Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Solid and Fluid Regime Transition of Granular Materials (SAFARI)

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: United Kingdom,Austria,France,Netherlands,Italy,China,Hong Kong,Thailand
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-12-01
End date: 2029-11-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1842248.57
EU funding (EUR): 1803600.0
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

Granular materials exhibit regime transitions between solid-like, fluid-like, and gas-like behaviours, influenced by factors such as loading conditions, particle size distribution, density, and material strength. The transition between solid-like and fluid-like states is particularly significant, as it underpins critical phenomena like landslides, coastal erosion and sediment transport. It is also vital for optimising industrial processes and designing rovers for space exploration. Despite extensive research, the fundamental mechanisms governing these transitions remain poorly understood. This knowledge gap limits our ability to reliably predict geological events and optimise engineering and manufacturing processes. This project aims to advance our understanding of regime transitions in granular materials using novel laboratory micromechanical tests, coupled modelling of solid-fluid interaction, constitutive modelling and large-deformation analysis. Our consortium brings together expertise across diverse disciplines, including advanced experimental testing, numerical and physical modelling, geological engineering, robotics, and software development. All participating organisations will contribute to the research activities by leading research work packages, staff secondment and/or providing technical/infrastructure support. Alongside research, the project will facilitate staff exchange through secondments and networking and train young researchers in research and soft skills by training schools. These activities will help form lasting collaborations globally and train the next generation of researchers and engineers driving technological advancements in academia and industry. The project will also encourage knowledge exchange between universities and industry, enabling the real-world application of new knowledge in software and test equipment development, and the creation of new spin-out companies offering services in advanced experiments and numerical modelling.

Keywords: granular materials,regime transition,constitutive modelling,large deformation modelling,discrete element methods,experimental micromechanics,robotics
Transforming crafts knowledge for a sustainable, inclusive and economically viable heritage in Europe (Tracks4Crafts)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Theme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Destination: Innovative Research on the European Cultural Heritage and the Cultural and Creative Industries
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Belgium,France,Netherlands,Spain,Italy,Latvia,Romania,Greece,Switzerland,Iceland
Call: Traditional crafts for the future: a new approach (HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-03-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3984711.25
EU funding (EUR): 3984711.0
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

Tracks4Crafts examines and transforms the transmission of traditional crafts knowledge (TCK) to enhance the societal and economic valuation of crafts and align them with a future-oriented heritage approach in Europe. As intangible cultural heritage (ICH), crafts and TCK can be seen as resources for competitiveness, innovation, and sustainable development and quality of life, contributing to SDG 4, 8 and 11. Yet the tools, formats and instruments needed to foster the transmission and employment of TCK are lagging behind, which hampers the full development of its potential. Our objectives are to enhance and transform the transmission of TCK for a more effective economic as well as societal valuation of crafts. This is achieved in 4 Tracks, in which we (1) transform learning processes in physical spaces in which crafts people collaborate (in hi-tech environments, including fablabs and maker spaces etc.), (2) develop new digital technologies that enhance and transform transmission of TCK, (3) produce tools and instruments which enable capturing and optimising the value of the produced TCK (business modelling, certification and property protection), and (4) create networks to foster and disseminate the societal and economic value of TCK (e.g. through the CHARTER-alliance). The output is based on experiments in 8 craft ecosystems in which we develop and test formats for learning and tools for certification and validation in which (1) the economic and cultural barriers related to traditional TCK-transmission are addressed (i.a. the lengthy nature of learning, the fear of the craft getting lost…) and (2) the full potential of technology is tapped (i.a. for turning embodied TCK in open-source knowledge). To ensure that the solutions bridge the heritage perspective and the economic and societal needs and that our solutions are shared and transferable, our approach is deeply interdisciplinary and based on processes of multi-stakeholder co-creation (including action research).

Keywords: transformation traditional crafts knowledge intangible heritage creative skills craft ecosystems certification business modelling hybrid craftsmanship apprenticeship
Oxygen-mediated (self-)rechargeable organic batteries (SoloBat)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2024-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 191760.0
EU funding (EUR): 191760.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Climate change and energy crisis are the main societal challenges of modern times, and are expected to plague the humanity for next decades. The exploitation of secure, clean and efficient renewable energy technologies can enable the humanity to cope with these two major issues. Li-ion batteries, are one such key technology that can realize this. In this proposal, we are dedicated to explore and advance a new type of concept – the oxygen-mediated, self-rechargeable organic battery (SoloBat) - by combining the reaction chemistry of lithium-organic batteries, lithium-oxygen batteries, and spontaneous oxidation of organic battery materials by the molecular oxygen. We first set out to have a comprehensive study of the oxygen-mediated lithium-organic battery system and afterwards, combine the oxygen catalysts and organic cathode materials to construct and test the 'SoloBat' prototype systems. Specifically, clarifying the exact reaction chemistry of oxygen-mediated lithium-organic battery, establishing screening principles for organic cathode materials and oxygen catalysts, and constructing a 'SoloBat' system that can achieve a good cycling stability of more than 300 cycles are the main objectives in this project. By combining my strong expertise in the field of lithium-oxygen batteries with the excellent background of Host supervisor on organic battery materials, effective implementation of the project is foreseen. Besides, we anticipate that the successful completion of this project will lead to a new sustainable battery technology for rescue equipment and battling the climate change and energy crisis, and set off a wave of research on this concept, as well as provide great opportunities for me to reach a position of professional excellence and independence.

