Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Collaborative Autonomous Robots for eMergency Assistance (CARMA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Civil Security for Society
Theme: Civil Security for Society
Destination: Disaster-Resilient Society for Europe
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: France,Greece,Germany,Spain,Switzerland,Portugal
Call: Robotics: Autonomous or semi-autonomous UGV systems to supplement skills for use in hazardous environments (HORIZON-CL3-2023-DRS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3990605.0
EU funding (EUR): 3990605.0
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

CARMA aims to co-create, through a user-centred iterative methodology involving a complementary set of end-users and SSH experts, a groundbreaking, modular and intuitive platform offering a complementary set of semi-autonomous and autonomous UGVs capable of working in symbiosis with humans to support and supplement first responders and assist citizen in a wide range of disaster situations, including those with very low visibility. The project will build on the most advanced research results, including those from the INTREPID project, in the field of disaster robotics making them autonomous thanks to novel 3D radar-based environment mapping and analysis combined with Artificial Intelligence for enhanced path and mission planning as well as victim and threat detection. Symbiotic operations and natural robot/human interaction will be made possible by exploiting Generative Adversarial Networks for collaborative tasks, Natural Language Processing, and eXtended Reality technologies. The project will evaluate the effectiveness and acceptance of the proposed platform in the frame of four ambitious pilots in complementary operational environments. Coordinated by a large European industrial leader in the crisis management market, the consortium includes world-class research centres in the domain of AI and Social Robotics, robotics manufacturers, professional and volunteer first responders, as well as local authorities. It is complemented by an international Advisory Board and an Open Community to ensure openness and diversity. Social, ethical and legal constraints will be carefully considered during the project’s lifetime. In order to prepare the ground for broad adoption and successful exploitation of the project’s results, CARMA will implement an ambitious communication and dissemination plan, an engaging training curriculum, and produce a white book proposing recommendations for doctrine changes to involve the proposed solution in crisis management operations

Keywords: crisis management,social robotics,ugv,3d radar,data fusion,path planning,artificial intelligence,natural language processing,extended reality,enhanced situational awareness,
BIOmass Valorisation via Superheated Steam Torrefaction, Pyrolisis, Gasification Amplified by Multidisciplinary Researchers TRAINining for Multiple Energy and Products’ Added VALUEs (BioTrainValue)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Staff Exchanges
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Poland,Slovenia,Greece,Germany,Austria,United Kingdom,Ireland
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-SE-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1155257.14
EU funding (EUR): 993600.0
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

The Overwhelming Research Objective of the BioTrainValue project is development and experimental testing of new technologies and equipment for biomass torrefaction with application of superheated steam for production at the European scale of high-value innovative bio-based products. The project research results will be: (1) new methodologies and experimental data for creation of small-scale innovative reactors, (2) agro-energy technology for production of treated solid biofuels with the following properties: increased calorific value, hydrophobicity, reduced biodegradability, increased bulk density and energy density, cheaper transport and storage, (3) direct bio-products, as bio-fuels, fertilizers with better characteristics, and related products, as heat, cold and electrical energy, and (4) biocarbon as an additive to fertilizers for agriculture, as well as activated carbon for the chemical and energy industries. Meeting the demands of MSCA SE, BioTrainValue has the overarching objective of formation of an international and inter-sectoral network of organisations working with a joint research programme. The objective will be implemented by 6 academic and 4 non-academic partners from 7 European states via XXX secondments with 266 Person/Months, conducted for implementation of the project research objective; 8 articles written in co-authorship and published in peer-reviewed and high-impact journals; 2 monograph manuscripts; 18 seminars, 8 interactive lectures, 12 workshops, numerous trainings, seminars during the secondments and after them – for sharing skills obtained in each beneficiary institution; 2 international conferences and 1 exhibition stand organized. The participants will exchange skills and knowledge which will allow them to progress towards key advances in torrefaction methodology and practice of creation of new bioproducts and strengthen collaborative research between different countries and sectors.

