Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
CLOUD Initial Training Network (CLOUD TRAIN) (CLOUD-TRAIN)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany,Switzerland,Switzerland,Finland,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Germany,Austria,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3771697.39
EU funding (EUR): 3771697.39
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of “CLOUD-TRAIN” is to establish a multi-site network of Early Stage Researchers (here predominantly PhD students) and Experienced Researchers at 10 partner institutions across Europe. The role of aerosol nucleation for atmospheric CCN levels, clouds and climate is investigated. The influence of various vapours and ions for aerosol nucleation, growth and cloud processes is studied to significantly improve our understanding of natural and anthropogenic climate forcing as well as feedback mechanisms. The major focus of the network will be three sets of common experiments on ternary nucleation (ion-induced and neutral) and ion-aerosol-cloud interaction carried out at CERN to which all trainees contribute. These experiments are conducted at the newly established unique aerosol chamber “CLOUD” that is exposed to a CERN ionizing particle beam where the effects of cosmic rays on aerosol and clouds can be efficiently simulated. At the CLOUD chamber nucleation experiments are performed at an unprecedented level of precision and completeness using highly innovative instrumentation. A comprehensive high quality training programme is set up for the fellows. Additional to the experiments at CERN, they are brought together for network training events such as annual summer schools and workshops for integral data analysis. Courses by world leading experts are taught spanning from general aerosol chemistry and physics to specialized sessions. The summer schools and workshops are specifically tailored to the needs of the trainees and are scheduled in addition to the national PhD programmes of their hosting institutions. Comprehensive transferable skills training is included (e.g. scientific writing, presenting talks, interaction with the media, entrepreneurship, IPR, management). Five network partners are from the private sector (2 full, 3 assoc.). Secondments are planned for each fellow to broaden the experience and to include exposure to another sector.

Keywords: aerosols (climate change),atmospheric physics (climate change),atmospheric chemistry,ion-induced nucleation,ternary nucleation,cosmic rays,ions,clouds,cloud activation,aerosol chamber
ADVANCED TOOLS FOR EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT AND BIOMONITORING (A-TEAM)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Belgium,Netherlands,Belgium,Sweden,Norway,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4246566.83
EU funding (EUR): 4246566.83
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

A-TEAM is a major co-ordinated supradisciplinary study. It seeks to develop understanding of a variety of aspects related to external and internal exposure to selected chemicals using a single, well-characterised human cohort (the “A-TEAM”). Its overriding hypothesis is that current approaches used to monitor human exposure to consumer chemicals can be substantially improved by filling gaps in scientific data and understanding upon which current practices are founded. A-TEAM’s main research goal is to further understanding of how and to what extent consumer chemicals enter humans, and of how we can best monitor the presence of such chemicals in our indoor environment, diet, and bodies. Our vision is that such enhanced understanding of the underpinning science will lead to more effective approaches to monitoring human exposure to chemicals within Europe, thereby improving assessment of risk associated both with recent and current-use consumer chemicals, as well as those under development, and leading ultimately to more sustainable approaches to the use of chemicals. Our principal objectives are to provide robust scientific information that will allow better understanding of: (1) how we can identify at an early stage, chemicals likely to accumulate in Europeans; (2) how to monitor chemicals in our external environment in a way that best reflects what accumulates in the body; (3) the relative importance of different exposure pathways to overall exposure for selected consumer chemicals of toxicological concern; (4) how contact with chemicals in our external environment translates into their presence in our bodies and how best to monitor this presence As well as contributing significantly to scientific knowledge; A-TEAM contributes substantially towards the training and development of the next generation of researchers thereby facilitating future advances in knowledge well beyond the lifetime of the ITN.

