Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
geohazards and geomechanics (GEO)

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,United Kingdom,France,Spain,Italy,United Kingdom,Ireland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-02-01
End date: 2016-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 438900.0
EU funding (EUR): 438900.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal aims to bring together the complementary expertise of world leading groups carrying out research on the engineering assessment, prevention and mitigation of geohazards, the main ones being floods, landslides, and earthquakes considering also the effect of climate change and human activity on soil degradation. To mitigate these disasters it is necessary to improve our understanding of the failures taking place in flood defence embankments, to have better models for a more rational risk assessment of areas prone to flooding, to investigate the geomechanical conditions leading to the onset of landslides more in depth, to model debris flows and mudflows to estimate run-out distances and destructive power of the landslide materials, etc. In other words, prevention, preparedness and mitigation of geohazards rely on sound geo-engineering which requires competences in geomechanics, numerical modelling, constitutive models for soils, hazard zonation and risk assessment. The goals of this proposal are: i) to investigate the key aspects of major geohazards (floodings, landslides, earthquakes) to bridge the current gaps in knowledge to improve significantly the current capabilities of prevention, preparedness and mitigation by bringing together specialists engaged in cutting edge research; ii) to enable knowledge exchange among experts in complementary research fields; iii) to train several Early Stage Researches (ESRs) to expand their knowledge during their stay at the host institution; iv) to improve the current normative standards and codes ruling geohazard prevention; v) to generate new approaches to the problems dealt with through exposure to different methodologies.

Keywords: civil engineering,environmental protection,earthquake protection,climate change,landslides,geophysical sciences
Fisheries and aquaculture-Oriented Research Capacity in Egypt (FORCE)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Activities of International Cooperation
Destination: Reinforcing cooperation with Europe's neighbours in the context of the ERA
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Egypt,Italy,Ireland
Call:  (FP7-INCO-2011-6, 2011)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 589982.51
EU funding (EUR): 499557.99
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

FORCE "Fishing and aquaculture-Oriented Research Capacity in Egypt" project is designed to enhance the capacity of the Egyptian National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, NIOF to carry out research activities aimed at supporting the implementation of sound and science-based policies for the sustainable development of fishery and aquaculture in Egypt, as well as in the whole Mediterranean North African region. FORCE will enable NIOF to fill the Scientific and Technological gap, which, at present, is one of the main factors that hampers the further sustainable management of fishery and aquaculture. The overall FORCE scientific objectives are to identify potential for more efficient cooperation between EU research institutions and NIOF focused on fishery and aquaculture as means of development of S&T and increasing sustainable yields; to support NIOF in developing a "tool-box" for environmental impact assessment of aquaculture activities; to disseminate the best practices and to raise awareness among scientists, fishery inspectors and policy makers. In support of reaching competent sustainable management of fisheries, FORCE will promote the principles and objectives outlined in Horizon 2020 frameworks and EU Marine Strategies. FORCE will enhance the participation of Egypt in the FP7 by giving to NIOF the opportunity to coordinate a FP7 project

Keywords: fisheries,aquaculture,capacity building,research,environmental impact assessment,trawl gear performance,niof,egypt,ecosystem approach,sustainable development,european partnershi
Integrating Sina Institute into the European Research Area (SIERA)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Activities of International Cooperation
Destination: Reinforcing cooperation with Europe's neighbours in the context of the ERA
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Palestine, State of,Portugal,Germany,Italy
Call:  (FP7-INCO-2011-6, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 609535.0
EU funding (EUR): 550515.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The rapid growth of cross-border markets and global concerns are creating a huge demand to facilitate knowledge sharing between societies. The diversity of languages, cultures, and standards are the main barriers to sharing and consuming knowledge. The objective of the SIERA project is to reinforce closer and sustainable scientific cooperation between Palestinian and EU scientists in the field of multilingual and multicultural knowledge sharing technologies. This objective is attained through integrating BZU Sina Institute, which is the largest ICT research centre in Palestine and among a few in the Arab world in this field, into the European Research Area. BZU Sina institute will twin with four leading European research institutions that are pioneers in the area of multilingual knowledge sharing and have an excellent profile in research cooperation at the European and international levels. This collective expertise and scientific excellence will be utilized to help BZU Sina Institute enhance its research cooperation capacity. In particular, the project aims at achieving the following specific goals: (i) Widening the R&D strategy of BZU Sina Institute, (ii) setting up joint research and cooperation, (iii) facilitating PhD students co-supervision, (iv) Organizing joint summer courses, (v) building competency and facilitating the participation of BZU Sina Institute in FP7, and (vi) increasing the visibility and impact of BZU Sina Institute at the regional and international levels.

