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Feedback mechanisms approach to resolve regime shifts in ecological systems. (FEEDRES)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Environmental B iology, Ecology  and E volution
Panel description: For all organisms : Ecology, biodiversity, environmental change , evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, microbial ecology , marine biology, ecophysiology, theoretical developments and mod elling
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-03-01
End date: 2030-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1377554.0
EU funding (EUR): 1377554.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Our planet is changing at a pace never experienced before. Ecosystems worldwide are impacted by multiple anthropogenic pressures and are experiencing abrupt changes, sometimes leading to regime shifts. Marine ecosystems are prone to these dynamics and regime shifts are at the spotlight of research which seeks to reduce the uncertainties related to our incomplete understanding of these processes. Three main questions need to be answered to understand regime shifts: when they happen; i.e. detection, why; i.e. drivers and characteristics, and how; i.e. mechanisms. Present literature has focused mainly on detecting regime shifts, neglecting feedbacks and how ecosystems function. This ignorance has limited the causal understanding of these phenomena and has hindered the capacity to predict them, a fundamental step under global changes. FEEDRES brings feedbacks mechanisms at the fore and aims at responding to all the three challenges to understand and project regime shifts. To fulfil this, FEEDRES will develop a cutting-edge methodological framework combining methods from system dynamics theory and ecology. FEEDRES will follow three steps. 1) Map worldwide marine regime shifts – Through a systematic mapping FEEDRES will assess the extent of regime shifts, highlighting knowledge gaps (when). 2) Empirically study the important structural elements and connections that characterize marine systems under regime shifts (from populations to socio-ecological systems) – FEEDRES will apply a two-step modelling approach to understand how the system change during regime shifts (why). 3) Develop mechanistic models to understand how changes in feedback mechanisms mediate marine regime shifts (how). Based on the knowledge developed FEEDRES will identify common feedback types in marine systems and will project the likelihood of regime shifts. FEEDRES will revolutionise ecosystem science and will increase the understanding on how complex systems behave under cumulative stressors.

Keywords: system theory,regime shifts,resilience,feedbacks mechanisms,tipping points
R&I POLICY making, implementation ANd Support in the WEsteRn BalkanS (POLICY ANSWERS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Serbia,Montenegro,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia,Albania,Kosovo,North Macedonia,Italy
Call: Support for R&I policy making in the Western Balkans (HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-06, 2021)
Start date: 2022-03-01
End date: 2026-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4993109.06
EU funding (EUR): 4993109.0
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

The project supports the policy dialogue including formal meetings, monitoring and agenda setting, capacity building and implementation of the EU's Western Balkan Agenda, as well as the aligning of thematic priorities. It implements regional pilot activities and upgrades an information hub based on the wbc-rti.info platform. 14 partner organisations, representing network nodes in the region and EU expert organisation, support policy dialogue through ministerial meetings, Steering Platform meetings and ad-hoc policy meetings. They provide analytical evidence via monitoring and mapping activities (of the stakeholder ecosystem, implementation of the Western Balkans Agenda and integration to the European Research Area) and foresight. POLICY ANSWERS also allows for tailored and targeted capacity building activities in the Western Balkans as well as regional alignment in relation to the digital transformation, the green agenda and towards healthy societies. Pilot activities provide learning opportunities on policy and programme level and reach out to final beneficiaries related to improved academia-industry cooperation, researcher mobility, youth, promotion of research infrastructures and increased innovation skills in all areas. The project builds on existing information hubs (for example, wbc-rti.info) and continues services such as regular newsletters, media relations, production of infographics and multimedia content. Special emphasis will be put on the inclusion of underrepresented groups and the coordination with key stakeholders and international organisations.

