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Improving Mediterranean CYCLOnes Predictions in Seasonal forecasts with artificial intelligence (CYCLOPS)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Italy
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-07-01
End date: 2024-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 181088.08
EU funding (EUR): 181088.08
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Cyclones form frequently over the Mediterranean Sea. The most intense systems cause extensive damage in the region and beyond. The ability to make climate predictions several months in advance of such extreme events has a large number of crucial socio-economic applications for disaster risk reduction. State-of the-art Seasonal Prediction Systems exhibit a good skill in predicting anomalies in the seasonal mean of meteorological fields such as temperature and precipitation. The models’ ability to reproduce variations in the occurrence of extreme events tends to be however much lower. This is particularly true in regions such as the Mediterranean, where extreme events are often driven by small scale processes that are not well reproduced at the resolution at which SPS typically run. The use of artificial intelligence techniques such as machine learning in the study of climate has gained great traction in recent years. The power of those techniques lies in the ability to detect patterns in large datasets without having to make explicit statistical assumptions, allowing to build predictive model whose skill continuously improves as the volume of data on which the models are trained increases. One promising field of application is to use artificial intelligence to improve the prediction of extremes in climate models. In this setting a machine learning model is trained to find relationships between large-scale climate variables (for which dynamical models have a good predictive skill) and the occurrence of extremes. The aim of this project is to improve the predictability of intense Mediterranean cyclones combining advanced artificial intelligence techniques and a state-of-the-art dynamical seasonal prediction system. The project will not only contribute to the knowledge of climate extremes predictability, but also lead to the implementation of a pre-operational dynamical-statistical prediction system with the potential to be extended to include different extremes.
2-Dimensional Graphene/MoS2 HeteroStructures as AnodE Compartment of SodIum IoN BattEries (SEINE)

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: France,Türkiye
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2025-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 211754.88
EU funding (EUR): 211754.88
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

Lithium-ion batteries have been known as the main solution to the global demand for energy storage devices. However, the rising cost and limited availability of Li have hindered the further development of these batteries. Hence, the research paradigm has shifted to develop earth-abundant elements-based rechargeable batteries among which, sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) show promising potential. The main challenge in developing SIBs is to prepare anode material with high capacity and long cycle life. The low cost, versatile synthesis methods, and ample interlayer distance of MoS2 (MS) have attracted researchers to investigate the possibility of using it as the anode section of SIBs. SEINE aims to develop two-dimensional-heterostructures using derivatives of MS and graphene (Gr). While the presence of single-layer Gr with low defect density beneath MS enhances the electrical conductivity compared to pure MS, the formation of dopants and defects on N-doped MS and N-doped Gr (a) forms active sites for Na+ adsorption, (b) modifies the interlayer interactions, (c) affects the Solid-Electrolyte Interface evolution mechanism, and (d) promotes the stability of the anode. Each of these effects will be investigated in depth using different physical and electrochemical characterization methods. We believe that SEINE’s outcomes will pave the way to answer fundamental questions regarding the mechanisms which affect the performance of SIBs and hence to develop cost-effective, durable, and high-capacity batteries. Thanks to the experiences obtained in this fellowship, Navid Solati Eskandar will be trained as a scientist with a broad interdisciplinary perspective and expertise in different electrochemical applications. Different steps and tasks of SEINE will be performed via collaboration between Navid and Prof. C. Laberty-Robert at Sorbonne University, Prof. Sarp Kaya at Koç University, and Prof. Ovidiu Ersen at the University of Strasbourg.