Keywords: research collaboration,capacity building,research setup,multilingual,multicultural,knowledge sharing,arabic language,palestine
Improving National Capacities in Observation and Management of Marine Environment in Tunisia (INCOMMET)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Activities of International Cooperation
Destination: Reinforcing cooperation with Europe's neighbours in the context of the ERA
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Tunisia,France,Italy
Call:  (FP7-INCO-2011-6, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 911166.0
EU funding (EUR): 499962.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The INCOMMET proposal is a response to the Call FP7-INCO-2011-6 but is also relevant to the EU objectives of the Environment Work Programme. The INCOMMET project, coordinated by the National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies (INSTM), the major public research institution in Tunisia in the field of oceanography and marine environments, and also involving the Université d'Aix-Marseille (AMU, France) and the Zoological Station of Naples (SZN, Italy) aims at increasing research excellence and visibility of INSTM, and fostering its participation into ERA. INCOMMET is structured in 6 WP providing ideal conditions to achieve its goals. To reinforce the management capacity of INSTM with EU projects, a twinned management will be ensured by INSTM and the European Research Grant Unit of AMU. The consortium will make a scientific literature review on Mediterranean areas close to Tunisia and will undertake a SWOT analysis of INSTM. This will define training courses, workshops, twinnings and visits targeting INSTM staff, early stage researchers, PhD and master students to improve INSTM scientific and technological capacities. To enhance EU-INSTM cooperations and visibility and increase INSTM’s participation in EU FP or related EU programmes, specific training will be provided by the EU Grant Unit of AMU to INSTM administrative staff and researchers. INCOMMET will elaborate a strategy to improve the internal and scientific structuring of INSTM and will conduct regional and national lobbying to increase the visibility of INSTM. INCOMMET will design an International Mixed Laboratory involving INSTM and its partners and elaborate a common EU research programme. The international scientific recognition of INSTM will be reinforced by strengthening communication and dissemination through a public website, production of leaflets, scientific DVDs, local conferences targeting socio-economic partners and stakeholders and a final international conference.

Keywords: tunisia,scientific excellence,visibility and capacity increase,oceanology,mediterranean sea,swop analysis,trainings,twinning,eu fps,lobbying,international mixed laboratory,dissemination.
FUNCTIONING OF THE LOCAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN THE CONDITIONS OF ECONOMIC CRISIS (COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND BENCHMARKING FOR THE EU AND BEYOND) (FOLPSEC)

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: Bulgaria,Poland,Slovakia
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-04-01
End date: 2015-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 571900.0
EU funding (EUR): 571900.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

Local Production Systems (LPS) could be characterized in different ways, thus their definition is neither simple, nor unified task. One of the most popular definitions is the one given by Local Production & Innovation Systems Research Network – “territorial union of economic, political and social actors, whose efforts are focused on a specific group of interrelated activities”. LPS have strong impact on regional development. To this end, LPS establishment and functioning in the EU member states and in third countries are subject to intensive research and discussed in different strategic documents. As of the ‘90s of the last century LPS in EU(15) are in a process of constant development while in the new EU MS and in third countries they are still in the initial phase. The world economic and financial crisis further attracted the attention of the researchers to LPS establishment and functioning. FOLPSEC aims at deepening the theoretical studies on LPS and to encourage their practical implementation as an approach for world crisis overcoming. It has the following objectives: 1. To exchange knowledge on research approaches in studying LPS and to make recommendations for EU good practices implementation in the conditions of economic crisis; 2. To share partners’ results on LPS functioning concerning economical and social regional acceleration and regional disparities relative overcoming; 3. To make use of knowledge gained and good practices identified for research and teaching purposes at all partner institutions; 4. To establish long-term research cooperation between EU and Third countries and to strengthen research partnerships. In order to achieve our goal we created a network of partner institutions located in EU(27) member states (Bulgaria, Poland and Slovakia) and in Eligible Third Countries (Russia and Ukraine).