Keywords: exposure assessment,biomonitoring,consumer chemicals
Training network for developing innovative (bio)artificial devices for treatment of kidney and liver disease (BIOART)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Netherlands,France,Netherlands,France,Italy,Germany,Italy,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN, 2012)
Start date: 2012-12-01
End date: 2016-11-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3792616.0
EU funding (EUR): 3792616.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Renal and liver diseases are global public health problems, with the incidences of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and end-stage liver disease (ESLD) rising annually. Due to the lack of donor kidneys, most of ESRD patients depend on dialysis treatment using either an artificial kidney or the peritoneal membrane. Both modes are inefficient in removing uremic waste molecules and inadequately remove excess body fluids, potassium and phosphate contributing significantly to severe patient health problems, poor life quality and high mortality (15-20% per year). The impairment of liver functions has also serious implications and it is responsible for high rates of patient morbidity and mortality. Presently, liver transplantation remains the treatment of choice for ESLD patients but it is limited by both the high costs and severe shortage of donor organs. BIOART ITN will provide state-of-the-art multidisciplinary training for a cohort of 16 young researchers in order to equip them with the skills required to make a significant impact in the treatment of kidney and liver diseases. For this, BIOART ITN will develop: - A prototype artificial kidney devices enabling prolonged / continuous removal of uremic toxins - A prototype bioartificial kidney device that utilizes human renal epithelial cells for removal of uremic toxins. - Prototype bioreactor devices to ensure viability and functions of hepatocyte cells. In fact, BIOART ITN will provide the European Union with specific multidisciplinary expertise in the area of (bio)artificial organs for treatment of kidney and liver diseases. This will be achieved through the training of highly educated researchers able to understand and eventually to manage all scientific, industrial and clinical aspects of these (bio)artificial organs. Fourteen individual RTD Projects will be performed and thirty five scientific training courses will be offered by the host organizations to the recruited young researchers. During four years, the re

Keywords: l701 medical engineering and technology,g314 medical engineering and technology
The Higgs quest - exploring electroweak symmetry breaking at the LHC (HIGGSTOOLS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,France,Germany,Italy,Switzerland,Netherlands,Poland,Greece,Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN, 2012)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3738154.19
EU funding (EUR): 3738154.19
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The main goal of the project is to provide excellent initial training to young researchers in the field of high energy particle physics, paving the road for new discoveries about the fundamental nature of the Universe at a time when new discoveries are expected, and when the new Standard Model of Particle Physics is going to be forged. The research goal of HiggsTools is the investigation of electroweak symmetry breaking. This question lies at the very frontier of knowledge of theoretical particle physics and phenomenology and, in fact, the primary goal of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN is to unveil the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking. During the period of the network it is certain that the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking will be further decoded and that the theoretical ideas that date back to 1964 will either be confirmed or supplemented through the discovery of new additional particles that contribute to it. The experiments at the LHC have already made an impressive step forward in answering this question, by discovering a particle that is looking more and more like a Higgs boson. It remains an open question, however, whether this is the Higgs boson of the Standard Model of particle physics, or possibly the lightest of several bosons predicted in some theories that go beyond the Standard Model. Finding the answer to this question will take time. The outcome of the Higgs studies at the LHC will either carve our present understanding of electroweak interactions in stone or will be the beginning of a theoretical revolution. We will therefore create a cohort of 21 early-stage researchers (ESR) who will all be in the network for the same 36 month period and therefore be able to obtain the full benefit from the training provided by the network. We request 500 person-months for early-stage researchers (ESR) in accordance with the rules of the People FP7 Programme. The remaining 256 person-months will be funded from local sources.

Keywords: physical sciences,physics,quantum field theory,mathematical physics,particle physics,high energy physics,large hadron collider,electroweak symmetry breaking
EU-Belarus-Russia Network in Nanomaterials-Driven Anti-Cancer Gene Therapy (NANOGENE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Poland,Spain,France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 387600.0
EU funding (EUR): 387600.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

