Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-actions-marie-curie-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet CloReLa (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2023)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Mainland Scandinavian (MSc) marks a fascinating linguistic scenario: relying on mutual intelligibility, speakers use their native language (L1) when conversing with foreign MSc-interlocutors and keep doing so even if immersed in the target speech community for years. This raises the question if non-native speakers of a closely related target language (Ln) use different grammars or resort to the L1 grammar when processing the Ln, whether parsing it causes attrition, and if any of this is modulated by exposure. CloReLa (Closely Related Languages: Processing, Attrition and Exposure) addresses these issues by comparing processing and judgment data of native speakers of Norwegian and non-native speakers with L1 Swedish or Danish. To this end, we employ an innovative combination of on- and off-line methods: Eye-Tracking while Reading (ETR) and Acceptability Judgment Tasks (AJT), conducting in-person studies at UiT and collecting data from speakers in Sweden and Denmark via web-based surveys. Considering closely related languages serves to close important knowledge gaps: these exhibit a broader range of contrasts than dialects, no common standard to fall back on and a slowly deteriorating mutual intelligibility. Whether non-native speakers postulate dedicated rules and are more prone to attrition or not has extensive implications for models of the cognitive organisation of linguistic systems and factors affecting their formation. CloReLa emphasizes the potential of closely related varieties and sparks methodological advances by promoting a novel mix of methods to study (un)grammaticality in parsing. The action allows the PI to build on psycholinguistic and theoretical expertise and trains him in ETR and transferable skills, an ideal mix of training-through-research and formal training. In AcqVA Aurora, which excels in research on multilingualism, he will contribute to ongoing projects and take the lead on CloReLa to become a top-class linguist doing cutting-edge research.

Mots clés : multilingualism, cross linguistic influence, language processing, closely related languages, passive voice, attrition, optionality, norwegian, swedish, danish

Participants :
- Université de Tromsø (Norvège) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 210911.04 €
Projet KARMIC (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

KARMIC - Knitting Artistic and Religious Materialities with Industrial Conversions is a research project aiming to explore and stimulate the interconnections between artistic and religious conceptions of matter and materiality and the current “green” conversions in the industrial and infrastructural sectors, especially with regard to waste mismanagement in urban contexts. The project consists of an interdisciplinary, multi-sited and comparative research, grounded along the boundaries connecting the anthropology of religions, MCS (material culture studies), public arts, materials sciences and industrial environmental politics. This crossdisciplinary frame allows to question existing experimentations leading to pragmatic co-adaptations between local communities and the industrial/infrastructural apparatuses in territories exposed to socio-ecological/climatic challenges. Aiming at applying neo-materialist analytical tools to actual experimentations in the artistic, religious and industrial sectors, the research will focus on Thai Buddhist landscapes, where creative collaborations between engaged Buddhist communities, artists and artisans, and the industrial sector in the field of waste re/up-cycling enhanced significant good practices. For this reason, the outgoing phase at Chulalongkorn University (Bangkok, Thailand) will focus on the ethnographic inquiry of activist networks and initiatives (religious and/or artistic) in the capital Bangkok -a riverine/deltaic environment, where the ecological impact of solid waste pollution hits world records- and will point to the acquisition of interdisciplinary scientific skills in environmental sciences, ethical business (focus on CSER) and materials sciences (with a focus on plastic and other recyclable materials, such as organic, glass and ceramics). The incoming phase at University Ca’ Foscari of Venice (UNIVE) will be dedicated to the refination and re-contextualization of the research concept, and to its dissemination.

Mots clés : engaged buddhism, materiality, water pollution, solid waste recycling, public arts, industrial infrastructural conversions, corporate social and environmental responsibility cser , climate crisis