Keywords: local production systems,regional development,clusters,industrial cooperation,vertical and horisontal integration,benchmarking
European-Russian Centre for cooperation in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic environmental and climate research (EURUCAS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Activities of International Cooperation
Destination: Strengthening European research facilities in third countries: INCO-LAB activity
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Russian Federation,Germany,Germany,Sweden,Germany,France,France,Austria,United Kingdom,Finland,Norway
Call:  (FP7-INCO-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2012-05-01
End date: 2015-10-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2124020.2
EU funding (EUR): 1994891.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

The general objective of the project is to use the Nansen International Environmental and Remote Sensing Centre (NIERSC) established in St. Petersburg, Russia, and funded by Norway and Germany, as the joint research facility to extend, consolidate and strengthen scientific cooperation between researchers from the EU Member States and Associated Countries with those from Russia through the joint studies of climate and environmental changes in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic in the 21st century and their socio-economic impact. NIERSC research facilities, enhanced and expanded in the frame of the project, will be opened to the researchers from other Member States, specifically from Austria, Finland, France, Sweden and UK, additionally to researchers from Germany, Norway and Russia, founders of NIERSC. Increasing and extending scientific cooperation between researchers from the Member States and Associated Countries with Russian researchers will be organized through involvement of additional researchers in the NIERSC ongoing projects and preparation of new future joint scientific projects in the area of environmental and climate research in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic including socio-economic issues via organization of joint scientific workshops and seminars. Since 1992 NIERSC has built a wide network with Russian research institutions, universities and governmental agencies which will serve in the future for further enhancement of European-Russian cooperation in proposed research area far beyond the completion of EuRuCAS. To sustain this cooperation in the future, young generation of researchers will be greatly involved in the project through research periods at NIERSC and organizing Summer School with the focus on environmental and climate research in the Arctic and Sub-Arctic including socio-economic impact. Within EuRuCAS implementation the ways for opening NIERSC institutional arrangements for new members from EU Member States and/or Associated Countries will be defined.

Keywords: arctic,sub-arctic,climate,environment,socio-economics,international research cooperation
Strengthening of Food, Agriculture and Water related International Research Cooperation of Algeria (FAWIRA)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Activities of International Cooperation
Destination: Reinforcing cooperation with Europe's neighbours in the context of the ERA
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Algeria,Italy,Spain
Call:  (FP7-INCO-2011-6, 2011)
Start date: 2011-12-01
End date: 2014-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 558600.0
EU funding (EUR): 499060.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The overall objective of FAWIRA project is the reinforcement of cooperation capacities for food, agriculture and water related research activities of Algerian “National Institute of Agronomic Research” – INRAA in the context of the European Research Area (strengthening international research cooperation between Algeria and Europe in areas relevant to the FP7) and development to the Food, Agriculture and Water centre of excellence (facilitating its participation in European and regional collaborative research initiatives) to respond to Algerian’s socio-economic needs. Specific objectives: 1) “Analysis of Needs and Opportunities”; 2) “Build Capacity and Training activities”; 3) “Create Network”; 4) “Disseminate Results and Knowledge”; 5) “Ensure Sustainability”. The added value of the partnership FAWIRA project has a project management best practice and can reinforce cooperation and exchange between stakeholders, SMEs, and academic institutes at a transnational level. Reaffirming the above considerations, the project underlines the necessity for stronger cooperation of research abilities between countries who are part of the ERA-WIDE and plans to extend its international dimension by improving the framework conditions for international cooperation. The FAWIRA consortium includes transnational compensatory skills and abilities represented by 1 Research Centre in Spain, 1 Italian University and 1 Italian technological and innovation Company. The project duration is 36 months.

