Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Professionals and Parenthood in the Twenty-first Century (IDPSF)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 231283.2
EU funding (EUR): 231283.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project aims to contribute to a better understanding of work-life conflict and the negotiation of parenthood in professional service firms (PSFs) from a cross-national comparative perspective (France, Romania and the UK). These countries provide very different cultural and institutional settings and as work and parenting norms are culturally and institutionally shaped, conducting cross-national research will allow a more nuanced understanding of the complex interactions between the two. PSFs provide particularly rich settings to study work-life conflict due to the long working hours and client availability requirements. As knowledge-intensive firms, the value of PSFs is based primarily on their professional workers. Developing and keeping their human resources is therefore fundamentally important to PSFs in terms of competitiveness, productivity, professional integrity and reputation. In-depth interviews will be used to examine how professional identities and parenthood are embedded within organizational policies and practices shaped by national contexts. This research is innovative as it takes a holistic view of parenting and work-life conflict by adopting a multilevel approach and by focusing on parenthood rather than motherhood. This project is very timely as it addresses directly two key issues currently on the agenda of the EU and its member states: (1) the matter of gender diversity in economic leadership positions; and (2) the impact of parental leave on professionals’ careers, as well as reinsertion upon return. In addition, my project is highly relevant to the ERA as: (1) it is interdisciplinary, (2) it provides me with excellent training and international collaborations which will significantly advance my future career. Against the backdrop of globalization and economic recession, my research will contribute to making Europe a more competitive and more dynamic knowledge-based economy.

Keywords: professional service firms,identity,parenthood,motherhood,conflict,leadership,gender,work-life balance,career,family
Testing population hiatuses in the Late Pleistocene of Central Iberia: a geoarchaeological approach (HIATUS LPLEIS IBERIA)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF, 2013)
Start date: 2015-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 161968.8
EU funding (EUR): 161968.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Our project focuses on the Late Pleistocene human settlement of the central area of the Iberian Peninsula. Namely, it deals with the time span between the Late Middle Palaeolithic and the Solutrean (around 60,000 – 20,000 years before present). For years, it has been assumed that a population hiatus existed in Central Iberia from the Late Middle Palaeolithic to the final stages of the Solutrean. This has been traditionally explained as a consequence of the harsh ecological conditions of the area during the Last Glaciation. However, recent data coming from the South-East foothills of the Iberian Central Range (Northwest of Guadalajara province) have questioned this model. According to these new data, still scarce and preliminary, we have devised a project aimed to investigate the temporal and geographic extent of the purported Late Pleistocene human hiatus in Central Iberia. We intend to know the nature of this hiatus in terms of human-environment interaction. In order to do that, we propose to conduct new field and laboratory works on three palaeolithic sites located in Northwest Guadalajara. Our methodology will be interdisciplinary, including high-resolution geoarchaeology, lithic technology, and chronometric dating. Results will be discussed both at the Iberian and European levels. We will investigate if population dynamics in Iberia can be explained in terms of European human mobility in the context of global Late Pleistocene climate change. The host institution will be the Neanderthal Museum (Germany). Researchers from this institution are currently involved in an interdisciplinary collaborative research project aimed to study human-environment interaction at the European level. Thus, integration of the proposed project within this wider research framework will provide the applicant with an outstanding context for discussing data and proposing new models at a European scale. It will also provide him with an excellent interdisciplinary training.

