Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Energetic Solar Eruptions: Data and Analysis Tools (SOLER)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Space
Destination: Open Strategic Autonomy in Developing, Deploying and Using Global Space-Based Infrastructures, Services, Applications and Data
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Finland,Germany,Austria,France
Call: Scientific exploitation of space data (HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1496838.75
EU funding (EUR): 1496838.75
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

The SOLER project will investigate energetic solar eruptions starting from three perspectives: fast coronal mass ejections (CMEs), strong X-ray flares, and large solar energetic particle (SEP) events. Key parameters of the eruptions will be determined and their interrelations examined to improve our understanding on how the eruptive phenomena are linked, how they interact with each other, and how they result in acceleration of high energy particles and their release from the solar corona into interplanetary space. Large-amplitude coronal waves and shocks related to these events as well as magnetic connections of the radiation sources with the in-situ observers will be in focus as well. SOLER will answer three science questions: – What are the magnetic connections between EM radiation sources in the low corona and in the high corona and how are they connected to the particle radiation observed in situ? – What is the relation of the properties of the in-situ SEP observations with the source characteristics and between the source characteristics themselves? – What are the reasons for the large variations in SEP properties and associated flare and CME characteristics? Related to these scientific questions, SOLER has also technical objectives. SOLER will: – deliver interlinked catalogues of strong flares, fast CMEs and large SEP events. – deliver new tools for analysing and visualising solar eruption datasets and modelling results and distribute them openly to the scientific community. – produce several high-level multi-instrument datasets and distribute them openly to the scientific community. SOLER will use ESA, NASA and national mission data along with ground-based observations, and a variety of innovative data and image processing techniques together with cutting-edge models. SOLER analysis activities will directly lead to dozens of scientific publications. Catalogues, datasets and tools will be openly available for the community for further exploitation of data.

Keywords: solar eruptions solar flares coronal mass ejections solar energetic particles
Search for new physics and technological advancements from neutrino experiments at the high intensity frontier. A cooperative Europe - United States - Brazil effort. (SENSE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Staff Exchanges
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Italy,Switzerland,United States,Brazil,United Kingdom,Spain,Netherlands,France,Greece
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-SE-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 782000.0
EU funding (EUR): 754400.0
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

SENSE promotes the collaboration among European, American and Brazilian researchers involved in the most important research projects in the field of neutrino physics at the high intensity frontier. The observation of neutrino oscillations established a picture consistent with the mixing of three neutrino flavours in three mass eigenstates and small mass differences. Experimental anomalies suggest the existence of sterile neutrino states participating in the mixing and not coupling to the SM gauge bosons. Lepton mixings and massive neutrinos offer a gateway to deviations from the Standard Model in the lepton sector including Charged Lepton Flavour Violation. The FNAL Short-Baseline Neutrino (SBN) program based on three almost identical liquid argon Time Projection Chambers located along the Booster Neutrino Beam offers a compelling opportunity to resolve the anomalies and perform the most sensitive search for sterile neutrinos at the eV mass scale through appearance and disappearance oscillation searches. MicroBooNE, ICARUS and SBND will search for the oscillation signal by comparing the neutrino event spectra measured at different distances from the source. The FNAL SBN program is a major step towards the global effort of the neutrino physics community in realising the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) which will provide fundamental contribution to the determination of neutrino mass ordering, measurement of CP violation, precision tests of the three-flavor oscillation paradigm using long-baseline flavor transition, search for nucleon decay and study of the burst of neutrinos from core-collapse supernova in the framework of multi-messenger astronomy. SENSE researchers have provided major contributions to the SBN and DUNE projects and will take leading roles in the commissioning of the detectors, data taking and analysis. These endeavors foster the development of cutting-edge technologies with spin-offs outside particle physics.

