Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
An International Research Consortium for promoting and developing Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IRC-IMTA)

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: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-02-01
End date: 2012-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 309600.0
EU funding (EUR): 309600.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Objective of the programme is to establish an international research consortium for promoting and developing research into Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) technologies that supports the sustainable development of aquaculture worldwide. To achieve this it is necessary to establish an international consortium of research scientists that can direct their individual expertise toward achieving the common goal of commercial IMTA. The group will exchange knowledge with and up-skill other groups to ensure that whilst each group retains control of their research specialties, all partner groups have access to the existing core knowledge related to IMTA and can contribute to defining the research requirements within this field. The exchange programme has been carefully designed to identify the key knowledge gaps in each institution, to facilitate knowledge transfer between institutions and to develop new focused and co-ordinated international research initiatives. This programme will last for a period of three years, covering a framework of staff exchange activities including training for early stage researchers, collaborative research, and knowledge transfer by senior scientists. Workshops and training courses will be conducted during the course of this project, which will facilitate group discussions, communications with regulatory authorities and industry, training of farmers and strategic research planning.

Keywords: integragted multi-trophic aquaculture,research consortium,environment,sustainable aquaculture
Heavy Elements X-ray Absorption Spectroscopies Network (HEXANE)

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: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 63000.0
EU funding (EUR): 61200.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The hexacyanometallate family is well known in transition metal chemistry because the remarkable electronic delocalization along the metal-cyano-metal bond can be tuned in order to design systems that undergo a controlled change of their physical properties. Heavy elements, and particularly f-transition elements, have a very rich chemistry and their behaviour is still a matter of debate. Actinide elementss are often compared to transition metal elements in the sense that their valence 5f orbitals are partially available for chemical bonding, in contrast with lanthanide elements that mainly form pure ionic bonds. Hexacyanometallate derivatives of heavy cations have been reported, although to a much smaller extent than transition metal derivatives. The goal of this network is to develop a joint experimental and theoretical approach for the full characterization and interpretation of the intramolecular interactions in hexacyanometallate systems of heavy elements. This network will gather experimentalists and theoreticians from France, Germany, Mexico, Spain and the United States, all interested in structural and electronic X-ray absorption spectroscopies of heavy elements. It will also involve three synchrotron facilities, two in Europe and one in the United States, giving access to a wide range of photon energies. The project will involve Master and PhD students and post-doctoral fellows, as well as young and experienced permanent staff from each team. It will reach a balance between exchanges among experimentalists and theoreticians and stays at the synchrotron facilities.

Keywords: physical chemistry,molecular chemistry,x-ray absorption spectroscopy,simulation,hexacyanometallates,heavy f-elements
Integrated Maintenance Planning (IMAPLA)

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: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2013-06-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 163800.0
EU funding (EUR): 163800.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

It is commonly recognized that maintenance management of industrial plants is an interdisciplinary topic. Design and improvement of maintenance management systems can be achieved only by considering all together different interconnected methodologies and technologies. When building a maintenance management system, one should deserve attention to multiple and heterogeneous issues, such as, e.g.: the ICT tools and platforms for maintenance and plant automation; machine diagnostics and prognostics; maintenance economics and planning, maintenance human resources, spare parts, etc… Due to the above mentioned situation, an international interdisciplinary working group, endorsed by well recognized scientific institutions, can be considered very important to overcome the “divide” situation among maintenance related disciplines and, in particular, to bring together, in the context of a collaborative scheme of research exchanges, the reciprocal knowledge. This project proposal is endorsed by four institutions, 3 EU partners and a Chilean partner, agreeing for a common exchange program built around the theme of Integrated Maintenance Planning (iMaPla). The exchange program aims to facilitate deployment of a collaborative scheme focused on the exchange of the knowledge required to develop methods, models, ICT tools for Integrated Maintenance Planning. The knowledge is provided complementarily by the members of the project consortium. The complementarities have been drawn out in accordance to a joint research vision, commonly shared by the partners at the moment of writing the proposal. The project will concern the exchange activities of PhD students, researchers and professors. The exchanges will enable the reciprocal transfer of knowledge between the members of the consortium and will be deployed by a set of various activities (integrated exchange programs, training in laboratories, lectures exchange program, workshops / seminars open also to external stakeholders).

