing these alloys, have been traditionally obtained through costly experiments and Calphad calculations based on semi-empirical functions. In this project, a novel methodology is presented to determine the phase diagrams of MPEA by combining the first principles calculations and the Calphad methodology. The strategy is based on two main pillars. Firstly, first principles calculations based on density functional theory in combination with the cluster expansion formalism and Monte Carlo simulations will be used to determine the Gibbs free energies of binaries and ternaries alloys including the contributions of configurational, vibrational and magnetic entropy. Secondly, this information will be used as input to create thermodynamic databases that will be used to predict the phase diagrams of MPEA following the Calphad methodology. This strategy will be demonstrated in NiCrCo and NiCrCoFe MPEAs. The approach developed in this proposal will provide a roadmap to calculate accurate phase diagrams of any MPEA, a fundamental step to optimize the performance of these alloys and accelerate their introduction into the market. The applicant will transfer her expertise and international connection in the field of thermodynamic modelling through Calphad to the host institute. She will work with researchers of the host institution to prompt new areas of research that can attract new funding and receive regular training on transferable skills. All these activities will enlarge her portfolio of skills and will ensure further development of her career.

Mots clés : multiprincipal element alloys, phase diagram, first principles calculations, statistical mechanics, monte carlo, calphad, thermodynamics, precipitate

Participants :
- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 181152.96 €
Projet HighHydrogenML (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Hydrogen energy storage offers a unique combination of scalability, long-term storage, and portability, leading to the so-called hydrogen economy. The major challenge in the hydrogen economy is related to the production of hydrogen from water and the generation of energy by the oxidation of hydrogen into water. In this regard, the main objective of the project High-throughput Discovery of Catalysts for the Hydrogen Economy through Machine Learning (HighHydrogenML) is to develop a high-throughput strategy based on first principles calculations and artificial intelligence tools to discover intermetallic compounds whose catalytic activity can be tuned to reach an optimum catalytic performance for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) and Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR) by means of elastic strain engineering. The successful completion of these objectives will provide unique information for experimental synthesis of intermetallic compounds with high catalytic activity for the HER and ORR and could, therefore, open a new avenue for a feasible and efficient hydrogen economy. Moreover, the strategies and tools developed in this project can be applied later to many other catalytic processes of large industrial and/or environmental interest. To achieve these goals, the project HighHydrogenML involves multidisciplinary expertise in solid state physics, materials science, machine learning, and chemistry that will be coupled in a seamless framework to exploit the high predictive power of ab initio calculations in conjunction with the efficiency of ML models. Therefore, this project brings together a researcher with expertise in atomistic and materials modelling within a broad range of different computational chemistry methods and artificial intelligence techniques, a world-recognized supervisor in the area of multiscale modelling of materials, and a research institute with a record of excellence, technology transfer, and top-level training in Materials Science and Engineering.

Mots clés : elastic strain engineering, high throughput screening, hydrogen evolution reaction, oxygen reduction reaction, intermetallic compounds, catalytic activity

Participants :
- Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 174222.96 €
Projet VanaPEAT (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Ombrotrophic peatlands are important carbon sinks and sources of greenhouse gases. The evolution of peatlands with global environmental change will depend on the availability of new nitrogen (N), which enters these ecosystems mainly through biological nitrogen fixation (BNF). Recent research has demonstrated the emerging role of vanadium (V)-based BNF in complementing the canonical molybdenum-requiring process; it supports N input in high latitude areas, questioning our estimates of N input fluxes and our understanding of the interaction between macro and micronutrients in terrestrial biomes. The role of V-based N fixation and its control in the present and past of peatland ecosystems has yet to be unveiled.  VanaPEAT will address these critical questions by using peat cores as an archive of the interaction between essential trace metal molybdenum and vanadium and nitrogen cycling in the Anthropocene (last 400 years) and the Holocene. We will first investigate modern-day contributions and trace metal controls over N cycling in ombrotrophic peatland environments using isotopic geochemical methodologies I helped develop. We will then determine past fluctuations in Mo and V availability to peatlands and their human, geological, and climatic origins using peat cores spanning periods up to the last glacial maximum (last 30,000 years). Finally, we will investigate new isotopic proxies to track the contribution of V to BNF and link the fluctuations in metal deposition with V-supported N input along the Holocene.  VanaPEAT will transform our understanding of the N cycle in present and past peatland ecosystems and ameliorate our projection for the terrestrial carbon sink during global environmental change. It will investigate the earliest impact of human civilization and industry on natural ecosystems and inform policy decisions related to peatland conservation. VanaPEAT will diversify the applicant's research and help him re-integrate into European institutions.


