Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Development of sheep wool blocks to be used for greenhouse cultivation (Woolvation)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Climate action, environment,  resource efficiency and raw materials
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Boosting the potential of small businesses for eco-innovation and a sustainable supply of raw materials (H2020-SMEINST-1-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-04-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The main novelty of Woolvation project is the introduction of an eco-innovative cultivation block for vegetable production in greenhouses that is made from a natural raw material (sheep wool), and being 100% bio-degradable it will have no negative impact on the environment. The introduction of Woolvation blocks means an entirely new application for sheep wool, whose chain-of-use will become 100% sustainable, from farm to farm, or from farm to biogas. The overall Woolvation idea has the ambition to • Give sheep wool a new recovery potential, which will reduce wasted sheep wool to a minimum • Minimise the use of rockwool in greenhouses, which become a hazardous waste after use • Provide a new soil amending product (mixed with manure or pure) to farmers • Provide new feedstock (mixed with manure) for bio-gas plants To achieve that the aim of this Project is to study the feasibility of the Woolvation idea which will include a a)technical feasibility tests b)economic feasibility studies c)business plan

Keywords: sheep wool,greenhouse cultivation
Social Jet Lag: Avian Solutions to Misalignment between Circadian Clocks and Social Cues (Social Jet Lag)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2016-09-01
End date: 2019-05-01
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 177598.8
EU funding (EUR): 177598.8
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Organisms and their cells exhibit alternating phases of activity and inactivity that are regulated by internal ~24h (circadian) clocks. These clocks synchronize to natural fluctuations in day-light, but also likely respond to other factors including the activity of the social group. Here, we propose to investigate how individuals cope with misalignment between their circadian clock and social time (“social jet lag”) – a phenomenon studied in only few species (mainly humans and other mammals) and rarely tested in groups of more than two individuals. Specifically, we will investigate how groups achieve collective synchrony when their members have circadian clocks with different periods or entrained to different environmental cues. Multidisciplinary investigations (physiological, behavioural, and ecological) will be conducted on groups of Red Knots (Calidris canutus islandica) - the hosts’ well established avian model. The project will combine the applicant’s expertise in collecting and analysing extensive circadian datasets, the hosts’ experimental set up in the world’s only tidal aviaries, and the partner’s expertise on an array of circadian clock measurement tools, including a novel molecular method never experimentally applied in birds before. This unique investigation of social jet lag in a non-human social animal will have three main implications. First, it will test the applicability of a new method to quantify circadian clocks for avian research in general. Second, it will reveal how individuals cope with social jet lag and synchronize to the timing of their group – an important topic in the field of ‘time research’ which, according to the recent “foresight” study, is one of six fields of key importance for scientific and technological development. Third, it will help us understand whether and how individuals, in a particular social setting, cope with fast environmental changes of the kind increasingly generated by human modification of habitat.

Keywords: circadian clock,circadian oscillator,circatidal oscillator,shorebirds,social jet lag,social synchronization
Drug detection for personal protection (DrugStop)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure societies - protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: Critical infrastructure protection topic 7: SME instrument topic: Protection of Urban soft targets and critical infrastructures (H2020-SMEINST-1-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2015-11-01
End date: 2016-02-29
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Problem: Drug rape, and related crimes, performed after a victim has been intoxicated by a drug that has been added to the victims drink, is a growing problem and threat to EU citizens. It is estimated that app. 103.000 incidents occur annually in EU. Also the number of cases is increasing every year as the use of “drink spiking” to facilitate crimes is increasing in popularity. The Solution: D-management has developed a device, DrugStop, which is capable of detecting if drugs have been added to a drink. We have achieved this goal by combining advanced spectroscopic techniques with advanced data processing. By commercialization of this device we give people, and establishment owners, a reliable and efficient way they can defend themselves against this increasing threat. The Market: Market surveys have indicated that both individuals and owners of establishments are interested in a device that can detect if drugs are present in drinks. It is estimated that the total cost, in EU alone is 2.83 bill. € annually. We have identified an urgent need for a device that can prevent these kinds of crimes. Our device is marketed towards two classes of end-users, establishment (bars, pubs etc) owners and the individual user. For both markets there is currently no serious competitors that can offer the same kind of reliable and fast detection system as is the case for our device.

