Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Using smart contracts and policies to reduce energy-related risk and inequality among households (ENERPOL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Doctoral Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Economic Sciences
Countries involved: Norway,Finland,Germany,Belgium,Lithuania,Sweden,Denmark,Poland,Switzerland
Call: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-03-01
End date: 2030-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3937966.2
EU funding (EUR): 3937966.2
Participants: 24
Project status: SIGNED

To reduce carbon emissions, the green energy transition emphasizes incorporating variable renewable energy (VRE) sources and electrifying household energy consumption. This transition shifts households from being mere consumers to becoming producers and flexibility providers, playing a crucial in balancing VRE. The rise in energy prices due to the conflict in Ukraine has underscored a significant issue with this: while variable prices are vital for aligning demand with VRE supply, they also expose households to significant risks. These fluctuations contribute to inequality, as households' ability to absorb price shocks varies, which can undermine support for the transition. In 2023, 10.6% of European households struggled to keep homes warm, up from 6.9% in 2021, despite government measures like price caps. These interventions often lacked a solid data-driven foundation. To address these gaps, ENERPOL has developed an interdisciplinary research agenda focused on how households economically interact with energy systems during the green transition. This agenda will inform policies to mitigate inequality while preserving energy system efficiency. ENERPOL unites academic institutions from nine European countries with 16 non-academic organizations, including private energy companies, regulatory bodies, and think tanks. These collaborations enable unique data access, linking income and wealth data with energy consumption patterns. This consortium tests smart contracts and new policies, merging academic disciplines like operations research, economics, and energy studies. ENERPOL aims to provide insights for legislation, such as the EU electricity market reform, enhancing energy justice and aligning with European policy goals. This holistic view promotes energy justice, advocating for energy as a critical service in line with the European Pillar of Social Rights and UN SDGs.

Keywords: market design,social welfare,smart energy contracts,energy market,household economics
The Roots of the European Intellectual Lexicon through Ramon Llull's Multilingual Vocabulary (LEXLlull)

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: Italy,Switzerland
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-02-16
End date: 2029-02-15
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 388940.52
EU funding (EUR): 388940.52
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

The dissemination of the intellectual lexicon in Europe occurred thanks to the development of universities and the vulgarisation of knowledge. The LEXLlull project aims to analyse the origin and relationship between these two phenomena through the extraordinary production of the Catalan writer Ramon Llull (1232-1316), who was in contact with the academic world of his time and aspired to spread the epistemological system he had created (i.e. the Art) to all strata of society. The project envisages the creation of a multilingual (Catalan, Latin, French and Occitan) online dictionary based on the works and translations that circulated when the author was alive, and a monographic study of the scientific vocabulary used in the different languages in relation to the study centres he frequented and the different audiences he addressed. In this way, it is possible to obtain a synchronic source of the medieval European scientific lexicon in the main Romance languages and to understand how laymen could acquire this knowledge.

Keywords: ramon llull,translation studies,lexicography,european intellectual lexicon
Signals for Inter-Organelle Communication in Abiotic Stress (SINOCA)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-07-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 194074.56
EU funding (EUR): 194074.56
Participants: 1
Project status: TERMINATED

Abiotic stress is a major challenge for plants, especially as extreme conditions like heat and drought are becoming more frequent due to global climate change. Unlike animals, plants cannot move to escape harsh environments and must instead adapt their metabolism, physiology, and growth to survive. These adaptive responses rely on specialized sensors and signaling hubs within the plant, including organelles, which have been identified as key players in stress responses. While much research has focused on how individual organelles respond to stress, there is still a lack of understanding of how these organelles communicate with one another to coordinate stress signals and maintain cellular balance. This project aims to bridge that knowledge gap by exploring the communication between two key organelles, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and chloroplasts, and their role in helping plants cope with heat and drought—two of the most significant challenges plants face. Under stress, organelles like the ER and chloroplasts send retrograde signals to the nucleus and other parts of the cell to trigger adaptive responses. However, the specific mechanisms of this inter-organelle communication remain largely unknown. By combining traditional molecular genetics with advanced transcriptomics, physiological profiling, and AI-assisted data analysis, we aim to identify and characterize novel signals and further study known players that mediate this vital organelle crosstalk. Ultimately, our research could pave the way for developing crops with enhanced resilience to environmental stress, addressing some of agriculture's most urgent challenges in the face of climate change.