Keywords: technological sciences,industrial technology
Electrochemical biosensors as new generation of biotechnological devices for food safety and quality monitoring (NANOSENS)

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: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-04-01
End date: 2012-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 129600.0
EU funding (EUR): 129600.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In the past decade, the development of biological ligands as alternative candidates to classical devices has enabled rapid advances in many analytical fields. The Research will focus on the development of a new generation of electrochemical biosensors for food safety and quality monitoring. The approach of the project will be oriented to test the performances of enzymes or antibodies versus new computationally-designed biomimetic ligands which work by mimicking the biological binding site. Choosing a ligand to achieve some desired structure is still largely a subject of trial and error. The key point of this research will be taking advantage of molecular modelling software to obtain candidates with the purpose of reducing by orders of magnitude the efforts to obtain specific receptors. The biological and biomimetic ligands will be coupled with electrochemical transducers that are known to give fast, reproducible and sensitive analytical responses often in real time. Disposable, screen-printed electrodes will be employed for electrochemical transduction. These new electrodes present some advantages i.e. advantage of low cost production, the possibility of employing brand new surfaces with each analyzed sample and the possibility to be coupled with portable devices performing very modern and sensitive electrochemical techniques. This approach is promising to produce inexpensive, biotechnological devices to be used in food safety and quality monitoring by combining the selectivity of biological or biomimetic ligands with the powerful properties of electrochemical techniques. All important analytical parameters i.e. reproducibility, sensitivity, selectivity, stability, etc, will be studied first using standards and, after optimization of the protocol, in real samples. As a model, typical food targets will be used such as xenobiotics.

Keywords: biosensors,biotechnological devices,food safety and quality monitoring,molecular modeling design,electrochemical techniques
A Complete CEnsus of Star-formation and nuclear activity in the Shapley super-cluster (ACCESS)

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: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 18000.0
EU funding (EUR): 18000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

We propose a joint research programme aimed at determining the importance of cluster assembly processes in driving the evolution of galaxies as a function of galaxy mass and environment, studying the Shapley super-cluster, the richest and the most dramatically active region in the local Universe. The participants will benefit from already available multi-wavelength observations, including panoramic imaging in UV, optical, NIR, X-ray and radio, and high-S/N medium-resolution optical spectroscopy. These data-sets will be complemented, in the framework of ACCESS, by new medium-resolution integral-field spectroscopy provided by the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS) at the Australian National University 2.3m telescope, and wide field (~2 sq deg) surveys carried out with the Spitzer and GALEX space telescopes, thanks to the already allocated observing time at these facilities ensured by the participants’ successful proposals. The institutes participating in this proposal are, for the EU Member States: - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica – Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, (National Institute of Astrophysics – Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte), Napoli – Italy (INAF-OAC); - University of Durham – Department of Physics, Durham – UK (UD-DP); - University of Birmingham - School of Physics and Astronomy, Birmingham – UK (UB-SPA); and for the third country: - Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics – Australian National University, Weston ACT – Australia (RSAA-ANU). This project will support and reinforce the collaborations amongst the participants and help to establish a long-term research co-operation.

Keywords: physical sciences,astronomy,astrophysics
Comparative Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise at Continental Scale (COMPASS)

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: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-02-15
End date: 2013-02-14
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 244800.0
EU funding (EUR): 244800.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Climate induced sea-level rise and associated hazards impose a severe threat on coastal ecosystems and societies. Despite a significant amount of work on coastal vulnerability and impact assessment, the constantly changing and dynamic nature of the coast and the forecasted increase in the magnitude of hazards poses a major challenge to societies and decision makers for the forthcoming years. The constant increase in the concentration of people and resources in the coastal zone highlights the need for dynamic and consistent assessments of coastal vulnerability across space and time. Modelling tools offering such possibilities have recently been developed and have been used for assessing coastal vulnerability in an integrated manner. These tools can be of great assistance in decision and policy making for coping with the increasing exposure of coastal regions to the above mentioned hazards. Such a modelling tool is the DIVA (Dynamic Interactive Vulnerability Assessment) integrated assessment model. Developed within the context of the EU-funded DINAS-COAST project, DIVA is a flexible assessment tool, within which a range of mitigation and adaptation policies can be analyzed in terms of coastal vulnerability. Within the above framework, COMPASS aims to achieve: -The transfer of knowledge and expertise on the DIVA model to the partners from Argentina, Brazil and Chile; -The application of DIVA in the study areas; -The evaluation of the results obtained from the DIVA runs, employing data acquired from local study sites and with the use of expert knowledge on local conditions; -the comparative assessment of the results of DIVA for the different regions; -the possibility for developing regional, more detailed, versions of DIVA.

