Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Optimization and scale-up of final sealing of Sulfuric Acid Anodizing employing Design of Experiments. (SEALANT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky 2
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: CS2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,Spain,Spain
Call: Eco Design : Optimization of SAA chromium free sealing process (H2020-CS2-CFP02-2015-01, 2015)
Start date: 2016-07-01
End date: 2018-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 327023.75
EU funding (EUR): 262098.13
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

Chromic Acid anodizing (CAA) of aluminium parts has been extensively used during decades in aircraft manufacturing thanks to its excellent performance. However, hexavalent chromium is known to be carcinogenic and harmful for the environment. The main objective of the topic to which the present proposal relates is to optimize a Chromium-free sealing process for thin layer Sulfuric Acid Anodizing (SAA) as eco-friendly alternative to CAA for aluminium unpainted parts. In the present Project, a statistical approach based on Design of Experiment (DoE) and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) will be used to optimize two sealing solutions, one previously studied by the Topic Manager and one to be proposed by the Cosortium. The optimization will be performed firstly at laboratory scale for AA2024 taking into consideration corrosion resistance in Salt Spray Test (SST), economic and ecological aspects. In parallel, the mechanism of corrosion protection will be proposed and the stability against contaminant and ageing of the solutions will be assessed. Secondly, still at laboratory scale, the optimized process will be implemented to other aluminium alloys, performing adaptations or modifications if necessary. Afterwards, the two sealing processes will be scaled-up employing a pilot plant. In case problems arise, the lab-scale and pilot-scale studies will be iterated. Finally, the sealing processes will be implemented in an industrial scale and demonstrators will be processed. The characterization of samples and demonstrator will include SST, weight and thickness of anodic layer; Contact Angle Measurements (CAM), Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS), X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy coupled with X-ray Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) and Focused Ion Beam (SEM-FIB). Additional techniques are considered as well in case they are useful.

Keywords: aluminium alloys,anodizing,sealing,corrosion,reach compliant,cr free
Resilience, Mindfulness and Medication Safety with Electronic Systems (MindSElS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Global Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Australia,United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2018-01-01
End date: 2020-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 276107.4
EU funding (EUR): 276107.4
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Medications are one of the most common healthcare interventions and one with great risk of adverse events and serious harm to patients. Medications incidents in hospitals are frequent and a serious concern. Electronic medicine management systems (EMMS) implemented in hospital are known to reduce some safety risks but also introduce new ones. A way to prevent harm to patients from the use of medication is through organising for collective mindfulness (alertness to risks) and through learning from everyday resilience. EMMS introduced in sociotechnical contexts of hospital care may affect collective mindfulness and resilience, in ways that are context (or nation) specific, as countries differ in structures, processes, and legislation. This project proposes a collaboration with Australian and European centres of excellence in the field of patient safety, to study mindfulness and resilience in medication safety in relation to EMMS. As part of the research, a mixed-method before-and-after study of EMMS implementation will be conducted in hospitals in Australia, followed by a comparative study across four European countries (UK, France, Italy, Norway). The aims are to develop theory and method for EMMS evaluation, investigate whether and how EMMS can support organisational resilience in the use of medicines, and provide (locally/nationally-adjusted) guidance for implementation. The fellow brings to the study experience in sociotechnical studies informed by theories that emphasize contextual influences on cognition and decision making, and capture emergent systems’ properties/behaviours. The hosts and partners are leaders in patient safety, with expertise in human factors and mixed-methods. The research will create opportunities for professional development and knowledge exchanges and strengthen the network of participant organisations. It will deliver knowledge and instruments for the benefit of patients, clinicians, healthcare organisations and society overall.

Keywords: human computer interaction,medicines,supply and use
Deciphering the Language of DNA to Identify Regulatory Elements and Classify Transcripts Into Functional Classes (LanguageOfDNA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Reintegration panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Czechia
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-06-01
End date: 2022-09-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 156980.64
EU funding (EUR): 156980.64
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The genomics era dawned about two decades ago with the completion of a multi-billion project sequencing the complete human genome. Today a similar task is within reach of any modestly equipped lab, due to the advances in sequencing techniques. Thousands of new species are now having their genome sequenced per year. A volume of produced genomic data challenges the interpretation capacity of classical statistical methods, opening the doors for novel machine learning approaches. A genomic sequence can be conceptually seen as a close parallel to a human language. Both utilize information (nucleotides/codons and phonemes/syllables) to encode and transmit a signal that can be faithfully decoded, with attention to error minimization, at the receiving end. Genomic messages are a product of multiple and often contradictory evolutionary pressures and are aimed to be decoded at the same time by many different actors in variable ways. For example, a genomic sequence could encode for a protein product, thus displaying a three-nucleotide / codon-based language model. However, it has also subtexts of the regulation (a codon sequence can include motifs aimed at RNA binding proteins), structural information (functional RNA folding patterns pressuring sequences to a specific direction) and so on. The main challenge of applying machine learning models to the identification of genomic function is to find creative ways to untangle these multiple layers of subtexts and focus on each type of message separately. We will adapt algorithms recently developed for the processing of human languages and use them for the classification of RNA transcripts into functional classes and the classification of untranslated functional genomic regions (enhancers, transcription factor binding sites). We will create ready-to-use datasets to benchmark existing and future methods in this field and make all DNA/RNA language models publicly available.

Keywords: genomics,functional genomics,transcription factors,small rnas,deep neural networks,machine learning
The ‘de-party-politicization’ of Europe’s political elites. How the rise of technocrats and political outsiders transforms representative democracy. (DEPART)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems
Panel description: Political science, international relations, law
Countries involved: Austria
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2020-STG, 2020)
Start date: 2021-03-01
End date: 2026-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499856.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499856.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

How do people reach the highest echelons of politics? Traditionally, the answer has been through political parties. Yet recently, more and more politicians in Europe take office with little or no party socialization. Technocrats and political outsiders have assumed power across Europe. Even established parties appoint ever more nonpartisans as ministers. Yet we still know nothing about how this ‘de-party-politicization’ of our political elites affects – or even damages – representative democracy. To address this gap, DEPART’s theoretical innovation is to re-conceptualize the idea of ‘party control of government’. Existing work views party control as established once parties appoint individuals to office. DEPART abandons this formalistic perspective and conceives of party control as a function of the socialization of political elites into parties. The weaker this socialization, the weaker the linkage that parties provide between voters and governments. Empirically, DEPART breaks new ground by developing the first biography-based measures of party control, using the most comprehensive and most granular analysis of political careers in Europe to date (~10,000 ministers, 30 countries, 1945–2020). It also employs survey experiments to study voter responses to de-party-politicization. With these unique data, DEPART addresses two hitherto overlooked questions. First, does de-party-politicization diminish the influence of the party composition of governments on policy outcomes? This would undermine the ability of voters to affect policy through their electoral choice. Second, do weak (or absent) partisan ties among political elites reduce the ability of voters to correctly assign blame for bad government performance? This would increase the chance that parties pay no electoral price for corruption, scandals and mismanagement.

Keywords: political careers,political parties,policy responsiveness,political accountability
Revolutionizing the packaging industry with a patented treatment to lignin fibres (StrawToGold)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Germany
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-06-22
End date: 2018-09-21
Duration (months): 3.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

STRAWTOGOLD uses straw for the first commercially viable, ecological alternative to polystyrene which has considerable environmental drawbacks and negative impacts on human health. Lack of sustainable packaging solutions is particularly a challenge for companies producing fresh goods or those sensitive to shock or temperature such as consumer electronics and pharmaceuticals. Landpack has used its broad engineering expertise and its farming background to patent a process for treating straw fibers to create a plastic material with outstanding performance in terms of shock absorbance, insulation and humidity regulation. A four step heating, de-moisturizing, pressing and packaging process creates an end product which has the potential reduce the billions of tons of plastic in our environment. Our fully biodegradable products are sold just below Styrofoam’s average price at €3.2/piece with the same excellent insulation and cooling properties and shock absorption capacity. It is 9% cheaper than its alternative, occupies 60% less space for cheaper transport, disposal and storage costs and uses 95% less energy in production. Furthermore, the final product has been praised by our customers for its aesthetic appeal to enhance their branding. While STRAWTOGOLD has already proven its potential to disrupt the status quo of packaging in the e-food sector with 500 established customers, as a next step we are looking to industrialize and fully automate our current production and create a model for scaling our plants to advance the sustainability of the pharma and industrial sectors. We are currently turning 900 tons of straw into 250,000 boxes/year on our almost fully automated production line which we will optimize and upscale to produce 2 million boxes/year to replace 0.02% of the current Styrofoam packaging in Europe. Given the low cost of our primary materials, we have significant profit margins (80%) and expect to generate a total of €19 million in revenue by 2021.
From museums to everywhere: Nubart's highly innovative audio guides are looking for new verticals (Nubart7)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2019-02-01
End date: 2019-07-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

85 % of museums in Europe are currently not providing an audio guide service to their visitors due to the high expenses and maintenance they require. Digital Tangible SL, founded in Barcelona, developed in 2016 an innovative audio guide concept named “Nubart” to allow even small and medium museums to offer a profitable audio guide. Visitors use cards with unique codes to stream the content directly to their smartphone, not having to download any app. Thanks to Nubart’s Light Weight Content Protection (LOCP) technology, the access to the content is protected, making the audio guides commercially profitable, securing the user's privacy and protecting licensed digital content. Neither expensive maintenance nor other troubles are involved. But most importantly: Nubart audio guides also provide rich usage data and visitor’s feedback that traditional competitors are unable to register, allowing the museum to develop new commercial strategies to attract more visitors by improving its exhibitions. And the cards are a nice collectible item for visitors, who can also access the content at home after the visit. Since the launch of Nubart in 2016 we manage to get 18 customers (mostly museums) in 7 countries. Now that our product is market-validated in the museum sector in Europe, it is time for us to look for new verticals, unleashing the power of audio guides by bringing them out of museums to natural parks, real-estate, cruises... SME-Instrument phase 1 will help us to identify the most suitable new verticals and new technological requirements.

Keywords: museums,audio guides,natural parks,cruises,tourism,data,data mining,geotracking,geolocation,feedback,digital content,controlled access,non transferable,qr code,value driven,multilingual
Stories of multilingualism: Connecting families and schools through visual narratives (Co-lingual-S)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-04-01
End date: 2024-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 166320.0
EU funding (EUR): 166320.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Co-lingual-S tackles a well-documented disconnect between family- and school language policies regarding multilingualism by applying innovative visual methods to understand multilingual family life, and develop multilingual pedagogies in schools. Co-lingual-S sets out to 1) understand how family members’ intersected identities (such as the interplay between gender, language and migration status) shapes family roles and actions in creating family language policies, 2) develop multilingual pedagogies with teachers by using multilingual storybooks that feature stories collected from families, and 3) understand how visual-narrative methods can serve as means to connect the worlds of families and schools. Study 1 collects semi-structured interviews, language portraits, drawings and photo-elicited narratives from family members. Family narratives are collaboratively re-created in the format of multilingual storybooks. In Study 2, teachers develop practices using these storybooks. Photo-elicited interviews and language portraits are also collected from teachers, and their practices are observed. The aim of Study 2 is to investigate teachers’ intersectional experience (such as gender, language repertoires, attitudes and pedagogical skills in multilingualism) in relation to what kind of practices they develop using the Co-Lingual-S books, and their potential impact on school language policy. Co-lingual-S this way pioneers a novel design that directly connects families and schools, and facilitates becoming ‘colinguals’ . It applies an interdisciplinary approach bridging sociology of families, sociolinguistics and education/teacher education. The outcomes advance the field of family- and school language policies by applying intersectional theory and visual methods. The findings are expected to cover the knowledge gap of the role of intersected identities in family- and school contexts regarding multilingualism, and support teachers to develop multilingual pedagogies.

Keywords: family language policies,multilingualism,visual narrative methods,home school relations
The Common Core of European Administrative Law (CoCEAL)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems
Panel description: Political science, international relations, law
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Italy
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2015-AdG, 2015)
Start date: 2016-09-01
End date: 2022-08-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1254105.0
EU funding (EUR): 478618.26
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The European dimension of administrative law is the focus of a flurry of initiatives aiming to investigate similarities and differences, and to shape common legal scenarios. A codification of the administrative procedures of the EU has been envisaged by the European Parliament in its resolution of February 2013. A broader proposal of codification, including rule-making and contractual procedures, has been elaborated by ReNEUAL and has been discussed in a series of workshops in 2015. The issues that arise are both practical and theoretical: - it is important to understand whether the method traditionally followed by the European Court of Justice in order to identify the principles that are general and common to national legal systems, only applies when all those systems recognize such principles; - whether national systems of public law share the same idea of what an administrative procedure is is another question; whether the specific principles governing administrative procedures, such as the right to be heard and the duty to give reasons, are the same is still another question; - finally, if any commonality exists, the question that arises is whether it is limited to the level of general principles of law or it includes the which govern procedures. The research project is innovative on grounds of method, because: - it aims at ascertaining whether, and the extent to that, the well-established methodology developed under the ‘Common Core of European Private Law’ project can be applied to EU administrative law; - it permits to distinguish between ‘operative rules’, ‘descriptive formants’, and ‘meta-legal formants’; - it also allows to understand whether the specific nature of the interests recognized and protected by the rules of public law require legal methodologies that are distinct and distant from those of private law.

Keywords: administrative law,comparative public law,administrative procedures
Seas, Oceans and Public Health in Europe (SOPHIE): a Strategic Research Agenda for Europe and Beyond (SOPHIE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Cross-cutting marine and maritime research
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Ireland,Spain,Spain,Belgium,Belgium,Netherlands,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call: Interaction between people, oceans and seas: a strategic approach towards healthcare and well-being (H2020-BG-2017-1, 2017)
Start date: 2017-12-01
End date: 2020-05-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

A Growing body of evidence indicates that the marine environment and human health are inextricably linked. These linkages encompass both risks to health and wellbeing, and a range of potential benefits and opportunities. However, much of this early evidence has been established in the US, under the rubric of the integrative meta-discipline of “Oceans and Human Health” (OHH). Far less is known about these issues in other parts of the world, including the European context which faces its own set of unique challenges and opportunities. Building on the early leadership shown by members of the consortium mapping these issues in Europe, the Seas, Oceans and Public Health in Europe (SOPHIE) consortium brings together an international multidisciplinary European team of marine, health, social and economic science experts and practitioners to explore these relationships in the European context. By including a broad range of interdisciplinary partners from both marine and health sectors, SOPHIE can demonstrate reach across disciplines and communities in Europe and internationally. Responding directly to the BG-06-2017 call, SOPHIE’s primary aims are to: a) deliver a clear, evidence-informed Oceans and Human Health Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) within the European context, based on extensive involvement by diverse stakeholders; and b) ensure that the structures needed to develop and implement this SRA are in place and will exist as a legacy beyond the life of the project. These aims will be achieved by: (i) systematic synthesis of the current evidence base; (ii) developing and coordinating a European community of OHH stakeholders; (iii) identification of innovative solutions to sustainably reduce risks and promote benefits; (iv) scenario modelling and horizon scanning; (v) knowledge exchange through bespoke training and skills programmes; and (vi) a global OHH Conference to present SOPHIE’s findings and enhance European leadership and global cooperation in OHH research

Keywords: ocean and marine sciences,oceans and human health,sustainability,healthcare,wellbeing,prevention,risks,benefits,inequalities,strategic research agenda,community,evidence