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Monitoring megathrust faults with abyssal distributed acoustic sensing (ABYSS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Earth System Science
Panel description: Physical geography, geo logy, geophysics, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, climatology, cryology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemical cycles, natural resources management
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2134970.0
EU funding (EUR): 2134970.0
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

Earthquakes have caused more than half a million of fatalities in the past 20 years. A large fraction of this death toll arises from the current lack of systematic predictive signals. While some theories describe earthquakes as intrinsically stochastic processes, challenging or impossible to predict, evidence from laboratory and numerical experiments indicates that earthquakes could be preceded by a preparatory phase. But despite all efforts, only incomplete observations of such phase have been achieved. This observational gap is mainly due to our inability to deploy extensive sensor networks near the earthquake nucleation zone, especially for large earthquakes that are the most likely to produce precursors detectable at the surface. I propose to probe the mechanical state of a fault prior to large earthquakes using seismic waves recorded on the largest and densest seismic array ever deployed directly above one of the most active faults on Earth: the Chilean subduction zone. Long term monitoring of its vigorous activity will allow my team to observe the preparatory phase of several strong earthquakes (M>6). To achieve this, I will use a revolutionary technology, Distributed Acoustic Sensing, to convert several ~100 km long segments of fiber optic telecommunication cables that run offshore along the 4200 km of the Chilean subduction zone, into a large and dense ocean-bottom seismic observatory. The unique data produced by this new observatory will enable the detection of weak earthquakes and changes in the crustal properties with a sensitivity that has never been achieved before. This transformative capability, augmented by the development of real time data processing workflows, will enhance the early warning system in Chile by improving the timeliness and accuracy of earthquake warnings. The expected outcomes of this project will have a transformative impact on earthquake science as well as on the reduction of societal vulnerability to natural hazards.

Keywords: subduction zone megathrust faults,earthquake precursors,earthquake forecast,earthquake early warning system,distributed acoustics sensing,submarine fiber optic cable,chilean subduction zone
Revitalizing Regions: Assessing Agricultural and Industrial Strategies in Southern Italy (REVITAL-IT)

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: Economic Sciences
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 247553.28
EU funding (EUR): 247553.28
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The MSCA project "Revitalizing Regions: Assessing Agricultural and Industrial Strategies in Southern Italy" (REVITAL-IT) investigates the long-term impact of place-based measures on economic growth and structural transformation, focusing on Southern Italy's post-WWII Extraordinary Intervention for the Mezzogiorno (EIM). Managed by the state agency "Cassa per il Mezzogiorno," the EIM was a significant development strategy involving substantial investments in agricultural and industrial policies over four decades. REVITAL-IT aims to assess which public sector measures - agricultural productivity enhancements or industrial policies - more effectively foster economic advancement in disadvantaged regions. The project will use advanced econometric methods to analyze the impacts of these interventions, examining both direct effects and spillover impacts on neighboring areas. The project has two main objectives: (O1) to evaluate the impact of agricultural aid on long-term growth and structural transformation, and (O2) to determine the effectiveness of specific industrial policies, distinguishing among different types of interventions. REVITAL-IT will provide novel insights by analyzing the historical context of the EIM, contributing to the design of future policies aimed at reducing regional disparities and promoting economic convergence. This research is highly relevant to the EU's Cohesion Policy, which seeks to promote social cohesion and reduce inequalities through targeted interventions in disadvantaged areas. By examining historical interventions in Southern Italy, REVITAL-IT will inform contemporary policy-making, offering invaluable lessons for addressing growth and structural change in similar contexts.

Keywords: place based policies,long run economic growth,agricultural productivity,industrial policy
Predicting fracture in 3D printed concrete beam lattice systems with the QuasiContinuum method for computational efficiency (FraQCon)

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: Netherlands,France,Luxembourg
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 234530.4
EU funding (EUR): 234530.4
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

