Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
CoolFarm – The intelligent and flexible system that provides to plants what they need, when they need it! (CoolFarm)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Sustainable agriculture and forestry
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Portugal
Call: Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for sustainable and competitive agriculture, forestry, agri-food and bio-based sectors (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-07-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of this project is to demonstrate the breakthrough system - SaaS based B2B Greenhouse Artificial Intelligence Control System – which is a high-tech product to solve real world problems! CoolFarm represents the future of agriculture by bringing it into the cloud. CoolFarm is a disruptive solution based on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning, connected to the cloud and with an intuitive interface, adaptable to web, mobile and tablet supports, supported on an unique concept of controlling, in a precise way, the environmental variables that contribute to plants growth, which allows them to develop in the most healthy, efficient and effective way. Designed to nurture plants by controlling several environmental variables that have a direct impact on plant growth, Coolfarm provides them what they need, when they need it! This state-of-the–art Plug&Play solution, has established a new benchmark for cultivation farms making control easier and more intuitive, optimised in terms of plant growth and resource management, and as a result, more profitable, LOWER CAPEX and OPEX=HIGHER ROI (Return On Investment)! CoolFarm technology can be directly applied to two distinct markets, (i) hydroponic greenhouses which encompasses hydroponic and aquaponic urban greenhouses; and (ii) micro-algae reactors which are used to manufacture biofuels, and in the food and cosmetics industries. The solution proposed addresses European and global challenges, as it is very attractive for SMEs and large enterprises, contributing to increasing European competitiveness, namely, (i) Increasing urban agriculture market across Europe; (ii) Enhance the increase of the biofuel market that still lacks the means to be efficient; (iii) Increase the production in industrial greenhouses; (iv) Precision agriculture; and (v) Global issue of food needs by 2050.

Keywords: artificial intelligence,cloud,machine learning,remote sensing,greenhouse,hydroponic,aquaponic,micro algae,technology development,prototyping,business opportunities,piloting
Construction and design of advanced colloidal complexes from anisotropic particles (CADOACCFAP)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Finland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2021-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 191325.6
EU funding (EUR): 191325.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

We aim to establish a multidisciplinary research program focusing on the design and self-assembly of anisotropic colloidal particles into colloidal complexes in the presence/absence of external fields. We seek to achieve control over the anisotropies by means of component variation, shape tuning and surface functionality of the building materials. We envisage that these anisotropic build blocks will not only offer a direct route enriching our understanding of molecular behaviours (isomerisation, chirality and steric hindrance) at colloidal scales but will also open up a huge range of exciting possibilities in constructing novel colloidal structures and their application in controllable devices, such as colloidal surfactant and micro-swimmer.

Keywords: anisotropic particles,colloidal complexes,self assembly
Stabilising Protein-Protein Interactions: A Target-Guided Fragment-Based Approach (TaGFrag)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-10-01
End date: 2018-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165598.8
EU funding (EUR): 165598.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This action aims to discover novel, synthetically tractable small-molecule stabilisers of the therapeutically important 14-3-3δ – estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) protein-protein interaction (PPI). To achieve this a rational target-guided chemical biology approach will be developed that combines the concepts of fragment-based drug discovery with bioorthogonal synthesis. The significances of achieving this aim are two-fold. First, it would provide valuable tool or lead compounds to aid the maturation of this interaction as a clinical target. Secondly, it would provide a rational and efficient approach for the discovery of PPI stabilisers in general. This under-explored area of pharmaceutical research has the potential to deliver new medicines for the treatment of diseases such as cancer which pose a major societal challenge in Europe. The project will combine the powerful tools of synthetic chemistry, biophysical assay techniques and protein crystallography in the true ethos of chemical biology for drug discovery. It will provide the Fellow with excellent experimental training in this increasingly important field, complimenting his proven track-record in synthetic organic chemistry research. Therefore this proposal seeks support to embark on an innovative, integrated and multidisciplinary programme of research which will allow for the consolidation and expansion of the experiences gained by the Fellow during his brief tenure at the ideally suited Laboratory of Chemical Biology, the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e). This Fellowship is a crucial opportunity to enhance the Fellow’s creative and innovative potential thus allowing him to establish an independent research career at the interface of synthetic chemistry and the study of biological systems.

