Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Chain Reaction: A Sustainable Approach to Inquiry Based Science Education (CHREACT)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: Strengthening potential, broadening horizons
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Italy,Slovakia,Türkiye,Bulgaria,France,Slovenia,Germany,Greece,Ireland,Georgia,Jordan
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2012-1, 2012)
Start date: 2013-06-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4040400.0
EU funding (EUR): 3601587.75
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Over the last decade a sharp decline in interest and participation in science has been identified in young people across Europe. Should this continue, the capacity to innovate both in industry and research will suffer in the long term. A critical issue in addressing this problem is providing young people with relevant contexts and practical experience of scientific concepts through classroom science. Therefore, the development of Inquiry Based Science Education (IBSE) and active teaching and learning approaches has never been more important. The Chain Reaction project aims to capitalise on a previously successful approach to delivering IBSE in the UK in an attempt to embed IBSE practice within European schools. The key aim is to equip teacher educators to train teachers across twelve countries in the use of IBSE materials and techniques. Each country will adapt materials and techniques for use in their own country, addressing issues of different curricula and cultures as necessary. This will ensure that each partner will have ownership of resources and classroom techniques suitable for their own situation and contexts, but based around the proven principles of IBSE and based on materials that have already been tried and tested as part of the original Pupil Researcher Initiative (PRI) project. Chain Reaction will also establish a European teachers' network, aimed at providing support to teachers, sharing experiences and expertise between teachers and training experts. This will help develop the work of the project through delivery, and will also contribute to sustainability in the longer term. The network will aid dissemination of the project resources and outcomes, while enabling peer support both within each year of the project, and across the project as a whole. This will ensure sharing, reflection and discussions of experiences and approaches. The teacher training, materials and instruction given will be delivered via a cascade approach within schools.

Keywords: inquiry based science education,teachers,training,students,skills development,networks,collaboration,cpd
Advanced Measurement and Control of Exciton Diffusion for Next Generation Organic Semiconductor Optoelectronics (EXCITON)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Condensed matter physics
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (ERC-2012-ADG_20120216, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2019-03-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

There is great interest in organic materials with semiconducting electronic properties. This arises from both a scientific point of view (how can a plastic be a semiconductor?) and a technological point of view as these materials can be used to make light-emitting diodes, lasers and solar cells. The performance of all these devices is strongly affected by exciton diffusion, a process that is little studied or understood (particularly compared with charge transport) largely because of the lack of reliable measurement techniques. The purpose of this proposal is to make a breakthrough in the measurement, understanding and control of exciton diffusion in organic semiconductors, and so create a new generation of materials and devices with enhanced performance due to control of exciton diffusion. The key elements of the study are first to develop and validate advanced measurements of exciton diffusion. This will open up the whole topic of exciton “transport” and provide the tools for us (and others) to explore the physics of exciton diffusion and how it is affected by a range of factors relating to the structure of the materials and how they are processed. The following phase of work will use information about the main factors affecting exciton diffusion to develop strategies for controlling it. A particular challenge is to increase exciton diffusion which will then lead to improved efficiency of organic solar cells. We aim to address this both by applying the structure-property relations we develop and by developing directional exciton transfer, including quantum coherent energy transfer. This is an unconventional approach to improving organic solar cells, which could not only improve their efficiency, but also greatly simplify their structure, leading to a breakthrough in their manufacturability. Control of exciton diffusion arising from the proposed research will also lead to strategies for increasing the efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes and lasers.

Keywords: organic semiconductor,photophysics,organic photovoltaic
Never waste a good crisis. Dealing with the impact of crisis situations on consumer behaviour and firm performance. (CONCRISIS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

As John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the USA already mentioned, “when written in Chinese, the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters – one represents danger and one represents opportunity.” In this project, I focus on the impact of crisis situations on consumer behaviour and firm performance. I investigate how firms can be endangered by changes in consumer behaviour as a consequence of crises at the macro-economic level – due to economic downturns, or at the firm/product/service level – due to service crises. However, I also shed light on how firms can use these crises as opportunities for future growth. More specifically, I answer the question whether firms can use investments in innovation to overcome, and even benefit from, macro-economic crises. In addition, I show how firms can best deal with consequences of service crises, and this both for the short and the long run. The findings of this project should enable firms to continue and increase the creation of value for consumers, thus providing them with better chances for long-run success. This, in turn, will ensure overall economic prosperity and general economic welfare, as healthy economies are built on healthy firms that create value for societies.