Keywords: drugrape,personal protection,drug detection
Dynamics of eco-evolutionary systems (EE-Dynamics)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Environmental Biology, Ecology and Evolution
Panel description: Ecology, biodiversity, environmental change, evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, microbial ecology, marine biology, ecophysiology, theoretical developments and modelling
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC Consolidator Grant (ERC-2017-COG, 2017)
Start date: 2018-10-01
End date: 2024-12-31
Duration (months): 75.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1990733.75
EU funding (EUR): 1990733.75
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Evolutionary and ecological processes can affect one another. For example, adaptation can affect population dynamics or species interactions in communities, and thus ecosystem functioning. Eco-evolutionary systems show periods of both stability and of sudden change, but the following general hypotheses for the causes of these complex dynamics are largely untested in natural settings. First, eco-evolutionary systems are thought to be governed by feedback loops, with positive feedback promoting rapid change and negative feedback stabilising dynamics. However, drivers with one-way effects likely also contribute, such as sudden environmental changes or mutations that do not interact with other genetic loci. Second, the capacity of meta-populations or communities to recover from disturbance (i.e., their resilience) can be affected by connectivity, with high connectivity making a system buffered and resilient to local change, but prone to system-wide change. Our understanding of how eco-evolutionary systems respond to environmental change will remain fundamentally limited until these hypotheses receive focused tests. This proposal outlines field-based, experimental, genomic, and model-based tests of these hypotheses, and also tests theories for the maintenance of genetic variation and the genetic basis of adaptation. The work uses meta-populations of Timema stick insects on different host plants and their associated arthropod communities. It tests how adaptation within species affects ecological dynamics across levels of biological organisation ranging from populations to ecosystems. It is novel via examining causal associations between ecology and evolution in nature, in light of theoretical predictions concerning feedback and connectivity. The results could help transform our understanding of complex systems in ecology, evolution, and beyond.

Keywords: ecology,evolution,genetics,adaptation
Temporal Adaptation and anticipation Mechanisms in Human-Robot interaction (TeAMH-Robot)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Global Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Australia,Italy
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2021-08-01
End date: 2023-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 171473.28
EU funding (EUR): 171473.28
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

In the near future, the advent of robots will change the role that artificial agents play in our life, as the interaction with them will not be limited to specialized and well-structured work environments. When interacting with artificial agents, humans often occur into the Out of The Loop phenomenon (OOTL), that is a difficulty to predict and prevent failures, probably due to a lack of transparency in artificial agents actions. The overarching aim of TeAMH-Robot is to develop a model of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) that will prevent the OOTL phenomenon when interacting with robots. To this end, TeAMH-Robot will use a novel approach to develop efficient HRI that combines cognitive neuroscience methods with real-time interactive tasks with a humanoid robot. Firstly, TeAMH-Robot will aim to understand how temporal adaptation and anticipation mechanisms allow humans to “stay in the loop” when mistakes occur. Then, TeAMH-Robot will use this knowledge to develop a human-inspired module for humanoid robots that ensure real-time coordination. Finally, TeAMH-Robot will test the efficiency of human-inspired behaviour in reducing the impact of the OOTL phenomenon. The outgoing phase will be hosted by the Western Sydney University (Australia), where the ER will (i) identify and (ii) model temporal adaptation and anticipation mechanisms that allow humans to predict, prevent and recover mistakes. The return phase will be hosted by the Italian Institute of Technology (Italy), where the ER will (iii) develop a module for humanoid robots that ensure real-time coordination and (iv) test its efficiency in reducing the OOTL by means of the acquired neurocognitive methods. TeAMH-Robot will increase ER’s expertise on social cognitive mechanisms and allow her to start her independency. Moreover, the fellowship will enable the ER to build an international and interdisciplinary network. The results of TeAMH-Robot have the potential to promote the exploitation of robots in everyday life.

