Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Human reaching and grasping - cognitive networks of visual action control (GRASP-CN)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Physiology, Pathophysiology and Endocrinology
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (ERC-2007-StG, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2013-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1120440.0
EU funding (EUR): 1120440.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Cognitive Neuroscience throughout the last decade was dominated by a two stream model of visual processing. A ventral pathway was presumed to be dedicated to perception-related processing. A dorsal pathway was presumed to be dedicated to action-related processing. The proposed project challenges this view combining neuroimaging and neuropsychological methods. Neuroimaging in healthy humans allows for a view on correlated activity of the intact perception-action system, patients with visuomotor deficits reveal causalities between perception- and action-related information processing and the demonstration of neural reorganisation. However, neuroimaging studies including patients with brain lesions have rarely been conducted. Patients with optic ataxia after brain damage demonstrate specific visuomotor disorders: (i) deficient grip scaling to object size and (ii) spatial mismatch between perceived positions and goal-directed hand movements. These deficits vary with temporal parameters and knowledge about the object to be grasped and/or manipulated. Furthermore, the patients seem to adopt cognitive strategies to improve their performance. Therefore, they allow for the investigation of interactions between visual perception, spatial memory, and cognitive processing for the purpose of goal-directed action control. The proposed project comprises behavioural experiments to reveal the impact of object/action knowledge on movement control and of movement timing in optic ataxia patients. Investigations of reaching and grasping using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and transcranial magnetic stimulation in healthy subjects and patients complement the neuropsychological research approach. The analysis of specific activation patterns and behavioural changes upon TMS application in patients - under consideration of their individual brain damage - in comparison with large groups of healthy controls will allow for a causal description of human visual action control.

Keywords: visuomotor control,optic ataxia
Molecular Spin Clusters for Quantum Information Processing (MOLSPINQIP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Future and emerging technologies
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,United Kingdom,Switzerland,France,United Kingdom,Spain,Spain
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-C, 2007)
Start date: 2008-04-01
End date: 2011-09-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2719286.0
EU funding (EUR): 2007999.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Molecular spin clusters are prototypical systems exhibiting coherent dynamics of the electronic spin. The pattern of the lowest lying spin states is well defined and controlled at the synthetic level. The chemical bottom up approach used for the synthesis of molecules also allows to reduce intrinsic sources of decoherence and to build links between clusters, thus creating entanglement of spin states. Molecular spin clusters can be deposited at surfaces forming scalable networks. Different molecules and ligands may be combined to exploit different functionalities, the latter being defined at molecular level. These facts provide extraordinary motivation to attempt manipulation of spins and qubit encoding in these nanometer-sized molecular processors that, in turns, can be taken as test bench for the development of novel quantum algorithms. With MolSpinQIP we intend to prove the validity of molecular spin clusters as building blocks for scalable quantum-information architectures. The project will therefore focus on the engineering of new molecules, the design of suitable computational schemes and further experiments aiming at provide compelling evidences on the manipulation of molecular spins. To achieve its goals, MolSpinQIP brings together seven academic world-leading teams from five European countries, chosen because of their high scientific quality and track record of successful collaboration. The competencies of the team range from chemistry to experimental and theoretical physics. The goal of implementing quantum information processes is certainly ambitious but molecular spin clusters have a great potential both as a self-standing quantum device and as components of hybrid architectures. We also expect important fall out in testing novel synthetic routes to fabricate molecular processors/registers and in the realization of novel detectors that will certainly lead to significant progress in probing vanishingly small magnetic registers.

Keywords: molecular spin clusters,quantum information processing
New multipurpose coating systems based on novel particle technology for extreme environments at high temperatures (PARTICOAT)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Czechia,Spain,Greece,France,Germany,Russian Federation,Italy
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2007-LARGE-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-11-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6893653.39
EU funding (EUR): 4800000.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

The overall objective of the project is to develop a novel, unconventional and cost efficient type of multipurpose high temperature coating systems on the basis of property tailoring by particle size processing of metallic source materials. It shall possess multi-functionality that will comprise thermal barrier effect, oxidation and corrosion protection, lotus effect, electrical insulation at elevated temperatures and fire protection. The concept of the novel approach to protection of surfaces is a coating consisting in its initial state of nano- and/or micro-scaled metal particles with a defined size, deposited by spraying, brushing, dipping or sol-gel. During the heat treatment, the binder is expelled, bonding to the substrate surface achieved, the metallic particles sinter and oxidise completely resulting in hollow oxide spheres that form a quasi-foam structure. Simultaneously, a diffusion layer is formed below the coating serving as a corrosion protection layer and as a bond coat for the top layer. The structure of the coating system shall be adjusted by parameters like selection of source metal/alloy, particle size, substrate, binder and a defined heat treatment. For fire protection the formation of hollow oxide spheres will be processed in a separate step before deposition. The flexibility of the new coatings integrates a wide field of application areas, such as gas and steam turbines in electric power generation and aero-engines, combustion chambers, boilers, steam generators and super-heaters, waste incineration, fire protection of composite materials in construction as well as reactors in chemical and petrochemical industry. A broad impact will thus be ensured increasing safety and the durability of components by an economic, multifunctional and flexible protection of their surfaces. The novelty will provide a real step change in the understanding of materials degradation mechanisms in extreme environments.

