Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Palaeogenetics and palaeoecology of the Southern European red deer, the greatest survivor of the Late Quaternary Extinction event (AGENDEER)

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: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165312.96
EU funding (EUR): 165312.96
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The Late Quaternary Extinction event led to a major loss of biodiversity with the global disappearance of several terrestrial large mammals. Ancient DNA studies of extinct lineages dated before the Late Pleistocene/Holocene boundary suggests that this event may have been a result of repetitive climatic shifts that fragmented large mammal populations making them more vulnerable to increasing human activities. Current climate change and human impacts on ecosystems may lead to similar scenarios of extinction. The red deer (Cervus elaphus) represents one of the few taxa that survived the Quaternary megafauna extinction, with the fossil record suggesting that its lineage has been continuously present for almost 1 Ma in the Iberian Peninsula which acted as a refugium during intense glacials. The aim of AGENDEER is to provide data on the genetic structure and niche occupation of Southern European fossil red deer populations before and after the Late Quaternary Extinction event. Through palaeogenetic and dietary behaviours analyses, as well as a pilot palaeoproteomic study, AGENDEER will investigate which winning (palaeobiological and palaeoecological) strategies that allowed Cervus elaphus to not disappear as other megafauna populations. Results will be essential to understand the survival capacity and adaptation of one of the most important species of the European natural heritage providing new information for the proper management of the species. The European Researcher will receive advanced training on state-of-the-art molecular analyses which combined with classical palaeoecological methods will greatly enhance her competence and allow her to develop her research career and leadership

Keywords: paleogenetics,paleoecology,molecular paleontology,ancient dna,dental mesowear,dental microwear
Optimization, demonstration of natural, biodegradable packaging from wood in desired shapes for various industries (RAIKU bio packaging)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Estonia
Call: EIC Accelerator Open 2023 (HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOR-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-03-01
End date: 2026-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3603905.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Every year, over 400 million tonnes of plastic waste is produced globally of which plastic packaging waste accounts for about 46%. This waste accumulates in waste dumps, landfills, and ends up in oceans and water bodies causing alarming threats to ecosystems. This calls for sustainable alternatives for plastic usage worldwide. RAIKU has developed a proprietary cleantech manufacturing technology for the creation of novel green packaging alternatives to bubble wrap for the packaging industry. The process utilizes one raw material – wood, with zero chemicals and compostable end of life. RAIKU-s novel material needs 10 times less wood than paper/carton industry decelerating deforestation drastically (even more energy and water) and making it a high value-added product. RAIKU is poised to generate the needed disruption in the packaging market, enabling manufacturers to transition to a circular economy paradigm and contributing towards EU and UN Green goals.

Keywords: packaging material
New Horizons of Parameterized Complexity (NewPC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Computer Science and Informatics
Panel description: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems
Countries involved: Norway
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2024-ADG, 2024)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2030-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Parameterized Complexity (PC) provides an approach to moving beyond classic worst-case analysis of algorithms by focusing on multivariate algorithms whose performance is influenced by several parameters beyond input size. While it has been successful in various algorithmic domains, particularly those involving discrete objects like graphs, sets, matroids, or Boolean formulas, PC remains underutilized in areas involving geometric and algebraic objects such as points, vectors, linear spaces, or matrices. This project seeks to revolutionize the PC field by developing novel multivariate algorithms for continuous optimization problems involving such objects. The performance of these algorithms—whether measured by approximation ratio, probability error, or running time—is highly sensitive to multiple parameters. The main challenge in advancing parameterized complexity to these new domains is the need for suitable algorithmic and complexity tools. To address this challenge, the NewPC project proposes to revisit and revise fundamental methods for handling geometric and algebraic objects—such as dimension reduction, sampling, sketching, clustering, and coresets—through the conceptual questions of PC, including determining proper parameterization, quantifying the distance from triviality, and identifying when kernelization is possible. In short, the proposed Research Program can be summarized as: Questions of PC + Geometric Methods = New Horizons The proposed research will open new horizons in parameterized complexity by - Advancing multivariate approximation and lossy kernelization, both emerging areas within parameterized complexity. - Establishing multivariate algorithmic analysis as the standard tool for designing provably correct and efficient algorithms in domains such as computational geometry, machine learning, robust statistics, and optimization—areas where the classical worst-case algorithmic analysis often falls short.