Keywords: ecophysiology,abiotic stress,plants,global change,signal transduction
Local-Level Use of Transparency Against Corruption and International Institutions (LOTRAC)

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: Italy
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2028-02-29
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 235737.6
EU funding (EUR): 235737.6
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Corruption is an important challenge in the contemporary world. In the EU, it has been a major concern due to the misuse of structural funds, now rising again with the acceptance of Ukraine and Moldova as new candidates. Transparency is the key corruption prevention measure promoted by international institutions, but at the local level the extent of its implementation and effectiveness against corruption remains underexplored. The goal of this project is to analyse what impact the internationalisation of public policies generates locally for the effective use of transparency as an anti-corruption tool. How are international recommendations regarding transparency applied at the local level? How does the success or failure of anti-corruption policies depend on the locally adopted transparency measures? To what extent is the effectiveness of transparency as an anti-corruption tool at the local level explained by the influence of international institutions? The project will analyse three sector-specific cases examining the effectiveness of transparency-based anti-corruption policies at the local level and the influence of international institutions on it in an "old" EU member state, a "new" EU member and an EU candidate country. Its novelty consists in the focus on local-level structures and processes and specific economic sectors (maritime cargo transportation, tourism and residential construction). It will bring valuable insights about the challenges of transferring policies developed in one socio-political context to the other and provide a novel contribution to the literature on internationalisation of norms and policies, empirical effects of transparency and comparative politics. The researcher's previous work in the EU periphery, current work on public integrity, supervision by an expert on transparency in the EU at a host with a long record of comparative research and a placement at Transparency International make sure that the project goals will be attained.

Keywords: transparency,corruption,international institutions,eu enlargement,italy,estonia,ukraine
Coordinated Opportunities for Advanced Leadership and Engagement in Science Communication in Europe (COALESCE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Theme: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Destination: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Ireland,Spain,Netherlands,Estonia,United Kingdom,Belgium
Call: A European competence centre for science communication (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ERA-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-04-01
End date: 2027-03-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3106375.0
EU funding (EUR): 3103875.0
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

COALESCE will consolidate, further develop, and mainstream generated knowledge and connections on science communication to build up the European Competence Centre for Science Communication. To achieve measurable and sustainable long-term impact of the Centre, project objectives will pivot on co-creation and co-design building on cooperative relationships with multiple stakeholders including scientific and journalist networks, as well as university alliances. COALESCE operates in relation to international, national and regional hubs and builds on an interdisciplinary approach. It will demonstrate the means for rapid mobilisation of scicomm in times of crisis while fighting misinformation and engendering trust in science. Supporting all of this will be an accessible library of critical resources, toolkits, handbooks and training opportunities to R&I actors across the ERA. The COALESCE project ensures the effectiveness of and best practices for science communication through a concerted and focused effort made by an experienced, knowledgeable, and well-connected consortium. We build on and add to already existing forms of excellence in science communication, public engagement, and co-creation practices developed from the joint efforts of the coordinators of all previous SwafS-19 calls and contributions from other key partners. COALESCE continues and strengthens connections between academic researchers and practitioners representing the state of the art of scicomm in Europe and defines and trains on best practices within Europe and beyond. The consortium represents several key features to make it well positioned in relation to the call as it: 1. Integrates universities and higher education providers with SMEs; 2. Connects participatory engagement methodologies and journalism practices with new channels for scicomm; 3. Participates with agendas of national scientific bodies; and 4. Is supported by existing scicomm reference and university alliance networks.