Dendrimers are a new class of nanomaterials. They are monodisperse, stable, and are characterized by relatively low viscosity at high molecular mass and numerous end groups that can be ionized, which means that they can efficiently bind a large amount of genetic material and deliver it to ill organs and tissues (gene therapy). The partners of project from EU countries organized European research network in the field of dendrimers. They collaborate in the frames of EU Framework 7 Programme supported grants and initiatives: COST, MNT ERA NET 2007, ERA NET EuroNanoMed 2010. Belarus and Russia partners started to collaborate in the field of multifunctional dendrimer/carbon nanotubes as gene carriers on the basis of bilateral collaboration grant. Present project is devoted to combining of these two independent networks in one EU-Belarus-Russia platform in the field of nanomaterials for biomedical applications. The main objective of NANOGENE project is to provide the tight collaboration of six institutions from European Union, Russia and Belarus in the field of nanomaterials-driven delivery of anti-cancer siRNA into cancer cells. The aims to be achieved are: I: Encouragement and promotion of the international collaboration (trainings, promoting and facilitating the international collaboration relevant to FP8); II: International networking and strengthening of the research collaboration (workshops, strengthening the research management and scientific links existing among participating university/academia partners and distribution of best practice in FP8 project administration); III: scientific results realized in the number of papers in peer-reviewed journals and presentation of joint results at conferences. Such international co-operation is important for building linkages between EU countries and Belarus and Russia for creating better relations between institutions which results in more united Europe and for future joint FP8 proposals.

Keywords: l106 biophysics,c102 nanochemistry,nanomaterials,dendrimer,carbon nanotubes,sirna,cancer,gene therapy,training,network,belarus,russia,spain,poland
Power and Institutions in Medieval Islam and Christendom. An integrated training in research and diffusion for comparative history (PIMIC)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain,United Kingdom,Italy,United Kingdom,Israel,France,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3320918.48
EU funding (EUR): 3320918.48
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

PIMIC is a cooperative effort by a team of western medievalists, Arabists and Byzantinists -eight partners from prestigious academic institutions and two private sector companies- in order to propose a four years ITN program. For this project, we will take advantage of the wide-ranging expertise and complementarities of all ITN partners, composed of some of the most relevant research in mediaeval history sharing a common scientific interest which they approach using different perspectives. PIMIC will coordinate scholarly works at pre and post doctoral level, which will address particular questions from different perspectives, but which will integrate a common and ambitious research programme on a vital historical question: why did certain sorts of institutionalisation and institutional continuity come to characterise government and society in Christendom by the later Middle Ages, but not the Islamic world, whereas the reverse might have been predicted on the basis of the early medieval situation? In addressing this question, the PIMIC-ITN aims to produce a number of interpretative answers stressing the fact that even though the whole Mediterranean basin shared a common classical legacy, institutions acquired distinctive configurations in different regions and periods. The training will allow not merely geographical, chronological, and cultural comparison, but also comparison of historiographical traditions. The novelty of this approach and the relevance of the topic have attracted the interest of private companies that will help the project in implementing ambitious schemes for the diffusion and transference of its conclusions. If successful, PIMIC-ITN will train a new generation of researchers who are professionally equipped to bridge this humanities – social science divide and able to communicate a rigorously historical ‘new medieval’ dimension to contemporary pan-European political and socio-cultural debates and actions.

Keywords: s404 medieval history,s410 social - cultural and political history,islamic history,institutions,comparation
The Physics of the Most Luminous Galaxies (EUROCAL)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Greece,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 171800.0
EU funding (EUR): 171800.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Exceptionally luminous and active galaxies are cosmic laboratories in which familiar astrophysical processes such as star formation can be studied in extreme environments and under extreme conditions. At the same time, relativistic phenomena, such as mass accretion onto supermassive black holes and launching of relativistic jets, are encountered and can be studied on mass and spatial scales many orders of magnitude higher than their stellar-remnant counterparts. Here, we propose a four-year joint programme between the Astrophysics Group at FORTH in Greece, the Max-Planck Institute for Radioastronomy in Germany, and the California Institute of Technology in the United States, with the aim to strengthen existing collaborations and create a lasting partnership between our institutions for the observational and theoretical study of the astrophysics of all modes of energy release in luminous and active galaxies, including those associated with the central supermassive black hole, and those associated with star formation. To this end, we propose a series of research staff exchanges and networking activities, with the following objectives: (a) strengthen existing collaborations and promote an enhanced effectiveness and productivity in our ongoing efforts; (b) explore further topics of possible collaboration based on the complementarities in the expertise of researchers in our institutions; (c) achieve mutual transfer of knowledge through the training of young researchers, seminars, and workshops; and (d) cement a long-term, sustainable collaboration between our three institutions. Our programme features complementary observational and theoretical parts, and specific tasks involve the radio, optical, and gamma-ray monitoring of blazars, including polarimetric studies; the X-ray studies of active galaxies with the upcoming NuSTAR mission; infrared studies of ultra-luminous galaxies with Herschel; and the theoretical modeling of blazar jets and star-forming regions.