Keywords: parameterized complexity,algorithms
Advancing Strategic Competitiveness & European iNnovation in Deep tech Innovation Conference (ASCEND)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: other EIC
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: Danish Presidency Conference (HORIZON-EIC-2025-DENMPRES-IBA, 2025)
Start date: 2025-03-04
End date: 2026-04-03
Duration (months): 13.0
Total project cost (EUR): 300000.0
EU funding (EUR): 300000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The overarching goal of the conference is to identify actionable pathways to transcend the current barriers to scaling up deep-tech startups and firms in the EU. The conference aligns with the EU’s strategic objective of closing the existing and increasing innovation gap between the EU, the US and China. The conference will bring together key stakeholders from various sectors like policy, industry, startups, investors, and academia to discuss three important sub-themes – drivers, resources, and ecosystems – and other relevant topics. Beyond the conference itself, both a pre-conference and a post-conference report will play a crucial role in identifying concrete solutions and ensuring meaningful impact. The pre-conference report will provide valuable insights, particularly on the three sub-themes and other pertinent issues, to support and guide discussions at the event. This will be achieved by mobilising stakeholders from the European deep-tech startup community to pinpoint their specific needs and challenges – especially those prompting them to seek funding opportunities outside the EU, such as in the US. The report will be distributed to all participants before the conference, containing concrete questions and recommendations to be addressed and discussed during the sessions. Further, the conference will also take its departure on the remarks of the upcoming EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy. All too often, key discussions and conclusions from conferences fail to translate into tangible outcomes. To maximize impact, the post-conference report will systematically compile and communicate the most critical discussions and findings into concrete policy recommendations that can be acted upon immediately.

Keywords: innovation conference during danish eu presidency
A Wood-to-Wood Cascade Upcycling Valorisation Approach (W2W)

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: Processes4Planet (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Greece,France,Spain,Italy,Finland,Germany,South Africa,Netherlands,Belgium,Cyprus,Switzerland
Call: Circular economy in process industries: Upcycling large volumes of secondary resources (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 11467668.86
EU funding (EUR): 9996828.65
Participants: 27
Project status: SIGNED

The W2W project will produce and validate a comprehensive framework for multi-dimensional cascade valorisation of wood from C&D and furniture waste, consisting of four core components: 1) Advanced separation & sorting technologies: Adaptive Separation and Sorting system based on cascade valorisation thresholds, making use of human-robot collaboration and mixed reality technologies 2) Upcycling Processes and Technologies: mechanical, chemical, and bioremediation processes to recover wood or resources from waste and use them in new products which have the same quality as the ones produced by primary resources3) Digital Tools for Improving Circular Flows of Secondary Materials: LCA-based tool to predict and assess the impact of different cascade paths, Supply Chain Management Tool for the optimisation of upcycling of secondary materials, Digital Product Passport, and Digital Platform for circularity/upcycling information exchange.4) Supportive Framework in Policy, Market, and Skills: Framework for CDW Cascade Valorisation, Harmonised Waste Wood Classification Framework, skills development, contribution to standards and certification schemes, business models. W2W will demonstrate efficient and sustainable value chains in 3 Use Cases for the production of: wood without pollutants; biocomposite building materials; biopolymers; polyols; chemical detergents; and the recovery of nutrients, through the use of technologies and tools that allow the selection of optimal cascade paths for further uses of wood products and their materials.The W2W holistic approach will reduce the demand for virgin materials, reduce the amount of waste that ends up in landfills or incineration facilities, allow for the creation of new value-added products from waste materials, and support the transition towards a circular economy by promoting closed-loop systems where materials are continually repurposed and reused, extending their useful life.

