Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Protocol for data-driven Manifold generation, validation, and utilization in high-fidelity combustion simulations (ProtoMan)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Products and Processes Engineering
Panel description: Product and process design, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, vehicle engineering, energy processes and relevant computational methods
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2030-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1498151.0
EU funding (EUR): 1498151.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

For a clean energy future, combustion technologies require profound innovation as they remain essential for providing industrial heat, powering aviation and maritime shipping, supporting heavy-duty applications, and enabling long-term energy storage. To support and accelerate these sectors' transition to carbon-neutral and zero-carbon fuels (such as H2 and NH3), advanced numerical simulations of reacting flows are expected to play an important role. These simulations provide unique insights into the dynamics of turbulent flames in novel gas turbines or industrial furnaces - essential technological devices for the energy transition. However, high-fidelity simulations of turbulent reacting flows demand extensive computing resources, specialized software, and expert knowledge. Due to the multi-scale nature of combustion, even large research institutions face a trade-off between strong simplifications and extensive simulation runtimes, limiting their simulations' applicability for design processes. Manifold-based models offer a promising solution to reduce computational costs without compromising accuracy. By exploiting the self-similarity inherent to reacting flows, these models enable pre-tabulation of thermochemical states instead of repeated recalculations, resulting in significant simulation speed-ups by factors of 10 up to 1,000. Despite this extraordinary potential, there does not exist a straightforward approach to construct these manifolds for general conditions and current methods remain largely heuristic. ProtoMan seeks to unlock the potential of manifold-based models leveraging the synergy between recent advances in 2D flamelet theory and machine learning techniques. Implementing a systematic protocol for data-driven manifold generation, assessment, and utilization, the project aims to make these highly efficient models more accessible, contributing to advancements in energy systems, environmental protection, fire safety, and modern industrial processes.
Smart Sustainable Cities Moving forward with Digital Twins (NexTCity)

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: Coordination and support actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Portugal,Spain,Belgium
Call: Twinning Bottom-Up (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1272929.38
EU funding (EUR): 1272929.38
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

The transition to Smart and Sustainable Cities is a key strategic aim at both the European and Portugal levels and a UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG). In support of this goal, NOVA IMS and its NOVA Cidade Urban Analytics Lab have invested in developing research expertise in the areas of urban intelligence and analytics for the last few years. City digital twins is a new area of research that can contribute to improving solutions for city governance and decision-making across mobility, environment, energy, security, and the reduction of carbon emissions. The NexTCity project intends to enhance NOVA IMS’s scientific and technological excellence in city digital twins, namely in all their stages of development: data collection and integration; analysis prediction and simulation; data visualization; and data governance to be used in novel strategies for smart sustainable cities. In addition, it aims to raise its research profile and excellence by twinning with 2 well-established institutions: University Jaume I (ES) and KU Leuven (BE) with whom a consolidated strategic research approach will be developed to ensure the exploitation of the NexTCity results, namely through joint research initiatives that can leverage the outcomes of the exploratory research project proposed. This will allow for mutual learning and knowledge transfer activities, cross-fertilization and networking opportunities for increased research collaborations. NexTCity includes staff exchanges, workshops, summer schools, and the City Digital Twin Conference to provide the necessary basis to create a true centre of expertise in Portugal within a new European network of researchers. In this way, NexTCity will both advance Portuguese scientific and research capabilities while disseminating knowledge to the wider community to support the creation of new technology industries and apply the latest tools to help smart municipalities address the challenges to come in what concern urban planning.

Keywords: urban analytics,sustainable urban development,city digital twin,urban policymaking,data integration,data governance,visualization,capacity building,training andnetworking,exploratory research
CO2 FREE PRODUCTION OF CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS USING HYDROGEN (MECALO)

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: Norway,France,Luxembourg,Italy,Germany,Netherlands,Poland,United Kingdom
Call: Renewable hydrogen used as feedstock in innovative production routes (Processes4Planet Partnership) (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, 2024)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2028-03-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9948357.0
EU funding (EUR): 9948357.0
Participants: 15
Project status: SIGNED

Several materials are produced by carbothermic reduction, using fossil carbon as a raw material and with CO2 as an unavoidable by-product. Since the use of hydrogen does not generate CO2 emissions, hydrogen can be a solution for decarbonising these otherwise hard-to-abate industries. In-fact, hydrogen from renewable energy sources is expected to contribute to decarbonise a large part of the EU's metallurgical industry by 2050. However, since it is not as strong a reducing agent as carbon, there are several metals that cannot be produced directly with hydrogen. Some of these, such as silicon (Si) and manganese (Mn), are crucial for successfully building Europe’s clean technology value chains and meeting the EU’s 2050 climate neutrality goal. In fact, Si and Mn are both defined as Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) and Strategic Raw Materials (SRMs). The European Commission has proposed a regulation on that aims to strengthen the EU’s capacities and resilience along the CRM and SRM value chains. This cannot be done in a sustainable way unless production of CRMs and SRMs can be performed without CO2 emissions. The overall ambition of MECALO is to develop an innovative CO2-free production concept for CRMS where renewable hydrogen is used to eliminate the need for fossil carbon . Our goals are: - To target 95% reduction of CO2-emissions from Si and Mn production - To replace 9 million tonnes of annual coal imports by 15 billion Nm3 of H2 in 2050 - To save 33 million tonnes of annual CO2 emissions in 2050 Our concept will be applicable to all carbon reduction processes without any need for completely new, low TRL production technology. Therefore, MECALO will strengthen the EU’s capacities and resilience for a secured and sustainable supply of these CRMs. MECALO is gathering EU leading RTO and industries along the CRM value chain, including two major players in the field of Si and Mn production.