Keywords: western balkans,research,innovation,education,culture,youth,sports,policy support
EU Public Infrastructure for the European DIgital Twin Ocean (EDITO-Infra)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Mission
Theme: Ocean, seas and waters
Destination: Ocean, seas and waters
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: France,Belgium
Call: EU Public Infrastructure for the European Digital Twin Ocean (HORIZON-MISS-2021-OCEAN-IBA-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2025-02-28
Duration (months): 29.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2999850.0
EU funding (EUR): 2999850.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The European Green Deal recognises seas, oceans, and environment are a source of natural and economic wealth that we must preserve. The Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters aims at contributing to these goals with measurable targets. The UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development is promoting to unlocking science for better decision making. Data and information are key enablers to these missions and the development of an EU Digital Twin of the Ocean (EDITO) is a key priority for Europe. EDITO-Infra, is to build the EU Public Infrastructure backbone for the first European DTO by upgrading, combining and integrating key service components the Copernicus Marine Service (CMS) and the European Marine Observation and Data Network (EMODnet) into a single digital framework that can be scaled up to an overarching knowledge system integrated with the DestinE initiative. It will provide the foundation for the development of the EU DTO initiative, hosting the deployment of future DTO projects (like ILIAD), of new generation of Ocean models (underlying models project) and of the Mission lighthouses projects. Led by Mercator Ocean international (MOi) as the Entrusted Entity leading the CMS, G7 FSOI secretary, GEO Blue Planet, Ocean Prediction DCC of the UN Decade of Ocean Science, and by Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) as manager of EMODnet Central Portal in an agreement between DG MARE and the Flanders Government, and representing the different EMODnet implementing partners, EDITO-Infra will provide public access and use to the widest possible range of open ocean observation datasets, data products, hosting for new sources of data, modelling capacities on Cloud, GPU or HPC, and a co-working environment with the objective of making ocean knowledge available to government, private sector, citizens, and scientific experts alike, enabling them to become partners in knowledge generation so that they assemble their own twins, for the pursuit of a healthy and productive ocean.

Keywords: digital twin ocean dto public infrastructure copernicus marine service emodnet un decade ocean ris prediction biodiversity cloud hpc gpu ai fair what if underlying models lighthouse iliad destine
Project Rent Right (Project Rent Right)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01, 2025)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

1Continental Traveller Limited is a UK–based prop-tech company developing Project Rent Right, a real-time compliance-as-a-service platform that automates regulatory adherence across Europe’s fragmented short-term rental (STR) market. The platform responds to a growing need for legal transparency and operational efficiency in a sector governed by constantly changing municipal, regional, and national laws. These variations affect more than three million STR operators, creating legal uncertainty, financial exposure, and administrative burden. Founded in 2018 and operational since 2021, Continental Traveller has already onboarded more than 40,000 properties through partner API integrations and private owners, demonstrating strong commercial execution and technical scalability. Building on this foundation, Project Rent Right has now reached TRL 5, validated in a pilot environment in Andalusia, Spain. During validation, the system achieved 80% interpretive accuracy on jurisdictional rules, an 80% reduction in manual compliance effort, and a 20–25% fall in non-compliance incidents compared with manual review (See Section 3). Technically, Rent Right integrates a Regulatory Intelligence Engine for automated legal text ingestion and a Legal Reasoning Model that represents multi-level European regulations within a dynamic knowledge graph. Through a geospatial API layer, the platform matches these legal obligations to individual property data, delivering instant, address-specific compliance guidance. Its latest innovation, a predictive AI module, analyses legislative transcripts, government consultations, and parliamentary records to forecast likely regulatory changes across jurisdictions. This anticipatory capacity enables hosts, lenders, property professionals such as letting agents and estate agents, and municipalities to prepare for legal updates months in advance, significantly reducing enforcement costs and risk exposure.

Keywords: european short term rental regulations
Multi-functional Virus-Like Particles technology platform for disease prevention and treatment based on microfluidics (BLOCKVIR)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Finland
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1470000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1470000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