3D-printed concrete (3DPC) mitigates CO2 emissions, provides architectural design with higher degrees of freedom and decreases both labor costs and energy consumption. However, its layer-by-layer build-up process results in weaker and more porous interlayers, thereby significantly decreasing the integrity and durability of 3DPC structures and limiting the versatility of this technology. To overcome this major drawback, FraQCon aims to develop a computationally efficient framework to understand how porosity affects interlayer bond strength and to enhance 3DPC. For this purpose, FraQCon will apply numerical beam lattice models to 3DPC because they accurately predict fracture in heterogeneous materials such as concrete and rock. Although microscale porosity analysis based on simulations of engineering-sized 3DPC structures remains computationally unfeasible, the multiscale QuasiContinuum (QC) method has efficiently reduced computational costs for lattice systems. Its current form is not yet applicable to 3DPC beam lattices, but FraQCon will develop a novel QC methodology for fracture in 3DPC beam lattice models to predict failure in a computationally feasible way while accounting for porosity on a microscale and accurately representing the complex air void morphology in 3DPC interlayers. Moreover, this QC methodology will be validated with experimental tests. By identifying key parameters that cause interlayer weakness, FraQCon will significantly improve 3DPC technologies and increase the integrity, safety, and durability of 3DPC structures. The FraQCon QC framework and the knowledge gained during this project will be transferred to a 3DPC start-up in a non-academic placement to accelerate the adoption and foster the market impact of this technology. Therefore, FraQCon will not only demonstrate the applicability of the QC method for 3DPC design but may also transform the construction sector towards automation.

Keywords: quasicontinuum method,discrete lattice systems,3d printed concrete,multiscale modelling
A Cyano-Based Consolidation Technology for a Green Conservation of Stone Heritage (CYA-TECH)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Italy
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): 188590.08
EU funding (EUR): 188590.08
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Outdoor stone monuments in Europe and beyond can't be preserved with conventional consolidation methods without risking short-/long-term drawbacks from detrimental interventions or compromising the environment and the health of the curators. In response to this need and in line with the Green Deal objectives, I will develop a novel cutting-edge, user- and environmental-friendly CYAnobacteria-based consolidation TECHnology (CYA-TECH) to restore and preserve monumental and ornamental calcareous stones in a sustainable way. Thus, I will: i) establish an effective formulation for the cyano-based consolidation technology; ii) set up on-demand and precision bioconsolidation through the use of different artificial light sources and the prediction of the gene-metabolite network in response to these physical switches; iii) prove the performance of the novel cyano-based technology in-situ, comparing it with the most advanced bioconsolidation strategy available so far. CYA-TECH will achieve sustainable management of stone heritage (SH), an essential component to culture-related economic activities, socio-political development, urban sustainability, education, and environmental protection. The MSCA fellowship will jumpstart my career in the biotech sector applied to the conservation of SH. It will enrich my professional profile with i) critical knowledge in cultural heritage (CH) microbiology by combining an in-depth understanding of the ‘stone ecosystem’ with material analyses and diagnostic tools to identify green conservation strategies; ii) communication and management skills that transcend bench-top expertise and technical proficiency, iii) increased employability and visibility as a female scientist, fostering my self-empowerment as well as the empowerment of women in science, and vi) a shift to translational research, developing biotechnologies that would impact the environment and the society in agreement with the Green Deal and the New Eurupean Bauhaus initiative.

Keywords: bioconsolidation,cyanobacteria,stone heritage,biotechnology,sustainable conservation,synechocystis,extracellular polymeric substances
Climate Citizenship: Infrastructures, Environments, and Democracy in the Era of Climate Change (CLIMATE CITIZENSHIP)

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: Netherlands
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

This project investigates how altering environments to adapt to or mitigate climate change depends on and stimulates changes in social contracts. Comparatively and ethnographically, it investigates when and how material transformations implied by adaptation gather new publics and produce new forms of ‘climate citizenship.’ By ‘climate citizenship,’ I refer to a form of situated globalism emerging from the articulation of existing, local social contracts (with their varying distributions of rights and responsibilities) and climate change as a global phenomenon. The project focuses on green infrastructure projects where material changes in environmental management depend on and create new political communities (or ‘publics’), citizenship agendas, and subjects. It hypothesizes such sites as experiments where not only new ecological and material conditions but also forms of citizenship are being prototyped and sometimes resisted. By examining this, the project will show how addressing climate changes goes hand in hand with reshaping citizenry, political coalitions, and more, and how this is being negotiated. This leads to the project’s breakthrough question: how do green climate infrastructures depend on and stimulate transformations in the social contracts that are locally embedded in environments? To answer this, the project will develop a collaborative ‘ecographic’ approach that combines data garnered through ethnographic methods and the ecological and other sciences. By deploying this method in dialogue and collaboration with officials, scientists, and citizens in Japan, the Netherlands, and the United States, the project will develop an analytical framework and vocabulary characterizing emerging international trends whose contours are neither sufficiently conceptualized nor empirically researched.