Keywords: silicon production,manganese production,carbon neutral metal production,renewable hydrogen integration,hydrogen looping,critical raw materials
The spatial organization of gene regulation in embryonic development. (OGRE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Cell Biology, Development, Stem Cells and R egeneration
Panel description: For all organisms : Structure and function of the cell, cell -cell communication, embryogenesis, tissue differentiation, organogenesis, growth, development, evolution of development, organoids, stem cells, regeneration, therapeutic approaches
Countries involved: Poland
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-02-01
End date: 2028-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1955000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1955000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Master transcription factors (TFs) cooperate with chromatin in regulating genomic activity in animal development and stress response. Local clustering of TFs into dense, sub-micrometer size condensates is emerging as a key feature of transcriptional regulation. This includes intranuclear condensates formed by pioneer TFs during development, transient clusters of RNA Polymerase II complex and nuclear stress bodies formed during a heat shock. Despite the ubiquity of these assemblies, we know little about the biophysical mechanism of their formation or physiological function. The last years have seen the development of new frameworks to study such transient assemblies, including various types of phase transitions and tools to probe and modulate them. However, this work has been limited mainly to cell culture and in vitro experiments that failed to incorporate the vital role of chromatin in organizing gene regulation. I propose a cross-disciplinary strategy consisting of a novel in vitro assays and functional studies in a nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to study the spatial organization of transcription in embryonic development and stress response. The specific aims are: 1. Understand the physiological relevance of transcriptional condensates in animal development and stress response. 2. Determine the molecular composition and regulators of transcriptional condensates. 3. Dissect the mechanism of transcriptional condensate formation using a novel chromatin carpet assay. We will use state-of-the-art microscopy-based tools to investigate the formation and function of nuclear condensates in developing animal embryos and develop innovative assays to probe the condensation of TFs on the surface of purified native chromatin. The obtained results will provide an unprecedented insight into the composition, assembly mechanism, and physiological relevance of biomolecular condensates formed by the transcriptional apparatus during differentiation and stress response.

Keywords: phase separation biomolecular condensation
Sea Level Rise Impacts on Italian Hospitality (SEA-LIMITHS)

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: Economic Sciences
Countries involved: Italy
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2025-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 188590.08
EU funding (EUR): 188590.08
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

There has been no evaluation of the economic and environmental impacts of coastal sea-level rise on the hotel industry utilising Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) to analyse the whole transmission channel. The SEA-LIMITHS project will contribute to the expanding but still limited body of information on climate change and tourism losses. Despite the importance of sand beaches to the hotel sector in the vast majority of Italian beaches, tragically few policymakers incorporate quantifiable risk assessments of sand beach loss due to climate change. This study investigates the impacts and economic consequences of sea level rise on sandy beaches and beach hospitality losses owing to beach erosion and flooding in two economically important Italian coastal areas, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna. Combining sandy beaches with a proposed rich dataset based on machine learning and artificial intelligence, user-generated data is matched to the land cover/land use map to separate the hospitality sectors (accommodation, food and drink, sports and leisure) in order to assess economic losses in the hospitality industry from 2050 to 2100 using representative concentration pathways (RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5). Taking into consideration no adaptation measures, the predicted cumulative damage costs per hospitality industry are analysed and contrasted to the investment cost of adopting alternative adaption solutions. Using an Italy-specific computable general equilibrium model, the estimated direct costs will be used in a macroeconomic assessment as input to determine how changes in hospitality activities effect regional value added. The fact that this proposal pertains to several disciplines of study is what gives it its creative interdisciplinarity. The combination of economic and environmental research, together with the developing and increasing methods of machine learning, will produce an outstanding piece of work and significantly advance the author's scientific career.

Keywords: sea level rise,beach erosion,beach flooding,economic impacts,artificial intelligence,data mining,hospitality sector,general equilibrium model,coastal cities,italy
Reusable battery module and management system development for reliable 2nd life (REBORN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Cross-sectoral solutions for the climate transition
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: Batteries (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Belgium,France,Spain,Germany,Italy,Switzerland,Türkiye
Call: Battery management system (BMS) and battery system design for stationary energy storage systems (ESS) to improve interoperability and facilitate the integration of second life batteries (Batt4EU Partnership) (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D2-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8496269.31
EU funding (EUR): 7477609.93
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