Keywords: late pleistocene,iberian peninsula,spanish plateau,geoarchaeology,micromorphology,lithic technology,upper palaeolithic,middle palaeolithic,palaeolithic europe,population dynamics
Heat Propagation and Thermal Conductivity in Nanomaterials for Nanoscale Energy Management (HEATPRONANO)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-03-01
End date: 2016-02-29
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 166336.2
EU funding (EUR): 166336.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The importance of controlling and understanding energy and heat flow, non-equilibrium processes and fluctuations at small length scales is rapidly gaining attention. This emerging field of nanoscale energy management, starts to play a crucial role in many solid-state device applications and its solution is a condition sine qua non for the adoption of future nanoelectronic devices. The need for energy management arises from new challenges brought by the quest of continuous performance improvements of nanoelectronic devices. The enhancement of the integration density of these devices increases the electronic performance but as the commercial field-effect-transistor approach the 10 nm regime, the thermal management becomes a serious issue. The HeatProNano project aims to establish a comprehensive understanding and description of heat transport and local thermal conductivity at the nanoscale. Size-property relations will be studied considering the effects of surfaces and interfaces in order to elucidate the issues affecting power dissipation and allow a better design of future devices. To reach this goal, HeatProNano aims to measure, model, and exploit the transition from thermal equilibrium to local non-equilibrium and its impact for nanoscale energy management. The project will investigate the consequences of local non-equilibrium in structures with dimensions well below the mean free path of thermal phonons. The heat propagation and thermal conductivity on the nanoscale will be studied by a variety of experimental techniques considering long range transport over hundreds of micrometers down to beyond-state-of-the art resolution in the 10 nm-regime. Methods to achieve a controlled tailoring of the thermal conductivity on the nanoscale will be explored. The project therefore encompasses different materials (silicon, germanium, Si/Ge alloys, metal-oxides, and graphene) with strong relevance for existing ICT devices or high potential for future thermal management.

Keywords: heat transport in nanomaterials,local energy / temperature,tailoring of thermal conductivity,membranes,ultra-thin films,metal-oxides,graphene,nanoscale energy management.
'The Greek case' in the 'age of human rights': Reciprocal challenges and mutual effects of the Greek Colonels' dictatorship and the evolution of the international human rights regime (GRHR)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-06-16
End date: 2016-06-15
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 309235.2
EU funding (EUR): 309235.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

My proposed project examines the tragic development and resolution of Modern Greece’s most serious human rights crisis, which was perpetrated during the Greek Colonels’ dictatorial rule (1967-74). It presents the first, comprehensive, empirical analysis of that regime’s use of repression and state terrorism, and attempts to outline its legacy in terms of the consolidation of human rights and, specifically, the criminalisation of torture. The relevance of its impact on the institutionalisation of the human rights regime was recently reiterated by Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, who attested that: ‘The Greek case became a defining lesson for human rights policies in Europe’. The scholarly value of the proposed investigation is further enhanced thanks to its multi- and inter-disciplinary character, weaving together elements of history, international relations, politics and law. In addition, by exploring the ways in which the Greek case contributed to the subsequent emergence of human rights as integral to the language of democratic transition and European integration, it also addresses a number of interconnected phenomena, which are central to the EU’s fabric, including democratisation and enlargement. Given its Euro-centric nature, my proposed project would greatly benefit from a Marie Curie Incoming Fellowship, as it would allow me to devote myself to it uninterruptedly. It would also offer me the opportunity to share my experience in the study of human rights, which I gained at Yale University, mainly through the creation of Europe-wide clusters of cooperation in this exponentially expanding field. In summary, I strongly believe that in view of the ever-present significance of human rights in combination with the value of the Greek human rights predicament, this grant will prove to be of vital importance for the study of a phenomenon with an unwritten history with clear contemporary echoes.