Keywords: organic cathode oxygen evolution reaction lithium metal anode oxygenation
Strategies to promote the lupin proteins as a new and safe functional food ingredient: Assessment of oxidative and physical stability of food emulsions and allergenic potential (LUPINSAFEFOOD)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 230774.4
EU funding (EUR): 230774.4
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The demand of the ever-growing world population for dietary protein is no longer sustainable through animal products alone. In this context, the food industry is urged to find methods to meet the demands of high-quality plant-based proteins. Lupins are an interesting crop that produce large seeds containing high protein level (30- 40%). Nevertheless, the commercial value of lupins is primarily based on lupin seed production as stock feed for ruminant and monogastric livestock. Recently, some research has suggested that pulsed electric fields (PEF) processing could significantly alter the microstructure and macromolecular interactions of proteins and improve their functional and biological properties in a chemical-free and low-heat environment. The aims of this project are to develop a sustainable method to obtain high-quality lupin seed proteins with biological antioxidant activity and improved functional and emulsifying properties; in addition, to generate reliable data about the impact of the PEF treatment on the allergenic potential of lupin proteins. Systematic analyzes will be carried out to evaluate the effect of PEF on the physical (secondary structure), chemical (protein content and amino acid profile), biological (antioxidant activity and allergenic properties), functional and emulsifying properties of lupin proteins. The antioxidant potential of the treated proteins will also be investigated to stabilize fish oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions. The process proposed in this study has many advantages, such as being clean-label, free of chemical side-reactions, safe, and efficiency. The data obtained after the execution of this project will support regulatory food agencies aiming to improve the health benefits of lupin-derived products and further expand plant proteins' uses in broader food applications and better meet the increasing protein demands.

Keywords: lupin proteins,plant proteins,pulsed electric field,proteomic profile,lipid emulsion stability,functional food,globulin proteins,immunoreactivity
ADVANCES IN FOOD SENSORY ANALYSES OF NOVEL FOODS (SEASONED)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Poland,Denmark,Spain,Italy
Call: Twinning (HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2025-07-31
Duration (months): 34.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499955.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499955.0
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

SEASONED's overall aim is to improve the knowledge, skills, and competencies of the research and administrative staff of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Science (FBFS) of Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences (UPWr) in the field of sensory evaluation of food and consumer behaviour with particular attention to newly designed innovative processed food products with health-related properties. The project aims to establish an international network of leading universities and centres in food sensory analysis (SDU, UMH, BCC) to step up in science and research, improving managerial and administrative capacities, networking skills and strategies to engage society and citizens as well as public authorities and private businesses, and regional and European institutions. SEASONED will enable FBFS and its partners, leading research institutions from Spain, Denmark, and United Kingdom, to co-develop a capacity building programme to share and integrate expertise and skills to access new research avenues and develop new approaches to prepare competitive research applications within the EU and global challenges (Green Deal, UN SDGs). Implementing Gender Balance Monitoring, Open Science, Citizen's Engagement, FAIR data research principles, and monitoring of Key Performance Indicators project will create short- to long-term societal, scientific, and economic impacts. Ultimately, UPWr's ambition is to develop and reach the top of the sensory evaluation centres' competencies and become the leading centre of excellence in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). As a result, at the end of the project and far beyond the project duration, UPWr wants to establish a Consumer Behaviour Centre (CBC). SEASONED CBC will be a unique platform dedicated to scientists (ESRs including the MSc and PhD students, ERs, other scientists from national and international units), business partners and consumers from this part of Europe.

Keywords: food,food sensory analysis,pro health food,food sensory panel,novel food,food descriptive analysis,sensory marketing,twinning,networking
Co-Creating Transformative Pathways to Biological and Ecosystem Ocean Observations (BioEcoOcean)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Land, ocean and water for climate action
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Sweden,Denmark,Belgium,Italy,France,Portugal,Poland
Call: Closing the research gaps on Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs) in support of global assessments (HORIZON-CL6-2023-CLIMATE-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-02-01
End date: 2028-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5665996.25
EU funding (EUR): 5665996.25
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