Participants :
- Université Ca' Foscari de Venise (Italie) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 274773.74 €
- Nuova accademia srl (Italie) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
- Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University (Thaïlande) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet HOOD (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Spectroscopy involving molecular vibrations is an important class of experimental techniques, and accurate simulation tools based on computational quantum chemistry can greatly enhance our understanding and interpretation of the observed phenomena in these experiments. The most accurate quantum chemical methods are, however, very computationally expensive when applied to a full molecular system. Multilevel methods represent a promising approach for applying such accurate quantum chemical theory to calculate molecular properties for larger systems at a significantly reduced cost by concentrating the high-accuracy description to a limited part of the molecule. The goal of HOOD is to develop an efficient computational tool with multilevel capability for properties associated with molecular vibrations with coupled cluster as the underlying quantum chemical method. A novel tool will be applied for the derivation of so-called geometric derivatives which are fundamental in the evaluation of these vibrational properties. State-of-the-art software will provide the performance-optimized basic multilevel coupled cluster functionality upon which the HOOD feature can be built. Thanks to these tools, the complexity of the derivation and implementation processes – which constitute the core of this proposal – is significantly reduced, putting the goal within reach. The successful completion of HOOD will provide the scientific community with a state-of-the-art tool, uniquely facilitating high-accuracy studies of advanced vibrational spectroscopies and significantly expanding the range of systems for which these kind of studies can be undertaken.

Mots clés : vibrational spectroscopy, response theory, coupled cluster, geometric derivatives, multilevel approaches

Participants :
- Université de Tromsø (Norvège) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 251578.56 €
Projet ARCTICMINER (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

ARCTICMINER addresses a knowledge gap on the protection of the marine environment during the deep-sea mining on continental shelves. In 2024, Norway opened 280,000 km² of its Arctic continental shelf (CS) for mineral exploration, making it one of the first coastal states to pursue such activities. These endeavors have direct significance to the EU due to the risks of biodiversity loss, pollution, releasing methane, and potential adverse effects on EU fisheries. The main objective of ARCTICMINER is to assess how deep-sea mining on CS aligns with international obligations of coastal states, particularly under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the newly adopted Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Agreement (BBNJ). The project also explores how coastal states' sovereign rights to engage in deep-sea mining can be balanced with the rights of the international community. The project will test two hypotheses: first, whether recent developments in international law require adjustments in coastal states’ practice; and second, to what extent the rights of coastal states can be limited by obligations not to infringe upon high seas freedoms and the common concern of humankind in conserving biodiversity. ARCTICMINER will use doctrinal and law in context methods to analyze coastal states’ obligations, placing the analysis in the context of new developments, such as BBNJ, protection of rights of future generations, and rights of nature. The project will generate policy recommendations, potentially influencing states’ policies related to deep-sea mining. ARCTICMINER will also use case-study approach to analyze Norway's practice. The novelty of ARCTICMINER lies in its focus on an emerging issue of deep-sea mining on CS and its integration of the newly adopted BBNJ Agreement into the analysis. The project aims to contribute to more sustainable ocean management, aligning with the objectives of the MSCA Work Programme and the EU Green Deal.

Mots clés : deep sea mining, continental shelf, environmental protection, marine environment, arctic

Participants :
- Université de Tromsø (Norvège) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 267418.56 €
Projet SIMPHONY (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Although the sound patterns across the languages of the world vary widely, commonalities seem to recur in how human beings categorise sounds: we seem consistently more likely to ‘bundle’ /p t k/ than /v s g/, /f s h/ than /q x r/. A large fraction of ‘phonological theory’ as it now exists has resulted from interest in the properties such classes of sounds might share; in the distributional typology of sound classes, and the extent to which linguists' intuitions about the rarity or ubiquity of such classes match reality; and in the mechanism by which such classes arise over time. Cognitive representations of the SIMILARITY between the sounds involved in these patterns, although essential to the complete picture, have remained poorly-understood.  This project seeks to remedy this gap in our understanding via the creation of a large cross-linguistic database of potentially similarity-driven phonological phenomena (assimilations and dissimilations). This will offer a good-quality empirical foundation on which to base theories of category formation and models of the similarity between individual segments. Analysis of this data, taking into account the interdependent nature of spatial variation and temporal variation, will link approaches to phonological theory and historical phonology with current state-of-the-art work in distributional typology; this connects sub-fields of linguistics whose intersection remains under-explored and overdue for further development.

