Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Data-driven Residential Energy Carrier-agnostic Demand Response Tools and Multi-value Services (DEDALUS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Efficient, sustainable and inclusive energy use
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Greece,Spain,Türkiye,Slovenia,Austria,Denmark,Belgium,Romania,Norway
Call: Demand response in energy-efficient residential buildings (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7359075.0
EU funding (EUR): 5999801.25
Participants: 23
Project status: SIGNED

DEDALUS will design, develop and demonstrate SSH-driven multi-value energy carrier-agnostic micro (home/apartment)-to macro(building & district-scale) participatory Demand Response (DR) ecosystem, aimed to: (a) facilitate and scale up residential energy consumers massive participation to DR; (b) adapt to a variety of different mono-carrier (electricity, heat) or multi-carrier synergetic scenarios (electricity vs heat and natural gas) at building/district scale, while strengthening social interactions within respective communities. To this aim, we will deploy: 1) a Social Science Framework for multi-dimensional incentives and nudging interventions tools; 2) AI-based individual/building/districts consumers clustering and segmentation algorithms; 3) Open APIs for DR-ready smart appliances; 4) Energy DataSpace adaptation for extended DR interoperability and privacy-preserving DLT/Blockchain Data Governance and flexibility coordination; 5) Digital Twins for consumers-aware DR flexibility planning; 6) Comfort-based flexibility models and tools for serviced apartments for elderly people; 7) flexibility management tools for building and physical/virtual districts energy communities, based on pre-aggregation and shared DR assets; 8) Optimal aggregation of flexible energy assets for district heating and decentralized power2heat 9) Business Sandbox with novel sharing economy social innovation-based business models. DEDALUS solutions will be validated by 5 Front Runners full-scale pilots and replicated by 2 Multipliers in 7 countries, deployed at the interplay of energy, and non-energy (comfort/healthcare, ageing, social innovation) sectors, and operated by different stakeholders (social housing operators, building operators, aggregators, energy communities, retailers/suppliers, DSOs/District Heating Network operators). Capacity building and blueprints will support policy makers and regulators to enable market take-up and EU-wide replication of residential DR.

Keywords: social science multi dimensional incentives,cross energy commodity residential buildings demand response,dr ready smart residential appliances,digital twins and data driven services for comfort based dr
Marseille and the (Im-)Mobilities of Black Maritime Workers in the African Mediterranean (MIBWAM)

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: France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 264693.6
EU funding (EUR): 264693.6
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

“Marseille and the (Im-)Mobilities of Black Maritime Workers in the African Mediterranean” (MIBWAM) is an interdisciplinary and intersectoral project dedicated to illuminating Africa’s place in the global history of labour, port cities, colonialism and world oceans. The objective of the research, under the supervision of Prof Xavier Daumalin (AMU/TELLEMe), is to uncover the intersections of docks and decks in the life of African maritime workers within the French empire, which subverts common narratives of early globalization as an age of borderless circulation. The results will greatly impact the international debate on global social history. Furthermore, from the vantage point of the (im-)mobilities of Black maritime workers in Marseille, the project conceptualizes a modern history of the “African Mediterranean” as a way of obtaining a more integrated view of the Mediterranean world. This cutting-edge interdisciplinary endeavour can greatly advance the crucial transregional reconceptualization of areas studies. Finally, MIBWAM seeks to engage a wide range of publics in reflection on the entanglements of Africa and the Mediterranean, which will both influence non-academic audiences and diversify my skills. To achieve these objectives, MIBWAM adheres to a multi-methodological approach including archival research, and includes a research blog devoted to citizen science and involving a variety of participants. An additional non-academic placement at MuCEM, a museum devoted to the Euro-Mediterranean world, is intended to revisit its representation of Africa, enriching its collections and databases destined to inform exhibitions. MIBWAM will thus foreground the neglected topic of Africa’s relevance to the Mediterranean region in both the academic and museum sectors. In accordance with the Horizon strategy, MIBWAM is committed to breaking new ground in interdisciplinary research and to helping forge an inclusive and historically aware European society.