Keywords: scicomm,excellence,citizen science,
Optically-pumped magnetometer arrays for magnetoencephalography (OPMMEG)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Transition
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Finland,Spain,Poland
Call: EIC Transition Open 2022 (HORIZON-EIC-2022-TRANSITION-01, 2022)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2025-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2483327.5
EU funding (EUR): 2483327.5
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a non-invasive imaging technique for investigating human brain function, uniquely capable of measuring brain activity with good spatial and temporal resolution. MEG operates by detecting magnetic fields naturally produced by the brain, with no applied fields or injections. Epilepsy diagnosis is the most advanced clinical application for MEG. Six million people are affected by epilepsy in Europe alone, with about 300 000 new cases every year. Use cases for MEG are growing, for example diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injuries (TBI), which represents more than half of the 2.5 million new TBI cases each year in Europe. Clinical use of MEG is at present limited to large hospitals and elite clinics due to space, cost and the need for specialized cryogenics technicians. Optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) are a cryogen-free quantum sensor technology with extraordinary magnetic sensitivity. Relative to cryogenic methods, OPM provide a superior balance of sensitivity, size and proximity to the cortex, but have not yet been implemented in technologies that are simultaneously manufacturable at scale, high-performing, and cost-effective. OPMMEG will develop an OPM array that meets these requirements for wide-spread use of OPMs in MEG, and demonstrate its application to magnetoencephalography. The project brings together world leaders in quantum sensor components and systems, commercial MEG systems and MEG applications. OMPMEG will build a value chain from photonic devices to systems connecting all relevant stakeholders. The consortium is composed of 2 SMEs, 2 world-class research organizations and 1 university from 3 European countries. The position of these organizations in their respective markets guarantees that the project results will be widely exploited, providing the companies with a technological advantage over their worldwide competitors thus creating new high-tech jobs and technology leadership in Europe.

Keywords: atomic vapor cell,low temperature co fired ceramics,vcsel,optically pumped magnetometry,opm
Modifying Enzyme with Solid-Binding Peptide for Site-specific and Reversible Enzyme Immobilization (ReversE)

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: Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-08-01
End date: 2025-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 189687.36
EU funding (EUR): 189687.36
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Redox enzymes catalyze numerous biological processes that are also relevant for a variety of applications, including energy conversion, biosensing, and electrosynthesis of complex molecules. The intrinsic lability of enzymes that gradually lose catalytic activity over time, however, restricts their operational half-life for practical large-scale application of this sustainable and incredibly energy-saving system. Moreover, enzymes are nanometer-sized macromolecules, that must be properly aligned with the electrode surface for efficient electron transfer and substrate access to the active site regardless of the electron transfer mechanism, direct or mediated, which typically necessitates laborious procedures. The goal of this Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship project is to develop a reversible immobilization approach that can attach enzymes on an electrode surface in a defined orientation and permit their controlled release on demand upon stimulation (ReversE). This will be accomplished by capitalizing on a gold (Au)-binding peptide fused to [FeFe]-hydrogenase as the model enzyme to have the dual functionality of orienting enzymes on the Au electrode surface in a precise manner to support efficient electron transfer and substrate access to the active site, as well as allowing the bound Au-binding peptide fused enzymes to be released by electrochemical or chemical stimuli and replaced with fresh enzymes when the catalytic activity is reduced to a predetermined value. This will open up the possibility for enzyme regeneration which will be groundbreaking in the context of sustainable deployment of enzyme‒electrode systems.