Keywords: transition metal dichalcogenides,mos2,2 dimensional heterostructures,na ion batteries,electrochemical energy storage,nitrogen doping
Early Interception of Inflammatory-mediated Type 2 Diabetes HOP ON (INTERCEPT-T2D HOP ON)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: France
Call: Hop on Facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06, 2023)
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 598248.75
EU funding (EUR): 598248.75
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The overall concept of INTERCEPT-T2D is to establish whether an inflammatory-mediated profile contributes to the onset of Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) complications, thus enabling the identification of patients most at risk of complications and the design of personalize prevention measures. INTERCEPT-T2D focuses on understanding whether an inflammatory mediated profile of T2D contributes to early onset of complications. The combination of state-of-the-art genomics and cell-biology technologies with targeted clinical interventions should lead to potent patients’ stratification. It should allow the identification and prognosis of a novel class or subclass of patients characterized by an “Inflammatory-mediated T2D” endotype. Bringing in a partner such as University de la Réunion (UR) will significantly enhance the scope and impact of INTERCEPT-T2D by adding genetic, environmental, and cultural diversity to the study. It will reenforce the INTERCEPT-T2D objective in developing more widely applicable stratified diabetic medicine. The UR's contribution lies in the fact of providing access to 2 unique cohorts of the early phases of transition from a healthy situation to pre-diabetic and then diabetic. These cohorts are detrimental to validate our concept that inflammatory mechanisms govern T2D disease transition. Indeed, the inclusion of this new partner will enable the consortium to broaden the spectrum of inflammatory biomarkers researched at plasma level. The expertise provided by the widening partner will also enable the consortium to search for lipoprotein and lipid markers using mass spectrometry and NMR approaches. Lipid markers have a direct effect on NLRP3, the therapeutic target of the INTERCEPT-T2D project. In addition, many inflammatory mediators are of lipid origin and could contribute to the definition of the diabetic inflammatory score. These lipid biomarkers will be analysed not only in La Réunion's cohorts, but also in the relevant INTERCEPT-T2D Cohorts.

Keywords: diabetes cohorts disease prevention innate immunity and inflammation
Reconciling Peace: International Coalitions for Peace in the Era of Decolonization, 1918-1970 (RECONPAX)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Study of the Human Past
Panel description: Archaeology and history
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1496675.0
EU funding (EUR): 1496675.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

How did peace movements act upon the interlinked processes of decolonization and the Cold War? And how did these processes, in turn, impact the ability of peace movements to come together in large international organizations for peace? RECONPAX studies attempts to build large international coalitions for peace in the period 1918-1970. It departs from the assumption that, while peace activists reached out to each other in pursuit of shared goals, they did not necessarily share common methods. Attempts to include organizations from the decolonizing world in existing international bodies brought different understandings of peace work to the surface. In short, the necessary preconditions for a peaceful international order were both locally and historically contingent. This project brings historical depth to an issue of continuing relevance to the international order. It challenges the historiographical focus on the Cold War as the primary factor in the development of international peace organizations. It does so in two ways: by taking a longue durée perspective that incorporates precedents set by peace movements after the First World War; and by turning the lens on decolonization rather than on superpower competition. RECONPAX hypothesizes that the challenges posed by decolonization and the end of empire were the dominant drivers of success and failure in building international coalitions for peace. A four-person team consisting of two PhD researchers, a Postdoc and the PI will study these dynamics from four different, complementary vantage points, all divisive issues in the peace organizations of the postwar decades: conscientious objection to military service in the decolonizing world (PhD1), non-proliferation in the decolonizing world (PhD2), peace in maternalist thought (Postdoc), and peace in anti-imperialist thought (PI). Together, they will reveal how these issues shaped the possibilities and constraints of international coalition building.

Keywords: internationalism,peace movements,afro asianism,decolonization
MultiShield One – from passive barrier to active intelligent defence (MultiShield One)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Poland
Call: EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01, 2025)
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

MultiShield One – from passive barrier to active intelligent defence.