Keywords: flavour physics,neutrino oscillations,neutrino interactions,nucleon decay,dark matter,particle accelerators physics,liquid argon time projection chamber,photo multipliers,data analysis
Brainstem circuits supporting adaptive instinctive behaviours (CoreInstincts)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System
Panel description: Nervous system development, homeostasis and ageing , nervous system  function and dysfunction , systems neuroscience  and modelling , biological basis of cognitive processes and of behaviour, neurological and mental disorders – In humans and all other organisms
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1522288.0
EU funding (EUR): 1522288.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Instinctive behaviours that achieve defence, feeding, aggression and parental care have evolved across animal phyla to ensure survival without the need for learning. Contrary to common belief, instinctive behaviours are not ‘hard-wired’ reflexes, but can be flexible in both action selection and execution. They are modulated by internal states, such as stress, hunger or oestrous cycle, and may undergo short- and long-lasting adaptations in order to accommodate environmental changes and individual needs. The aim of this proposal is to gain a mechanistic understanding of adaptive instinctive behaviour output within a quantitative neuroethological framework and by combining molecular, cellular and circuit-level approaches. I will focus on the vertebrate periaqueductal gray (PAG), an evolutionarily conserved brainstem region that plays a crucial role in the initiation and execution of virtually all instinctive behaviours. Despite this, a comprehensive analysis of the cellular and network properties of the PAG, and their behavioural correlates, is lacking. In addition to generating the first dataset of PAG network topology using high resolution in vitro anatomical and electrophysiological approaches, we will study its neural computations across multiple instinctive behaviours and during motivational conflict using neural activity recordings in freely behaving mice. Building on these results, we will test the role of neuromodulation in imparting flexibility to this circuit (and the selection of appropriate behaviours), focussing on naturally-occurring neuromodulatory changes during the oestrous cycle. By establishing how the PAG – a critical circuit that closely precedes motor neuron recruitment – controls and imparts flexibility to instinctive behaviours, this proposal will expand our knowledge on the neural and molecular basis of adaptive behavioural output that is fundamental for the survival of all animals, with an emphasis on the female brain.

Keywords: instinctive behaviour,neuroethology,behavioural flexibility,motor execution,mechanistic neuroscience
Two Isotopes for Neutrinoless double beta decaY search (TINY)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Fundamental Constituents of Matter
Panel description: Particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2408365.0
EU funding (EUR): 2408365.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The TINY experiment will focus on the investigation of neutrinoless double beta decay (0n2b) with 96Zr and 150Nd isotopes. The search for 0n2b is a hot topic in particle physics, as the discovery of this rare nuclear process would establish the Majorana nature of neutrino, fix the neutrino mass scale, and prove lepton number non-conservation, setting the grounds for new physics beyond the Standard Model. The current and near-future large-scale searches for 0n2b do not include the nuclei chosen for the TINY project, due to the unavailability of an appropriate scalable detector technology for these candidates. Both 96Zr and 150Nd have the crucial advantage of very high transition energy for the 0n2b process, which would allow obtaining a higher sensitivity to the effective Majorana mass compared to other isotope candidates. Bolometric detectors with high energy resolution and active particle identification will be developed during the project execution. 96Zr will be embedded into ZrO2 crystals, measured with thermal sensors and coupled to auxiliary light detectors for active alpha particles rejection. 150Nd will be studied with magnetic NdGaO3 absorbers and athermal phonon sensors. Particle identification will be achieved via pulse shape discrimination. The first ever efficient measurement of a magnetic compound as a bolometer will open the way to new opportunities in low-temperature particle detection. The TINY pilot experiment, consisting of a-few-kg scale underground demonstrator, will be able to set the best limits worldwide on the 0n2b half-lives for both 96Zr and 150Nd isotopes. Very low background in the region of interest will be obtained thanks to high transition energy and alpha rejection. Not only will this project be competitive in the international context on a short time scale, but also it will open up new perspectives for ton-scale experiments that can surpass any existing technology in terms of sensitivity to the Majorana neutrino mass.

