Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
High volume piezoelectric thin film production process for microsystems (PIEZOVOLUME)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Norway,Switzerland,Liechtenstein,France,Germany,France,Germany,Netherlands,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-SME-2, 2008)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5140345.53
EU funding (EUR): 3750000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal will address high volume production of MEMS (Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems) with a piezoelectric thin film as active element (piezoMEMS). This technology can fulfil many of the requirements of sensors and actuators in tomorrow’s smart systems, as a result of the large displacements, high sensing functionality and high energy densities that can be obtained, compared to pure Si-MEMS. As a consequence, they are very attractive for industries like automotive, aerospace, medical, telecom and consumer electronics. Large European companies tend to buy devices like sensors for their products, rather than to develop processes and devices themselves. European SMEs are natural providers of such devices. However, since there are no automated facilities in Europe for volume production of piezoelectric microsystems, they are not able to commercialize piezoMEMS products. A combined effort by European research institutes, industry and SMEs can close this gap. The main vision of piezoVolume is to provide the means for high throughput, cost-effective and robust manufacturing of piezoelectric microsystems in Europe, where SMEs are both device developers and production technology providers. A set of procedures, guidelines and fabrication tools will be developed, enabling short time to market for new device concepts. piezoVolume will combine three leading research groups in Europe, which are already acting worldwide in the piezoMEMS scientific community, with highly relevant and skilled technological partners, to build a consortium that is able to develop a full production line for piezoMEMS in Europe for the first time. Readily available cost-effective wafer based batch processing of piezoMEMS will lower the threshold for industry acceptance and be the enabling technology to realise new products based on piezoMEMS.

Keywords: mems,volume production,piezoelectric,thin film,pzt,sme,quality control,modelling,design
Fast Ramp-up and Adaptive Manufacturing Environment (FRAME)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: New production
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Italy,Germany,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Germany,Spain,Switzerland,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2, 2008)
Start date: 2009-10-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4777802.12
EU funding (EUR): 3250000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of the FRAME project is a paradigm shift from the conventional human-driven ramp-up and system integration process to fully automated, self-learning and self-aware production systems. In particular, the project will deliver new methods to represent structure, capability and behaviour not only on machine level, but from a holistic point-of-view. This overall view allows the production system to actually understand the effects of process to the others, thereby allowing the development of novel methods to automatically detect bottlenecks, errors and potential for system optimisations with regards to the fine-tuning of processes. Furthermore, the project will integrate time-compressed simulation sandpits with a self-learning manufacturing environment that allows to automatically propose strategies to fine-tune processes during the ramp-up or in response to changes or disruptive events. The outcomes of the project will therefore facilitate the development of self-learning production systems that are easy to deploy and can react to fluctuations and disruptive events. This in turn, will drastically decrease system ramp-up times and down-times for European industrial sectors and thereby increasing productivity and yield. For system integrators it will particular lay the foundation for the successful system-to-service transformation from static capital-intensive production lines towards using dynamic manufacturing services on demand. The project aim is supported by the following key objectives: • Developing self-aware manufacturing systems enable by sensor enhanced machines • New self-learning strategies to accelerate the ramp-up, system optimisation and reaction to disruptive events • Supporting the system-to-service transformation in manufacturing by automating the deployment of manufacturing services into the line

Keywords: self-learning production systems fast ramp-up systems rapid reconfiguration system to service transformation novel methods for system optimisation
Advanced Lasers for Photovoltaic INdustrial processing Enhancement (ALPINE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Integration
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Denmark,France,France,Germany,European organisations area,Slovenia,Belgium,Italy,Switzerland,Germany,Italy,Germany
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-LARGE-2, 2008)
Start date: 2009-09-01
End date: 2012-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9000648.8
EU funding (EUR): 5899987.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of the ALPINE project it to push forward the research and development of fiber laser systems for scribing of PhotoVoltaic (PV) modules. The project consortium will focus on a new high brilliance, high efficiency and premium beam quality laser based on photonic crystal fibers (PCFs). The all-around development cycle comprising of the beam source, beam delivery and manipulation, scribing processes, advanced diagnostic and application trials will be demonstrated. The novel laser system will be designed to fit the requirements for scribing innovative and flexible PV modules rather than standard ones based on crystalline silicon wafer. In particular, the two most appealing technological alternatives will be considered, that is CdTe and CIS technology of thin-film solar cells. Validation of the quality process will be assessed. The project joins together the two exciting challenges of the laser development for advanced industrial processing, on one side, and solar energy exploitation, on the other side. Thus it constitutes a crucial opportunity to continue the innovation of European industries involved in material processing applications by employing laser technology and to consolidate PV manufacturing European position. New promising scientific and technological approaches will be investigated. Thus the consortium expects to stimulate the continuous growth of the market in these strategic fields for European development.

