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DEpicT-Unlocking the Potential of Lithium Niobate PICs (RAPID PHOTONICS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2450000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2450000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Lithium niobate (LN), has found applications in high-speed optical communications and radio-frequency filtering. Since 2017, LN has been available as a thin film on wafers called Thin Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN). This has inspired researchers to develop photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) in TFLN. TFLN PIC platforms offer substantially improved functionalities at a wide range of wavelengths (from visible to mid-infrared). This includes ultra-high-speed electro-optic modulators (>100 GHz) with very low operating voltages and low power consumption, fast optical switches, fast-tunable lasers, etc. Although these functionalities will benefit a broad range of applications, the use of TFLN PIC platforms has remained restricted to academic circles because it is not silicon (Si)-compatible and cannot be produced on a large scale. Rapid Photonics aims to address these challenges using its proprietary TFLN PIC manufacturing technology: DEpicT. DEpicT is 100% Si-compatible and can be scaled up infinitely using any existing fabs. In addition, DEpicT reduces the lead time to market for PIC wafers to 2-4 weeks (from 6-12 months) while delivering a high yield. Additionally, TFLN is not cleanroom compatible and needs further processing for it to be compatible with a PIC fabrication facility, while our coating makes TFLN compatible with existing PIC fabrication facilities without any additional steps. Thus, Rapid Photonics will emerge as an alternative to drive innovation in the long run in the telecom and datacom industries.

Keywords: photonic integrated circuit pic,thin film lithium niobate tfln,silicon compatible,large scale production
Rethinking Affective Game Epistemologies (RAGE): Investigating how knowledge is produced and put to use in affective gaming (RAGE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-05-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 230774.4
EU funding (EUR): 230774.4
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Affective gaming - or gameplay that is influenced by a player's emotional state - is a research domain at the intersection of HCI and affective computing; yet the field has stagnated over the years since its inception back in the early 1980s. In RAGE, I will revitalize the field of affective gaming by addressing foundational epistemic problems that are contributing to this stagnation. RAGE’s research objectives tackle explicating unclear and hidden assumptions and value sets in this space, and the practical tensions that exist in terms of implementation. I analyze the field through both a theoretical lens in the first year, and moving to a practical implementation of affective games in the second. In this project, I will transfer my knowledge in designing and creating affective games for the implementation aspects of RAGE while Prof. Elisa Mekler (ITU Copenhagen, Denmark) will support the theory aspects. With this fundamentally interdisciplinary project, I will collaborate with and connect many research groups and labs at ITU from different disciplines, including the Center for Digital Play, the Affective Interactions and Relations (AIR) lab, and the Interaction design (IxD) lab. Collaboration within this interdisciplinary team and broadening my research portfolio to include theoretical and critical research will allow me to shape a research vision and establish myself as a key researcher of affective gaming within the EU, in service of my eventual goal to lead my own research group within the EU.

Keywords: affective gaming,emotion,hci,theory
Information flow in developmental cell fate patterning (InfoFate)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Cell Biology, Development, Stem Cells and R egeneration
Panel description: For all organisms : Structure and function of the cell, cell -cell communication, embryogenesis, tissue differentiation, organogenesis, growth, development, evolution of development, organoids, stem cells, regeneration, therapeutic approaches
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2027-01-01
End date: 2031-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1498051.0
EU funding (EUR): 1498051.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Embryonic development relies on the ability of multi-cellular systems to collectively coordinate the establishment of precise spatial patterns of cell fates. An inevitable obstacle to such coordination is intrinsic noise at the single-cell level, which constrains the amount of information accessible to cells for fate decisions. While such information was often considered to be encoded in overall concentrations of extracellular signals, it is becoming increasingly clear that cells use a much broader set of inputs to make decisions. In this project, we will develop a new data-driven theoretical framework of developmental patterning to quantify, characterize and predict how cells generate and process four types of information: dynamical signals, neighborhood interactions, tissue heterogeneity, and mechanical information. We will establish a novel theoretical methodology by uniting computational tissue models that account for single-cell noise with information theory to bridge the scales and relate mechano-chemical inputs to cell fate decisions. We will develop this approach in direct connection with spatio-temporal imaging experiments in two model systems. First, we will determine how regulatory interactions in 2D human gastruloids generate information encoded in complex signaling dynamics, and how single cells can use this information to decide their fate. Second, we will reveal how signaling and mechanics interplay to establish mechano-chemical information in intestinal organoids, driving simultaneous fate patterning and tissue morphogenesis. This project will uncover how cell-cell interactions establish self-organized spatial patterns that relay information accessible to single cells to reliably instruct cell fate decisions, and give insight into the fundamental constraints under which developmental systems operate.