Keywords: mobility,skills,soft skills,hard skills,biomass,torrefaction,biogas,biochar,commercialization
CO2 valorisation NETwork (C-NET)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Staff Exchanges
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Italy,China,Norway,Spain,Austria,United Kingdom,Colombia
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-11-01
End date: 2028-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 356828.57
EU funding (EUR): 345000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

The successful implementation of CO2 capture and valorization technologies is a key step within the European Green Deal, and requires the joint development of innovative processes and materials (possibly non-CRMs) to comply with the EU decarbonization timeline (55% less net greenhouse gas emissions by 2030). Nowadays, this goal can only be achieved by a collaborative effort of researchers belonging to different disciplines and bringing together different expertise. Aim of the C-NET proposal is to build a network of experts working in complementary scientific areas in order to promote advancements in the wide “net zero carbon” field. C-NET is conceived as a nurturing environment where researchers can take advantage of facilities and know-how of the partner units, involving both thermochemical and electrochemical CO2 conversion processes. The synergistic collaboration will triangulate people, materials and knowledge between UniUD (green, solvent-free mechanochemical synthesis of non-CRM catalysts and electrocatalysts), Surrey (combined capture and catalytic conversion processes), Sevilla (structured catalytic reactors development for process intensification), Treibacher (materials design, development and scale-up) and China (electro-conversion of CO2). The joint research efforts will be supported and fostered by process modeling (VirtualMech) and advanced material characterization carried out by operando synchrotron light-based techniques (NTNU-ESRF) and in-situ DRIFT experiments (Sabana, Bogota, COL). C-NET, exploiting the planned secondments and the organization of workshops and conferences to promote knowledge-sharing and new skills acquisition, will provide an exhaustive toolkit aimed at overcoming the current state-of-the-art in the field of CO2 valorization processes.

Keywords: carbon capture and utilisation dual function materials mechanochemistry microchannel reactors
Exploring the Deep Universe by Computational Analysis of Data from Observations (EDUCADO)

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: Physics
Countries involved: Spain,Belgium,Netherlands,Italy,Germany,United States,France,United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2629382.4
EU funding (EUR): 2629382.4
Participants: 20
Project status: SIGNED

The formation and evolution of massive galaxies is reasonably well understood in the context of the successful standard ΛCDM formalism. Such simulations of cosmic evolution, however, lead to serious challenges in the regime of the very faint galaxies, including the problems referred to as missing satellites, too big to fail, and planes of satellite galaxies. With the massive amounts of excellent data being produced by astronomical surveys, and with new missions scheduled to produce more data of even better quality, we have a unique chance to solve these problems. To do this, we require innovative developments in information technology. In EDUCADO (Exploring the Deep Universe by Computational Analysis of Data from Observations), an intensive collaboration at the intersection of astronomy and computer science, we bring together experts from different disciplines and sectors. We will train 10 Doctoral Candidates in the development of a variety of high-quality methods, needed to address the formation of the faintest structures. We will reliably and reproducibly detect unprecedented numbers of the faintest observable galaxies from new large-area surveys. We will study the morphology, populations, and distribution of large samples of various classes of dwarf galaxies and compare dwarf galaxy populations and properties across different environments. We will confront the results with cosmological models of galaxy formation and evolution. Finally, we will perform detailed, principled, and robust simulations and observations of the Milky Way and the Local Group to compare with dwarf galaxies in other environments. EDUCADO will deliver a comprehensive interdisciplinary, intersectoral, and international training programme including a secondment at one of our 11 associated partners for each DC. We will provide a fresh and sustainable way of training PhD scientists with interdisciplinary and intersectoral data science expertise, a requisite for future European competitiveness.

Keywords: computational intelligence galaxy classification big data learning with privileged data probabilistic modeling image analysis mathematical morphology milky way structure visualisation
Creating a Centre of EXCELLence on sustainable Energy at NCSR Demokritos (EXCELLEND)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Greece
Call: ERA Chairs (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2030-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499965.82
EU funding (EUR): 2499965.82
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The proposed ERA Chair aims to bring all the scattered energy-related activities of NCSRD under the same umbrella through the creation of a unique Centre of Excellence (CoE), with a primary focus on sustainable energy solutions towards net-zero fossil fuels and climate-neutrality by 2050, perfectly aligned with relevant EU policy priorities, such as the European Green Deal. The ERA Chair will be established and hosted under this structure, integrated in INRASTES, with synergies and links with a variety of internal/external actors. The CoE operation will be primarily virtual, meaning that not all of its personnel will work under the same physical lab or building, but it will facilitate bridging the gaps across existing labs. The ERA Chair holder, Prof. Georgios Tsatsaronis (GT), will establish this CoE and coordinate the joint activities with the NCSRD labs and greatly expand the research topics. Due to his diverse skills and long-standing experience in the energy field, GT will increase the research potential by: (1) setting up and managing the CoE, (2) supervising and training its Team members, and (3) proceeding to institutional reforms inspired by his innovation culture via a range of service-oriented activities. GT will not only bring research excellence in the CoE, but also create synergies with a large range of stakeholders (e.g. research institutions, industry), and increase entrepreneurship by enhancing knowledge transfer and better use of results, aiming to upgrade the relevant services of the Innovation Office that are available to all NCSRD researchers. The vision of the CoE is to become one of the top groups for sustainable energy research in the EU and deepen the ERA, and replicate its lighthouse example in other Greek research actors to improve the local research Ecosystem.

