Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-erc-participations-et-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Projet ERC : ReSeed (Horizon Europe, appel 2023, Starting grants)
Domaine scientifique : Social Sciences and Humanities
Panel : Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems
Entité participante : Hanken School of Economics — Pays : Finlande — Rôle : PI
Acronyme de l'entité : Hanken
Type d'entité : Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire
Financement ERC de l'entité : 1588500.0 €

Agrobiodiversity, particularly farmers’ indigenous seeds and associated know-how (ISK), hosts a wealth of plant genetic resources that contribute to global food security and sustainable agriculture. While indigenous seeds can be preserved in seed banks, problems of viability over prolonged storage and rapid climate change necessitate on-farm (in situ) conservation. However, farmers face dwindling economic incentives to cultivate and thereby conserve ISK in situ: ISK is ineligible for protection under intellectual property laws and there are currently no systems in place for tracking the end use to which ISK are put (e.g. end-user consumption or downstream research). The fundamental problem here is in tracing who the first farmer (group) was that put an ISK on the “market”, who accessed it, and what was done with it. Using features of blockchain technology that can help track the flow of ISK in a decentralized, transparent and immutable way, my goal is to develop and test a technical specification for a first-of-its-kind digital farmers’ market (ReSeed) that (i) facilitates equitable and traceable transfers of farmers’ ISK, and (ii) incentivizes honest reporting-back of downstream research and innovation therewith. Using a mixed methods research approach, I will conduct original empirical research with suppliers and buyers of ISK to co-compile technical features and incentives that will inform ReSeed’s design. I will also demonstrate how ReSeed can be integrated into international regulatory frameworks with minimal legal amendments, and create a governance model, including ethics guidelines for its adoption and implementation in small farmers’ communities. ReSeed will build on my 12-year research on means of incentivizing sustainable innovations with indigenous seeds. It will promote in situ conservation, research, and innovation with agrobiodiversity, acknowledge and add value to farmers’ ISK, and bring economic and environmental benefits to small farmers.

Mots-clés : agrobiodiversity,incentives,seed treaty,indigenous seeds,small farmers,access and benefit sharing,intellectual property,blockchain
Projet ERC : TREASURES (Horizon Europe, appel 2023, Starting grants)
Domaine scientifique : Physical Sciences and Engineering
Panel : Universe Sciences
Entité participante : Université de Florence — Pays : Italie — Rôle : PI
Type d'entité : Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire
Financement ERC de l'entité : 1500000.0 €

The Milky Way is an environment rich with satellite galaxies, stellar streams and accreted systems. Encoded in these structures is the formation and evolution of the Galaxy through cosmic time. Fortunately, these nearby relics can be studied in extraordinary detail – star by star – revealing the properties of the first stars, the build-up of chemical elements in the Universe, the nature of dark matter, and hierarchical galaxy formation. To unlock these treasure troves of hidden information, I designed a large-scale survey: 4DWARFS (PI: Skúladóttir, 520,000 fibre hours) that after a very competitive 2-year selection has now been accepted as a 5-year 4MOST survey, starting in 2024. 4DWARFS will collect high-quality spectra of individual stars in close to 50 dwarf galaxies, and dozens of stellar streams from systems currently undergoing disruption. The goal of TREASURES is to execute and exploit this large 4DWARFS survey to its highest scientific potential. TREASURES will provide the community with stellar ages, radial velocities and chemical abundances for over 130,000 stars, and thus increase the number of stars with detailed abundance information in dwarf galaxies and streams by several orders of magnitude, ensuring the far-reaching impact of this project. Furthermore, TREASURES will use state-of-the-art models to contrast these new large data against theory, and put in context with the Milky Way. Through an ambitious combination of modelling and data of unprecedented magnitude and completeness TREASURES will quantify and put fundamental constraints on: (I) The properties of the first stars (mass and energy distributions) (II) The origin of the chemical elements (physics of stars, supernovae and neutron star mergers) (III) Hierarchical galaxy formation at the smallest mass scales, and structure of dark matter halos TREASURES will thus paint a comprehensive picture of the formation and evolution of the Milky Way environment, from cosmic dawn until the present day.