Keywords: colonial africa,port cities,mediterranean,maritime labour,french imperialism
Synthesising a macroscopic quantum superposition of a nanotube (QTube)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Fundamental Constituents of Matter
Panel description: Particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2024-ADG, 2024)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2030-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2871796.0
EU funding (EUR): 2871796.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

One major quest in physics is to extend quantum superposition states from the microscopic to the macroscopic world. To achieve this, we need to explore innovative approaches for synthesizing macroscopic quantum superpositions of massive objects. While recent advancements have demonstrated quantum non-Gaussian states of motion in mechanical oscillators, the delocalization achieved has been only marginally larger than the zero-point motion. QTube aims to address this limitation by quantum delocalizing a nanotube mechanical resonator, an object composed of approximately 106 atoms, to a length scale greater than its diameter. QTube will tackle several key challenges with significant scientific impact: (i) developing a nanotube double quantum dot qubit with record-breaking coherence rate; (ii) detecting the mechanical vibrations of the nanotube in the quantum ground state using a quantum nondemolition approach with a superconducting resonator (iii) observing quantum jumps of phonons, an unprecedented milestone in quantum physics; (iv) demonstrating, for the first time, a double-well potential for nanomechanical vibrations, thereby entering an extreme regime in nonlinear mechanics; and (v) synthesizing a macroscopic quantum superposition of a nanotube. This macroscopic quantum superposition will be achieved by utilizing a novel squeezing protocol with the double-well potential to enhance the anti-squeezed quadrature without parametric drive and create Wigner negativity when the anti-squeezed quadrature is large. The double quantum dot qubit will certify the macroscopic quantum superposition state through Wigner tomography. If successful, QTube will extend the frontier of macroscopic quantum superposition states and unlock new possibilities in macroscopic quantum tunneling, precise quantum sensing of forces, and entanglement between mechanical systems.

Keywords: macroscopic quantum superposition,wigner tomography,condensed matter physics,electromechanical resonator,nanotube
Establishing European Production of Hydrogen from RenewAble energy and integration into an industrial environment (EPHYRA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Hydrogen
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: CLEANH2 (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: Greece,Germany,Spain,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Italy
Call: Integration of multi-MW electrolysers in industrial applications (HORIZON-JTI-CLEANH2-2022-2, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2028-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 24658777.0
EU funding (EUR): 17757002.5
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

EPHYRA will demonstrate the integration of a first-of-its-kind renewable hydrogen production facility at industrial scale in South-eastern Europe by employing an improved electrolysis technology, at a scale of 30 MW. The large-scale electrolysis will be integrated with industrial operations within MOH’s Corinth Refinery, one of the top refineries in Europe and the largest privately-owned industrial complex in Greece. It will be operated for at least 2 years under commercial conditions and will supply renewable hydrogen to the refinery’s processes and external end-users. The industrially integrated renewable hydrogen production will be developed around a circular economy, industrial symbiotic approach, as the electrolyser will be coupled with (i) renewable electricity production, (ii) renewable electricity storage, (iii) an innovative waste heat harvesting technology, (iv) water use environmental optimisation, (v) valorisation of produced oxygen in current MOH Refinery operations, (vi) a digital twin and (vii) a dedicated energy management system. EPHYRA will contribute to all electrolysis technology KPIs as detailed in Clean Hydrogen Partnership SRIA objectives. Therefore, the project will demonstrate its reliability for green hydrogen production at the lowest possible cost thus enabling the EU renewable hydrogen economy, industry decarbonisation and zero-emission fuels uptake. EPHYRA will be implemented by a strong consortium with robust research, innovation and industrial capabilities, able to successfully deliver the project within time, budget and detail objectives. The aim of EPHYRA is to enhance European synergies on the globally expanding hydrogen market and build a unique value proposition on industrial symbiotic renewable hydrogen production.

