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HYDROGEN ECONOMY BENEFITS AND RISKS: TOOLS DEVELOPMENT AND POLICIES IMPLEMENTATION TO MITIGATE POSSIBLE CLIMATE IMPACTS (HYDRA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Climate
Destination: Climate sciences and responses for the transformation towards climate neutrality
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Spain,Italy,Greece,United Kingdom
Call: Climate impacts of a hydrogen economy (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D1-01, 2023)
Start date: 2023-11-01
End date: 2027-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3847500.0
EU funding (EUR): 3847500.0
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

Hydrogen is undoubtely the most talked-about carbon-free energy vector. However, policymakers and citizens that are supporting hydrogen large-scale penetration in the energy sector should not only be aware of the evident benefits but also of potential safety and climatic risks driven by a long term hydrogen-based economy. HYDRA will start from the evaluation of policies and directives on hydrogen technologies to derive the actual penetration rate of H2 in the market, and evaluate atmospheric emissions of hydrogen and other gases linked to production processes or leakages. The project will then model socio-economic and energy scenarios, considering land use and water consumption, due to the future deployment of a hydrogen economy. The possible impact on the atmosphere will be assessed, considering the interaction of H2 with the oxidizing cycles of CH4, CO, N2O, and O3, and the possible increase in water vapor concentrations, finally estimating the overall radiative forcing. HYDRA will also assess the possible contribution of soil in removing H2 from the atmosphere. Climatic projections will simulate possible climate change scenarios caused by the hydrogen economy, to which HYDRA will respond proposing guidlines and mitigation actions. Finally, since hydrogen-air mixes are highly imflammable and H2 leakages can represent a serious safety issue along the whole value chain, HYDRA will develop a remote-control monitoring tool. The HYDRA tool will detect and quantify hydrogen leakages to increase the saefty of hydrogen-based technologies and prevent unecessary emissions to the atmosphere. The monitoring system will also be able to detect emissions of other gases, so that also possible impurities can be taken into account. The monitoring tool will be tested in a facility where a large scale H2 storage infrastructure will be available. Experimental and modeling activities will also be useful to update the LCA methodology in assessing the environmental impact of hydrogen technologies.

Keywords: hydrogen,climate change,policy,mitigation actions
Innovative Manufacturing Process for Advanced Composite Technologies (IMPACT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1548294.0
EU funding (EUR): 1548294.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Composites are critically important in the race to deliver sustainability across many industry sectors like automotive, aerospace, rail, and infrastructure. However resistance to their use has been related to cost, the waste generated by existing processes that cannot be easily recycled, and the incapability to produce the volumes required to meet demands. Composite Braiding Ltd (CBL) have developed an innovative process and lightweight tooling to manufacture composites differently simplifying existing practices. Project IMPACT will disrupt the market by delivering a first-of-its-kind technology to manufacture high-quality and low-cost tubular braided thermoplastic composite parts. This game-changing capability means that CBL can produce lightweight composite components quickly in higher volumes and at lower costs using materials that cannot be made into similar components anywhere else. It will be possible to manufacture composites that are significantly cheaper, mechanically superior, and more sustainable than traditional options at scale to produce up to 100,000 component parts each year. CBL’s award-winning solution will deliver a significant reduction in waste (97%) and use 99% less energy compared to existing production methods, whilst still offering high-quality and robust composites that meet end user requirements. Light weighting is a key enabling technology that can support the achievement of the EU Green Deal goals. CBL’s composites possess exceptional strength, stiffness, and resistance to damage, surpassing conventional materials, and thus find extensive use across many industry sectors. Project IMPACT promotes sustainability, reduces environmental impact, and fosters economic resilience by decreasing dependence on finite resources. It supports the transition towards a circular economy model and decarbonisation of more industrial sectors and will contribute to EU ambitions to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.