Keywords: e105 competitiveness - innovation - research and development
PROmoting Global REsponsible research and Social and Scientific innovation (PROGRESS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: A more dynamic governance of the science and society relationship
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Spain,Germany,United States,Australia,South Africa,Italy,China,India
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2012-1, 2012)
Start date: 2013-02-01
End date: 2016-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1715490.03
EU funding (EUR): 1486664.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Delivering European Renewal relies heavily on the advancement of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) – that is, research and innovation which is: - is ethically acceptable, - is sustainable by avoiding significant adverse effects and - drives towards the common good, i.e. societal desirability. To achieve maximum impact where it is most needed, ProGReSS concentrates on the underexplored and least converging part of RRI, namely achieving societal desirability. The project will link existing international networks of RRI from all continents with European partners and policy-makers, policy-advisors, funders, industry and non-governmental organisations. In interactive discussions with relevant societal actors as well as innovators, we will move RRI debates from the national or regional to the global level and achieve the following objectives: 1. Link existing international networks of RRI with relevant societal actors on a global scale to focus innovation on societal desirability. 2. Complete a major fact-finding mission comparing science funding strategies and innovation policies in Europe, the US, China, Japan, India, Australia, and South Africa. 3. Advocate a European normative model for RRI globally, using constitutional values as a driver to inform societal desirability. 4. Develop a strategy for fostering the convergence of regional innovation systems at the global level.

Keywords: responsible research,global ethics,new technologies,societal desirability,impact,societal relevance
Teaching Enquiry with Mysteries Incorporated (TEMI)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: Strengthening potential, broadening horizons
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Italy,Germany,Ireland,United Kingdom,Norway,Austria,Israel,Netherlands,Czechia,France,Portugal
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2012-1, 2012)
Start date: 2013-02-01
End date: 2016-07-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3558127.6
EU funding (EUR): 3135919.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of this teacher training project is to help transform science and mathematics teaching practice across Europe by giving teachers new skills to engage with their students, exciting new resources and the extended support needed to effectively introduce enquiry based learning into their classrooms. We will do this by working with teacher training institutions and teacher networks across Europe where we will implement innovative training programmes called ‘enquiry labs’. These will be based around the core scientific concepts and emotionally engaging activity of solving mysteries, i.e. exploring the unknown. The enquiry labs will use scientists and communication professionals (e.g. actors, communication experts, etc.) to mentor teachers through the transition to use enquiry to teach science. A spoke and hub model for coordination and delivery allows the project to both respond to local country needs while maintaining an overall EU wide sharing of best practices and reporting.

Keywords: inquiry based science education training mysteries performance science resources europe
Global Model and Observatory for International Responsible Research and Innovation Coordination (RESPONSIBILITY)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: A more dynamic governance of the science and society relationship
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Belgium,United Kingdom,Belgium,Germany,United Kingdom,Cyprus,Italy,Greece,Malaysia,Chile,Japan,Austria
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2012-1, 2012)
Start date: 2013-02-01
End date: 2016-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1779733.4
EU funding (EUR): 1484427.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

The RESPONSIBILITY project aims to create a network of stakeholders that would adopt and diffuse a common understanding in Responsible Research and Innovation between different actors in Europe and around the globe. In doing so it will develop a model and provide a tool for international cooperation, the RESPONSIBILITY Observatory, involving the societal, policy and research stakeholders to these activities. It intends to provide practical means and structure a crucial interaction between society and research, providing a set of recommendations and tools to policy makers and active RRI stakeholders in order to take the necessary measures to nest responsible research and innovation into products and services from the very beginning (“efficient RRI by design”).

Keywords: responsible research & innovation,ethical acceptability,sustainability,societal desirability,scientific and technological advances in our society,international cooperation
High-Speed Experimental Fly Vehicles (HEXAFLY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,France,Germany,Italy,France,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2012-RTD-L0, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2014-03-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 829897.8
EU funding (EUR): 599960.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

The HEXAFLY project aims to mature an experimental high-speed self-propelled vehicle in combination with several multi-disciplinary technologies. By this approach, the grounds for a future flight test will be prepared and potential technological risks identified in time. This potential will increase drastically the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of developments realized in previous high-speed aeronautical projects on national and European level such as ATLLAS I & II and LAPCAT I & II. The different technologies and methodologies which need experimental flight testing at high speed are grouped around the 6 major axes of HEXAFLY: 1. High-Speed Vehicle Concepts 2. High-Speed Aerodynamics 3. High-Speed Propulsion 4. High-Temperature Materials and Structures 5. High-Speed Flight Control 6. High-Speed Environmental Impact To mature this experimental flight testing, a scientific mission profile will be defined followed by a proof-of-concept based upon: – a preliminary design of a high-speed experimental flight vehicle covering the 6 major axes – selection and integration of available ground-tested technologies – identification of the most promising flight platform(s) allowing to address following items for a follow-up project: – identification of potential technological barriers – assessment of the overall ROM-costs – the progress and potential of technology development at a higher TRL The design of the experimental high-speed cruise vehicle design will be the main driver and challenge in this project with following scientific objectives: - a positive aero-propulsive balance at a cruise Mach number of 8 - an integrated conceptual design demonstrating a combined propulsive and aerodynamic efficiency - making maximum use of earlier developed advanced high-temperature materials and/or structures - an evaluation of the sonic boom impact by deploying dedicated ground measurement equipments