Keywords: green hydrogen,electrolysis,circular economy,industrial symbiosis,sria,clean hydrogen partnership
Smart Digital Solution for Field Development Planning Optimization (Smart_FDP)

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: Norway
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 226751.04
EU funding (EUR): 226751.04
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

To meet the world's energy demands specifically with “easy oil” reservoirs depleting, it is important to optimize production and field development planning (FDP). This will be even more pronounced in the years to come if pore space is to be used to store CO2 or hydrogen in large-scale decarbonized energy solutions. Traditional modeling practices are known for high computational demand, and workflows for optimizing management strategies tend to be manual due to the complexity of the models. In this project, the goal is to develop an advanced optimization procedure that will serve as a smart decision support tool, which can be used to choose the best field development plan while handling properly the technical, economic, and environmental constraints. This tool integrates automated simulation with artificial intelligence and metaheuristic algorithms in one self-adaptive optimization framework and will provide possibilities to deal with complex optimization tasks in the development and management of reservoirs under uncertainty. The expected outcomes of this project are a new generation of solutions that can enhance and optimize the recovery of hydrocarbons and can also be customized to address complex optimization issues in natural energy resource development, CO2 sequestration and in other disciplines. The project will be performed in three steps: i) digital formulation of FDP tasks under complex constraints, ii) development of a smart solution for FDP optimization and iii) user-friendly tool for decision-making. The multidisciplinary aspects of the project include simulation, optimization and data science. The researcher will combine his previous research experience within these areas and develop new skills to perform the project. The host institution will provide infrastructure and supervision of different aspects of the project by integrating the researcher in a strong team in reservoir modeling and optimization that also provides collaboration with industry.

Keywords: reservoir simulation,metaheuristic optimization,energy field development planning,artificial intelligence,enhanced oil recovery
Radar Classification Of Obstacles in Nature (RaCOON)

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: Sweden
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 222727.68
EU funding (EUR): 222727.68
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Forests cover more than 40% of Europe’s surface and are essential for biodiversity, provide fresh water, absorb carbon and prevent erosion. Yet they face detrimental effects of climate change, such as wildfires or outbreaks of the bark beetle. The field of robotics offers a pallet of tools to help manage and monitor forests, yet mainly by flying robots. Ground robots that could carry heavier equipment and last longer struggle in vegetation since their autonomy systems have been developed for obstacle-free scenarios (e.g., driving on roads). The research proposed here, “Radar Classification Of Obstacles in Nature (RaCOON)”, aims to enable the deployment of ground robots in forests by giving them the ability to decide which vegetation can be safely driven through. The applicant will deploy a new sensor modality, i.e. radar, and develop a novel sensor fusion system that will classify vegetation into the obstacle and non-obstacle categories. This additional information will allow ground robots to autonomously plan trajectories and navigate in vegetation. The problem will be approached first by exploring the possibilities of radars in a proof-of-concept experiment. Then, a forest robotic dataset will be recorded in various types of vegetation. The experience from the proof-of-concept experiment and the recorded data will motivate the design of the final sensor fusion system. The outcomes of RaCOON will be 1) dissemination of the new system and dataset to the research community and professional networks, 2) training of the applicant in the deployment of radars for mobile robots and 3) extending the applicant’s professional network and independent research capabilities, advancing him towards starting his own robust field robotics research group.

Keywords: mobile robot,radar,autonomous navigation,mapping,forestry,outdoor,sensor fusion
Classical and Semiclassical Aspects of Amplitudes (ClassicPlus)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Fundamental Constituents of Matter
Panel description: Particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2024-ADG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2030-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2491053.0
EU funding (EUR): 2491053.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Recently, an entirely new class of observable in quantum field theory has been discovered. These observables, which I discovered with my collaborators, make contact with the exciting physics of gravitational waves, and have been used to determine the state-of-the-art expression for the gravitational waveform emitted as two black holes scatter. Yet these observables, given in terms of scattering amplitudes, also lead to a number of major open questions: 1. How can we compute bound state gravitational waveforms from quantum field theory? 2. What is the infrared physics of the new observables? 3. The observables are quantum-mechanical at their heart. Can we use them to compute the Hawking radiation, for the first time, in full quantum field theory? Answers to these questions will transform our understanding of the quantum field theory of gravity.
Accelerated Discovery Nanobody Platform (ALADDIN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Spain,Portugal,Israel,Sweden,Greece
Call: EIC Pathfinder Open (HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3315441.33
EU funding (EUR): 3315441.25
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