Mots clés : theoretical phonology, phonological typology

Participants :
- Université de Tromsø (Norvège) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 251578.56 €
Projet FSOCFORSAR (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2022)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The Arctic region is witnessing more frequent shipping accidents than ever which require accurate search and rescue operations. The existing communication systems use drones with radio frequency (RF) technology, which has limited bandwidth and cannot offer 4G/5G connectivity due to harsh weather constraints. It further limits the capacity of drones and affects the resolution of images and videos. The current research proposes to design free space optical communication (FSOC) link-based drones that can enhance connectivity between multiple drones and rescue ships as well as the capacity of drones to produce high resolution images and videos. The proposed FSOC-based drones can provide highspeed connectivity than the existing RF technology. The research will collect atmospheric turbulences data from the Arctic region and use it for designing the FSOC link. Furthermore, to enhance the capacity of FSOC-based drones, the research will design advanced multiplexing schemes (Mode Division Multiplexing and Orthogonal Code Division Multiple Access) and to ensure link stability, omnidirectional receiver will be designed. The research will further evaluate the performance of proposed FSOC link under the impact of various atmospheric turbulences. The expected outcomes of this research will lead to the optimisation of FSOC-based drones in expanding search areas and improving communication systems for SAR operations in the Arctic region.

Mots clés : free space optics, drones, sar, mode division multiplexing, optical code division multiple access

Participants :
- Université de Tromsø (Norvège) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 226751.04 €
Projet MIND-MAP (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : CLOSED

The objective of the Multilingual Individual Neurocognitive Differences in Middle Age Project (MIND-MAP) is to investigate how variation in multilingual engagement (e.g., context and intensity of L2 use) correlates to individual differences in neurocognitive adaptations in the mid-life age range. This age range is severely understudied in the relevant literatures, yet of critical importance as it is the immediate precursor period to when cognitive ageing (CA) becomes most prevalent. As such, MIND-MAP serves as a bridge between research mapping multilingual experience-related factors and individual differences in neurocognitive outcomes to research on multilingualism effects in CA. Herein we combine behavioral testing with brain recordings via electroencephalography (EEG). EEG is widely used in cognitive neuroscience to assess quality and quantity of overall brain wave oscillatory activity and the degree of communication between brain regions (functional connectivity) in response to stimuli and at rest. Combining behavior and neuroimaging modalities, MIND-MAP will examine specific domains of neurocognition adversely affected by CA that overlap with areas argued to be positively affected by multilingual experience precisely in the age range where revealing and understanding these correlations could be the most helpful, that is just prior to when CA progression is typically noted. Fine-tuning our understanding of the (potential) relationship between specific patterns of multilingualism and resulting neurocognitive adaptations is the first step to unlocking any future potential for capitalizing on it as a health initiative, which would have manifold societal repercussions.

Mots clés : multilingualism, multilingual experience, eeg, oscillatory activity, cognitive ageing, neurocognitive adaptations, cognitive control

Participants :
- Université de Tromsø (Norvège) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 210911.04 €
Projet MoRE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Social Sciences and Humanities
Statut du projet : SIGNED

This project aims to elucidate whether and how true multilingualism would induce different neurocognitive adaptations from bilingualism. While it may be intuitive to think that managing more than two languages would result in further and/or distinct adaptations, limited available research on multilingualism suggests that any deviation from the bilingual adaptation trajectory may be due to differences in processing and control demands. It is unclear if multilingualism inherently leads to distinct neurocognitive adaptations, or whether differences between bilingual and multilingual engagement only emerge when the control demands on the relevant cognitive mechanisms required in specific cases of multilingualism surpass those of bilingualism. Furthermore, existing research on the neurocognitive effects of multilingualism is scarce and often conflates bilingual and multilingual participants and/or overlooks the effects of engagement. MoRE addresses this gap by comparing three groups of bilingual and multilingual individuals with varying degrees of language engagement, serving as proxies for different control demands. Employing a multifaceted approach, MoRE will incorporate a comprehensive language background questionnaire and combine cognitive behavioural tasks with electroencephalography (EEG) recording. The use of EEG methods to explore multilingualism-induced neurocognitive adaptations remains relatively understudied, positioning MoRE among trending work in the field in demonstrating how cognitive mechanisms calibrate to meet the demands involved in managing more than two languages. MoRE thus seeks to underscore the importance of considering variability in multilingual engagement in brain and cognition studies, and guide stakeholders in facilitating greater diversity and intensity of multilingual engagement practices for broader societal benefit.