Keywords: rational design,fragments,synthesis,bioorthogonal reactions,protein crystallography,biophysical analysis
Adaptive Decision support for Agents negotiation in electricity market and smart grid Power Transactions (ADAPT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2017-01-01
End date: 2018-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 170121.6
EU funding (EUR): 170121.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

ADAPT explores the theme of decision support for agents negotiations in the complementary environments of electricity markets and smart grids. The EU priority of increasing the penetration of renewable energy sources in the power system has led to the wide acceptance of the smart grid paradigm as the solution for several emerging challenges. Another EU priority is the creation of a Pan-European Energy Market. A relevant step was taken in 2015 with the coupling of several regional European markets. Despite the significant investments in the fields of smart grids and electricity markets, the two fronts are evolving quite independently from each other, evidencing the sector difficulties in profiting from the strong relationships among them. A relevant drawback is the lack of decision support solutions to enable involved players improving their outcomes from energy transactions. ADAPT tackles this gap by proposing a multi-agent decision support system to assist the negotiation process of smart grid and electricity market players. ADAPT is composed by: (i) a portfolio optimization that identifies the most gainful negotiation opportunities, considering the available markets, including negotiations at a smart grid level; and (ii) a decision support method for actual negotiations using novel machine learning approaches to choose the most suitable strategies for each context, considering opponents’ negotiation profiles. ADAPT’s quality and industry-driven nature is assured by the experience and complementary expertise of the candidate and host in the targeted fields, and is further enhanced by the participation of experts in the fields of artificial intelligence and power systems. Besides advancing in the multidisciplinary research fields, ADAPT is expected to impact the EU power sector, the industry and society as a whole, by contributing to the effective integration of smart grids in a market environment, and to the decrease of electricity prices through competitiveness.

Keywords: adaptive learning,automated negotiation,case based reasoning,decision support systems,electricity markets,portfolio optimization,smart grids
GATE Rudder System as a Retrofit for the Next Generation Propulsion and Steering of Ships (GATERS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Germany,Cyprus,Malta,Türkiye,Türkiye,Norway,Greece,France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Retrofit Solutions and Next Generation Propulsion for Waterborne Transport (H2020-MG-2019-TwoStages, 2019)
Start date: 2021-02-01
End date: 2024-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5878364.25
EU funding (EUR): 4999509.98
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

GATERS proposes the first retrofit application of a novel propulsion and manoeuvring device for ships, called “Gate Rudder System”. It specifically addresses at the call text “to develop and demonstrate to TRL6 and higher innovative, cost-effective retrofit solution for marine shipping to provide substantial improvements regarding environmental impacts and life cycle cost". Taking advantage of the remarkable fuel saving (a max of 14% in trials and 30% in-service) and excellent manoeuvrability of the gate rudder system, "GATERS demonstrates significantly reduced emissions from ships particularly within coastal and port areas to challenge and even exceeding the current and future legislative requirements of the IMO and local regulations for emissions". GATERS aims to bring together 18 technology experts and prime stakeholders, including the patent holder, to demonstrate and exploit the benefits of this system by two complementary deliverables. First is the retrofit demonstration of the system for the European short sea shipping operations by installing and operating on a target coastal tanker. Second is the concept exploration of this system for the oceangoing shipping operations, including fleet level. Hence to demonstrate if the Gate Rudder System can be the next generation propulsion and steering system for the waterborne transport. The three-phase work programme of GATERS includes the investigation of the technical challenges and solutions in Phase1. The detailed design and manufacturing of the retrofit system on the target vessel are to be conducted in Phase2. The demonstration of the retrofit technology on the target vessel and its impact assessment comprising other ship types are included in Phase 3. The two deliverables of the projects will be exploited by the Consortium immediately and the European Maritime Industry to follow up through the comprehensive communication, dissemination and exploitation activities supported by the Industry Advisory Board.