Keywords: center of excellence,sustainable energy,synergies,research management,solar energy,heat pumps,hydrogen,smart control,integrated energy systems
BIO-INTELLIGENT PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING 4 SUSTAINABLE CITIES (BIOGEMSE)

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: Spain,Netherlands,Greece,Italy,Belgium,Sweden
Call: Bio-intelligent manufacturing industries (Made in Europe Partnership) (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-TWO-STAGE, 2024)
Start date: 2025-06-01
End date: 2028-11-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6411402.87
EU funding (EUR): 4991157.01
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

BIOGEMSE aims to develop and manufacture bio-intelligent, sustainable, circular, and safe modular construction products to pioneer a new way of building in modern architecture. To achieve that, the project is built on 3 working fields: i) Circular and sustainable bio-based materials for Additive Manufacturing (AM) processes, expanding their opportunities in the construction sector, ii) production "biologisation" through highly flexible digital and robotised AM; and iii) manufacturing-enabled bio-intelligent product performance. In BIOGEMSE, green and circular mortars will be fine-tuned for the AM processes and generative AI tools will be employed to explore novel bio-mimicking structures. AM will provide the high level of flexibility and customization required, and BIOGEMSE will work on extending 3D printing systems capabilities (at HW and SW levels) targeting bio-intelligent performance. At HW level, a novel robot printing head incorporating kinetics redundancy will be developed. At SW level, advanced monitoring and control tools will be integrated. Manufacturing will be further supported by process and products Digital Twins, simulation workflows, and AI-based decision support tools for Zero Defect Manufacturing. Moreover, a standardized and interoperable digital framework will be deployed, together with a Digital Product Passport, and environmental impact, circularity and safety will be considered through sound SSbD methodologies. The bio-intelligent modular structures will be deployed in 3 Smart Living Labs with different functional requirements and climatic conditions to validate the new products and boost their replication potential at EU-wide level. Technology-driven strategies will be complemented with the most adequate sustainable business models at global scale, and with a training strategy for professional skilling. To address this, BIOGEMSE gathers a competitive, industry-driven, multi-disciplinar, balanced and value-chain oriented consortium.

Keywords: bio intelligent manufacturing,bio based materials,circularity and sustainability,bio inspired manufacturing,production biologisation,digital tools,additive manufacturing,construction
OPTimising IndiGOidine production heterogeneity for sustainable microbial blue pigment biosynthesis (OPTIGO)

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: 2025-01-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The textile industry is a major global contributor to environmental pollution, primarily due to the harsh conditions and hazardous chemicals used in fabric pre-treatment, dyeing, and finishing processes1. Notably, the chemical synthesis of dyes such as indigo, best known for its use in jeans manufacturing, contributes to this burden. With growing demands for clothing and fabrics, there is a desperate need for more sustainable alternatives. One potential solution is the use of microbial alternatives to indigo, with a similar colour spectrum and dying capacity. Our lab recently engineered a microbial factory for production of blue dyes using the industrially relevant yeast Yarrowia lipolytica and we have registered a patent due to promising yields during small-scale fermentation. In our latest research to improve production yields, we noticed a remarkable difference biosynthesis at the single-cell level, with some cells containing tenfold amounts of the pigment. Building on our recent research funded by the ERC starting grant DEUSBIO to understand metabolic single-cell heterogeneity, this proposal aims to characterise drivers of production heterogeneity during Y. lipolytica fermentation. Furthermore, we intend to harness production heterogeneity by engineering stable high producer populations, to optimise bioproduction and increase overall yields. This research will be pivotal for improving the economic viability of sustainable dye production and for developing an optimized microbial host with broader applications in biomanufacturing processes. By establishing a proof of concept (PoC) through this research, we anticipate potential collaborations with industrial partners, paving the way for the commercialisation of sustainable blue pigment production.
Crystalline Oxides for Next Generation Computing and Emerging Photonic Technologies (CONCEPT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: Digital & Emerging Technologies for Competitiveness and Fit for the Green Deal
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Norway,Ireland,Greece,Netherlands,Finland,Switzerland
Call: Low TRL research in micro-electronics and integration technologies for industrial solutions (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2023-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-CNECT, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3888904.0
EU funding (EUR): 3888904.0
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