FinnCure is a Finnish biotechnology start-up developing a novel technology platform dedicated to manufacturing Virus-Like Particle (VLP) solutions with multi-functional capabilities that can be used in various medical applications, particularly in preventing, reducing spread and even treating infectious and non-infectious diseases. VLPs have become key tools in biomedicine. However, despite their growing role in vaccines and targeted therapies, their use remains limited. Existing VLP platforms face many challenges related to both VLP design and fabrication that hinder the exploration of novel applications. By combining three key features - solid lipid particles, microfluidics, and click-chemistry, we've created a unique VLP technology platform that addresses these challenges effectively and in addition, unlocks new medical applications for VLPs. Our VLP Virus Blocker solution is a unique, preventive strategy against infection and disease spread that mimics the structure of the target virus, and through competitive inhibition, saturates and blocks the relevant host cell’s receptors preventing virus entry and thus infection. This proactive blocking mechanism not only diminishes infection and virus transmission rates but also decelerates mutation rates, particularly crucial during epidemics, pandemics, and seasonal outbreaks. Through the BLOCKVIR project, we aim to rapidly finalize the development of our COVID-19 Blocker, the first use case for our VLP platform, and to reach the market in 2027. Commercialising an inhalable, over-the-counter medical device for personal use will tackle future virus outbreaks and thus significantly contribute to public health, social economy, as well as personal safety. Furthermore, commercializing our COVID-19 Blocker will not only serve as the ultimate validation for our VLP platform but will allow us to reinvest in the development of other applications such as multi-pathogen blockers, vaccines and targeted drug delivery therapies.

Keywords: microfluidics,click chemistry,virus like particles,new prevention strategy,virus blocker
Advanced Neurovascular Access (ANA5): Novel Mechanical Thrombectomy Technology (ANA5)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2495000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2495000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Identified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as the leading cause of disability and the second leading cause of death worldwide, stroke presents a significant challenge for global healthcare. With an annual cost exceeding €90.28 billion in the Western World alone, stroke's economic impact is significant. Stroke prevalence, currently 2 per 1,000 inhabitants, is expected to increase, driven by demographic aging and advances in diagnostic technology. Among these, ischemic strokes account for a significant majority (85%) compared to hemorrhagic strokes (15%). The Advanced Neurovascular Access (ANA5) thrombectomy system leads to a transformative approach to stroke treatment, particularly for acute ischemic strokes caused by large vessel occlusions, setting a new standard in patients’ care. Our device, like the Anaconda snake, is designed for maximum efficacy, featuring a capability to envelop clots as large as the artery itself, mirroring the snake's unique ability to consume prey bigger than its size. Founded in Barcelona in 2015, Anaconda Biomed S.L. is a testament to innovation in the medical device sector, particularly in stroke treatment technology. This was when Mechanical Thrombectomy (MT) for Acute Ischemic Stroke had not yet reached peak scientific validation. Our mission is to redefine stroke treatment by providing healthcare professionals with unparalleled mechanical thrombectomy (MT) systems. We are not just inventing new technology but reimagining the tools and methods available to those at the front lines of stroke care.

Keywords: acute ischemic stroke,mechanical thrombectomy,biomedical engineering,patient safety,neurovascular,catheter,percutaneous intervention
SCENT AI: AN INTELLIGENT PLATFORM FOR ON-DEMAND FRAGRANCE REFORMULATION AND CREATION (MOODIFY)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Israel
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Moodify, founded in 2017 by Dr. Yaniv Mama and Yigal Sharon, is revolutionizing the fragrance industry through innovative AI-driven solutions. As a leading independent scent tech company, Moodify combines artificial intelligence, olfactive classification, and scent perception mapping to address critical fragrance development and optimization challenges. The company's groundbreaking technology, developed in collaboration with the prestigious Weizmann Institute of Science, leverages over 15 years of research from one of the world's top Olfaction Research Groups. Moodify's team, comprising 12 PhDs and MScs with a cumulative 190 years of research experience, has created a unique platform that empowers perfumers with AI-powered tools for scent creation and optimization. Moodify's solution stands out in the industry by offering the first effective and pleasant odor masking system and computerized reformulation capabilities that significantly reduce costs and address regulatory compliance issues. The platform's cutting-edge AI models enable unparalleled precision in scent creation, increased efficiency in fragrance development, and data-driven decision-making in scent design. With $21 million in funding and backing from industry giants such as Toyota Ventures, LG, Procter & Gamble, and Philip Morris International, Moodify is well-positioned to lead the digital transformation of smell in the fragrance industry. The company's innovative approach optimizes fragrance creation and development and provides sustainable and cost-effective solutions to longstanding industry challenges, including supply chain problems and regulatory compliance. As Moodify continues to advance its technology and expand its reach, it aims to reshape the fragrance landscape, offering a glimpse into the future of scent creation and optimization powered by artificial intelligence.