Keywords: high temperature coating,particle size processing,quasi-foam structure,thermal barrier,corrosion protection,lotus effect,fire protection
Life Watch (LIFEWATCH)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to new research infrastructures
Action type: Combination of CP & CSA
Countries involved: Netherlands,Norway,Spain,Germany,Germany,United Kingdom,Sweden,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,France,France,Belgium,Sweden,Finland,United Kingdom,Denmark,Netherlands,Italy,Romania,Slovenia,Poland,Slovakia,Greece,Hungary,Austria,Portugal,Türkiye
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-02-01
End date: 2011-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6370497.8
EU funding (EUR): 4999998.74
Participants: 33
Project status: CLOSED

The Life Watch e-Science and Technology Infrastructure for biodiversity data and observatories will be a large-scale European research infrastructure bringing together: -a system of marine, terrestrial and freshwater observatories; -common access to a huge amount of interlinked, distributed data from databases and monitoring sites; -computational facilities in virtual laboratories with analytical and modelling tools; -targeted user and training support and a programme for public services. The biodiversity research infrastructure will open up new and exciting research opportunities, and will help to enhance the understanding and sustainable management of our natural environment. This preparatory project brings together the interested EU Member and Associated States with the objective to prepare a cooperation agreement on the construction and maintenance of the Life Watch research infrastructure. In addition, the leading networks in biodiversity science and stakeholder institutes are preparing the organisation and logistics for the following construction phase. The current project delivers the technical, legal and financial preparations required for entering and managing the Construction Phase. A range of policy issues are resolved with respect the organisation of the distributed infrastructure, its legal implications, construction logistics, user service, cost analysis and planning. In addition the project makes the necessary preparations in the domain of risk management and quality control. The project is planned to take three years. A Policy and Science Board, populated by the representatives of fourteen potentially interested partner countries and eight cooperating scientific networks, oversees the progress of the preparations. The individual members of the Board act as the liaison with their political domains and the research communities, respectively.

Keywords: european ecosystems,sustainable development,modeling,interoperable databases,virtual laboratory,biodiversity e-science
Industrial Crops producing added value Oils for Novel chemicals (ICON)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Sweden,Belgium,China,Poland,United Kingdom,Germany,Germany,France,United Kingdom,Canada,Australia,United States,Germany,Sweden,Netherlands,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-03-01
End date: 2013-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 11206430.4
EU funding (EUR): 5791183.0
Participants: 26
Project status: CLOSED

Replacing fossil oil with renewable resources is perhaps the most urgent need and the most challenging task that human society faces today. Cracking fossil hydrocarbons and building the desired chemicals with advanced organic chemistry usually requires many times more energy than is contained in the final product. Thus, using plant material in the chemical industry does not only replace the fossil material contained in the final product but also save substantial energy in the processing. Of particular interest are seed oils which show a great variation in their composition between different plant species. Many of the oil qualities found in wild species would be very attractive for the chemical industry if they could be obtained at moderate costs in bulk quantities and with a secure supply. Genetic engineering of vegetable oil qualities in high yielding oil crops could in a relatively short time frame yield such products. This project aims at developing such added value oils in dedicated industrial oil crops mainly in form of various wax esters particularly suited for lubrication. This project brings together the most prominent scientists in plant lipid biotechnology in an unprecedented world-wide effort in order to produce added value oils in industrial oil crops within the time frame of four years as well as develop a tool box of genes und understanding of lipid cellular metabolism in order for rational designing of vast array of industrial oil qualities in oil crops. Since GM technologies that will be used in the project are met with great scepticism in Europe it is crucial that ideas, expectations and results are communicated to the public and that methods, ethics, risks and risk assessment are open for debate. The keywords of our communication strategies will be openness and an understanding of public concerns.