Participants :
- Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 211754.88 €
Projet Intersectional Exile (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

This public and digital humanities project will carry out cutting-edge research on identity formation at the dawn of the modern nation state. In 1492, after defeating the last stronghold of the Moors in Granada, the Spanish monarchy consolidated its power through a series of religious and political reforms: this not only led to a harrowing century of exile for Jewish and Islamic populations, but also a time of refuge for Irish Catholics fleeing from the cultural oppression of English expansion. In each case, they used multilingual writing to maintain a sense of community in societies fuelled by the paranoia of religious and ethnic purity. Their records thus offer insight into the formative relations between language, identity, and historical discrimination, yet the materials left by Irish-Iberian exiles often remain little known even among scholars.  ‘Intersectional Exile’ will address this gap by researching, translating, and publicly presenting a selection of early modern materials from the Salamanca Archive — a rarely studied collection of perspectives written in Spanish by Irish-Iberian exiles. The MSCA fellowship will make this possible through key access to the current location of the Salamanca Archive at the National University of Ireland Maynooth (hereafter NUIM) and contextual materials in its original location at the Universidad de Salamanca (hereafter USAL). When combined with the professional guidance of Prof Valerie Heffernan (NUIM mentor) as well as rare Irish-Iberian expertise of scholars like Prof Thomas O’Connor (further NUIM support) and Prof Javier Burguillo (USAL secondment mentor), the project will add vital nuance to scholarly theories and histories of intersectionality. In doing so, the experienced researcher (hereafter ER), Dr Laura Francis, will also address the Council of Europe’s urgent call to understand the roots of current migration biases and face past injustices through ‘memorialisation and education’.

Mots clés : early modern studies, public humanities, digital humanities, histories of migration, multilingualism, translation studies

Participants :
- Université nationale d'Irlande à Maynooth (Irlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 215534.4 €
- Université de Salamanque (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet EquitableChance (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

To escape racial violence and discrimination, many Roma people moved from the Czech Republic (CR) to the United Kingdom (UK) in the 1990s. Using an interdisciplinary, phenomenological approach, the Fellow will conduct up to 30 in-depth, personal interviews with Roma people who hold higher education degrees, and whose life-chances improved significantly as a result of their migration. Compared with similar data recently collected in the CR, and complemented by a documentary review of relevant policies and practices in the UK and the CR, the findings will highlight strategies that Roma people use towards inclusion in educational and social settings, and how institutional/policy approaches may aid or hinder this in both countries. This study goes beyond state-of-the-art research by counter-balancing the large body of deficit-focused literature, which pathologises marginalised groups. It will use the intersectionality lens, and novel cultural psychology insights to explore not only how structural and systemic conditions that create inequalities increase vulnerability, but also how policies which leverage the potential inherent in Roma cultures and identities can facilitate resilience, well-being and educational attainment. Understanding how strengths-based models can be built on target populations’ perspectives, and interventions designed in culturally consonant ways, is of interest not only to practitioners and policy-makers, but also to racialised/marginalised minority individuals. By facilitating educational attainment of marginalised persons, to enhance their employment prospects, this project will contribute to fulfilling the Europe 2020 Strategy for New Skills and Jobs. It will enable UK education professionals to better understand their students’ socio-cultural backgrounds, and aid higher education institutions in promoting diversity across Europe. The proposed research, training and knowledge transfer will enhance the future prospects of both the Fellow and ARU.

Mots clés : roma education social inclusion social mobility cultural psychology resilience well being identity united kingdom diversity, inclusion, belonging in education and employment

Participants :
- Anglia Ruskin University (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 260347.92 €
Projet RAB-PPS (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Our perception of the surrounding world is intrinsically related to the motor system. In any natural environment, animals become adept at sensing sudden (transient) events and adapt their behaviour accordingly, in order to survive. We are often exposed to sudden sensory stimuli, which, irrespectively of their sensory modality, evoke a series of fast modulations of muscular activity, named Cortico-Muscular Resonance (CMR). This type of “Reactive Adaptive Behaviour” (RAB) may be strictly connected to the distance between us and the surrounding sensory stimuli. How does the brain cope with transient events (e.g. threats) in close proximity of our body? The notion of Peripersonal Space (PPS) has been introduced 40 years ago to highlight the link between somatosensory and visual processes related to the space immediately around the body. Whatever can be seen or touched in close proximity to our body inevitably affects our behavioural responses in terms of reflexes or voluntary actions. This proposal aims, for the first time, to systematically explore how reactive adaptive behaviour (i.e. CMR) is affected and modulated by transient, sudden stimuli (or events) within the PPS. The proposed experimental set-up will have the advantage to resemble real-life (ecological) environments. Here we have also the unique chance to use a combination of techniques such as high-density EEG recordings (hd-EEG), behavioural techniques (i.e. psychophysics), electromyography (EMG), eye- and motion-capture on both primate and non-human primates. Moreover, we will have the rare opportunity to perform intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG) in non-human primates, by recording from brain cortical structures which are fundamental in planning and organizing movements (e.g. premotor areas).