Mots-clés : local group,dwarf galaxies,ultra faint dwarf galaxies,dwarf spheroidal galaxies,stellar streams,accreted systems,galaxy mergers,dark matter,chemical evolution,chemical abundances,nucleosynthesis,first stars,supernovae,supernovae type ia,neutron star mergers,asymptotic giant branch stars,stellar physics,stellar ages,kinematics,dynamics,hierarchical galaxy formation
Projet ERC : LIGHT-QIS (Horizon Europe, appel 2025, Starting grants)
Domaine scientifique : Physical Sciences and Engineering
Panel : Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences
Entité participante : Université de Florence — Pays : Italie — Rôle : PI
Type d'entité : Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire
Financement ERC de l'entité : 1476250.0 €

Quantum Information Science is set to revolutionize the way we live, work, and understand our world. At its core is the qubit, the fundamental unit of quantum information. Molecules can leverage their electron and nuclear spins to function as qubits, offering unique benefits such as atomic control of magnetic, optical, and electronic properties, and scalable production with high reproducibility. However, like other qubit technologies, they require sub-kelvin temperatures to generate significant differences in the Boltzmann spin populations, which is essential for qubit initialization. Additionally, spin information readout primarily relies on microwave detection, which poses challenges in sensitivity and integration with conventional semiconductor technology. These factors hamper the path to everyday quantum applications in terms of versatility, energy consumption, and practical implementation.  In the LIGHT-QIS project, I envision two transformative leaps in molecular qubits that will establish them as a cornerstone for quantum applications. First, I will harness light-induced spin-selective processes to generate non-equilibrium initialization of molecular qubits at liquid nitrogen temperatures and above. The use of light will also unlock new possibilities, such as the control of magnetic interactions between qubits, enabling the creation of light-switchable quantum gates. Second, I will integrate optically initialized molecular qubits into thin films of organic semiconductors to fabricate devices, enabling spin-to-charge conversion through electrically detected magnetic resonance techniques. LIGHT-QIS will focus on lab-scale devices where ensembles of qubits can be simultaneously initialized, manipulated, and read out. Ultimately, LIGHT-QIS has the potential to make quantum technologies impactful in everyday life beyond niche applications that require low temperatures and resource-intensive fabrication methods.

Mots-clés : photophysics,electron spin,molecular qubit,epr spectroscopy,quantum information science,spintronics
Projet ERC : SignAlloMod (Horizon Europe, appel 2024, Starting grants)
Domaine scientifique : Life Science
Panel : Molecules of Life: B iological  Mechanisms , Structures  and Functions
Entité participante : Université de Graz — Pays : Autriche — Rôle : PI
Type d'entité : Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire
Financement ERC de l'entité : 1499389.0 €

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are key to human physiology and disease, yet their signaling remains enigmatic. What we do know is that GPCRs signal by means of allosteric communication across the cell membrane, acting as logic gates that relay signals from extracellular ligands to various intracellular transducers. Nonetheless, the logic underlying GPCR signaling at the molecular level is not yet understood. This is particularly true of three key signaling phenomena: ligand efficacy, biased signaling, and allosteric modulation. In SignAlloMod, we will address this challenge and investigate the logic of transmembrane signaling through GPCRs at the single-molecule level. We will develop a new single-molecule microfluidic method that enables simultaneous measurement of transducer binding and receptor activation states, making rigorous, quantitative models of GPCR allostery experimentally accessible. This will allow us to separate, for the first time, ligand-specific from transducer-specific effects in GPCR signaling, ultimately enabling us to decode the molecular logic of GPCR signaling. We will use prototypical GPCRs to establish our approach and to study ligand efficacy, biased signaling, and allosteric modulation. The quantitative insights into ligand-specific and transducer-specific effects afforded by SignAlloMod will redefine our understanding of GPCR signaling. SignAlloMod will provide pharmacological ligand profiles with unprecedented detail, opening new horizons for drug discovery and pharmacological intervention guided by physical principles.

Mots-clés : g protein coupled receptors,membrane receptors,transmembrane signaling,single molecule fret,microfluidics,native nanodiscs
Projet ERC : SustainCARE (Horizon Europe, appel 2025, Starting grants)
Domaine scientifique : Social Sciences and Humanities
Panel : Studies of Cultures and Arts
Entité participante : University of Applied Arts Vienna — Pays : Autriche — Rôle : PI
Type d'entité : Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire
Financement ERC de l'entité : 2265860.0 €

Climate change threatens our documentary heritage, while current preservation methods can inadvertently worsen the problem over time. Energy-intensive climate control systems not only contribute to the climate crisis but also exclude less affluent institutions from equitable access to effective conservation efforts. Moreover, limited understanding of degradation-environment interactions prevents confident relaxation of stringent climate control measures.  To address these challenges, I propose a revolutionary approach: developing a holistic understanding of paper-based documentary heritage’s interaction with its environment across all scales—from the molecular level to the repository. By integrating hygrothermal dynamics with material degradation kinetics through innovative multiscale modelling, I will significantly advance our understanding of the complexity in the degradation processes of documentary heritage, unlock its untapped environmental resilience, and revolutionise our ability to predict and prevent damage in conservation.  This project will begin by developing a comprehensive model that quantifies material-micro-environment interactions for detailed paper degradation analysis. Simultaneously, innovative multiscale hygrothermal models will be established to capture heat and moisture transfer from individual volumes to entire repositories. Finally, these models will be integrated into an open-source online tool for dynamic, spatially-resolved environmental risk assessment and predictive preservation planning. Global case studies will be designed throughout the project to validate the models across diverse cultural and climatic contexts. This pioneering methodology will transform preventive conservation by enabling precise degradation predictions, empowering data-driven decision-making, and catalysing a fundamental shift towards sustainable and inclusive heritage preservation in response to climate change.