Keywords: neutrinoless double beta decay,neutrino nature,low temperature detectors
Value-Aware Artificial Intelligence (VALAWAI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Belgium,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call: Awareness Inside (HORIZON-EIC-2021-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2026-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3926432.51
EU funding (EUR): 3926432.26
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

By Value-Aware AI we mean AI that includes a component performing the same function as human moral consciousness, namely the capacity to acquire and maintain a value system, use this value system to decide whether certain actions are morally acceptable and be aware of the value systems of its users so as to understand the intent and motivation of their actions and to properly and correctly engage with them. The VALAWAI project will develop a toolbox to build Value-Aware AI resting on two pillars both grounded in science: An architecture for consciousness inspired by the Global Neuronal Workspace model developed on the basis of neurophysiological evidence and psychological data, and a foundational framework for moral decision-making based on psychology, social cognition and social brain science. The project will demonstrate the utility of Value-Aware AI in three application areas for which a moral dimension urgently needs to be included: (i) social media, where we see many negative side effects such as disinformation, polarisation, and the instigation of asocial and immoral behavior, (ii) social robots, which are designed to be helpful or influence human behavior in positive ways but potentially enable manipulation, deceit and harmful behavior, and (iii) medical protocols, where VALAWAI tries to ensure medical decision making is value aligned. The project contributes to the general goal of making EU-based AI more competitive by being more reliable, robust, ethically-guided, explainable and hence trustworthy. It does not make new proposals for guidelines and regulations (for which there is already considerable effort) but advances the state of the art in core AI technology so that ethics is embedded inside applications making them grounded in universal, European and personal values.

Keywords: awareness technology,values,moral judgment,norms,information integration,computational reflection,meta level representation,moral agency,moral cognition,intentionality attribution
High Altitude Carbon Capture (HACCing)

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

High-Hopes Labs (HHL) was founded in 2019 by Nadav Mansdorf and Eran Oren to address the problem of global warming through innovative carbon capture solutions. Since then, we have developed a unique Direct Air Carbon Capture (DACC) technology we call High Altitude Carbon Capture (HACCing). It is based on the fact that colder temperatures at higher altitudes make it easier to separate carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. To take advantage of this technology, HHL sends high-altitude platforms to regions where temperatures can plummet as low as -80°C (-112°F). In these extreme cold conditions, physics and chemistry-based methods for carbon capture work more efficiently, while the strong winds at high altitudes ensure a constant supply of CO2 for capture. We let nature's laws work for us. HACC operates the following four steps • Lifting unmanned balloons to a high altitude of 15 km • Take advantages of environmental conditions to freeze CO2 in the air • Separate and store high-concentration solid CO2 • CO2 brought down in pressure vessels for distribution/sale Once captured, part of this CO2 will be sold according to the demand, while the rest will be stored under high pressure. Our technology offers differential advantages: • Scalability: Our technology can be efficiently scaled to address large-scale carbon capture needs. • No geographical restrictions: It can be deployed in otherwise unused areas. • Energy Efficiency: It significantly reduces energy consumption, making it a promising avenue for combating climate change. This way, we will overcome the DACC's main adoption barrier: the high cost that makes it impossible to scale. We will be able to bring the costs down from <€150/ton in 2027 and reach €55/ton by 2030, meaning being five times more efficient than our most direct competitor that year. This fact will allow us to capture over a million tonnes of carbon annually in 5 years and scale up to remove billions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere

Keywords: direct air carbon capture dacc,high altitude co2 capture,carbon dioxide removal,greenhouse effect reverse,
Manufacturing quantum advantage via scalable germanium quantum processors (DISQO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: EIC Accelerator Open 2025 (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-02, 2025)
Start date: 2025-12-01
End date: 2027-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3571250.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499875.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Europe faces growing computational challenges that cannot be solved by classical computers, from drug discovery to materials science to cybersecurity. Quantum computing may address these challenges, but we must scale to millions of qubits while maintaining high performance - a goal that has eluded all current approaches. Groove Quantum has pioneered a revolutionary quantum computing platform using holes in germanium as qubits. Our breakthrough innovation combines the manufacturing scalability of classical semiconductors with quantum computational power. We have demonstrated world-leading performance including single-qubit fidelities exceeding 99.99%, two-qubit fidelities above 99.3%, and operation at higher temperatures than competing platforms. Most importantly, our technology has a path to scale to millions of qubits in a compact size using standard semiconductor manufacturing processes. We will complete development of our quantum computing platform for industrial deployment. We will optimize manufacturing processes for consistent high-performance qubits, implement these processes in semiconductor facilities, and begin commercial deployment through both cloud access and on-site systems. Our innovation will establish European leadership in quantum computing while strengthening semiconductor manufacturing capabilities and control of these strategic technologies. Groove’s success will transform multiple industries and provide Europe sovereign access to practical quantum computing capabilities critical for future competitiveness and security.