Keywords: multifunctional ballistic glazing glass securing technological sovereignty intelligent protective glass
Photo-patternable electrolytes for solid-state organic electrochemical neurons (PSOECNs)

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: Sweden,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-11-06
End date: 2026-11-05
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 206887.68
EU funding (EUR): 206887.68
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Future advanced brain-computer interfaces, wearable and implantable bioelectronic devices, prosthetics, and intelligent soft robotics will require the ability to process signals in a highly personalized and localized manner, which will involve fully integrated electronic circuits within the nervous system and other living tissues. To achieve this goal, it is imperative to develop energy-efficient intelligent electronics that have minimal device/circuit complexity and ion-based transducing and operating mechanisms akin to those observed in biology. The use of Silicon-based devices and circuits presents several limitations. Organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) represent a rapidly advancing technology that plays a pivotal role in the development of next-generation bioelectronic devices. However, a notable limitation of OECTs is their typical operation in aqueous electrolytes, which can lead to undesired crosstalk between different devices on the same substrate, impeding their seamless integration into large-area arrays. Therefore, it is hard to develop neural networks based on the current OECTs. Solid electrolytes offer a promising solution to these challenges. In this proposal, I design a photo-patternable solid electrolyte to develop solid-state OECTs. The aim is to directly pattern the electrolyte using sequential ultraviolet light-triggered solubility modulation. We plan to use UV-sensitive PEGDA to directly pattern the hydrogel without requiring photoresist or lift-off processes. The PEGDA network will be covalently crosslinked after UV exposure to form a hydrogel network. The strong intermolecular interaction between the two networks will allow the UV-exposed regions to resist subsequent water development, while the UV-unexposed regions will remain water-soluble. This approach will enable the creation of smaller-size, large-area processing OECT devices, ultimately facilitating the development of OECNs with sizes approaching that of biological neurons.

Keywords: organic electrochemical transistors,solid state organic electrochemical transistors,bioelectronics,organic electrochemical neurons
Understanding the age pattern of mortality from gestation to age five years in India (EarlyLife)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-07-01
End date: 2025-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165312.96
EU funding (EUR): 165312.96
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The prevention of stillbirths, together with ending newborn and child deaths, are first-order human development priorities. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) aim to end all preventable deaths before age 5 years by 2030. The research project aims to contribute to this goal by radically enhancing our understanding of human mortality at the beginning of life using novel data and methods suited to study mortality by detailed age before and after birth. The innovation of this project lies in its ambitious goal to (1) identify the ages at which fetuses and children are the most vulnerable, and (2) identify the underlying factors of such vulnerability. The research project is focused on India, the home of the highest number of stillbirths and neonatal deaths (ie, deaths before 28 days of age) in the world (respectively 340,000 and 490,000 in 2020). India is also the only large country where under-5 mortality is higher for girls than for boys. Using public and non-public data, I aim to identify for the first time and with focus on gender discrimination (1) the causes of excess neonatal mortality, (2) potential excess fetal mortality, and (3) the age-specific impact of climate change on under-5 mortality. The central hypothesis that I propose to test is the large impact of fetal growth restriction through maternal malnutrition on excess fetal and neonatal mortality. The research project also calls attention to the vulnerability of older children (above age 1 year) to infectious and parasitic diseases that are increased by climate change. By providing new scientific evidence and policy recommendations about the age-specific vulnerability of fetuses and children, the project will be of significant value to researchers, policymakers, but also actors involved in field trials of health interventions in India. The results of this project will also have policy relevance in a broader context, including south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.

Keywords: stillbirths,neonatal mortality,under 5 mortality,gestational age pattern of mortality,maternal and fetal malnutrition,missing girls,low and middle income countries,climate change
AVIATION RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM ADVANCED NOVEL APPROACH (AREANA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Mobility
Destination: Clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Czechia,Germany,Poland,France,Netherlands,Italy,Austria,Romania,Portugal,Ukraine,Spain,United Kingdom,Switzerland,Belgium
Call: Aviation research synergies between Horizon Europe, AZEA and National programs (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D5-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2047720.31
EU funding (EUR): 1999019.94
Participants: 15
Project status: SIGNED