Mots-clés : preventive conservation,environmental dynamics,paper degradation,environmental resilience,non destructive analysis,multiscale modelling,heritage science
Projet ERC : ARITHMETIC (Horizon Europe, appel 2021, Starting grants)
Domaine scientifique : Social Sciences and Humanities
Panel : Texts and Concepts
Entité participante : Université d'Innsbruck — Pays : Autriche — Rôle : PI
Type d'entité : Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire
Financement ERC de l'entité : 916813.78 €

How was the practice of arithmetic developed and spread during the transition between the Middle Ages and the Modern Period? We know a lot about the evolution of mathematical theory and its diffusion in Latin, but little about the way in which arithmetic knowledge spread in the vernaculars in the 15th and early 16th centuries. Translation and adaptation of arithmetic treatises and manuals provided access to mathematical knowledge for new groups of people, shaped the practices of reckoning, and opened new ways of teaching arithmetic skills to persons without higher education. These efforts also endowed European vernaculars with new linguistic forms of abstraction and thus enhanced their potential to serve as a tool in the modern scientific revolution. ARITHMETIC will study handwritten German arithmetic treatises from their first appearance around 1400 until the time when printed reckoning-books became easily available at the beginning of the 16th century. These texts have not been studied before, although they are important witnesses of the vernacularization of mathematical knowledge, of the interdependence of vernacular and Latin pragmatic literacy and of the links between mathematics, sciences, and commerce. The treatises will be transcribed, digitally edited, and analyzed from a historic, literary, and linguistic perspective. An ?Assertive Edition? relying on Semantic Enrichment will be one product of ARITHMETIC. A detailed linguistic analysis focusing on semantics, syntax, the vocabulary, and the transmission context will lead to the reconstruction of an arithmetic discourse, give information on the orality underlying didactic texts and allow tracing writers/compilers and users and their educational and social background. This research aims at a new understanding of how arithmetical knowledge and practices of calculation were transformed in Late Medieval Europe, and how an abstract and scientific language emerged in the German vernacular.

Mots-clés : history of knowledge history of mathematical knowledge and establishment establishment of late medieval vernacular knowledge pragmatic medieval texts development of specialized languages vocabulary research discourse analysis research on textual environments digital editing semantic enrichment
Projet ERC : DeCoDER (Horizon Europe, appel 2025, Starting grants)
Domaine scientifique : Physical Sciences and Engineering
Panel : Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
Entité participante : Université de Warwick — Pays : Royaume-Uni — Rôle : PI
Type d'entité : Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire
Financement ERC de l'entité : 1499901.0 €

As global dependence on synthetic materials is intensifying, waste-accumulation of end-of-life products has become a major concern. Specifically fast-growing 3D photo-printing technologies present a major challenge as a liquid ink is transformed into a permanently hardened crosslinked photo-polymer that can no longer be recycled. Current photochemical processes that underpin light-based 3D printing processes, however, fail to address the urgently needed closed loop recycling of the resulting 3D materials. Indeed, a fundamental step-change in the underlying, persistently used, chemical technology is urgently needed for 3D printed waste to be effectively and completely depolymerised into the same functional photo-ink for it to be intrinsically re-used in 3D-re-printing.  Here, an innovative concept is proposed that offers a ground-breaking solution to the problematic interplay of existing bond exchange reactions currently used in dynamic covalent networks, including 3D printed vitrimers. The idea relies on decoupling the underlying chemical equilibrium by independently regulating bond formation with light, and bond-breaking by temperature. For this, decoupled covalent dynamic exchange reactions (DeCoDERs) will be developed that show selective and sustained covalent bonding/debonding over multiple cycles. The novel DeCoDER systems will be transformed into functional platform building blocks through scalable protocols, allowing for their introduction into dynamic polymer materials. After evaluating the effect of consecutive de- and re-crosslinking of the equilibrium-decoupled material properties, the derived insights will be used to validate the proposed conceptual approach in light-based additive manufacturing. Specifically, a very first 3D photo-print-to-reprint technology will be devised with full recyclability of photo-printed objects into the same initial liquid photo-ink without needing additional chemicals, thereby enabling a direct, truly closed-loop re-print.