Keywords: sensorimotor synchronization,human robot interaction,out of the loop phenomenon
Robust WIrelesS Caching for Mobile NEtworks (RISE) (RISE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2020-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 185857.2
EU funding (EUR): 185857.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

With the development of smart terminals and emerging new applications, current mobile infrastructure cannot gradually meet ever-increasing user requirements. A new generation of mobile networks is needed in near future. Wireless caching is one of the promising techniques. The main idea of wireless caching is to pre-store popular user data near end terminals. Thus, the request can be satisfied locally, rather than from remote servers. Then, the network throughput is improved and the response latency is reduced, especially for the multimedia transmission. Despite of great benefits, the applications of wireless caching to mobile networks still face many challenges, e.g., unreliable channels and caching nodes, complexity topology and security. In this project, we plan to study the coding techniques to address the challenges in wireless caching. In short, we will study coding techniques to improve reliability of transmission , node repairing, file consistent and security. Except the theoretical modeling and analysis, we will also implement codes in testbed. The detailed objectives are as follows. (1) performance limits and code design of consistent wireless caching networks.(2)coding for reliable data delivery and repairing with transmission errors.(3) performance limits and codes design for information security. The researcher has solid background in coding techniques while the host is strong in information theory, system design and performance analysis in wireless networks. The proposed topic is somehow the combination of these techniques. One of the most important outputs is the scientific dissemination, which will be achieved through the publications of our contributions in high-impact journals in the area of information theory, coding theory, and wireless networking. The researcher will also develop FPGA or SDR implementation for designed codecs and integrate them into KTH testbed. A two-month secondment to Ericsson Research is also planed for engineering training.

Keywords: wireless caching,information theory limits,coding,security
Magnetic DIagnostic Assay for neurodegenerative diseases (MADIA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Italy,Italy,Italy,Czechia,United Kingdom
Call: SSI - Smart System Integration (H2020-ICT-2016-1, 2016)
Start date: 2017-01-01
End date: 2020-03-31
Duration (months): 39.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3891062.0
EU funding (EUR): 3891062.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

MADIA aims at realizing a versatile and cheap diagnostic device based on magnetoresistive sensors, microfluidic device, ultra–small Magnetic Nanoparticles (MNPs) and advanced bio-chemical functionalization methods for the early and ultrasensitive. in vitro detection of biomarkers trustfully associated with 2 incurable neurodegenerative diseases: Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Parkinson Disease (PD). We plan to achieve sensitivities at least three orders of magnitude higher than best state-of-the-art values flexibility to operate for a wide range of concentrations. WHY: Neurodegenerative diseases (ND) are debilitating and largely untreatable conditions that are strongly linked with age. Amongst these disorders, the dementias are responsible for the greatest burden of disease, with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders affecting some 7 million people in Europe. The current costs of the order of €130 billion per annum to care for people with dementia across Europe highlight age-related neurodegenerative disease as one of the largest medical and societal challenges faced by our society. PD is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder worldwide after AD. WHAT: The operation principle behind the proposed tool embodies a Magnetic Sensor Assay approach and consists of recognizing the targeted core and downstream biomarkers obtained from body fluids (such as cerebrospinal fluid - CSF and blood) through their complexation with nano-magnetic labels (MNPs) followed by a highly sensitive magnetic detection at micro-scales. The specific recognition of the protein by the magnetic nanoparticles will be achieved and ensured via protein bonding to functionalizing groups grafted on the surface of the MNP. The complexes MNP-BM will be injected into microfluidics channels flowing in the close vicinity of magnetic sensors, bringing thus the MNP-BM to distances where the magnetic field of the MNP will trigger a quantitatively detectable sensor response.

Keywords: alzheimer s disease,parkinson disease,neurodegenerative diseases,magnetoresistive sensors,microfluidics
pREcise Fluids mEteRing EquipmEnt (REFEREE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Italy
Call: Small business innovation research for Transport (H2020-SMEINST-2-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2015-11-01
End date: 2017-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1467250.0
EU funding (EUR): 1027075.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

We are FLEXBIMEC International SRL, an Italian multinational company situated in the North of Italy, with 26 employees, 8.6M€ turnover, a customer base of 2,500 and a track record of over 40 years successfully providing measuring instruments for liquid metering and dispensing devices. We lead the Italian market, with over 35% market share, and are a relevant European and worldwide player, exporting over 55% of our production. REFEREE is a technology upon which we will build a brand new line of fluids metering & dispensing equipment conforming to European Directive 2014/32/EU, the Measuring Instruments Directive (MID), that will include a Proprietary Air Separation Subsystem. We will focus on Automotive (specifically electric and pneumatic pumps for non-fuel liquids), Industrial (mechanical industry of production of cylinders, cranes, gear reducers, vehicles and motors) and, alternatively, the Marine sector. We submitted our project to the Phase 1 SME Instrument last year and successfully obtained funding to perform a Feasibility Study in order to test our prototype and analysis the market constraints. Results obtained from our on-going development and feasibility analysis (see Section 4) makes us confident in achieving our goal of further increasing our sales by up to 60% in the EU and consolidating our international presence.