The BioEcoOcean project proposes a foundational change in how we approach biological and ecosystem (BioEco) ocean observation to enhance scientific understanding, improve management, and ensure sustainable use and development of the ocean. Our multi-, inter-, and transdisciplinary approach emphasises co-creation with diverse stakeholders to develop a Blueprint for Integrated Ocean Science (BIOS) to support and encourage operational workflows adhering to FAIR Data Principles. This innovative product promotes holistic thinking, facilitates communication, and strengthens the Ocean Observing Value Chain. The project also includes a strong research component, advancing data collection, monitoring, dataflows, and models for BioEco Essential Ocean Variables (EOVs). We will operate in living labs, co-creating with stakeholders, generating new primary data, and leveraging existing data and observing infrastructure globally. Key objectives include developing an inclusive co-created Blueprint, advancing EOV implementation, assessing current practices and technological options, delivering excellent research, co-creating operational workflows, and prioritising capacity building. The project will increase the technology readiness levels (TRL) of critical components of BioEco ocean observation systems and tools and in particular the TRL of the integrated ocean observing system. The project will prioritise capacity building and collaboration with global ocean observation initiatives, e.g. GOOS and MBON, as well as with the overall Biodiversity monitoring community, e.g. GEO BON, that seeks to develop a global framework for biodiversity monitoring, in the framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to ensure wide discussion and adoption of its co-produced standards. Overall, this project will significantly impact and strengthen various sectors and stakeholders involved in ocean and biodiversity observation and management, from local to National to Global levels.

Keywords: co creation,futures thinking,holistic approach,data management,oceanography,marine ecosystems,living labs,capacity building,framework,workflow
Learning Isoform Fingerprints to Discover the Molecular Diversity of Life (ORIGIN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Integrative B iology : from Genes and Genomes to S ystems
Panel description: For all organis ms: Genetics, epigenetics, genomics  and other ‘omics studies , bioinformatics, systems biology , genetic diseases , gene editing, innovative methods and modelling,  ‘omics for personalised  medicine
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2028-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1498939.0
EU funding (EUR): 1498939.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Did you know that ~80% of all proteomic data is not utilized? Proteins play a vital role in all biological processes and organisms. We believe that different versions of a single gene product – protein isoforms – shape the molecular diversity of life. However, comprehensive evidence on protein-level is not available. Chromatography-coupled tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) is the de-facto standard for measuring proteomes, but it is not good at identifying isoforms because at least 80% of the recorded information is never used. I argue that isoforms leave a deterministic multi-dimensional fingerprint (ORIGINs) representing their physicochemical properties in each proteomic measurement. Therefore, the central aim of this project is to discover and quantify protein isoforms systematically by a novel MS-based proteomics data analysis strategy. By tapping into the wealth of data the proteomics community has already amassed, I will train deep neural networks that allow the prediction of ORIGINs. Second, I will implement an innovative data analysis strategy that utilizes ORIGINs to identify and quantify isoforms. Third, I will demonstrate that ORIGINs can be used to substantially broaden our understanding of the molecular diversity of life by showcasing its application on four emerging and challenging questions in proteome research of varying biological and technical complexity. This will allow me to address a fundamental open question in biology: to which extent and prevalence isoforms are actually translated and what functional roles they might be associated with. ORIGINs will improve the sensitivity, biological resolution and accuracy at which proteins and their isoforms can be identified and quantified. Beyond this, the concept of ORIGINs can be applied to and improve any proteomics experiments, and thus holds the potential to revolutionize MS-based proteomics as a technology and elevate the whole field of protein-based research.
Hybrid INtegration of Alkaline niobate -tantalate films for advanced photonic and piezoelectric devices (HINA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Doctoral Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Italy,Czechia,France,Germany,Spain,Belgium,Switzerland
Call: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-11-01
End date: 2028-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4018378.86
EU funding (EUR): 3852872.8
Participants: 26
Project status: SIGNED

The HINA project proposes to consider the hybrid integration of alkaline niobate-tantalate thin films (materials with the highest known experimentally measured electro-optic, nonlinear, piezoelectric, elasto-optic coefficients) in photonic and acoustic devices for advanced semiconductor photonics platforms. The final goal of the project is to develop a thin film technology not only offering the state-of-the-art performances but also with reasonable price and viable for real industrial applications in order to stimulate the transfer of newly developed products and technologies by the industry and to help enterprises to withstand global competitive pressures. The HINA project links world-leading research groups at Academia and Industry to give a combined, integrated approach of synthesis/fabrication, characterization, modeling/theory linked to concepts for materials integration in devices and systems. Such a science-supported total engineering approach will lead towards highly efficient electro-active and nonlinear materials designed towards integrated device needs and viable for industry. Doctoral Candidates will focus on this common research objective, applying a multidisciplinary bottom-up approach, which can be summarized by: "engineered molecule- advanced material- designed device - smart system". The HINA project also seeks to intensify the relationship between academic and private sectors, and to train highly skilled young researchers for new materials and device technologies. Both are essential to provide a strong European lead over the rest of the world in this highly competitive technologies.

Keywords: alkaline niobate,electro optics,acoustic waves,hybrid integration,microfabrication