Keywords: resource optimisation,wood valorisation,advanced sorting
X2.0 - Driving deeptech growth (X2.0)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: other EIC
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Ireland,Spain,Serbia
Call: Enhancing synergies between the EIC and Startup Europe (HORIZON-EIC-2021-STARTUPEU-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-11-01
End date: 2024-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999987.5
EU funding (EUR): 1999987.5
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The X2.0 is a sustainable legacy project of X-Europe (ICT-33-2019), and aims to leverage its predecessors' established ecosystem, network, proven innovation action/Startup Europe methodology, and learnings, to generate a next-gen coordination action mechanism. X2.0 project establishes a framework anchored by external service providers, also known in this proposal as industry impact builders. The framework will deliver a trifecta of key impact drivers, namely i) upskill and upscale the future deeptech leaders of Europe, ii) connect and nurture relationships between moderately innovative and highly innovative regions, and iii) reinforce and contribute to the EIC offer. The X2.0 will upskill its beneficiaries by providing need-based, custom, industry-focused growth services, corporate-startup opportunities and pathways to private and public funding. The project will distribute €1.5M in innovation and scaling up services to 50 deep-tech startups to increase their individual capacities and enhance their long-term competitiveness. The project will establish an X2.0 Impact Hub of 350 validated impact builders (external service providers) able to deliver cross-border services and 75 corporations seeking partnerships with startups. Finally, the project will close with a white paper providing insights into the EU deeptech scene. The project will run for 24 months establishing a sustainable collaborative ecosystem across the EU and increasing the delivery of deeptech products to market.

Keywords: custom deep tech growth programmes,widening countries,seal of excellence,corporate matchmaking,eic and eu funding promotion,impact hub of industry impact builders and corporations,white paper
Prediction and prevention of late effects in AYA cancer survivors – An effort to understand, predict and prevent late effects in AYAs 15-39 years of age, with a focus on fertility and gonadal toxicity (PredictAYA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Mission
Theme: Cancer
Destination: Cancer
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Sweden,Italy,United Kingdom,Estonia,Netherlands,Belgium,France,Germany,Austria,Switzerland
Call: Improving the understanding and management of late-effects in adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer (HORIZON-MISS-2024-CANCER-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-06-01
End date: 2030-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6329134.26
EU funding (EUR): 6329134.26
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

PredictAYA is a multidisciplinary effort to fully address and improve the understanding of late effects in AYAs 15-39 years treated for cancer, by building on data from existing populations-based registers, large genomic biobanks and newly established clinical AYA cohorts. Importantly, the patient perspective will be captured in our clinical cohorts and patients’ care preferences and needs including the psychosocial impact of cancer treatment on reproductive health, sexuality and quality of life in AYAs. By cooperation between clinicians, researchers, psychologists, oncology nurses and with patient involvement, the study will use a participatory research approach and develop in co-creation with representative AYAs with cancer. This action is part of the Cancer Mission cluster of projects on “Quality of life (AYA). Our long-term goal is to develop a panel of validated biomarkers to identify individuals at high-risk of organ toxicities, aiming at clinical implementation and future individualized screening and counselling. Our main focus is on reproductive toxicity and through innovative precision medicine and pharmacogenetics, we will identify genetic biomarkers explanatory for interindividual variation in treatment induced toxicity among AYAs. A model on constitutional genetic risk for reproductive organ toxicity will be evaluated in clinical cohorts across Europe. Future precision-medicine applications and clinical implementation are envisaged as potential benefit of our proposal. Additional research questions include the prevalence, severity and timing of gonadal toxicity for different cancer treatments in both sexes, the timing and risks of pregnancy, the risk of accelerated aging, the health of the children born to AYAs. The safety and efficacy of fertility preservation methods will be investigated in detail. Our methodology will also allow us to investigate additional phenotypes and find associations among reproductive, endocrine, cardiac and neurologic toxicity, risk factors including social and health determinants and comorbidity patterns.