Keywords: information theory
Biobased adhesives for sustainable wood-based boards (SUSBOARD)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Circular Bio-based Europe
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: CBE (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Portugal,Türkiye
Call: Innovative bio-based adhesives and binders for circular products meeting market requirements (HORIZON-JU-CBE-2024, 2024)
Start date: 2025-06-01
End date: 2029-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9062198.75
EU funding (EUR): 6904063.25
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

The production of wood-based materials is an important industrial sector in the EU: approx. 40 million m³ particleboards (PB) and 20 million m³ medium density fiberboards (MDF) are produced in Europe every year, utilizing about 5 million tonnes of fossil-based adhesives.To reduce the climate impact of these products, the substitution of fossil-based chemicals in these adhesives is necessary. Moreover, most of the currently used adhesives contain formaldehyde, which is a cancerogenic substance. In SUSBOARD, partners along the whole value chain from renewable resources to furniture come together to bring a 100% bio-based, formaldehyde-free, technically and economically viable adhesive close to market. In the previous RIA project SusBind, an adhesive based on over 80% of renewable material was developed and demonstrated to function in high-quality boards. SUSBOARD will substitute the fossil-based component of this adhesive system with bio-based polylysine, thereby delivering a 100% bio-based solution. This new adhesive system showed very promising results during preliminary testing, where it surpassed the SusBind adhesive in terms of strength development. The adhesive production will be scaled to multi ton-scale and the adhesive will be tested in two different applications, the production of PB and MDF. The SUSBOARD consortium will validate the technical and quality-related performance of the adhesive in industrial board production as well as the board quality for further processing and furniture production. The whole project will be accompanied by an SSbD analysis to ensure sustainability and demonstrate the lower impact of the new adhesive on the environment (up to 30% lower CO2 footprint) and human health. The developed adhesive will be the first cost-competitive, sustainable and completely bio-based adhesive for industrial wood board production. The project partners are therefore leading the way to more sustainable, fossil-free furniture production.

Keywords: biobased adhesive,particleboard,mdf,scaling,industrial trial,ssbd,carbohydrate feedstock,formaldehyde free,furniture,wood board industry
Innovative Biowaste Valorisation: Advancing Biomass Recycling through Technology and AI (CIRCULAR FUELS)

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: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,United Kingdom,Italy
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 503147.14
EU funding (EUR): 455910.0
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

The project CIRCULAR-FUEL is an integrated 4-year program focused on knowledge transfer and networking among seven partners. These include one Spanish university, the University of Sevilla (UoS); two Spanish companies, GREENE ENTERPRISE S.L (GreenE). and Vortico; one Italian university, the Polytechnic University of Milan (PoliMi); one German university, the University of Hohenheim (UHOH); one UK university, the Queen’s University Belfast (QUB); and one UK company, GreenX Technology Ltd (GreenX). The project will directly address biomass utilization challenges by researching and developing innovative approaches for sorting and recycling biowaste into value-added chemicals and materials through several pathways. This effort will subsequently expand to encompass a wider range of biomass species by incorporating process simulation and machine learning.