Keywords: novel propulsion and manoeuvring system,retrofit technology,short sea shipping operations,oceangoing shipping operations,generic and flexible propulsion system,imo requirements for emission
NIR Light Harvesting in Artificial Protein-Lipid-Chromophores Coassembled Molecular System (NIRLAMS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2021-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 203852.16
EU funding (EUR): 203852.16
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The depleting fossils fuels added by their high carbon emission have been constantly putting pressure on scientific community to find an economic solution in the form of green energy. The utilization of everlasting solar energy is possible solution which has been researched for a long now but has constraints of Shockley Queisser Limit. The recent emergence of photon upconversion has given hope to overcome this limit by upconverting the transmitted sub band gap photons to band gap responsive light. Among the existing UC phenomenon triplet-triplet annihilation based photon upconversion (TTA-UC) leading the way because of its function at sub solar irradiance and 1.5 solar spectrum. Most of the TTA-UC systems are limited to Vis to Vis UC which though have contributed immensely for conceptual development of the filed; however for practical applications in photonic devices NIR to Vis TTA-UC would be more ideal. This is because; (1) NIR is low energy non-invasive light which is useful for biological applications and (2) can overcome the Shockley Queisser Limit of solar cells. On the other hand NIR to Vis TTA-UC systems are although reported they are mostly limited to deoxygenated organic solvents which have limitation of device fabrication. This is due to low solubility of NIR to Vis dyes in synthetic polymers and quenching by molecular oxygen. Therefore, the present proposal is aimed at overcoming these issues by introducing an innovative approach of protein-lipid-chromophores co-assembly both for aqueous and solid state NIR to Vis TTA-UC in oxygenated environment. The proposed approach is supported by the fact that nonpolar domains of protein-lipid coassembly can solubilize the hydrophobic NIR to Vis dyes and thick H-bonding network of protein can prevent oxygen inflow into chromophore region. The proposed project would lead to a new conceptual development for efficient solar upconversion and will broaden the solar light harvesting range for solar energy conversion system

Keywords: photon upconversion
PivotBuoy - An Advanced System for Cost-effective and Reliable Mooring, Connection, Installation & Operation of Floating Wind (PivotBuoy)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Low-cost, low-carbon energy supply
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Germany,Spain,Spain,Netherlands,Denmark,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Portugal,Portugal
Call: Developing solutions to reduce the cost and increase performance of renewable technologies (H2020-LC-SC3-2018-RES-TwoStages, 2018)
Start date: 2019-04-01
End date: 2023-03-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3960065.25
EU funding (EUR): 3960065.25
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

The main project objective is to reduce the cost of energy (LCOE) of floating wind by 50% through the validation of the "PivotBuoy", an innovative subsystem that reduces the costs of mooring systems and floating platforms, allows faster and cheaper installation and a more reliable and sustainable operation. The PivotBuoy system combines the advantages of Single Point Mooring systems (SPM - pre-installation of the mooring and connection system using small vessels) with those of tension-leg systems (TLPs - weight reduction, reduced mooring length and enhanced stability), enabling a radical weight reduction of 50% to 90% in floating wind systems compared to current spar and semi-submersible systems but also enabling a critical simplification in the installation of traditional TLP systems. The PivotBuoy concept, initially conceived by its founder while at MIT, is currently at TRL3 after the proof of concept in a wave tank at 1:64 scale and it is the result of years of experience. The project proposes validating the concept at PLOCAN test site, integrating a part-scale prototype of the PivotBuoy single point mooring system in a 225kW downwind floating platform developed by X1 WIND. By testing in a relevant environment, the project will also validate critical innovations related to assembly, installation and O&M techniques, reaching TRL5 at the project end. The impact of the proposed innovations is sector wide: the system can be integrated not only in X1 WIND downwind platform but in any other floating platforms using single point moorings systems in the wind and in other sectors such as wave energy, tidal and oil&gas industries. The project consortium, combining experienced industrial partners from the oil&gas, naval and offshore wind sectors with cutting-edge R&D centres, will also bring additional innovations in components, materials and installation and O&M techniques, advancing the state-of-the-art of the floating wind sector.