REBORN project aims to promote the utility of second life battery packs by engaging sophisticated, safe and cost-efficient software and hardware architectures. Towards achieving this goal, the consortium tends to enhance the assembly and disassembly process by providing solderless mechanical interconnections and wireless RF communications among the cells and the BMS. Also, a cyber-secured and optimal data transfer is achieved with cloud based storage. The data analytics are performed based on novel physics-based and AI algorithms in order to obtain ageing performance unique cell indicators with respect to a battery passport concept. REBORN aims to minimize the post-characterization process on the battery packs received from 1st life, and achieve faster screening and sorting based on smart strategies that combine the cell data identifiers from the cloud and ML sorting algorithms. The project will target to mobility and stationary applications, and it will provide an agnostic and technology neutral, regardless of cell chemistry or form factor, modular design methodology. An end-user demonstrator will be built and evaluated in the relevant environment accounting for reconfigurable battery packs. The consortium will deploy semi-automated robotic dismantling strategy based on virtual reality control of the battery packs, that will enable a safer and rapid process. A prospective LCA method will be carried out to understand and quantify the benefits/impacts of using 2nd life battery with the proposed methodology. Ease of use and adaptivity, cost-effectiveness and accelerated processes along with optimal performance and eco-friendliness are among the major objectives of REBORN project to uptake the second usage market.

Keywords: second life battery packs,software and hardware architectures,disassembly,solderless mechanical interconnections,wireless rf communication,bms,cyber security,data transfer,algorithms
Empowering a fair and responsible European FoodRegister, fostering citizen sovereignty and creating a data-driven food system. (DRG4Food)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Serbia,Germany,Italy,France,Poland,Switzerland
Call: Piloting approaches and tools to empower citizens to exercise their “data rights” in the area of food and nutrition (HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01, 2022)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2025-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 4000000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

The overall goal of our project is to achieve trust in a data-driven food system by implementing Digital Responsibility Goals for the food sector. This will enable new levels of innovation for example in food safety, sustainability, personalized nutrtion, reduction of food waste and fair conditions throughout the entire food chain. The programme works on a clear strategic roadmap (a new virtual food system), a set technological enablers, demonstration of solutions, a structured funding programme with open calls, and measures to guide and support the food ecosystem of third party beneficiaries, citizens, stakeholders. As a consortium, we maintain the perspective that technology is not a means to an end, but acts merely as an empowering enabler, providing the means to achieve a wide variety of innovative and valuable use cases. Use cases that promise to serve a broader audience, provided that adequate access also is considered as a prerequisite. Currently however, technology is primarily developed from the perspective and needs of corporations and / or authorities- a limitation that risks perpetuating or further exacerbating the above-mentioned lack of trust within the markets that they serve. With a more diverse and human-centric driven perspective we believe the new use cases that will emerge and the technology development required to realise them will contribute to a more sustainable ecosystem that is “trustworthy by default”. To truly design for trust, the entire chain of activities and underlying assumptions towards developing technology has to be based on fundamental values like responsibility, privacy and user control - especially when dealing with valuable and sensitive food data. The starting point of all assumptions needs to be the user and their values - not a business model or (legitimate) state interests.

Keywords: digital responsibility goals
REConneCteD: Risk-Enhanced Community Care After Discharge (SDx)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Health
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Global Health EDCTP3
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: EDCTP3 (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: Canada,Uganda,Kenya
Call: Innovative digital health solutions for sub-Saharan Africa (HORIZON-JU-GH-EDCTP3-2024-01-two-stage, 2024)
Start date: 2025-07-01
End date: 2030-06-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5003298.75
EU funding (EUR): 4999688.5
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

Children returning home after hospitalization for severe infectious illnesses suffer high mortality rates, especially in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). After returning home, continued engagement with the health system can improve recovery and reduce post-discharge deaths. Yet, it is not feasible for every child to return to the hospital for follow-up care post-discharge. Community health workers (CHWs) can facilitate safer transitions in care by engaging with families after they return home and providing re-referrals back to higher levels of care if needed. Risk-enhanced care uses digital algorithms to provide the most appropriate intensity of care to each child depending on the estimated risk of an outcome. Embedding risk-enhanced care in SSA’s increasingly digitized health system provides an opportunity to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of health services provided by CHWs. However, digital health platforms used by CHWs in SSA do not currently communicate with digital health platforms used by facilities, creating a missed opportunity for ensuring continuity of care for vulnerable families. Here, we aim to embed our clinically-validated, risk-enhanced care approach into an existing electronic community health information system used by CHWs to create Risk-Enhanced Community Care after Discharge (REConneCteD). We will initially conduct formative research to develop and optimize the usability and accessibility of REConneCteD and then evaluate the impact of REConneCteD on post-discharge mortality in a clinical trial at 8 hospitals in Uganda and Kenya. We will also conduct a thorough economic evaluation. Our teams combines expertise and experience from community partners and researchers in Uganda, Kenya, and Canada (Walimu, KEMRI/Wellcome Trust, UBC, Brock University). We will engage with governments and healthcare providers throughout the project to ensure our findings contribute to national and regional priorities and policies.

Keywords: post discharge mortality,vulnerability,care transitions,child health,community health workers,clinical risk prediction,continuity in care