Keywords: p301 astronomy - astrophysics and cosmology
Post-Soviet Tensions: A Training Programme in Post-Soviet Affairs for Early Career Researchers (TENSIONS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Ireland,Norway,Estonia,Poland,United Kingdom,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN, 2012)
Start date: 2013-05-01
End date: 2017-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3660605.52
EU funding (EUR): 3660605.52
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

This project will provide a world class PhD training programme based on a network of dissertation topics and more experienced researcher interactions all focused on post-Soviet affairs, and in particular post-Soviet tensions. Tensions here is understood as both tangible tensions (conflicts, war, riots) and less tangible (or latent) ones (such as social tensions that have not as yet been manifest in a violent form). The project will support the development of a team of 12 Early Stage Researchers and 2 Experienced Researchers (<5), who will have regional specialisation, a rigorous methodological training and three years experience of working in an international and intercultural environment. Such experts are in high demand and this ITN will lay the basis for ensuring that Europe is self sustaining in creating the best young researchers in the world with an expertise on the former Soviet space. This ITN is based on a premise of learning by doing, but learning in a highly structured and supported environment. The project, in addition to creating the next generation of experts in this field, will also contribute a significant body of knowledge in its own right that explores and compares the way tensions have been escalating (or remaining latent), implemented and applied to different geopolitical realities.
Flow in Transforming Porous Media (FLOWTRANS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,France,Israel,Germany,Norway,Poland,France,Denmark,France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4159270.94
EU funding (EUR): 4159270.94
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

The FlowTrans Initial Training Network is a unique environment for career development, built on joint challenges of Industry and University partners in a newly emerging supra-disciplinary field, spanning from Physics to Earth Sciences and aiming to understand Flow in Transforming Porous Media. Training will be hosted by 8 Universities in synergy with 2 full and 4 associated industry partners with the objective of delivering highly-trained mobile researchers to the European market. The objective of FlowTrans is the creation of a unique research training environment and a new inter-sectoral supra-interdisciplinary field to de-fragment European knowledge and combine industry and universities to harness understanding of basic scientific questions for tackling future challenges in Exploration of Geological Resources. Our research training objectives focus on teaching ESRs and ERs the necessary interdisciplinary skills needed to study Flow in Transforming Porous Media. The characterization and the understanding of flow of fluids within rocks and granular media has become an ever-increasing problem in Earth Sciences, Physics, and in many industrial applications, including CO2 sequestration, hydrocarbon migration, ore deposit development, and radioactive waste disposal. One of the main problems is the understanding of flows in transforming porous media (PM), where the rocks and fluid pathways evolve spatially and temporally, for example due to chemical interactions with the flow, or due to compaction of the solid matrix. We propose to study the feedback mechanisms and their impact on the porous media through an interdisciplinary approach between Earth Scientists and Physicists. State of the art analytical and experimental methods will be used on natural systems and rock analogues, and will be complemented by multi-scale dynamical simulations, to develop new basic understanding and new methods that can be directly used in industrial applications.

Keywords: v201 environmental engineering and geotechnics,p201 structure of solids and liquids,v201 natural resources exploration and exploitation,p217 statistical physics (condensed matter),reactive flow