Keywords: fiber lasers,photonic crystal fibers,solar cells,flexible thin film
Engineered Nanoparticle Impact on Aquatic Environments: Structure, Activity and Toxicology (ENNSATOX)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Netherlands,Belgium,Italy,Spain,United Kingdom,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2, 2008)
Start date: 2009-07-01
End date: 2012-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3655315.51
EU funding (EUR): 2816500.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The use of engineered nanoparticles in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, sensors and many other commercial applications has been growing exponentially over the past decade. EU and Member State’s research into the environmental impact of these materials, particularly in aquatic systems, is at an early stage. ENNSATOX addresses this deficit through a, comprehensive investigation relating the structure and functionality of well characterised engineered nanoparticles to their biological activity in environmental aquatic systems. An integrated approach will assess the activity of the particles in a series of biological models of increasing complexity. Parallel environmental studies will take place on the behaviour of the nanoparticles in natural waters and how they modify the particles' chemical reactivity, physical form and biological activity. An integrated theoretical model will be developed describing the environmental system as a series of biological compartments where particles transport between a) compartments by advection-diffusion and b) between phases by a transfer function. Following optimisation of the transfer functions a generic predictive model will be derived for the environmental impact of each class of nanoparticle in aqueous systems. A generalised understanding of the dependence of the nanoparticle biological activity on its structure and functionality will be obtained including the role and interaction of the biological membranes within organisms. ENNSATOX will generate: 1) exploitable IP (devices and ecotoxicology predictive software package); 2) set of standard protocols for assay of nanoparticle biological activity which can be later accredited; 3) global dissemination of results; 4) creation of an EU laboratory service; 5) tools and data to inform EU Regulation and the EC’s code of conduct for responsible nanosciences and nanotechnologies research, ftp://ftp.cordis.europa.eu/pub/nanotechnology/docs/nanocode-recommendation-pe0894c08424_en.pdf.

Keywords: engineered nanoparticles,aquatic environment,structure,activity,toxicology
Framework of Integrated Technologies for User Centred Products (FIT4U)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Integration
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Spain,Portugal,Spain,France,Belgium,Italy,Italy,Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-SME-2, 2008)
Start date: 2009-07-01
End date: 2012-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5709500.0
EU funding (EUR): 3984125.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

Ongoing social and economic globalization processes will offer major challenges on the global market for consumer oriented manufacturing sectors. In particular, the shoes and gloves markets are expected to grow by more than 25% within the next 5 years, and the market niches for high value added shoes and gloves are expected to grow even faster. As a consequence there is today a unique opportunity for the European Footwear and Sport Industries to improve their competitiveness on such market segments. To face such a challenge the present project will develop a new engineering framework for both products & processes integrating: new technologies and devices to integrate the consumer in shoes and gloves conception, specification and design; innovative 3D knowledge based integrated design tools; micro and nano devices providing shoes and gloves with innovative sensing and actuating functionalities; innovative high-performing materials with self-adaptive capabilities; adaptive production processes and technologies; new bio-materials and clean production processes. The expected outcome of the proposed project will be an integrated technology framework for the engineering of fully personalised shoes and gloves based on a 3 to 5 days time-to-market criterion. Such a framework will be validated and assessed on pilot production lines, and new differentiated consumer-centred shoes and gloves will be delivered as fully engineered prototypes. Main objectives of present project proposal are to raise competitiveness of the European Footwear and Sport Industry on the shoes and gloves high value added global market niches, so giving the opportunity to many European companies along the considered value chains to grow by more than 25% in the next 5 years; and to improve consumers satisfaction and well being through differentiated, comfortable, safe, healthy, affordable and sustainable user centred high value added shoes and gloves.

Keywords: new materials,micro-devices,production technologies integration,consumer centred sport/safety shoes/gloves
Single or few molecules detection by combined enhanced spectroscopies (SMD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Germany,Germany,United Kingdom,Italy,Spain
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2, 2008)
Start date: 2009-07-01
End date: 2012-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4432947.2
EU funding (EUR): 3421500.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Future breakthroughs in the understanding of fundamental biological processes causing major diseases are expected from the development of miniaturized probes or microscopes able to detect and identify a single or a small number of molecules. The SingleMoleculeDetection (SMD) proposal will develop a unique device able to perform simultaneously and in a dynamic way force and spectroscopic measurements. We will design and fabricate novel devices for the generation of plasmon polaritons as well as combine photonic crystals and plasmonic nanolenses. These new devices will be able to detect few/single molecules through Raman, InfraRed and Terahertz (THz) signals and in combination with Atomic Force Microscopy and Optical Tweezer force spectroscopy with a spatial resolution in the sub-10 nm for Raman and IR and sub-100 nm for the THz region. The complete characterization of single unknown molecule will be demonstrated through: i- investigations on the chemical and physical properties of membrane receptors, such as rhodopsin, odorant receptors and ionic channels; ii- identification of new molecules involved in cancer development and metastasis. The new devices will allow the acquisition of THz images and we will explore the possibilities of this new spectral region for biomedical scanning. The SMD proposal is based on an original idea of the coordinator, prof. E. di Fabrizio and will be exploited thanks to the complementary expertise present in the different sites and to a tight coordination between the various groups. The design, fabrication and testing will be performed at UMG, TASC and CBM Integration in a single instrument will be carried out at TASC, CBM, IIT Nanotec, RUB. Validation activities will be performed by all the partners taking advantage of the world leading expertise of the TUDO and the STRATH- AC in spectroscopy of natural and artificial biological systems. The SME NANOTEC and CBM will provide the commercial exploitation of the obtained results.