Continued evolution of ICT is stalling as a result of inherent limitations in traditional silicon semiconductor technology. Still, the need for more powerful and less energy-hungry electronic devices remains fast-growing. At the same time, new technology needs to adhere to a higher standard of sustainability. We need new materials, new devices and new deployment of technology to overcome these obstacles. Concomitantly, European rleadership within electronic components and systems (ECS) is at a low, underpinned by the chip crisis during the last few years and confirmed by the launch of the European Chips Act. Europe is at a crossroad: Should it remain a passive player in global ICT, or take a leading role in the development of new technology? The CONCEPT team strongly believes that we need to take a new perspective and strengthen the whole value chain of European ECS from research to industry, securing an active and leading role in future paradigms. CONCEPT aims to take a leading role in this endeavour, utilizing the strengths of excellent European partners within chemistry, materials science, device physics and device engineering. We choose an innovative and unexpected approach, by proposing the use of atomic layer deposition (ALD) to enable low-temperature integration of epitaxial functional complex oxides in neuromorphic- and photonic devices. CONCEPT will confirm the vital place of ALD in the ICT value chain, by constructing proof-of-concept neuromorphic and photonic devices that will boost development, innovation and entrepreneurship in the field, sepcifically targetting KSO C and KSO A as laid out in the Horizon Europe Work Programme. CONCEPT will furthermore encourage participating SMEs and industry to take a leading role in this development, directly building on project outcomes. This will generate growth, create value and secure European entrepreneurship and leadership within ECS.

Keywords: ferroelectrics,atomic ayer deposition,novel electronic architectures,low power electronics
Understanding NonLocality in Quantum Gravity (NLQG)

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: Netherlands
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-12-01
End date: 2025-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 203464.32
EU funding (EUR): 203464.32
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The formulation of a consistent theory of quantum gravity is one of the most outstanding unsolved problems in Theoretical Physics, which has attracted interest since the middle of the last century. In the past decades several promising approaches to quantum gravity have been proposed. Despite their intrinsic differences, many of them seem to predict the emergence of nonlocality at the microscopic level, i.e. at short distances and high energies, indicating that the gravitational interaction is nonlocal in nature rather than point-like. This feature could be the key to solving open issues in gravitational physics - such as classical curvature singularities and quantum divergences - as nonlocality naturally introduces a physical cut-off scale. Nonlocal physics is expected to manifest through specific non-polynomial form factors in the quantum gravitational Lagrangian whose derivation, however, is still pending in all known approaches. The aim of the proposed project is to derive and use fundamental consistency requirements of causality, stability, unitarity, and healthy high-energy behaviour to constrain the viable form factors, and thus the space of allowed quantum field theories of gravity. The study will be model-independent but its implications can severely limit the feasibility of various quantum gravity programs. This project will take the field of nonlocal gravity beyond its current state-of-the-art by deriving novel causality constraints, constructing for the first time the Hamiltonian for infinite derivative Lagrangians, and pioneering a complete one-loop computation of the quantum effective action. The unique scenario to test new physics beyond general relativity provided by the new era of precision cosmology and gravitational-wave astronomy makes this project highly timely. Achieving the proposed goals can place nonlocal theories of gravity on firmer ground and lay the foundation for future phenomenological applications in cosmology and astrophysics.

Keywords: quantum gravity,higher derivative gravity,nonlocal theories of gravity,modified theories of gravity,quantum effective actions