Mots clés : bilingualism, multilingualism, neurocognitive adaptations, eeg, executive function

Participants :
- Université de Lancaster (Royaume-Uni) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 260347.92 €
- Université de Tromsø (Norvège) — Partner, associated partner, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 0.0 €
Projet SoloBat (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2021)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Chemistry
Statut du projet : CLOSED

Climate change and energy crisis are the main societal challenges of modern times, and are expected to plague the humanity for next decades. The exploitation of secure, clean and efficient renewable energy technologies can enable the humanity to cope with these two major issues. Li-ion batteries, are one such key technology that can realize this. In this proposal, we are dedicated to explore and advance a new type of concept – the oxygen-mediated, self-rechargeable organic battery (SoloBat) - by combining the reaction chemistry of lithium-organic batteries, lithium-oxygen batteries, and spontaneous oxidation of organic battery materials by the molecular oxygen. We first set out to have a comprehensive study of the oxygen-mediated lithium-organic battery system and afterwards, combine the oxygen catalysts and organic cathode materials to construct and test the 'SoloBat' prototype systems. Specifically, clarifying the exact reaction chemistry of oxygen-mediated lithium-organic battery, establishing screening principles for organic cathode materials and oxygen catalysts, and constructing a 'SoloBat' system that can achieve a good cycling stability of more than 300 cycles are the main objectives in this project. By combining my strong expertise in the field of lithium-oxygen batteries with the excellent background of Host supervisor on organic battery materials, effective implementation of the project is foreseen. Besides, we anticipate that the successful completion of this project will lead to a new sustainable battery technology for rescue equipment and battling the climate change and energy crisis, and set off a wave of research on this concept, as well as provide great opportunities for me to reach a position of professional excellence and independence.

Mots clés : organic cathode oxygen evolution reaction lithium metal anode oxygenation

Participants :
- Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 191760.0 €
Projet INSCAPE (Horizon Europe, appel à projets 2024)
Action : Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
Panel : Physics
Statut du projet : SIGNED

Proton radiotherapy has better healthy tissue sparing than conventional photon therapy due to protons' peaked depth-dose profile. However, the sensitivity of protons to anatomical and setup variations can result in delivery errors, potentially leading to tumor underdosage or healthy tissue overdosage. Online adaptive proton therapy (OAPT) improves delivery accuracy by daily adapting the treatment plan based on newly acquired images. Despite the well-established advantages and recent scientific advances through the H2020 MSCA International Training Network RAPTOR, OAPT has not yet become clinical practice, primarily because the quality of current onboard imaging is insufficient for proton dose calculation.  This project aims to design the next-generation onboard cone-beam CT (CBCT) for proton therapy gantries to achieve sufficient image quality for proton dose calculation. Hardware upgrades for a current CBCT will be tested in silico by developing a Monte-Carlo (MC) simulation platform in Gate. First, the current CBCT will be modeled in collaboration with a manufacturer and the model will be validated experimentally. Then, an image reconstruction software will be implemented, using open-source libraries, which can be extended to support the hardware upgrades (e.g. reconstruction for dual-energy). Lastly, hardware upgrades will be simulated in the MC platform, including dual-energy CBCT, dynamic collimation, photon counting detectors and systems speeding up CBCT rotation to avoid motion artifacts. All upgrades will be evaluated with various virtual phantoms and evaluation will be performed in image space and dosimetrically.  The project will show the dosimetric impact of these CBCT hardware upgrades, allowing the proton therapy community to understand the changes required to make on-board CBCT ready for online adaptation. Overcoming this critical step will enable widespread clinical adoption of OAPT, enhancing the clinical benefits of proton therapy.

Mots clés : proton therapy, particle therapy, online adaptive radiation therapy, cone beam computed tomography, monte carlo simulation, photon counting, ct, dual energy

Participants :
- Ion Beam Applications (Belgium) (Belgique) — Partner, associated partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Université catholique de Louvain (Belgique) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 200400.0 €