Keywords: raman spectroscopy,atomic force microscope,optical tweezer,molecule manipulation,plasmonics,photonic crystal.
ESO Fellowship Programme for ALMA (ESO-FEL-ALMA08)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-3-COFUND, 2007)
Start date: 2009-02-01
End date: 2013-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4469130.0
EU funding (EUR): 1787652.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) is the major global project for ground-based astrophysics currently under construction. Europe, through the European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO), is one of the three major partners of this project. ALMA will start Early Science operations in 2010 and Full Science operations in 2012. When completed, ALMA will allow astronomers worldwide to carry out transformational science and it will be the leading facility of its type in the foreseeable future. To exploit the full scientific potential of this revolutionary instrument, Europe has to train and develop a new generation of young researchers and strengthen the connections between the various institutes throughout Europe where there are already strong groups of millimetre/submillimetre astronomers. We believe that the best way of achieving this goal is to promote the scientific development and mobility of young researchers through a fellowship programme. ESO has been running a highly successful Fellowship Programme for the last three decades. In the framework of this programme fellows come to the ESO premises to carry out top class scientific projects of their choice and to learn and develop additional skills related to the various aspects of of the organization (from science operations to instrument development and public outreach). We propose to extend our existing Fellowship Programme in Garching and offer the possibility to Fellows to carry out the research programme of their choice either at the ESO headquarters or in any of the European institutes that are participating in the European ALMA Regional Center. The proposed extension of the ESO Fellowship Programme will enhance the transnational mobility and transfer of knowledge character of the Programme and will allow candidates to choose from a wider range of options for their science projects, career development and location of the Fellowship

Keywords: physical sciences
Respiratory Science Promoted by International Research Exchanges (RESPIRE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-3-COFUND, 2007)
Start date: 2009-03-02
End date: 2013-03-01
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 289800.0
EU funding (EUR): 289800.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The European Respiratory Society (ERS), the main scientific society in the respiratory field in Europe, promotes research into respiratory diseases in children or adults, including asthma, cystic fibrosis, COPD, lung cancer, and sleep-related respiratory disease. Since 1998, the ERS has operated a successful programme of trans-national exchange of researchers in pneumology and respiratory science. The aim of the current RESPIRE proposal, is to expand this programme and stimulate post-doctoral research opportunities in the respiratory field within Europe. RESPIRE will fund 1-year research fellowships to enable holders of a PhD (or others with equivalent research experience) to conduct research in a European country other than their own. The specific objective of RESPIRE is to triple the number of fellowships from the current 2 post-doctoral fellowships per year to a total of 18 fellowships over 3 years. Candidates from outside Europe will be eligible, but only host institutions based in Europe will participate in the programme. There will be no discrimination according to age, gender, ethnic origin, religious or political beliefs. In line with the existing evaluation process of the ERS, RESPIRE will ensure that all applications undergo an impartial and rigorous peer-review evaluation by recognised (but anonymous) international experts. Then, through a procedure free of conflicts of interest, the scientific committee of the ERS will select the fellows based on scientific merits and transparent criteria. RESPIRE will be evaluated using quantifiable scientific output measures, as well as indicators of human achievements. RESPIRE will not only boost the careers of the fellowship recipients, it will also promote the European Research Area, by creating the platform needed to enhance and maintain scientific networks, and retaining promising researchers in Europe. This will in turn be an important step towards conquering some of the most disabling diseases in Europe.

Keywords: health sciences,medical sciences,chronic diseases,emergent diseases,respiratory diseases and medicine,asthma,copd
Boosting Research and Integration in Europe through Humboldt Fellowships (B.R.I.G.H.T)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-2-3-COFUND, 2007)
Start date: 2009-11-01
End date: 2013-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4999878.05
EU funding (EUR): 4999878.05
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation is a well-established national funding organisation with longstanding expertise in managing fellowship programmes for highly qualified researchers based on individual-driven trans-national mobility. Along with the implementation of the European Charter for Researchers in accordance with the Foundation's Implementation Protocol, Community co-funding reinforces the existing, highly successful Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdoctoral Researchers and increases the number of incoming fellows sponsored. High standards of excellence and open competition are combined with professional management and the highest possible degree of freedom for applicants regarding the chosen field of research, host institution, and duration of the research stay. The Foundation's client-friendliness and post-scheme network support have set benchmarks in the past. By participating in the COFUND scheme, it wishes to share its expertise and help exploit synergies between European funding programmes to increase mobility options and life-long career development of researchers in Europe.

Keywords: humboldt foundation,longstanding experience,post-scheme network,lifelong career development,bottom-up approach