Keywords: scent reformulation,ai driven fragrance development,olfactory technology,digital scent mapping,scent perception analysis,automated fragrance formulation
artificial Intelligence predicTER for Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (I-TERAPI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Italy
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2274556.3
EU funding (EUR): 2274556.3
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The I-TERAPI project addresses the unmet needs of the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector by bringing a highly innovative technology that will be a real game changer in the development and manufacturing of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs). As a matter of fact, the pharmaceutical market that manufactures almost $200bn of APIs annually, is ridden with inefficiencies. A very stark example are the processes of filtration, purification and drying of APIs. These are key drug manufacturing processes and yet, they follow obsolete gold standards based on manual processes and human subjective interventions. This leads to high costs of development and manufacturing of drugs, lengthy time-to-market for new drugs and extensive environmental pollution. The I-TERAPI project is designed to target the evolution of the obsolete gold standards by incorporating artificial intelligence deep into the filtration, purification and drying processes of APIs. It is the first technology in the world that is able to predict the behaviour of APIs during these key manufacturing processes and consequently reduce, by >99%, manual testing activities (R&D, manufacturing) and guarantee “always-optimal” manufacturing processes. This will result in significant benefits for pharma companies (lower costs and higher revenues) and a boost to environmental sustainability (reduction of chemical waste, GHG emissions and energy consumption) and to societal sustainability (lower time-to-market for new drugs, lower prices and higher availability of drugs). I-TERAPI technology reached TRL7 level today and the technology is expected to complete TRL7 and TRL8 by the end of the project. With the completion of the I-TERAPI project, a very distant dream of the pharmaceutical manufacturing sector will become a reality and EC will gain a significant contributor to achieving EU goals and objectives for pharmaceutical industry.

Keywords: active pharmaceutical ingredients,filtration,purification,drying,artificial intelligence,predictive algorithms,drug development,drug manufacturing,machine learning,environmental sustainability
Seabirds as nutrient pumps of pelagic food webs (SeabirdNutri)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Portugal,United Kingdom
Call: ERA Fellowships (HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-TALENTS-02, 2024)
Start date: 2026-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 207183.12
EU funding (EUR): 207183.12
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Seabirds are vectors of nutrients and can drastically change the conditions of their habitat through guano, rich in nitrogen and phosphorus. Guano functions as a potent fertilizer and influences primary producers by conditioning their abundance, biodiversity, and fitness. As part of a phenomenon estimated to be comparable in magnitude to other major biogeochemical cycles, seabirds become the most influential link in the places where they form their colonies. The objective of this project is to investigate the impact and importance of seabirds as pumps of primary productivity in the adjacent marine food webs of their colonies, and its implications to conservation and management of the oceans. To achieve this goal, I will adapt and apply a state-of-the-art method, Ecopath with Ecosim, developed to characterize food webs, in an innovative context: to describe the connectivity of nutrients between ecosystems by seabirds. I will estimate and compare the nutrient contribution by seabirds in subtropical and temperate marine environments surrounding their colonies and the spatial and seasonal extent of its influence in the marine food web; understand the impact of changes in seabird populations on the marine food web; and model impacts of global changes on the food web of key seabird foraging areas according to different ‘what-if’ climate and anthropogenic scenarios. I will do a secondment at Birdlife International with the aim to discuss approaches to this project, pass on the knowledge gained, acquire new perspectives and approaches to seabird research and conservation, and discuss the impact of this line of research for seabird conservation in the North Atlantic. The MSCA will prepare me for the next step in my career and will act as a springboard that will expand the opportunities of positions and projects to which I can apply, while being more competitive. As well as the possibilities of me getting a permanent position and lead a research group, as it is my goal.

Keywords: seabirds,nitrogen and phosphorous cycle,food web,ecopath with ecosim,global changes