Keywords: lightweighting,composites,braiding,sustainability,net zero,carbon,glass basalt fibres,thermoplastic composites,high volume,low cost,recycle,re use,rapid processing,low energy,employment
INTERCONNECTED AND INCLUSIVE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEMS FOCUSED ON ICT AND MOBILITY (INFIMO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: European innovation ecosystems
Theme: Interconnected Innovation Ecosystems
Destination: Interconnected Innovation Ecosystems
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Estonia,Portugal,Georgia
Call: Towards more inclusive networks and initiatives in European innovation ecosystems (HORIZON-EIE-2022-CONNECT-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2025-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 551428.57
EU funding (EUR): 500000.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

The project unites three clusters: Estonian ICT Cluster as coordinator (legal entity: Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications; representing a Strong Innovator region and bridging the project with three large European networks, the European Digital SME Alliance, DIGITALEUROPE and ITS Nationals), MOBINOV automotive cluster from Portugal (representing a Moderate Innovator region and leveraging outreach of the project to other EU mobility and automotive clusters via the European Automotive Cluster Network) and Georgian ICT Cluster (representing a Modest Innovator region and linking the project with the Georgian Digital Transformation Consortium and other national innovation actors). The consortium also includes Baltic Innovation Agency (Estonia), an experienced innovation management company and representative of Enterprise Europe Network in the project. Together the partners will act as a driving force to build strategic collaboration between their ecosystems and encourage the involvement of more diverse innovation stakeholders (with a specific focus on stronger involvement of woman entrepreneurs) as well as building contacts with innovation ecosystems from other countries. The main aim of INFIMO is to foster the development of interconnected and inclusive innovation ecosystems via a strategic collaboration between clusters and a variety of innovation actors, focused on using ICT for digital and twin transition in various economic sectors aligned with the industry 5.0 (and emerging industry 6.0) framework. Related to this, INFIMO develops and validates two collaboration models: (1) a generic model supporting digitalisation and sustainability in a variety of economic sectors; (2) An advanced model facilitating the twin transition and higher competitiveness in the mobility sector based on joint RD&I pilots as well as an open innovation competition. Both models can be used to in a wide range of European innovation ecosystems in the future.

Keywords: clusters,innovation ecosystems,digital and green twin transition,ict,mobility
Towards a connected history of population, environmental change, capital and conflict in Russian Eurasia, 1860s-1920s (Land Limits)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Study of the Human Past
Panel description: Archaeology and history
Countries involved: Ireland
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499978.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499978.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Land Limits is a ground-breaking environmental history that explores the ecological impact of population growth in Eurasia, from the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 to the close of the civil war in the early 1920s: a period of unprecedented mobility and demographic flux. It redefines the field of late imperial Russian and early Soviet history by challenging assumptions that in a sparsely populated political territory stretching across a sixth of the world’s surface, population pressures occurred only in the agrarian provinces of what was then ‘European Russia’. Instead, it proposes relocating to the empire’s borderlands, and conceptualizing the empire as multiple geographically-disparate but ecologically-interconnected regions: an innovative method of analysing a political entity that usually resists holistic critical enquiry. Via a programme of nuanced, critical historical research conducted in libraries and archives across five nation states, the project seeks to understand both intellectual and material dimensions of the relationship between population pressure and anthropogenic environmental change, and then interrogates the implications of these ecological shifts. It suggests that as increased populations created changes in land use and resource exploitation, so these new patterns became both the motor of economic growth via local, national and global networks of labour, capital and commodities, and the fulcrum around which various forms of conflict emerged, as land and resources became limited, contested and politicised. These were vital forces that transformed borderlands and became key factors in the violent collapse of the empire and the evolution of the early Soviet state. In doing so, the project redefines scholarly debates on the nature of economic growth and of state and community violence in the late imperial period, by restoring the environment as a vital category in exposing the complex causalities that connected migration, capital and conflict.