Keywords: greek human rights crisis,institutionalisation of the international human rights regime,democracy and human rights,transitional justice
Delineating the Novel Mechanism of VPg Dependent Virus Translation Initiation (INITIATING NOROVIRUS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-09-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 231283.2
EU funding (EUR): 231283.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Norovirus, a member of the Caliciviridae family of small RNA viruses, is the major cause of viral gastroenteritis worldwide, often referred to as ‘winter vomiting disease’. Over a million people were infected with the virus last winter in the UK alone. Frequent outbreaks in hospitals and schools put increased pressure on healthcare services. Once thought of as a self limiting infection, norovirus has more recently been linked with higher mortality rates in older people as well as chronic infection and increased morbidity in immunocompromised patients such as those receiving chemotherapy. Despite being increasingly studied no treatments for control of norovirus infection are available. Noroviruses use a novel yet poorly understood mechanism for viral protein synthesis. This mechanism relies on the interaction of cellular factors with a virus-encoded protein called VPg, which is covalently linked to the viral RNA. Astroviruses, which also cause gastroenteritis, are thought to use a similar mechanism. Because this mode of translation is distinct from normal cellular protein synthesis it will provide targets for the development of new anti-viral therapies. This proposal plans to use a mammalian in vitro translation reconstitution system to delineate the mechanism of VPg-dependent translation initiation used by noroviruses and astroviruses. Highly purified mammalian translation factors and ribosomal subunits will be combined with viral RNA to recapitulate VPg-dependent translation initiation, identifying which factors are essential for this process. Once identified, specific interactions between VPg and cellular factors will be characterised in detail. The potential of developing anti-viral strategies, targeting these interactions, will then be examined. This proposal will reveal novel insights into a key stage in norovirus replication and provide the first detailed analysis of the VPg-dependent mechanism of astrovirus translation.

Keywords: norovirus,astrovirus,translation initiation,vpg,rna,in vitro reconstitution,eukaryotic initiation factor,inhibitor,anti-viral
Development of Iodonium Salts into a Versatile Class of Bioconjugation Reagents (IODONIUM-CLICK)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-03-01
End date: 2016-02-29
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 221606.4
EU funding (EUR): 221606.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal details a plan for the development of diaryliodonium salts as a versatile reagent class for bioconjugation (click) chemistry. Iodonium salts have a number of desirable properties: they are simple to make and stable to air and moisture, yet display a diverse array of reactivity patterns. If these reactivity patterns can be adapted to tolerate biologically relevant systems, then they would be a valuable addition to the bioconjugation compendium. This proposal outlines the first steps that will be taken to realize this goal through the achievement of three main objectives. The first objective is to design and synthesize a series of iodonium salts that contain a “clickable” handle to allow them to be derivatized with a biomolecule. The second objective involves the development of a Pd-catalyzed Heck reaction with these iodonium salts that is tolerant of biological functionality. The third objective is to display the utility of this new bioconjugation reaction. To that end, the bio-Heck reaction will be used in the synthesis of multifunctional protein nucleic acids for applications in multivalent display and pretargeted drug delivery. The proposal also calls for the collaboration with the Professor Jason Chin, with whom we will develop a method for site-selective protein modification using the bio-Heck reaction. This project is designed with the intention of facilitating international transfer of knowledge, both from the researcher to the Host, but also through the development of international scientific dialogue between the Host organization and researcher’s home country.

Keywords: synthetic methods,bioconjugation chemistry
Precisely Defined, Surface-Engineered Nanostructures via Crystallization-Driven Self-Assembly of Linear-Dendritic Block Copolymers (ANIM)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-05-01
End date: 2016-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 231283.2
EU funding (EUR): 231283.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Recent advances made in the field of crystallization-driven self-assembly (CDSA) of block copolymers (BCPs) with a crystallisable core-forming block in selective solvents have opened up exciting opportunities in the creation of well-defined nanostructures such as monodisperse cylinders with precisely controlled length. Herein, we propose to study linear-dendritic BCPs and to obtain new, well-defined materials with the dimensional precision provided by CDSA and also higher orders of complexity arising from surface functionalization with dendrimers. The overall objectives of this proposal are two-fold. First, to combine well-defined dendrons with crystallizable linear blocks such as metal-containing polyferrocenylsilane (PFS) and crystalline biodegradable organic blocks such as polycaprolactone (PCL) and polylactide (PLA) to yield linear-dendritic BCPs to further advance fundamental knowledge by studying their self-assembly behavior. Second, by combining CDSA and dendrimer science we intend to take a significant step toward the creation of precisely surface-engineered materials for potential applications in nanomedicine. The proposed research objectives will be accomplished by bringing a highly talented researcher, Dr. Nazemi, from Canada with his extensive experience in dendrimer synthesis and bionanomaterials to stay for 2 years in one of Europe’s highest ranked research laboratories, that of Professor Ian Manners at Bristol. This group is recognised as being among the world leaders in the fields of metallopolymers, BCP self-assembly, and in particular the use of CDSA. At the end of the 2 year stay Dr. Nazemi wishes to return to Canada to take up an academic position at a research-intensive University.