Keywords: biowaste valorisation,circular economy,advanced catalysis,process efficiency,machine learning for sustainability
Building Integrated Thermoelectric System (BITES): An environmentally friendly approach for self-heating and cooling in buildings (BITES)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-08-01
End date: 2027-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 209914.56
EU funding (EUR): 209914.56
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Advancements in technologies for progressing decarbonization through clean energy production have recently captured global attention. Capturing thermal energy from the environment and converting it into electricity will support a low carbon dioxide economy. To ensure the sustainable development of reliable and affordable energy across the world, new trends and advancements are necessary for clean energy production and storage systems. High energy consumption by buildings makes a large contribution to the worldwide energy crises. This proposed project mainly aims to make use of thermoelectric technology to reduce energy consumption in buildings by exploring various possibilities of thermoelectric device designs, modelling studies and hybrid PV-TE systems for development of smart building, and address concerns regarding current systems. The plan is to make use of thermoelectric technologies in the building structure for air conditioning, heating and ventilation systems and supports green and sustainable energy policies across the world. It is difficult to achieve all targets (such as excellent performance, good stability, environmental safety and economic feasibility) during the building-integrated thermoelectric study in a well-defined period. However, any fruitful outcome can be helpful to the living world and climate.

Keywords: thermoelectrics,building structure,heating cooling and ventilation,solar thermoelectric technologies,module designs,modelling studies
Exchange and Creativity in Bavarian Missals, c.900-1200. (MisBav)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Poland
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-03-01
End date: 2028-02-29
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 163166.16
EU funding (EUR): 163166.16
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

MisBav intends to offer new insight into the connections and networks that made up medieval Western Europe, deploying a neglected source, the missal. Missals were found in every city, monastery and parish, because they were needed to celebrate the Mass, a ritual which played a crucial role in the relationships that made up medieval society. Each mass has a distinctive subject, which can vary hugely, and new masses were continually composed in the Middle Ages, to respond to historical events, but also to celebrate and solidify bonds. These new masses represent an entirely neglected creative output of the period. The manuscripts of missals themselves were also constantly updated and exchanged. This is not therefore the sterile tradition that it might appear, but rather a vibrant product of collaboration across cultural and political boundaries. But these sources remain largely inaccessible, and are rarely used outside of disciplinary siloes. This project will bring these sources to innovative use, deploying them to demonstrate relations of medieval institutions with each other. The specific subject is the missals made in Bavaria, a cultural crossroads of medieval Europe. Strongly culturally linked to Italy from its time as an independent state, Bavaria was brought into the Carolingian Empire and became a key participant of cultural and religious movements that spanned into France. It was also the source for the Christianisation of the kingdoms of Central and Eastern Europe. All of these left indelible marks on Bavaria's missals. The project thus aims to reconstruct the specific traits of missals made in Bavaria between 900 and 1200, and use these to track and demonstrate the cultural and intellectual exchanges that made this area part of a broader medieval Europe. It will develop new digital tools to enable research into missals more broadly. It will show how missals are a crucial witness to the dynamism and connectedness of medieval culture.

Keywords: manuscripts,liturgy,ritual,palaeography,digital humanities
AI-based software for digital drug testing (EYESCANNER)

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 (HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-04-01
End date: 2025-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3509678.75
EU funding (EUR): 2456775.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Drug consumption is rising worldwide. In Europe, alcohol and other narcotic drugs cause 30% of all road deaths, 25% of all fatal workplace accidents, and >54% of all e-scooter accidents. We believe that most of these accidents could be prevented using the right tools. To this aim, we have developed Eyescanner, a revolutionary AI-based software that detects the influence of alcohol and other drugs through image analysis of eye area. Eyescanner is a versatile digital tool that can use existing tech infrastructure: smart phones, integrated into cars, hospital equipment, etc. Our solution offers a drug test for environments where drug testing was not possible (cars, e-scooter apps) and a better alternative to currently used methods (law enforcement, corporate, healthcare). We now seek EIC support to finalize Eyescanner development and demonstrate its application on different scenarios. We will partner with industry leaders to transform Eyescanner into the digital drug testing global leader