Mots-clés : dynamic covalent chemistry,photocycloadditions,photo switchable materials,3d photo printing
Projet ERC : FemtoCharge (Horizon Europe, appel 2024, Starting grants)
Domaine scientifique : Physical Sciences and Engineering
Panel : Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences
Entité participante : Université de Warwick — Pays : Royaume-Uni — Rôle : PI
Type d'entité : Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire
Financement ERC de l'entité : 1830605.0 €

Charge dynamics lie at the crux of electrochemical energy devices, and in-particular batteries, impacting everything from durability to capacity. On mesoscopic time (ns to s) and length scales (nm to mm) we have a good understanding of charge transport related phenomena in batteries. However, when it comes to faster femtosecond/picosecond processes and those at nanoscopic interfaces, our insight remains limited. This is a critical problem. In this regime lie:  (a) the individual electronic/structural steps in the redox chain that can cause electrode capacity loss via charge-transfer to inactive/unstable states (b) (de)solvation processes that inhibit fast charging through chemical imbalances at electrode/electrolyte interfaces (c) sluggish ionic hops limiting the use of many solid-electrolyte and electrode materials  In FemtoCharge, I will take the conceptual leap needed to elucidate ultrafast interfacial dynamics in batteries, by merging femtosecond spectroscopy/microscopy and operando battery science. My novel approach is based on my pioneering work to optically image ultrafast spatio-temporal dynamics, and their coupling to structure, in nanomaterials, and probing in the complex solid/liquid environment of batteries. I will leverage this approach to: 1. uncover optimal electronic/structural pathways for charge-transport in current and developing electrode materials 2. quantitatively reveal potentials and solvation mechanisms at electrode/liquid electrolyte interfaces 3. use lattice vibrations to manipulate ion-hopping in solid electrodes/electrolytes  I will deliver blueprints for building new electrode/electrolyte battery materials, strategies for external stimuli-based tuning of battery charge-transport and game-changing operando tools for characterising charge-dynamics, particularly when they are stochastic or deeply buried. Ultimately, the fundamental insights and new techniques of FemtoCharge will make controlling charges the future of electrochemistry.

Mots-clés : ultrafast spectroscopy,batteries,inorganic materials,electrochemistry,optical microscopy,optical control,phonons,electron transport,ion transport,lasers,nanomaterials,transition metal oxides
Projet ERC : SQGT (Horizon Europe, appel 2023, Starting grants)
Domaine scientifique : Physical Sciences and Engineering
Panel : Mathematics
Entité participante : École internationale supérieure d'études avancées — Pays : Italie — Rôle : PI
Acronyme de l'entité : SISSA
Type d'entité : Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire
Financement ERC de l'entité : 1407314.0 €

This proposal aims to solve central open problems in the mathematical foundation of quantum gauge theories (QGTs), an important challenge comprising the Yang-Mills (YM) Millennium Prize Problem. A key outcome of the proposal will be the first constructions in finite volume of 2- and 3-dimensional non-exactly solvable QGTs, with a view towards the physical case of 4 dimensions.  The principal tools that will be developed and used to address these problems are in the field of rough analysis, in particular singular stochastic partial differential equations (SPDEs). Singular SPDEs appear widely in the study of dynamics with randomness and have seen revolutionary progress in the past decade. By developing new rough analytic methods applicable to QGTs, the proposal will push the frontiers of rough analysis, in particular studying discrete approximations of SPDEs, introducing novel geometric solution theories, and linking SPDEs with random matrix theory.  My research has shown that the stochastic quantisation equations of YM (SYM) can be renormalised in a geometrically faithful way, which has already revealed new properties of the exactly solvable 2D YM measure. This is strong evidence that rough analytic techniques can bring new light to the study of QGTs and render their construction in 2D and 3D finally within reach.  The proposal is split into the following three long-term projects.  1. Two-dimensional theories: solve and identify the invariant measure of SYM for non-trivial principal bundles; prove large N convergence of SYM; construct the non-Abelian YM-Higgs measure in finite volume.  2. Three-dimensional theories: give the first construction of the 3-dimensional YM measure in finite volume; prove a discrete version of the BPHZ renormalisation theorem in regularity structures.  3. Axiomatic quantum gauge theory: formulate and prove the Osterwalder-Schrader reconstruction theorem applicable to QGTs; prove Uhlenbeck’s regularity theorem for distributions.

Mots-clés : stochastic partial differential equations regularity structures yang mills measure rough path theory lattice gauge theory