Keywords: coastal vulnerability,sea level rise,diva model,integrated assessment tool
SUPPORTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA (HEALTHY FOOD FOR LIFE)

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: Italy
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-03-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 583200.0
EU funding (EUR): 583200.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The scientific idea is finalized to define a mobility research scheme to reach the IRSES aims: “strengthening research partnerships through short period staff exchanges and networking activities between European research organisations and organisations from countries with which the Community has an S&T agreement or are in the process of negotiating one, and countries covered by the European Neighbourhood policy”. Through a “Health and Food exchange platform” different activities will be developed toward a common objective, i.e. to enhance research capacities in Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia to promote healthy lifestyles in the Mediterranean area by 1. tacking advantage of specific diet habits, 2. exploiting peculiar diet components that may exert positive health effects, and 3. preserving organolectic and biological properties of Mediterranean food even when industrially processed. Finally, the impact of such a coordinated joint exchange programme should be considered as it will establish the basis for the development of an unique “Health and Food collaborative platform” necessary to activate research programmes within the 7th FP. The “Food for Life” exchanging scheme is addressed to realize activities on two Working packages: WP 1: “Health” Allowing nutrigenomics, transcriptomic, proteomin and metabolomic for any specific constituent of the “Mediterranean diet” beginning with micro- and macronutrients that have been already identified to exert favorable effects in term of cardiovascular protection and prevention of obesity and Type 2 diabetes. WP 2: “Food” Create the condition for obtaining detailed tables of food composition for each Country participating in the project to facilitate the acquisition of new knowledge enabling food companies to design and produce healthy food containing the principles of the “Mediterranean diet”.

Keywords: health sciences,diabetology,therapeutic nutrition,nutrition related disorders,agronomics,soil science,soil management,pesticide chemistry,food products
GEO-engineering EXChanges between Europe and Latin-America (GEO-EXCEL)

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: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2013-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 385200.0
EU funding (EUR): 385200.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of the project is to use the complementary expertise of researchers from Latin-American and European Universities working in the area of geo-engineering to contribute to excellence in research, training of postgraduate researchers and the research experience of researchers working in geomechanical aspects of geohazards and climate change. The main focus will be on problems such as earthquakes, landslides and flooding, considering problematic soils and the effect of climate change on soil degradation. The main “tools” to be applied to tackle the problems above are soil modelling and numerical analyses, soil dynamics, mechanics of unsaturated soils and soil improvement techniques. The project is aimed at advancing both experimental and numerical studies of soils submitted to mechanical, hydraulic and thermal coupled actions via joint research activities between the partners. The project is based on ongoing research programmes and research interest at the Universities forming the consortium, taking into account the complementary expertise between the partners. The staff exchanges funded by the IRSES programme will be crucial for Early Stage Researches (ESRs) to expand and enhance their research knowledge during their stays at the partner institutions, which will be complemented by the knowledge transfer activities. They will also benefit from mentoring by ERs and the research visits by Experienced Researches (ERs) at their home institutions. The planned bi-annual schools and workshops are crucial project activities oriented to human resource development and dissemination of the research performed within the consortium. The programmed activities are oriented to develop and upgrade the expertise of the researches involved in the exchange programme in the complex multiphysics problems described above, and to share their local geo-engineering knowledge and innovation.

Keywords: geotechnics,soil mechanics,land degradation (climate change),geological engineering,infrastructures engineering
Dynamic aspects of biodiversity management of Quinoa (QUINOA)

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: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-06-15
End date: 2012-06-14
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 277200.0
EU funding (EUR): 277200.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Traditional agricultural selection and domestication practices have generated rich and original intra-specific diversity. Farming systems in developing countries integrate this diversity of species and varieties to cope with the variability of the lands farmed. In response to global change, the project focuses on the definition and implementation of management practices adapted to dynamic in situ preservation of genetic resources. It aims at identifying new practices of managing varietal diversity based on interaction at different levels of farmer, commercial, and institutional seed systems. The project addresses in the field on in situ conservation of traditional cereal diversity. Its framework is focusing on the re-emergence in Chile of Quinoa using ex situ collections. The proposed methodology is based on the joint construction of innovative tools - multi-agent models - capable of integrating the points of view of different stakeholders and then simulating the dynamic aspects of biodiversity management in order to analyze the impact of future developments. France and Italy have developed researches on Quinoa with Chile separately and the IRSES proposal is an opportunity to enforce coordination within E. U. to achieve jointly common objectives for in situ biodiversity conservation within a better understanding of nutritional and genetic properties of Quinoa that can be recognized by European markets. These exchanges will benefit to each partners interested in the importance of Quinoa for food security with a safety approach. CIRAD in France (partner 1) is interested in modelling seed system to increase complementarities between actors involved into in situ and ex situ conservation. Chile is an example for us with different forms of seedbank including some open to farmers. UNIBO (partner 2) in Italy is specialized in genetic analysis applied to food technologies. CEAZA (partner 3) is the best research institute studying Quinoa in Chile.

Keywords: biodiversity,agricultural sciences,social geography,environmental economics