Keywords: environmental history history of violence resources and commodities economic history eurasia population history
Molecular mechanisms of GPCR heteromers signaling (SignalHet)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Molecules of Life: B iological  Mechanisms , Structures  and Functions
Panel description: For all organisms : Molecular biology , biochemistry, structural biology, molecular biophysics , synthetic and chemical biology, drug design, innovative methods and modelling
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-02-01
End date: 2029-03-31
Duration (months): 62.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499494.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499494.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

G Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) are key mediators of how cells sense and react to their outside environment. Traditionally, these receptors have been thought to function as individual units at the cell surface. Over the past decade, new evidence has shown they can assemble in larger complexes to form new signaling entities and vastly expand a cell’s capacity to respond to its environment. Thanks to their strong tissue-specificity, these complexes -termed heteromer- also form important targets for the development of new drugs with less side effects. Still, our understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which assembly of GPCRs in complexes transform their signaling properties remain extremely sparse. My proposal investigates how heteromers interact and integrate changes in their environments to generate unique cellular responses. I focus my research on the mGlu2-5HT2A heteromer, as its existence has been demonstrated in humans and is involved in schizophrenia, a debilitating condition that urgently requires new treatments. This proposal is organised in three objectives: 1/ A too often over-looked component of a GPCR environment is the lipidic membrane it is inserted in. Using a multi-scale biophysics approach, I will characterise the essential role lipids play in the assembly and function of heteromers, but also how receptors themselves change the membrane they are inserted in to transmit information. 2/ I will use cryo-electron microscopy to solve the first structure of a heteromer, bound to its signaling partners, G proteins. I will go even further and develop cutting-edge EM tools to resolve a high-resolution movie of a GPCR heteromer signaling cascade, from receptor assembly to G protein activation. 3/ Finally, using single particle cryoEM and fluorescence, I will investigate how heteromers recruit other partners which in turn modify receptors to form these new signaling units.

Keywords: gpcrs,cryoem,fluorescence
Advancing Research Careers through Organizational Excellence (ARCOE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Theme: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Destination: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Belgium,Bulgaria,Cyprus,Netherlands,Greece,Romania,Ireland,Malta
Call: Talent ecosystems for attractive early research careers – pilot (HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-02, 2024)
Start date: 2025-05-01
End date: 2028-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1843150.0
EU funding (EUR): 1843150.0
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

ARCOE aims to create a virtual talent innovation ecosystem hub to improve HR practices, career development and research collaboration. First, an in-depth organisational assessment will be conducted, including an analysis in the Widera countries, to assess career development frameworks, HR practices and alignment with the Research Charter. A gap analysis will then be performed to identify areas requiring improvement. The hub will assist researchers in their professional development by acting as a centralised place for networking, training and career development. Training programmes and career services focusing on digital transformation, deep tech industries and the Green Deal will be created through the hub. The project will assist 15 participating organisations in applying for HRS4R, ensuring compliance with strict guidelines for the recruitment of researchers. In addition, emphasis will be placed on networking and collaboration between the academic and non-academic sectors through the Meet&Match system in the ecosystem hub, to enhance alliances and encourage researcher mobility. As for the Virtual Hub, a long-term business plan will be created to ensure its viability even after the project has ended. In addition, ARCOE will implement a comprehensive communication and distribution plan to ensure maximum impact and reach. To maximise the project's influence and promote international cooperation, synergies with other projects and programmes will be explored. In conclusion, ARCOE is dedicated to fostering talent ecosystems that create attractive and sustainable initial research careers. Through this initiative, we aim to improve mobility, collaboration and career opportunities in all areas, to empower the next generation of researchers and strengthen the European research and innovation landscape.