Keywords: block copolymer,dendron,crystallization-driven self-assembly,biodegradable,nanomedicine,diagnosis
Topological Methods for Intertheoretic Reduction in Physics (TMIRP)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-07-01
End date: 2017-12-12
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 161968.8
EU funding (EUR): 161968.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Philosophical accounts of reduction between two scientific theories have tended to focus on the relationships between the laws of the two theories, but the current received view of scientific theories considers them to be characterized instead by their collection of models, i.e., the solutions to those laws. The main goal of the proposed project is to develop a class of methodological tools from topology that will close the gap between formal accounts of reduction and scientific theories, advancing both the debate on intertheoretic reduction in philosophy of science and applying fruitfully and immediately to many pairs of physical theories, such as general relativity and Newtonian gravitation. This is helpful for physicists, who are interested, for example, in determining under what circumstances one can approximate or idealize a physical system of interest modeled in a complex theory by one in a simpler theory. It also clarifies the nature of correspondence limits between theories, which continue to be useful guides to the construction of new theories (e.g., of quantum gravity). These limits in turn will yield a storehouse of data with which to test philosophical accounts of reduction. Although much of the mathematics of these tools has been available for some time, they have received little attention in the physics and philosophy of science literatures. This is perhaps because they had not until recently received a satisfactory interpretation, which I have developed in my doctoral dissertation. Accordingly, few others have a knowledge base overlapping the appropriate mathematics, physics, and philosophy of science to transfer these new techniques successfully to my proposed host.

Keywords: reduction,semantic view of theories,structuralism,topology,limits,physics,relativity
Graphene bAsed switchabLe mAterials - towards responsive eleCTronICs : An Intra-European Fellowship for career development (GALACTIC)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-05-01
End date: 2016-08-20
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 194046.6
EU funding (EUR): 194046.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

GALACTIC will offer an extremely talented and promising young researcher, with a PhD in chemistry and an extraordinary track record, world-class training through research in the cross-disciplinary and supra-sectorial field of organo-graphene electronics. The proposed research lies at the interface between supramolecular chemistry, solid-state physics and electrical engineering in the exciting new domain of graphene nanomaterials science. The overall mission is to train the fellow to become an independent scientist as well as to prepare her for a leading position in academia or industry in Europe. The research in GALACTIC targets a fundamental breakthrough by chemically controlling the engineering of photochromic-graphene nanocomposites to enable the fabrication of graphene-based light-responsive nano-electronic devices featuring outstanding electrical performance. In order to do so, GALACTIC aims to make significant advances in graphene chemistry and organo-graphene hybrid materials and devices by: - Improving the yield of the liquid phase exfoliation of graphite to give high quality monolayer and few-layer graphene with yields of > 8wt%. - The opening of a light switchable band gap and the shifting of the Dirac point in graphene through non-covalent doping with photochromic molecules. - The investigation and fine-tuning of the light-switchable charge transport of these new photochrome-graphene hybrids and architectures. - The fabrication and testing of multifunctional organo-graphene devices utilizing these new photochrome-graphene nanohybrids and suitably functionalized photochromic SAM coated electrodes and dielectrics. Ultimately, GALACTIC aims to greatly surpass the current state-of-the-art in graphene chemistry by using self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) to develop graphene-based transistors that can be switched on and off through light irradiation at specific wavelengths.

Keywords: graphene chemistry,photochromic systems,self-assembled monolayers,multifunctional field-effect transistors,organic electronics