Keywords: cancer,ayas,infertility,pharmacogenetic modelling,late effects,treatment toxicity
Space qualified GAN Components for Next generation systems (SGAN-Next)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Space
Destination: Open Strategic Autonomy in Developing, Deploying and Using Global Space-Based Infrastructures, Services, Applications and Data
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Sweden,Germany,France,Italy
Call: Space technologies for European non-dependence and competitiveness (HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01, 2022)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2026-11-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2889760.0
EU funding (EUR): 2882805.75
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

The main objective of SGAN-Next is to develop a fully European GaN on SiC foundry process and demonstrate outstanding performance at high frequency beyond Q-band, through the design of efficient and robust SSPA, LNA and switch devices for flexible LEO/GEO payloads. For this purpose, the project led by SENER as satellite equipment manufacturer, includes an epitaxy manufacturer (SweGaN), an industrial foundry (UMS), a research foundry (FBH) and two Universities (UNIBO and UAB). Moreover, the consortium count on the two main European satellite prime contractors (ADS and TAS) for the conceptual definition of services and the required system to answer market demand. SGaN-Next aims to secure a European supply chain with GaN epitaxial wafers provided by SweGaN. For this new process, Q/V band power cells will be designed making use of novel processing modules and epitaxial concepts which reduce parasitic losses and increase thermal drain to heat sink. In parallel, UMS provides access to its 0.1-µm GaN technology (GH10-10), which will be optimized and submitted to a space qualification assessment through two runs available for MMICs design and validation. Microwave characterisation of GaN technology performance by model refinement and device characterisation will be addressed to improve MMIC design process along the project. As highly efficient PAs are essential for Telecom active antennas with high number of active units, at least three PAs design concepts are proposed to answer the needs identified at equipment level. The efficiency has a critical impact on the extra power demanded to the system and the increased complexity to dissipate. On the reception side, a design of a LNA as well as a switch for robust RF front-end will be addressed. Last, but not least, packaging techniques will be evaluated for space use and finally, a demonstrator of an SSPA for actual antenna systems based on the designed MMIC’s will be developed and tested under space environmental conditions.

Keywords: gan sic hemt space qualified sspa pa hpa lna switch high power low noise robust broadband frequency q v w band vhts active antenna advanced payload foundry process transistor epitaxy european
Post Taliban Afghanistan: The Future of Militancy in Pakistan (PtAtFoMiP)

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: Ireland
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2026-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 215534.4
EU funding (EUR): 215534.4
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and the subsequent takeover of Taliban has reinvigorated militancy in the border region of Pakistan. The border region formerly known as a Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) became home to domestic and international terrorist organizations such as Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Al-Qaeda, Afghan Taliban and Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) after 9/11. FATA was used as a training ground for orchestrating terrorist attacks in Pakistan, Afghanistan, United States (US) and European countries. Domestically the terrorists unleashed an era of terror killing thousands of innocent people. They assassinated Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and shot Malala Yousafzai. They attacked schools, health facilities and banned polio vaccination. The 7/7 London attacks and New York attacks 2010 were planned by the TTP in the tribal areas of Pakistan. Pakistan’s security forces conducted military operations against the militants and militancy began to decline after 2016. However, the recapturing of Afghanistan by the Taliban in August 2021 has provided new energy to the militants fighting in the tribal areas. They are grouping. They are seeking alliance with international terrorist groups and can them refuge in the tribal areas. This project will investigate the re-emergence of TTP addressing the following key questions. What are the key factors responsible for the re-emergence of TTP in Pakistan? How the re-emergence of Pakistan Taliban can pose challenges for women in the area? How the alliance of TTP with international terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda and IS-K can create challenges for global security? What are the policy options for Pakistan and the world to counter the re-emergence of TTP and its alliance with other terrorist groups?

Keywords: militancy,violence,extremism,terrorism,women rights,challenges,global security