The AREANA project addresses the call for "Aviation research synergies between Horizon Europe, AZEA and National programs" by providing advanced novel approaches to foster the European aviation research ecosystem. It encompasses three interconnected, yet thematically distinct parts. Firstly, approaches improving on the coordination of aviation funding programs will be addressed by coordinating and supporting synergies between European, National, and Regional R&I aviation programs. The project aims to facilitate joint calls or other co-funding mechanisms that align EU, National, and Regional activities in specific fields and accelerate the update and sharing of aviation technology infrastructures in the European Research Area. Secondly, the upcoming Aerodays will be prepared. The consortium suggests them to take place during the first half of 2025 in Warsaw, Poland. They would then coincide with the Polish presidency of the Council of the European Union. Thirdly, AZEA (Alliance for Zero Emission Aviation) activities will be supported by conducting mappings and analysis, including the identification of potential technological and administrative gaps and lack of related R&I and standardization efforts, removing the obstacles for zero-emission aviation. Close cooperation with the Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe (ACARE) and other institutions is expected. The AREANA project will help to sustain and foster the European aviation research ecosystem, thus helping to achieve the environmental goals while ensuring European competitiveness. This will be achieved by connecting and aligning different funding mechanisms, bringing together aviation stakeholders during the Aerodays and supporting the Alliance for Zero Emission Aviation.

Keywords: aviation,national programs,europen programs,zero emission,hydrogen,ecosystems,novel,synergies,collaboration and common appoach
DESIgning and REcycling sustainable Electronic boards for a EUropean circular economy (DESIRE4EU)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: France,Hungary,Sweden,Belgium,Italy
Call: EIC Pathfinder Challenge: Responsible Electronics (HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3999995.0
EU funding (EUR): 3999995.0
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

DESIRE4EU aims at proving the concept of a radically new sustainable approach to produce, use and recycle electronic printed circuit boards (PCB) that combine technical performance, economic and ecological efficiency throughout their life cycle. The project’s vision is of sustainable, circular PCB manufactured in Europe using bio-based and biodegradable materials. It disrupts current paradigms and significantly reduces harmful waste, enabling fast and ecological copper recovery, above 70wt% of PCB ultimate waste elimination and 1-2% electronics sector CO2 emissions decrease by combining material science, green chemistry, electronics, environmental microbiology, Life Cycle and Value Chain Assessments. Our holistic approach considers boards as a complete system and develops a proof of concept and guidelines for exemplary, fully circular sustainable electronics solutions contributing to European leadership, resilience, and independence. We envision a world-first by 2030: industrially credible, compliant, bio-based, rigid boards, with an innovative and environmentally friendly recycling process for critical metals. DESIRE4EU has 4 SMART specific objectives: (1) The complete assembly of a technology compliant bio-based multilayer PCB, (2) An environmentally friendly and time-efficient bioleaching process, (3) A circular by design approach, materialized by guidelines for further uptake, (4) An advanced, cost-effective but large proof of concept attracting 2000 – 5000 students, responsible citizens and industries, from learners to prosumers. The consortium gathers 8 academic and private partners from 5 European countries, including 2 SMEs and 1 start-up. DESIRE4EU is managed by GINP, represented by Full Professor P. Xavier, who has extensive scientific and management experience. The partners expect at least 7 Open Access articles and 3 patents for this disruptive technology to be exploited in the field of class 2 rigid boards, with a potential market of €436 million.

Keywords: bio based electronic boards,bio leaching,circular economy,value chain,life cycle assessment,printed circuit board,biodegradability,critical metal recovering,pfas free
Sensorised Surgical Glove for Safer Operative Births (SaferBirths)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2024-POC, 2024)
Start date: 2024-12-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

We seek to develop and validate a sensorised surgical gloves. The sensors are based on a multifunctional nanocomposite which is nontoxic and can serve as ultrathin tactile sensors, integrated directly on the fingertips of surgical gloves. These sensorised gloves enable mechanical energy harvesting, force sensing and assessment of several other mechanical parameters from fingertips. Having completed laboratory validation, ex vivo testing and low risk investigations to establish the protocols and preclinical investigation into usability of the device, the current POC project will focus on completing preclinical and clinical studies.