Keywords: climate change,climate citizenship,green infrastructure,anthropology of infrastructure,anthropology of citizenship,political theory
Liquid liquid phase separation mediated protein fibrillation leading to neurodegenerative diseases (PROPITIOUS)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Slovenia
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-06-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 171399.36
EU funding (EUR): 171399.36
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Neurodegenerative disorders are the leading cause of physical and cognitive disability, currently affecting ~15% population worldwide with estimated global cost of healthcare accosiated with them expected to at least double in the next 20 years. Five most common neurodegenerative diseases, including ALS and FTD, are linked to formation of protein deposits in patient tissues and are currently without treatment options that would prevent or alter the disease progression. ALS and FTD pathology is characterised by accumulation and formation of insoluble protein deposits formed by proteins, like TDP-43, FUS and DAXX. These proteins undergo liquid-liquid phase transition (LLPS) in cells forming non-membrane bound organelles, which are important in RNA processing and stress responses of cells but their dysregulation acts a precursor to protein fibrillation. In this project we will, therefore, combine traditional biophysical approaches with modern molecular dynamics simulations and solution state nuclear magnetic resonance to discern this complex behaviour leading to LLPS, and gain molecular insight into its onset. Major outcomes of the project are (1) Develop the necessary simulation tools by reparametrizing currently available force fields using experimental data; (2) Apply the simulation tool and analytical methods to interactions between oligonucleotides and ions with proteins and compare results to experimental data; (3) Map phases and coacervation of DAXX in the presence of nucleotides and ions; (4) identify residues crucial for fibrillation and determine their role in cellular LLPS; (5) Apply high-throughput virtual screening to design proteins aggregation breaking ligands with therapeutic potential Outcomes of this project will importantly enhance our understanding at a mechanistic level, the role of these factors in promoting LLPS in cell biology.

Keywords: liquid liquid phase separation,protein fibrillation,force field,molecular dynamics,nuclear magnetic resonance,
ICT Standardisation Observatory and Support Facility in Europe (StandICT.eu 2026)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Increased Autonomy in Key Strategic Value Chains for Resilient Industry
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Ireland,Belgium,Spain,Germany
Call: Leveraging standardisation in Digital Technologies (CSA) (HORIZON-CL4-2022-RESILIENCE-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 4500000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

StandICT.eu 2026 builds on the success of the previous two editions [2020-23 & 2018-19 StandICT.eu initiatives], delivered by the original partners who prepared the first proposal back in 2017, obtaining the recognition of the “go-to” project on ICT Standards in Europe. StandICT.eu 2026’s principal goal is to strengthen its global reach in the European ICT Standardisation Ecosystem, by: a) launching & managing a robust and efficient facility supporting the Fellowship Programme with € 2,925,000 funding earmarked over 36 months with 9 Open Calls; b) EUOS (EU Observatory for ICT Standardisation) and Technical Working Groups (TWGs) empowering contributions from ICT standardisation experts; c) Training the next generation of ICT standardisation experts, engaging with National Standardisation Bodies & PPPs through the Standards Education Group (EUOS-SEG); d) ensuring hi-level steering of StandICT.eu 2026 by means of an authoritative Expert Group (the EAG) who tap directly into the WGs & TCs of SDOs, tackling EU priorities, challenges & gaps; e) Creating an engaging & influential Forum on EU Strategy for ICT standards to identify early warnings around sensitive issues in ICT standardisation (FOREST). Trust-IT Srl (IT), coordinates the effort with 5 highly experienced partners: Dublin City University (IE), Open Forum Europe (BE), AUSTRALO (ES), Digital SME Alliance (BE), and Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI (DE). Principal outputs: Fellowship Programme, with Open Calls, 1000+ proposals received, over 400+ funded Experts & 50+ External Evaluators; 4,000+ significant ICT Standards uploaded in the Observatory; 18 Webinars & 5 Workshops, Training Lectures, 2 Impact Events, Impact Reports, Policy recommendations, 10+TWGs, 25+ signed MoUs, 1000+ participants in trainings. Sustainability strategy and a truly engaged, well represented multi-stakeholder ICT Standardisation Community.