Keywords: capacity building,international cooperation,training,smes,innovation,innovation forum,competitiveness,exchanges,triple helix model,researchers
Building bridges between specialists on computational and empirical risk assessment of engineered nanomaterials (NANOBRIDGES)

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: Poland,United Kingdom,Italy,Greece,Poland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 548600.0
EU funding (EUR): 491600.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The project is aimed at creating a worldwide network of research partnerships, including various types of research organizations from EU and third countries, with different profiles (computational and empirical risk assessors), focused on the development of new tools for computational risk assessment of engineered nanoparticles (NPs). The mobility plan, supported by the electronic communication tools will create a platform for sharing knowledge and overcoming the fragmentation of scientific efforts in this novel and high priority research field. This is important, because extensively developing nanotechnology might create a significant risk for humans and the environment. We are going to build 3 metaphoric bridges across the problems limiting risk assessment for NPs: Bridge I: Collaboration between developers of computational and empirical methods for risk assessment. Bridge II: Exchanging ideas developed simultaneously by different groups of similar profiles (e.g., computational – computational). Bridge III: Coordination of regulatory efforts worldwide in the area of nanorisk assessment.

Keywords: control of chemicals,environmental risk assessment,nanotechnology,computational chemistry
The Dynamical and Structural Basis of Human Mind Complexity: Segregation and Integration of Information and Processing in the Brain (DYSTRUCTURE)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: The Human Mind and its complexity
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (ERC-2011-ADG_20110406, 2011)
Start date: 2012-07-01
End date: 2017-06-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2467530.0
EU funding (EUR): 2467530.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Perceptions, memories, emotions, and everything that makes us human, demand the flexible integration of information represented and computed in a distributed manner. The human brain is structured into a large number of areas in which information and computation are highly segregated. Normal brain functions require the integration of functionally specialized but widely distributed brain areas. Furthermore, human behavior entails a flexible task- dependent interplay between different subsets of these brain areas in order to integrate them according to the corresponding goal-directed requirements. We contend that the functional and encoding roles of diverse neuronal populations across areas are subject to intra- and inter-cortical dynamics. More concretely, we hypothesize that coherent oscillations within frequency-specific large-scale networks and coherent structuring of the underlying fluctuations are crucial mechanisms for the flexible integration of distributed processing and interaction of representations. The project aims to elucidate precisely the interplay and mutual entrainment between local brain area dynamics and global network dynamics and their breakdown in brain diseases. We wish to better understand how segregated distributed information and processing are integrated in a flexible and context-dependent way as required for goal-directed behavior. It will allow us to comprehend the mechanisms underlying brain functions by complementing structural and activation based analyses with dynamics. We expect to gain a full explanation of the mechanisms that mediate the interactions between global and local spatio-temporal patterns of activity revealed at many levels of observations (fMRI, EEG, MEG) in humans under task and resting conditions, complemented and further constrained by using more detailed characterization of brain dynamics via Local Field Potentials and neuronal recording in animals under task and resting conditions.

Keywords: resting state,ongoing brain activity,functional magnetic resonance,computational models,dynamical models
OFFshore GAs Separation (OFFGAS)

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,Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IRSES, 2011)
Start date: 2012-05-01
End date: 2016-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 252000.0
EU funding (EUR): 252000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Gas separations on offshore platforms are of increasing importance for the purification of natural gas and for the separation of CO2 used in enhanced oil recovery (EOR). Separations based on nanoporous materials, adsorption and membranes will be the method of choice for applications on floating platforms, where liquid solvents cannot be used due to problems arising from the tilting and rolling of the moving platforms. Developing effective materials and efficient process technologies for gas separations at high pressure plays a key role in the economic exploitation of offshore resources. Both Brazil and the EU have large vested interests in this field: Brazil has important offshore gas reservoirs situated where the seabed is too deep for a fixed platform, while EOR will be widely exploited in the North Sea. The proposed project will involve exchanges among three universities that are already conducting world-class research on materials and adsorption and membrane processes, thereby bringing together expertise on different aspects of the gas separation technology. The exchange of researchers will reinforce the links already established between the EU and Brazil, leading to further collaboration and joint proposals. In particular, the synergy between the research groups in the three institutions will give rise to technological breakthroughs that will also have applications in other fields. The project includes exchange of both early stage and experienced researchers to exploit fully the knowledge transfer for a total of 120 person-months exchanges. 23 experienced researchers will be seconded to a different institution. Early career researchers will spend a longer period of time in the partner institution in order to broaden their research knowledge and to experience a different social and cultural environment. The project will involve 12 PhD students, who will have the opportunity to perform part of their research abroad in one of the partner institutes.

Keywords: chemical engineering,materials engineering,process engineering