Keywords: quantum computing quantum technology fault tolerance qubits germanium spin qubits scalable fault tolerant quantum computing
Breaking the 2-dimensional sequencing barrier with ultra low-cost (<$10), fast 3D image-based sequencing (Theta128)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: EIC Accelerator Open 2025 (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-02, 2025)
Start date: 2025-08-01
End date: 2027-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3566421.26
EU funding (EUR): 2496494.88
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

A huge variety and depth of applications in healthcare, basic research, and data storage could be brought to the market by highly efficient, ultra-high-throughput and ubiquitously available low-cost and accurate DNA sequencing. State-of-the-art next generation sequencing (NGS) is still too low-capacity and too expensive, at ~€200/genome, to serve this vast potential market in healthcare, research, and drug discovery, already estimated at over €20B. Single Technologies’ 3D sequencing is an imaging-based, massively parallel sequencing system that uniquely employs a hydrogel layer on a cylindrical surface to embed and sequence in 3 dimensions, not only DNA fragments, but also barcode-labelled RNAs, proteins, single cells, or whole tissues. Rather than being restricted to a small 2D flow-cell surface or tissue sections manually placed onto a slide, as in competitors’ systems, sample embedded in the spinning cylinder (a toroid) is imaged via a parallel array of 128 or 256 detectors that sweep across the large area and depth of the hydrogel. Sequencing-by-synthesis proceeds at unprecedented throughput, due to extremely fast, high-resolution confocal imaging. The open fluidics and reusability of Single’s platform greatly lowers costs by eliminating the most expensive and restrictive part of state-of-art NGS: the flow-cell. We have demonstrated sequencing quality of Q30—a standard in the field—and have collaborations ongoing using Single’s platform with SciLifeLab at Karolinska Institute, the Genome Institute of Singapore, and other consortia. Pharma, healthcare providers and large national genomics projects have also shown keen interest in our technology as potential customers. Commercialisation will proceed in 3-steps: 1) a central data production site for early adopters, on instruments in-house, followed by 2) revenue per data subscription on rented/leased instruments placed externally, finally overtaken by 3) a growing instrument sales + consumables revenue stream.

Keywords: spatial biology,in situ sequencing,single molecule imaging,nanofluidics,genomics,barcoding
Novel precision fermentation process to produce animal-free bioidentical ovalbumin (Bioalbumen)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Finland
Call: Food from precision fermentation and algae (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-02, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3571427.14
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Eggs are critically important in the global food system due to functional and nutritional properties; yet the egg market and supply chains are in crisis due to cage-free requirements and avian flu. Onego Bio will make it possible to manufacture egg protein entirely animal-free. We developed a highly-scalable precision fermentation process using the patented Trichoderma reesei cellular-based production to produce animal-free ovalbumin. We produce bioidentical egg protein with cost parity and 87% lower CO2 emissions compared to traditional animal-derived eggs. Ovalbumin is the most important egg protein, responsible for the essential ingredient performance. This single protein ovalbumin can solve all current challenges in the egg market and supply chain. Our product, Bioalbumen provides the nutritional and functional upsides of egg protein, without the environmental, ethical and safety-related drawbacks. Our manufacturing method stabilises the food supply chain and increases food security.

Keywords: bioproducts,food technology,precision fermentation,egg protein