Keywords: ict standardisation standardisation processes training financial support to standardisation experts
Scientific Exchange to assess QUality and Risks of FOODs obtained by novel processing and Packaging Technologies (SEQUR FOOD)

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: Romania,Colombia,Greece,Poland,Spain
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1707257.14
EU funding (EUR): 1656000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

The goal of SEQUR FOOD is to build an international scientific network including researchers from EU and South America that will work on the development of novel food processing technologies, (i.e. UV treatment, cold plasma processing, nanoemulsification, freeze concentration and drying) and/or active bioactive packaging (i.e. bacterial cellulose, antibacterial paper, etc.) to obtain safe products for the EU market with higher shelf-life and high nutritional and functional properties. This includes optimization of the novel food processing technologies, nutritional and risk assessment of these technologies and obtained products as novel foods within EFSA’s framework, and documenting their health claims, if relevant. To achieve this objective, a consortium of 5 universities from EU (Greece, Poland, Romania, and Spain) with expertise in all the aspects of EU risk assessment, 1 plant-based products processing company based in Poland together with 1 university and 1 research institute from South America (Colombia) with extended expertise in novel food processing techniques will work on a variety of case studies spread across several novel food processing technologies and products relevant for Colombia: fruit (passionfruit, uchuva (Physalis peruviana L.), blueberries); cold brewed coffee; oat milk (including oat grains and nuts needed for its production); and high oleic palm oil as compared to olive oil. These case studies will be a proof of concept for the holistic assessment of each technology-foodstuff pair and will constitute the basis for further research, but also for food processors, the principal stakeholders of the project. The activities proposed in SEQUR FOOD are innovative in many aspects. The most important innovation is the holistic approach of new food product development in terms of the complete physico-chemical, microbiological, nutritional and functional properties, but also sensory evaluation and multicultural consumer acceptance.

Keywords: novel foods,bioactive food packaging,shelf life,risk assessment,functional foods
Energy Transfer Catalysis: A Highway to Molecular Complexity (HighEnT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
Panel description: New materials and new synthetic approaches, structure -properties relations, solid state chemistry, molecular architecture, organic chemistry
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2022-ADG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2028-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499250.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499250.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The development of novel synthetic methodologies is one of the most essential chemical research areas since the access to organic molecules is the foundation for many applied sciences (e.g. medicinal chemistry, materials science). In recent years, the construction of increasingly complex molecular scaffolds has gained significance, with a particular need for conformationally restricted, three-dimensional architectures. However, the synthesis of such molecular frameworks remains exceptionally challenging, limiting their application in other research branches. Consequently, revealing novel strategies to convert simple feedstock chemicals into complex building blocks has a beneficial impact on society as a whole. In HighEnT we will disclose ground-breaking methodologies augmenting the synthetic toolbox of organic chemists focusing on expanding the chemical space to discover pharmacologically relevant structural motifs. The key to success is the creative and innovative utilisation of the unique triplet excited state reactivity enabled by visible light-mediated EnT catalysis, providing a platform for unconventional retrosynthetic disconnections. Based on our broad expertise in this field, we will investigate diverse areas of EnT catalysis including non-classical and dearomative cycloadditions as well as σ-bond cleavage processes. In each domain longstanding challenges will be solved with respect to product motifs, chemical space expansion, and mechanistic understanding. Furthermore, we envision the merger of N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) organocatalysis with EnT catalysis, opening otherwise locked reaction pathways. Finally, to guide our product- and mechanism-oriented reaction discovery, we will develop and apply a novel prediction platform based on the interconnection of quantum chemical calculations and machine learning. We aim to provide easily accessible tools and statistical analyses that give new insights and impetus for reaction design.

Keywords: photocatalysis,energy transfer,green chemistry,complex molecules