Keywords: digital drug testing,eye tracking,machine learning
Motor cognitive reserve test to predict neurodegeneration (MCR test)

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): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2450000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2450000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

With the growing elderly population, the prevalence of neurodegenerative disease (NDD) is continuously increasing. Currently, there is no cure for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, the two most common NDDs. Ongoing clinical trials with new therapies are focused on slowing down the rate of disease progression. To facilitate these studies and enable physicians to better manage patients with NDD, there is an urgent need for accurate and affordable NDD screening tools, which is vital for early diagnosis and early clinical intervention. GoldenGait has developed a unique, dynamic solution for the detection of individuals at risk for developing NDD, by measuring motor-cognitive reserve, or MCR. Brain reserve is the supply of a physiologic function, beyond what is ordinarily used, which may be utilized in highly demanding situations. With aging and neurodegeneration, reserve typically declines. With the MCR test, it is for the first time possible to detect subtle alterations in function, years before disease is currently recognized. The test evaluates performance during motor and cognitive tasks in a virtual simulation, combined with the physiologic function data captured from patients. The MCR algorithm has been validated against hundreds of participants. The test can be broadly used, it is fairly inexpensive and has a low patient and clinician burden. As a final product, the test will be embedded in the GaitBetter training platform, previously successfully launched by GoldenGait, which uses virtual reality simulations on treadmills for gait rehabilitation and fall prevention. The project will accelerate the clinical validation of the MCR system, the implementation of regulatory and go-to-market strategies, and scale-up capacity building, on the EUR 55 billion NDD market. The MCR test could drastically advance the way brain pathology is studied, monitored and managed, ultimately offering patients new opportunities for improved intervention, and better quality of life.

Keywords: neurodegenerative diseases,risk prediction,motor cognitive reserve,alzheimer s,parkinson s
Polluting Steamships: Technology and Environment in the European Maritime World (1830s-1920s) (PollSTEAM)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Greece,United Kingdom
Call: ERA Fellowships (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-02, 2023)
Start date: 2025-05-01
End date: 2027-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 169326.72
EU funding (EUR): 169326.72
Participants: 2
Project status: TERMINATED

The impact of technological advance on the environment has become an essential topic in academic research and contemporary discourse. The maritime transport industry has attracted plenty of attention, yet, the link between technological innovation in shipping and the rise of environmental and health-related issues among its workers is still largely unexplored in historical terms. PollSTEAM proposes an innovative approach to maritime studies by adopting an environmental perspective on the transition from sail to steam in shipping since the mid-19th century. Rethinking technological change in terms of environment and labour will reframe and readdress a recent research object of maritime history from an original angle, sensitive to contemporary environmentalist and healthcare solicitations. PollSTEAM’s objective is to examine how the advent of steam shipping altered European maritime societies from an environmental perspective. Two specific research subjects will be targeted: waterfronts and seafarers in Genoa and Liverpool between 1830s and 1920. Firstly, I will analyse how the adoption of steam technology affected the natural and anthropic environment of port cities, especially on the changing relationship between port and city, where a constant detachment is observed. Port cities were materially transformed by the increasing presence of steamships, not only in terms of space but also of environmental impact. I will investigate how the city-port relationships were modified, especially the role of institutions, public opinion and urban society. Secondly, steamships are regarded as working environments. I intend to trace the emergence of environmentalist and health-related discourses among seafarers and to assess steam pollution’s health impact on them, which can be confronted with data on mortality and morbidity in the age of sail to reconceptualise with medical data the notion of steamships as deadly workplaces.

Keywords: maritime history environmental history coal pollution steamships port cities transition from sail to steam maritime labour mediterranean sea medical history urban history