Since the approval of the first monoclonal antibody (mAb) 30 years ago, therapeutic mAbs and Ab-derived molecules have come to dominate the biologics market. Currently, +100 Abs are in clinical use for different diseases, out of which +30 mAb target cancer. Despite the huge market potential, multiple and complex steps make the therapeutic Ab discovery process long, expensive, laborious, and inefficient. These steps include target identification, animal immunization, Ab selection and engineering, humanization and preclinical validation. All these are not integrated, costly, require large equipments and facilities, and are highly dependent on experimental animals (mostly mammals, including genetically modified mice), both for immunization and for preclinical validation of the therapeutic Ab candidates. ALADDIN project emerges to bring to the market a novel AcceLerAteD DIscovery Nanobody platform that will increase the efficiency of therapeutic Ab discovery and preclinical validation for human cancer by: 1) integrating selection and in vivo affinity maturation of Abs in bacterial cells holding an universal library of single domain Abs (nanobodies, Nbs) that fully eliminates animal inmunization; 2) using in silico Artificial Intelligent (AI) tools for structure-based epitope mapping, AI-guided affinity maturation, and Nb humanization; 3) developing cost-effective miniaturized microfluidic-based devices for in vitro Ab selection from bacterial cultures; 4) accelerating Ab validation with a fast non-mammalian in vivo model for preclinical testing based on patient-derived tumor xenografts in zebrafish larvae; 5) impacting target and Ab validation with dynamic mathematical models to extract clinical and efficacy data of the Ab candidates. These ambitious goals will be possible through the multidisciplinary ALADDIN consortium, formed by eight partners with complementary skills.

Keywords: antibody,affinity maturation,artificial intelligence,bacteria,cancer,humanization,mathematics,microfluidics,nanobody,zebrafish tumor model,
The (Mis)Perception of Economic Inequality: The Impact of Welfare State Institutions on Social Perception and Preference Formation (PERGAP)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Soci al World and Its Interactions
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, education  sciences , communication  studies
Countries involved: Germany,Spain
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2027-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1495528.0
EU funding (EUR): 1495528.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Aim: PERGAP aims to advance knowledge on the societal causes leading to the (mis)perception of economic inequality by developing new instruments for the assessment and comparison of the institutional structure of welfare states and investigating their impact on perception and justification processes–before, during, and potentially after the pandemic crisis and across different structural and cultural settings. Novel Contribution: PERGAP will create a unique country-comparative dataset on institutional disparities and expand knowledge of the (self-)legitimizing mechanisms of public institutions. Ultimately, it will lead to a comprehensive theoretical and empirical understanding of the impact of public institutions on social perceptions and preference formations, with implications for scientists and non-scientists alike. Conceptual Approach: Moving beyond classical distinctions of welfare regime typologies and uniting approaches from neo-institutionalist theory and empirical social justice research, I propose that social security systems provide distinct answers to the questions of ‘who gets what and why?’ and ‘who should get what and why?’ This ultimately shapes how citizens view and justify inequalities. Research Steps: (1) I will collect legal information on the ‘institutional imprints of social disparities’ in social security systems (i.e. healthcare, old age security, unemployment, minimum protection) across 50 European and non-European countries for three time points. (2) I will combine this information with country-comparative survey data to explore how institutional structures affect perceptions and justifications. Relevance: The rise of economic inequality in countries around the globe is causing societal and political concern. In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, these debates have taken on new significance. How individuals perceive and respond to inequalities varies between societies and social groups; yet its contextual causes are still underexplored.

Keywords: social perception,justice attitudes,public opinion,economic inequality,welfare state,social law,institutions,country comparative