Keywords: fluids metering,measuring instruments,dispensing,2014
BODIes of CONtact: Identity negotiations and biocultural effects in the Roman colonies of Macedonia, Greece (BODICON)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2021-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 187572.48
EU funding (EUR): 187572.48
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

BODICON examines processes of identity negotiations under colonial regimes by investigating the biocultural effects of conquest and colonisation of the Roman Empire. Representing a new generation of contact studies, the aim is to expand upon traditional elite/non-elite dichotomies or the focus on the health of conquered peoples toward how political transformations are incorporated by the human body of both the colonized and the colonizers. The research focuses on Roman Macedonia (Greece) and explores variable effects of colonisation by analyzing skeletal remains and burial patterns from the colony of Dion, the sacred city and pilgrimage site of ancient Macedonians. To achieve this aim, BODICON adopts for the first time a novel, multifaceted and holistic approach that combines bioarchaeology and current, sophisticated theoretical reflection on culture contact and admixture of populations with cutting-edge interdisciplinary techniques and methodological innovations from other scientific fields (paleodietary reconstruction, biodistance analysis, radiochronology). The Fellowship will offer to the Experienced Researcher (ER) the opportunity to acquire advanced intellectual and technical training and new skills in these fields and reach the research objectives. At the same time, the Fellowship is the timely opportunity for the ER to re-establish her career after a prolonged break and the ideal next step in order to re-enforce her research position. Finally, the creation of interdisciplinary networks as well as the dissemination and communication of the results to the scientific community and the broader public will first, contribute to the global understanding of the formation of modern national identities and second, explore the way historical data are used in contemporary political debates.

Keywords: romanisation,colonisation,contact,mortuary theory,burial customs,social status,necropolis,radiochronology,bioarchaeology,paleopathology,health,diet,biodistance,macedonia,greece
Uncover and promote tolerance to temperature and water stress in Camelina sativa (UNTWIST)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Sustainable agriculture and forestry
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Austria,Spain,Spain,France,France,United Kingdom
Call: Agri-Aqua Labs (H2020-SFS-2019-2, 2019)
Start date: 2020-09-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4998375.0
EU funding (EUR): 4998375.0
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

European agriculture is increasingly challenged by climatic variability and weather extremes causing drought and temperature stress to crops that are very often highly sensitive to abiotic stress conditions, resulting in low productivity and yield loss. Camelina sativa is a reemerging native European oilseed that has retained its natural stress tolerance and receives attention because of its untapped breeding potential, adaptability, yield stability and high performance in variable environments. UNTWIST will unravel the stress response mechanisms of the climate-resilient crop Camelina and reveal its successful stress adaptation strategies for implementing them in new agronomic solutions. UNTWIST brings together a unique consortium with complementary expertise in stress mechanisms, (epi)genetic regulation, physiology, metabolism, crop modelling, and crop management to drive biological discovery. Stakeholder expertise by three SMEs will allow smooth knowledge transfer into crop improvement and new management strategies. UNTWIST will use genetically diverse Camelina cultivars in open field and stress-controlled experiments together with sophisticated systems-based approaches to uncover the plant’s adaptive multi-layered stress response mechanisms. Complex data integration will provide genome scale models revealing plant strategies for managing uncertainty and a validated accurate model to predict crop performance in variable environments. Moreover, UNTWIST will deliver new tools and markers for effective translation into other crops. Finally, UNTWIST will meet the climate challenge in agriculture by providing elite-adapted Camelina germplasm and developing agronomic management practices for ready adoption by farmers into new climate resistant cropping systems.

Keywords: stress tolerance mechanisms,metabolism,molecular biology,systems biology