Keywords: floating wind,cost efficient mooring system,single point mooring spm,tension leg platform tlp,quick connection,reliable operation,light weight,sustainable operation
FS-UNIT: Light-weight, portable medical Field Suction Unit to disrupt the pre-hospital market (FS-UNIT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Norway
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2019)
Start date: 2019-05-01
End date: 2019-08-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Excitus is an award-winning high-tech health start-up set to disrupt the pre-hospital emergency care market by providing a lightweight, easy-to-use, instantly functioning portable medical suction device. Sudden out-of-hospital cardiac arrests remain are highly lethal, with 9 out of 10 of the 350,000 EU cases ending in death. When a person’s heart stops, fast response is needed. Many times, fluid such as vomit clog up a person’s airway during a cardiac arrest, and so it is standard practice for ambulances to carry suction devices to clear airways. Prompt airway clearing can increase survivability in trauma cases by as much as 10%, yet current portable suction devices are not designed with a paramedic-centric view. Instead, they are heavy, bulky, difficult and time consuming to use, requiring both hands for operation and extensive cleaning afterwards. Resultantly, paramedics do not carry them to the scene at first response, thereby compromising the patients’ lives. Having worked for the world’s largest supplier of emergency care pre-hospital medical devices for decades, we were disappointed by the lack of innovation and user-centric design. We imagined a scenario were paramedics would enjoy using portable suction devices. After widely consulting with paramedics, physicians and Emergency Services operators, we created a completely new handheld design applying advanced mechatronics to deliver a suction device that is 85% lighter than current products whilst achieving the required life-saving performance. We have received the support of the largest private ambulance providers in Europe and the US and are currently creating a global distribution network. The market for medical suction devices is growing to just under €1bn by 2024 with one of the key drivers being the demand for compact portable medical devices. Our Vision is to be the market leader in this sector achieving cumulative sales of €68M by 2026 with an ROI 8.4, with total required investment of €2.5M.

Keywords: ambulance market,pre hospital emergency care market,portable medical suction device
Next-generation navigation technologies for autonomous vehicles (ALBORA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Small business innovation research for Transport and Smart Cities Mobility (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-03-01
End date: 2018-08-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

One of the concepts that will drive the paradigm change in mobility is the Connected Autonomous Vehicle (CAV). Massive investments on the field and the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and sensors has moved relevant market uptakes for autonomous driving from 2035 to 2020. CAVs are equipped with a huge number of sensors that allow them to understand the environment and act accordingly. However, this technology is superfluous without knowing the location of the vehicle in real time. Technology used to position a mobile device on earth is known as Global Navigation Satellite System – GNSS (e.g. GPS or GALILEO). Despite it seems impossible, currently, there are not any GNSS solution that meet the requirements of vehicle manufacturers for autonomous driving, due to: 1) excessive cost to be implemented at scale (low margin sector) 2) unavailability to provide location updates in real time under hostile GNSS conditions (e.g. urban canyons) and 3) lack of a reliability measure to detect when a location is not accurate enough. At Albora, we have built and patented the Albora Correlation Engine, which uses AI and, in particular, biologically inspired Deep Learning Networks to achieve the performance required by the sector. Moreover, our technology can be embedded on the electronics currently available on autonomous vehicles, allowing us to keep the costs extremely low (no additional HW required!) To exploit our product, we plan to build SW packages of our algorithms and sell licenses through an easy to use API (SW company approach). This model is highly scalable and will allow us to tackle the huge market opportunity. In fact, SW will keep the largest market share for CAV, growing from €0.5 billion at 2015 to €25 billion in 2030. To this end, we need to assess the technical risks of migrating our code to more efficient programing languages, seek industrial partners to perform large pilots and fine-tune our business model using design thinking techniques.

Keywords: autonomous driving,mobility,gnss,navigation services,connected autonomous vehicles