Keywords: talent,ecosystem,research,excellence
The key to precise and accurate cosmology: Simulating the physics that shapes gaseous haloes (COSMIC-KEY)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Universe Sciences
Panel description: Astro -physics/ -chemistry/ -biology; solar system; planetary systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy; cosmology; space sciences; astronomical instrumentation and data
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2028-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1997500.0
EU funding (EUR): 1997500.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Observational programs aimed at mapping the large-scale structure of the Universe, such as eROSITA and Euclid, are ushering in the era of Precision Cosmology. Our knowledge will soon transition from being limited by statistical errors, to being hindered by systematic uncertainties. These systematics arise from the theoretical modeling adopted to fit the data and the complex physics of galaxy formation, whose effects are often neglected. In fact, powerful feedback processes from supermassive black holes (SMBHs) affect the phase-space and thermodynamical properties of the gas within haloes and beyond, in turn modifying the expectations for the cosmological observables and the large-scale matter distribution. In order to fulfill the potential of observational cosmology, we must take a far-reaching step forward by a) designing novel types of large-scale simulations that model gaseous haloes and the effects of SMBH feedback to unprecedented levels of realism and by b) providing quantitative and trustworthy — that is, physically-motivated and observationally-validated — prescriptions for cosmological analyses. Starting from the well-validated IllustrisTNG hydrodynamical simulations, we will extend their scope to more massive systems with a new suite, TNG-Cluster. We will provide a library of baryon-informed formulae for cosmological constraints with galaxies, groups, and clusters as well as design novel observational tests for SMBH feedback models. Going beyond the state-of-the-art, we will develop numerical models that account for the effects of the multi-phase structure of the gas, of radiation, and of more sophisticated SMBH physics by using new simulation techniques and by complementing the AREPO code with on-the-fly machine learning-based methods. These will enable groundbreaking large-scale simulations, new types of comparisons to observations of both the hot and cold halo gas, and, ultimately, novel and independent analyses of available cosmological data.

Keywords: cosmological magneto hydrodynamical simulations galaxy formation and evolution groups and clusters of galaxies feedback from supermassive black holes gaseous haloes circumgalactic medium,intra group and intra cluster medium cosmology with groups and clusters erosita
Plas2Cat: Synergism of Plasmonics and other Catalytic processes for Reforming Plastics (Plas2Cat)

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: Physics
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-05-06
End date: 2028-05-05
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 260347.92
EU funding (EUR): 260347.92
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Plastic waste, once valued for its durability, now presents severe environmental and economic challenges due to its persistence and complex disposal. Contributing 5% to global greenhouse gas emissions with projections of 2.6 Gt of CO2 annually by 2050, urgent solutions are needed. Currently, only 10% of plastics are repurposed into lower-value products, highlighting the necessity for innovative cradle-to-cradle approaches. The Plas2Cat project, which will be hosted by Prof. Erwin Reisner’s lab and the NanoPhotonics Centre (NPC) at the University of Cambridge, aims to address these challenges. The Reisner lab’s expertise in solar reforming and NPC’s advanced plasmonic cavities will underpin the development of core-shell plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) with tailored properties. By utilising gold, palladium, and exploring copper, nickel, and metal oxides, the project seeks to enhance catalytic performance and sustainability. Plasmonic nanomaterials will enable the harnessing of lower-energy visible to infrared light, broadening the usable light spectrum for catalytic transformations. The project will employ these NPs to drive catalytic transformations of plastic waste. Using photoelectrochemical and spectroscopic techniques, the study will investigate interactions between NPs and plastic molecules, track intermediates and products, and elucidate plasmonic redox properties. Aiming to tackle the challenging recycling of polystyrene (PS), the project will focus on breaking C–H and C–C bonds in PS to produce valuable feedstocks like benzoic acid and styrene. Initial efforts will target smaller compounds and shorter PS chains, with plans to eventually use longer chains and real PS waste. The project will emphasize sustainability by developing plasmonic nanomaterials from earth-abundant metals and oxides like magnesium and manganese oxide. By integrating plasmonics with catalytic processes, Plas2Cat seeks to revolutionize plastic upcycling and advance the circular economy.

Keywords: solar reforming,waste upcycling,sustainable nanomaterials,plastic recycling,photoelectrochemistry,redox,synergistic catalysis,hybrid catalysts,spectro electrochemistry,polystyrene,mediators