Keywords: enzyme immobilization,protein engineering,bioelectrocatalysis
AbSorber of Topological electRomagnetic wAves (ASTRA)

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-2025-POC, 2025)
Start date: 2025-10-01
End date: 2027-03-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Recent advances in controlling the topological structure of light open up opportunities for new information and energy carriers with applications from telecommunications and spectroscopy to metrology, imaging, and remote sensing. However, despite the application potential of topologically structured light, its generation and detection remains a complex and challenging task that hinders practical applications. In our earlier ERC FLEET project, we developed methods for the generation and detection of topologically structured electromagnetic pulses and highlighted their exotic light-matter interactions. However, such complex approaches require specialist expertise and are sensitive to noise and perturbations. From the FLEET effort, the concept of a simple and compact detector of topologically structured light emerged based on geometrical phase resulting in robust broadband performance. This project aims at bringing this concept to life by developing a prototype of the topological light detector operating at the microwave part of the spectrum and assessing its performance in “real-world” conditions, while targeting applications in line-of-sight information transfer and energy harvesting.
The role of Microbes in Aquaculture: understanding the functional role of oyster microbiomes in response to changing climates and diseases (MicroAqua)

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: Ireland
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2025-11-30
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 223424.67
EU funding (EUR): 223424.67
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Bivalves are ecologically and economically important in Europe. Oysters in particular provide ecological benefits through habitat provision, economic benefits through aquaculture production, and societal benefits through cultural associations. Although of high importance, oyster production is threatened by changing climates and disease proliferation which cause mass mortality events. Recent advancements show that microbiomes, the microbial community within a host organism, play a significant role in the functioning of the host and their resistance to adverse conditions. This project will incorporate knowledge from the fields of global change ecology, shellfish health and diseases, and microbiology to increase the understanding of the role of the oyster microbiome in resistance to threats posed by climate change and disease proliferation, as well as the overall performance of oysters in the environment. By combining field and laboratory investigations of how the physical environment affects microbial functioning within oysters produced by both wild and hatchery based stocks, and subsequently their susceptibility to pathogens, this project will provide a holistic, in-depth understanding of the contribution of such microscopic organisms to these valuable bivalve species. Results will be beneficial to the scientific community, aquaculture stakeholders, policy makers, and coastal societies alike. Project outcomes will move forward the integration of microbiology into the success of aquaculture to increase production, sustainability, and blue growth.

Keywords: functional metagenomics,microbiomes
Romani Chords: Uncovering Romani Practice for Harmonic Accompaniment with Sonic, Visual and Ethnographic Analysis (RomChords)

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: Slovakia,Czechia,Portugal
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 186524.4
EU funding (EUR): 186524.4
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

The phrase “Romani chords” (RC) encapsulates the distinctively lush harmonic language of Romani musicians in Slovakia. This musical feature is key to impressing non-Roma audiences and something Roma consider a root of their entire musical culture. RC are not merely a sonic phenomenon, though. They reflect long-established economic practices in Romani professional music-making, skills in creatively re-interpreting music of the surrounding non-Romani majorities, and a particular form of musical learning whereby folk knowledge passes from generation to generation. RomChords is the first project that tackles this phenomenon in its anthropological and ethnomusicological complexity. The project is an interdisciplinary investigation approaching RC as three types of data: a) sonic, b) visual, and c) ethnographic. The main ambition is to challenge the primacy of Western theories of harmony and to reconsider RC from the Romani perspective, unearthing how Roma themselves perceive, conceptualise and theorise their chords. The project aims to answer the following key questions: What role do RC play in the performance of Romani ethnicity? What is the significance of RC for Romani professional musicianship? How do Roma learn RC, and how do they innovate them? And what is the role of vision in learning and teaching RC? Action to address these questions is shaped by three specific objectives, which will be pursued through international and intersectoral cooperation between three participating institutions: I) Data collection concerning RC among Romani musicians in Slovakia (Institute of Ethnology and Social Anthropology, Slovak Academy of Sciences); II) Trans-disciplinary analysis of the data, employing methods of qualitative social sciences and computational (ethno-)musicology (Institute of Ethnomusicology – Center for Studies in Music and Dance, Portugal); III) Integration of knowledge about RC into a museum exhibition (The Museum of Romani Culture, Czech Republic).

Keywords: romani studies,ethnomusicology