Keywords: high speed,flight test,aerodynamics,propulsion,materials,flight control
Regulation of breast cancer invasion and metastasis by the non-receptor tyrosine kinase Pyk2 (BCIMPYK2)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Israel
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG, 2012)
Start date: 2012-11-01
End date: 2016-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Metastatic spread of cancer cells to other tissues and organs is the primary cause of mortality from breast cancer. Metastatic cancer cells invade surrounding tissues and blood vessels by forming F-actin rich protrusions called invadopodia that degrade the extracellular matrix and enable invasion through it. A major challenge in breast cancer research is to elucidate the mechanisms that underlie invadopodia formation and function. The non-receptor tyrosine kinase Pyk2 is highly expressed in invasive cancers, but the signaling mechanism through which Pyk2 regulates invasion and metastasis are largely unknown. This proposal aims to understand whether and how signaling via Pyk2 regulates invadopodia formation and function in metastatic breast cancer cells. Our first goal in the proposed research would be to determine whether and how the integrin-Pyk2-Src axis drives invadopodial protrusion and invasiveness in breast cancer cells. Following elucidation of the role of Pyk2 in invadopodia, we will compare the similar or differential roles of Pyk2 vs. FAK in Src localization and in invadopodia regulation. Using a high throughput proteomic approach utilizing purified proteins, we will then explore additional substrates and interactors of Pyk2 in invadopodia, in order to elucidate new signaling pathways in which the kinase is involved. Following the experiments described above, we will use mice models combined with cutting-edge single cell resolution intravital imaging of mammary tumors in mice, in order to verify the effect of Pyk2 on invadopodia regulation and cancer metastasis in vivo. The proposed research aims to elucidate the molecular, cellular, and whole organism mechanisms that contribute to the tissue invasiveness and metastatic potential of breast cancer cells. We hope to translate the findings of this research into novel strategies for predicting the invasive potential of breast cancer carcinoma, blocking breast cancer metastasis, and reducing mortality.

Keywords: signal transduction,tyrosine phosphorylation,kinase,invadopodia,cancer metastasis
Joint Programming: Agenda for the Future and Achievements to Date (JPI2013)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: General Activities
Destination: ERANET
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Partnership: JPI2013 (ERA-NET)
Countries involved: Ireland
Call:  (FP7-ERANET-2012-RTD, 2012)
Start date: 2012-07-02
End date: 2013-06-01
Duration (months): 11.0
Total project cost (EUR): 289161.6
EU funding (EUR): 203750.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of this proposal is to support the organisation of a conference on Joint Programming, which will take place in Ireland on 28th February and 1st March 2013 under the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union and in collaboration with the European Commission. The Joint Programming Conference will be hosted by Science Foundation Ireland. The aim of the Joint Programming Conference 2013 will be to facilitate strategic discussions among the key stakeholders involved in Joint Programming in Europe with a view to mapping out the future progress of Joint Programming in order to more effectively address grand challenges facing European citizens and maximise the efficient use of national research investment undertaken by Member States and associated countries. The conference is expected to play a crucial role in the integration of the results and experience coming from joint programming activities to date. These inputs will strenghten the integration of the European Research Area.

Keywords: conference,irish presidency,sfi
European Research Area Network on Illicit Drugs - Towards integrated European research in illicit drugs: cause and nature of drug problems; interventions and policies (ERANID)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Socio-economic sciences and Humanities
Destination: Major trends in society and their implications
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Partnership: ERANID (ERA-NET)
Countries involved: Netherlands,Belgium,France,France,Italy,Portugal,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-ERANET-2012-RTD, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2017-06-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2221128.91
EU funding (EUR): 1999725.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

ERANID, the European Area Network on Illicit Drugs, aims to improve cooperation in drug research in order to allow well-founded policy decisions. ERANID works both in the demand field and in the supply field. ERANID will promote multidisciplinary research activities in the field of socio-economic sciences and humanities. This may cover e.g. emerging drugs, vulnerable groups, changing demographics of drug using populations, and the impact of drugs on health inequalities and social deprivation. It may also cover patterns in drug markets and the drug-crime nexus. Closer cooperation between researchers in different countries will also lead to a further development of research methodologies, which can be of special importance for the evaluation of policies and programmes. Overcoming fragmentation in drug research and developing a common Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) are key objectives of ERANID. To do this, ERANID will first take stock of research programmes and research projects. By making the results of this exercise easily accessible, ERANID will help researchers and policy makers to find information and avoid unnecessary duplication of research. ERANID will consult stakeholders (e.g. scientific community, treatment centre organisations, patient organisations, police and justice). Analysis of the results will help to find gaps and to set priorities for research that will profit most from an international and interdisciplinary approach. Bringing together funding bodies in EU Member States and other countries, involving policy makers and other stakeholders will help to create consensus about the research priorities. These issues will all inform the SRA, from which the priorities for two joint research calls will be selected. ERANID starts as a consortium of eleven partners from six EU Member States. Other organisations from a number of European and other countries will be kept closely informed and associated to this initiative. ERANID is meant as first step towards a longer term cooperation in the field of drugs research.

Keywords: era-net,illicit drugs,illicit drug supply,illicit drug demand,illicit drug policy,illicit drug research,research funding,social sciences,humanities,illicit drug markets,drug-crime nexus