Mots clés : peripersonal space, reactive adaptive behaviour rab , cortico muscular resonance cmr, sensorimotor planning, eeg, ieeg, emg, behavioural neurosience

Participants :
- Université de Sienne (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Italian Institute of Technology (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 172750.08 €
- Université de Parme (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet U-SPY (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Protein redesign allows to devise enzymes with new structure and functions, however, the introduction of artificial metal cofactors to a protein and tailoring the second coordination sphere of the metal centre remains challenging. SPY technology is a way to tackle these problems. In U-SPY this technology will be used to devise new artificial metalloenzymes capable for photostimulated reactions. This tagging system has been widely used but no examples are reported about SPY-based metalloenzymes. The SPY proteins will be obtained by the fusion of the SpyCatcher protein and the metalated SpyTag peptides containing copper and ruthenium metal centres. The computational design of the SPY systems will be followed by the synthesis, covalent modification and metalation of peptides (SpyTags). By the fusion of the various SpyTags and SpyCathers a library of SPY-based metalloenzymes will be developed, characterized and tested as catalysts for photostimulated reactions including atom transfer radical addition and isomerization reactions. This fellowship will give the opportunity to the candidate to spend 24 months in the University of Parma, under the supervision of Prof. Tegoni, who has a proven track record in the multidisciplinary field of bioinorganic and coordination chemistry, peptide design and photocatalysis. One of the project main expected results will be to prove the suitability of SPY technology for devising artificial metalloenzymes and the possibility to use these biocatalysts in the industry. The implementation of the project will exploit the researcher’s synthetic skills and will give him the chance to be an independent researcher in the future. It will also give the possibility to integrate him in the academic system by a tenure track position after the fellowship.

Mots clés : peptide metal complex interaction, photocatalytic metal complexes, protein redesign

Participants :
- Université de Parme (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 188590.08 €
Projet SMARTDROPS (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Dynamically reconfigurable complex emulsions are becoming increasingly important in pharmaceuticals, medical diagnostics, and sensing. The main objective of SMARTDROPS is to develop original Smart Complex Emulsions (SCEs) and unlock their extraordinary multifaceted potential by creating novel integrated devices. In particular, SMARTDROPS will be focused on exploring three potential applications of SCEs: (1) SCEs containing multifunctional liquid crystals to create new dynamically controlled lensing devices, (2) SCEs that can form complex nanostructures, which will be used as high-performance organic electronics devices, wherein the liquid crystal organization will facilitate the charge transport, and (3) SCEs-based sensors that will be incorporated into organs-on-chips for continuous monitoring of cell activity without the need for complex and specialized equipment. Our target materials and their properties are relevant to present and newly emerging technologies, including high-resolution micro-lenses, high-performance OPV/OFET devices, and inexpensive chemical sensors with extraordinary sensitivity and versatility.  SMARTDROPS includes a strong transfer of knowledge between the host institution and me. The fellowship will advance my future independent research career in chemistry by providing me an interdisciplinary training in wide-range of skills, mentoring from leading experts in the field, and helping me to develop a new research line that has not yet been investigated at the hosting institution. The results emerging from SMARTDROPS will have a significant impact on the scientific community focused on the preparation of advanced functional materials. The proposed applications may contribute to advance future innovative technologies, and thus special attention will be given to the exploitation of the scientific results and their IP protection. This multidisciplinary project is in line with the MSCA strategy contributing to Europe's competitiveness and growth.

Mots clés : liquid crystals

Participants :
- Beonchip sl (Espagne) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université de Saragosse (Espagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 179089.04 €
Projet SPACETIME (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Environment and Geosciences
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Population structure in marine ecosystems is set by historical gene flow, often driven by larval dispersal through ocean currents. While state-of-the-art larval dispersal models contribute to our understanding of contemporary gene flow and population dynamics, they are limited by their failure to incorporate past connectivity, reducing our ability to understand population structure and assess models against palaeoecological data. The interdisciplinary SPACETIME project will address these major knowledge gaps by (i) quantifying palaeoconnectivity among all major coral reef systems since the Last Glacial Maximum, and (ii) advancing predictive ecological and genetic models for coral reef taxa by incorporating palaeoconnectivity and assessing model performance against the geological archive. SPACETIME will achieve these objectives through an ensemble of coupled hydrodynamic and biophysical simulations under past environmental conditions over the past 26,000 years, hindcasting the effects of changing climate and bathymetry on the physical oceanographic environment at a scale relevant to larval dispersal. The resulting palaeoconnectivity data will then be integrated into dynamical metacommunity and genetic models, which will be used to investigate the role of palaeoconnectivity in deglacial reef dynamics and population structure. Through these diverse simulations, and a comprehensive assessment against past and present genetic, ecological & oceanographic data, SPACETIME will generate valuable connectivity data for ecologists and evolutionary biologists to aid hypothesis generation and testing. The project directly supports impacts 21, 27 & 28 of the Horizon Europe 2025-2027 Key Strategic Orientation by improving models guiding biodiversity conservation activities. Finally, the training programme will train me in population genetics, model-data integration, and project management & supervision, supporting my development as a leader in interdisciplinary marine science.

Mots clés : oceanography, palaeoceanography, marine dispersal, connectivity, glacial, lgm, coral reef, cmip, pmip, historical ecology

Participants :
- Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung (Allemagne) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Recherche, subvention : 389156.16 €
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (Japon) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €