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Snow Antarctic Mean Isotopic Record (SAMIR)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Earth System Science
Panel description: Physical geography, geo logy, geophysics, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, climatology, cryology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemical cycles, natural resources management
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-04-01
End date: 2029-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1976593.0
EU funding (EUR): 1976593.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The impact of climate change is the largest in polar regions, due to multiple feedback loops leading to polar amplification. In Antarctica, short meteorological time series hamper our ability to evaluate the climate variability at interannual and decadal scale, and in particular the one linked with the anthropogenic climate change. It is also not clear though whether climate variability in polar region will increase, despite significant consequences on the global climate system. In this proposal, I will evaluate how climate variability in Antarctica varies for changing climatic conditions, using ice core isotopic composition (δ18O, d-excess and 17O-excess). The objectives of this project are to study the climate variability thanks to a large network of ice core records at high resolution and high precision. A large number of ice cores are available through large European projects (Beyond EPICA – Oldest Ice (BE-OI), EAIIST, …) but the analytical platform to measure all this ice at high precision is missing. By implementing the new generation of infrared spectrometer in an ice core measuring line, we will be able to increase both the throughput and precision, and measure triple isotopic composition on a large number of cores and resolve the climate variability in Antarctica.
User driven climate applications empowering regional resilience (ClimEmpower)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Mission
Theme: Adaptation to climate change
Destination: Adaptation to climate change
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Spain,Italy,Greece,Croatia,United Kingdom,Cyprus
Call: User driven applications and tools for regional and local authorities, and other end users focusing on climate impacts, data and knowledge. (HORIZON-MISS-2022-CLIMA-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3072468.89
EU funding (EUR): 2997468.5
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

ClimEmpower will empower five south-European regions with high Climate Change (CC) risk and exceptionally low adaptive capacity to enhance their CC-resilience, establish the regional Communities of Practice (CoP) and co-create the resilient development strategies adapted to the regional needs and potentials. We will achieve this through combination of user-driven climate applications, capacity building and "best practices" transfer from other European projects and regions. Throughout the project the ClimEmpower team will aid the regional administration in organizing the regional CoPs where representatives of "quadruple helix" stakeholders will discuss their Climate Adaptation needs and capabilities, assess potential pathways towards CC-resilient, societally just, and sustainable future and elect sustainable and CC-resilient regional development pathways that are best suited to their needs and capabilities. This activity will be supported by provision of the data driven Decision Support service(s) for strategic CC-adaptation planning, as well as through provision of easy to understand educational materials illustrating the CC risks and possible technological, natural and societal adaptation options and strategies, explaining the use of the project tools, as well as knowledge transfer on existing data, tools and best practices in climate adaptation from successful EU projects and regions with higher adaptive capacity. ClimEmpower will develop new generic interface to C3S Climate Data Store, data driven CC-hazard and -risk assessment services, and semi-semi-quantitative (“screening”) services allowing the users to compare different adaptation strategies. These services will primarily rely on open data and open service infrastructure and on cross-linking of such data with data that can be sampled locally during the project - to complement the pan-European data, improve granularity or to validate the predictions.

Keywords: climate change,regional development,resilience,adaptation,sustainability,societal justice
Engineered Protein Nanoparticles for Targeted Modulation of Biomolecular Condensates in Cancer (NanoProt4Cond)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 260347.92
EU funding (EUR): 260347.92
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Biomolecular condensates, formed by liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS), play a pivotal role in diverse biological processes and diseases, including cancer. Despite their importance, it is still a challenge to understand the role of condensates in biological regulation. "NanoProt4Cond" aims at exploring the Wnt signalling pathway, deregulated in cancers like colorectal cancer, using the cutting-edge high-throughput technology ‘PhaseScan’ to investigate condensate formation by Wnt-related proteins. After identifying the proteins driving condensate formation, the project will engineer consensus-designed tandem repeat proteins (RPs) as condensate modulators (c-mods) by grafting short linear peptide motifs (SLiMs) from Wnt-pathway proteins onto RPs, creating multi-valent and multi-functional c-mods. While nanoparticles have been widely studied for overcoming traditional therapy limitations, their interaction with biomolecular condensates remains unexplored. "NanoProt4Cond" will fuse the most promising c-mods with proteins that self-assemble into nanoparticles, creating engineered protein nanoparticles that offer precise control over multifunctionality and valency. The c-mod protein nanoparticles (c-NPs) will be tuned to target and modulate condensates, unlocking novel therapeutic strategies for cancer treatment. This project will deepen the understanding of condensate formation within the Wnt pathway and contribute to novel cancer therapeutics. Hosted at the University of Cambridge, this MSCA PF will provide advanced technical training in protein design, molecular therapies, and biomolecular condensates, allowing the researcher to apply her expertise in nanomaterials and biomedicine while expanding her skills in supervision, project management, and proposal writing.

Keywords: biomolecular condensates protein nanoparticles c mods protein engineering nanomaterials cancer therapy protein therapeutics
Chiral Metal-Based Luminophores for Multi-Field Responsive Bistable Switches (LUMIFIELD)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
Panel description: New materials and new synthetic approaches, structure -properties relations, solid state chemistry, molecular architecture, organic chemistry
Countries involved: Poland
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-04-01
End date: 2027-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1710875.0
EU funding (EUR): 1710875.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The LUMIFIELD project concerns the development of smart materials for miniaturized and efficient electronic, magnetic, and optical devices, such as data storage systems. This issue will be addressed by the design of multifunctional systems presenting a broad range of properties generated in a single phase that will enable switching of optical effects by a magnetic field (H), an electric field (E), and electromagnetic radiation (light). I propose an intensive research program aimed at crossing the current limits of single-phase multifunctionality. I plan to use chiral metal-based luminophores (CLs) interacting with unpolarized light to produce photoluminescence (PL) and circularly polarized luminescence (CPL). Molecular-level functionalization of CLs will lead to a combination of PL/CPL phenomena with single-molecule magnetism (SMM), ferroelectricity, and a photoswitching property. The resulting systems, (i) magnetic CLs, (ii) ferroelectric CLs, and (iii) photoswitchable CLs will show the related bistabilities detected by the PL/CPL-based optical response also ensuring overall responsivity to the H and E fields, and light. The ultimate aim is to construct a multifunctional CL-switch bearing at least two properties from the set of SMM, ferroelectricity, and photoswitchability. It will open a gateway to a multi-state memory effect induced by dual or triple physical stimuli with the PL/CPL output. The project will focus on searching and optimization of the chemical route to multifunctional switches, as well as on physical experiments elucidating the H-field-, E-field-, and light-matter interactions in CLs. Therefore, the final results of the project might include a multi-field responsive system suitable for high-density data storage operated by various physical stimuli, the formulation of general rules for the external control of PL and CPL effects in metal complex systems, and the formation of a highly qualified research team to face the future challenges for the EU.

Keywords: photoluminescence,chirality,molecular magnetism,molecular ferroelectrics,photoresponsive switches
Holistic and adaptivE Interface Design for human-technology Interactions (HEIDI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Mobility
Destination: Safe, Resilient Transport and Smart Mobility services for passengers and goods
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Sweden,Spain
Call: Testing safe lightweight vehicles and improved safe human-technology interaction in the future traffic system (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D6-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3998500.0
EU funding (EUR): 3998500.0
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

Common adaptive vehicle HMIs implemented in today’s cars have limited sensing and predictive capabilities. Because of this, the risk is high to present information that is unsuitable for the current situation, which results in low usability and increased risk of distracting the driver. Furthermore, the exchange of information between driver and other road users is currently limited which often results in uncertain and unsafe situations. Driving automation only exacerbates the above-mentioned problem. External HMIs are one attempt to address this. The HEIDI project aims to develop a fluid, cooperative HMI that integrates internal and external adaptive HMI solutions in a holistic manner. This cooperative HMI effectively synchronises driver data and data from other road users to facilitate an optimal joint action between the actors, following the foresight safety1 concept. With this, the HEIDI HMI solutions guarantee that all road users share the same understanding of the situation with a view to ensuring a safe interaction. To realise this overall aim several technical innovation modules will be developed. These new HMI solutions will be prototyped and validated in a multi-user simulation environment and in real vehicle prototypes. For this purpose, the HEIDI project brings together key industry and academic partners that provide a unique infrastructure for developing, testing, and validating the proposed HMI concepts, such as the co-simulation environment provided by VTI, where pedestrians and drivers can interact in the same experiment in two interconnected simulators, and the facilities provided by RUAS, where real vehicles can interact with real pedestrians in a safe environment. Additionally, the HEIDI project will develop recommendations for regulation and standardisation guidelines to EuroNCAP and to IEEE, especially focusing on external HMIs, as this area is still characterised by high uncertainty for manufacturers.

Keywords: fluid and cooperative hmi,road safety,advanced sensing
Collective effect with ordered nanofiber-trapped atomic arrays as efficient light-matter interfaces (NanoChain)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-04-01
End date: 2026-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 211754.88
EU funding (EUR): 211754.88
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Efficient interactions between photons and quantum emitters are at the heart of numerous quantum information devices, such as quantum memories, switches or gates. Using chains of individual cold atoms trapped close to an optical nanofiber, the goal of the proposed research is to exploit the enhanced linear and non-linear quantum interactions that can result from the unique features of such one-dimensional ordered arrays. Periodically arranged atomic structures indeed exhibit specific light scattering properties, i.e., Bragg reflection, super-, sub- and even selective radiance. The interaction of guided light with ordered arrays can lead to tailored functionalities unavailable in current light-matter interfaces. Novel and resource-efficient quantum memory and gate protocols will be targeted. This project will push this original light-atom array paradigm towards building blocks for future quantum technologies. The candidate, with a strong background in atomic physics, quantum optics, and nonlinear optics will exploit his expertise to develop the project while extending his skillset towards the implementation of quantum information networks and further developing his innovation and leadership abilities during the fellowship.

Keywords: nanofiber,cold atoms,nanophotonics,quantum memory,quantum networks
SCALING UP FRIDGE-FREE VACCINES - STABLE AT +40°C (SUFFVSA40C)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499999.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Stablepharma Ltd is a high-growth biotechnology start-up based in the UK with the ambition to eliminate reliance on the pharmaceutical cold-chain. Our vision is to save lives and reduce global wastage by making fridge-free vaccines a reality, a world’s first. We use our proprietary StablevaX™ technology to reformulate and thermos-stabilise approved, existing and new vaccines in partnership with manufacturers. StablevaX™ technology eliminates the need for the refrigeration and the resultant cold-chain entirely, extending shelf-life and enabling strategic stockpiling at room-temperature whilst reducing wastage, costs and carbon emissions.

Keywords: vaccines,thermostable
ANodes for Optimised Value-chain Acceleration (ANOVA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01, 2025)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

ANOVA aims to industrialise Matteco’s next-generation Platinum Group Metal (PGM)-free anodes for alkaline and anion exchange membrane water electrolysers to reduce the cost of green hydrogen and accelerate its adoption. The project will overcome current barriers by cutting electrolyser CAPEX by 30-45% and OPEX by 20%, achieving a 20% reduction in the Levelized Cost of Hydrogen. Matteco’s proprietary PGM-free catalysts and reactive spray coating technology combine to deliver high-performance electrodes with superior efficiency and durability, validated by multiple industrial customers. ANOVA will scale this coating technology through robotic automation, sheet-to-sheet continuous production and digitalised quality control, while integrating an AI-powered Accelerated Electrode Development Agent (AEDA) for the rapid adaptation of electrode formats to customer needs, significantly shortening validation cycles. These innovations will allow Matteco to reach industrial-scale production and deliver flexible, cost-effective solutions for electrolyser manufacturers, directly supporting the EU Hydrogen Strategy target of 10 Mt of green hydrogen by 2030. By eliminating dependence on critical raw materials such as PGMs, ANOVA strengthens European strategic autonomy and mitigates supply chain risks. Matteco requests €2.5 million in grant funding and €1-2 million in equity under the EIC blended finance scheme to complete industrial validation, implement automation and AI systems, and secure initial commercial agreements. This support is essential to bridge the gap between pilot success and full commercialisation, enabling Matteco to scale production capacity to 5.2 GW by 2030 and achieve projected revenues of over €100 million annually, capturing 9-11% of the global alkaline electrode market.

Keywords: electrolysis,water electrolysis,hydrogen production,anode,electrodes,pgm free,proprietary coating process
The structure and growth of Hochschild (co)homology (Hochschild)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Mathematics
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2024-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 214934.4
EU funding (EUR): 214934.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project will combine methods from commutative algebra, representation theory and rational homotopy theory to improve our understanding of Hochschild homology and cohomology, especially the open problem of determining their growth. At the project's core is the deep interplay between Hochschild cohomology and the cotangent complex, a bridge that will be exploited in both directions. I will use techniques pioneered in his solution of Vasconcelos' conjecture, which were further developed in my work with Iyengar to drastically improve our knowledge on the cotangent complex. Concretely, the first objective is to show that non-complete intersection rings exhibit exponential growth in their Hochschild homology; through the theory of free loop spaces this will be applied to Vigué-Poirrier's conjecture on rationally hyperbolic spaces, and to Gromov's closed geodesic problem. Second, the same novel methods will also be used to shed light on the long out of reach Second Conjecture of Quillen on the cotangent complex. Third, I will develop the theory of natural operations on Hochschild cohomology, filling a gap in the state-of-the-art and adding a tool to be applied in the first two objectives. Each of these problems directly impacts our understanding of the homological behaviour of complete intersection rings, and will indirectly be used to develop and unify the theory of "non-commutative complete intersection rings" which mirror their behaviour. The proposed project will be hosted a world focal point for homotopical methods in algebra, and supervised by two leading experts in algebra and topology; it will raise my research profile to the top level, establishing my position as a leading figure at the intersection of commutative algebra, non-commutative algebra, and topology.

Keywords: commutative algebra,non commutative algebra,homological algebra,hochschild co homology,complete intersections,cotangent complex,b infinity algebras,loop spaces,rational homotopy theory
Smart Grading, Handling and Packaging Solutions for Soft and Deformable Products in Agile and Reconfigurable Lines (AGILEHAND)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Climate neutral, Circular and Digitised Production
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: Made in Europe (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Italy,Portugal,Spain,Finland,Germany,Belgium,Denmark,Japan
Call: Intelligent work piece handling in a full production line (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5986187.5
EU funding (EUR): 5986186.0
Participants: 22
Project status: SIGNED

The Conveyor System market and, in particular, robot segment for the automated material handling are experiencing double-digit growth at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR). EU manufacturers in this sector plays an important role, covering 23% of the market but this technological edge is being challenged due to the astonishing growth of China, Japan and Korea. In real world, many objects to be handled, including food, clothes, bottles, or plastic items, are soft or deformable and robots are not yet efficient and effective in handling these objects. In this context, AGILEHAND aims at developing advanced technologies for grading, handling and packaging autonomously soft and deformable products, as a strategic instrument to improve flexibility, agility and reconfigurability of production and logistic systems of the European manufacturing companies. AGILEHAND will deploy 3 integrated Suites: 1) SMART SENSING SUITE, self-calibrating sensing solutions to grade the quality (both interior and exterior) of delicate objects and to produce a mesh of integrated and overlapping sensors that will improve production-line traceability, agility and reconfigurability; 2) SELF-ADAPTIVE HANDLING, SORTING AND PACKAGING SUITE, robotic manipulation systems that reacts to product quality and that can Pick-Up and Re-Orientated Different Soft and Deformable Products without causing product damage considering collaborative (human-in-the-middle) approaches; 3) AGILE, FLEXIBLE AND RAPID RECONFIGURABLE SUITE, a set of AI based solutions that will allow for monitoring, adaptive control and synchronisation of production and logistics flows in a factory, even when faced with a variability of products, production mix or fresh market, guaranteeing high performance in customer response time, and an efficient use of resources. The AGILEHAND Solutions will be demonstrated in 4 industrial pilots that differ in characteristics of the surface, deformability, and consistency of the products to be handle.

Keywords: product grading product handling product packaging soft and deformable products agile processing lines rapid reconfigurable processing lines