Keywords: industrial oil,wax esters,lubricants,industrial oil crop,crambe,b. carinata,genetic engineering
The mechanisms of cardiovascular risks after low radiation doses (CARDIORISK)

Framework: FP7 — Euratom
Programme: Nuclear fission and radiation protection
Theme: Radiation protection
Destination: Radiation Protection
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Netherlands,France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Poland,Germany,Germany,Finland,Netherlands,Germany
Call:  (FP7-Fission-2007, 2007)
Start date: 2008-02-01
End date: 2011-06-30
Duration (months): 41.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6701454.77
EU funding (EUR): 2859897.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

Recent epidemiologic evidence suggests that moderate and low radiation doses to the heart may result in a moderate, but significant increase in cardiovascular mortality. So far, the pathogenesis of radiation induced heart disease has not been studied in detail. Pathohistologic studies suggest that microvascular damage plays a crucial role in the development of radiation induced cardiovascular disease. In addition, radiation may increase atherosclerotic lesions in the coronary arteries. The aim of this collaborative research project is to elucidate the pathogenesis of early and late alteration in the microcirculation of the heart and of atherosclerotic lesions in arteries after exposure to low radiation doses in comparison to high radiation doses. A major goal will be the investigation of early molecular, proinflammatory and prothrombotic changes as well as perfusion alteration, cardiac cell integrity and immunologic influences. To achieve this goal, in vivo as well as ex vivo and in vitro studies will be performed. A central component of the project will be the local irradiation of the heart with subsequent isolation of cardiomyocytes and cardiac endothelial cells to provide all participating groups with the same biological material for further study. In addition, structural, morphological and molecular studies will be complemented by functional assays and imaging methods.

Keywords: radiation protection,cardiovascular disease,endothelial cell integrity,in vitro,in vivo
CREating innovative Air transport Technologies for Europe (CREATE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Germany,United Kingdom,Belgium,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2007-RTD-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-11-01
End date: 2010-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 644635.0
EU funding (EUR): 632541.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The CREATE project will stimulate the development and the capture of know how and technologies which will enable step changes for sustainable Air Transport in the second half of the century. Such activity on a European scale is currently not available. It will design and implement a process to collect and assess creative and innovative ideas for the future of air transport. The process will include a technology watch function by which relevant developments and technologies in other domains can be centrally identified. Novel ideas will be collected through a workshop and the voluntary stakeholder contributions via a WIKI type of website. Promising ideas will be incubated via a new mechanism on a European scale. New mechanisms will be designed and new opportunities for long term research will be created to stimulate the innovative, long term technology development. The project will develop and implement 6 types of activities: the technology watch, the idea generating workshop, the merging of ideas, the assessment of ideas, the internet based aeronautics WIKI and the incubation of novel ideas. These activities will support and strengthen the European Air transport system's positioning as a customer oriented, sustainable and world leading sector. In a number of workshops the ACARE stakeholders as well as socio-economic experts will be involved to assure that the process will be fully aligned with the needs of the sector. The partners in the project are knowledgeable about the Air Transport sector and bring in their rich experience related to long term research processes. The CREATE project will provide guidance to the European commission to improve its Framework Programme and prepare the way for the next ACARE vision and Strategic Research Agenda.

Keywords: aeronautics research,innovation,acare,research agenda,incubation,ideas
Macro, Micro and Nano Aspects of Machining (MAMINA)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany,Switzerland,Germany,Poland,United Kingdom,Slovakia,Finland,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-1-1-ITN, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2012-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3684044.74
EU funding (EUR): 3684044.74
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The use of titanium, nickel-base, and cobalt-base alloys is necessary for the production of turbine parts and other components in the aerospace and the power generation industry due to their high strength even at elevated temperatures. On the other hand, these materials are known as the most difficult-to-machine metallic materials and so far, only small progress has been made to improve their machinability. During the production of turbine components up to 50% of the manufacturing costs can be related to machining. The reduction of the production costs by the optimization of the cutting process is mandatory for European manufacturers to remain internationally competitive. The MAMINA project will combine the work of 19 European universities, research institutions and industrial companies to analyse and improve the machinability of three selected alloys that are widely used in industry, namely Ti15V3Cr3Al3Sn, a titanium alloy, Inconel IN706, a nickel-base superalloy, and X40, a cobalt-base alloy. As the chip formation is one of the key factors influencing the machinability of these materials, this process will be studied in detail in a multidisciplinary approach. 24 ESR from the fields of theoretical physics, material science and mechanical engineering will be trained and work under the supervision of experienced scientists on cutting experiments, material analyses and simulations at the macro, micro- and nano-scale. Three different approaches will be made to improve the cutting process of the investigated alloys: 1. the introduction of enhanced manufacturing techniques, 2. the production of progressive tools with extended endurance, and 3. the development of free-machining alloys by the use of permanent and temporary alloying elements. The results will be transferred to applications by the industrial partners of the consortium. It is expected that the production costs during machining will be reduced up to 20%.

Keywords: materials technology,materials engineering,3 d modelling,modelling tools,mechanical and thermal properties,metallurgy engineering,technological sciences
MNT Europe Extension (MNTEE)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to policy development and Programme implementation
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Switzerland,Germany,Belgium,Ireland
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-01-01
End date: 2008-12-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 985504.0
EU funding (EUR): 599627.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The FP6/Infrastructure project MNT-Europe (RII3-CT-2004-506231) has led to the creation of a unique distributed platform for research and development in the field of Micro and Nano Technologies (MNT), based on the national facilities of Léti (F), CSEM (CH), IZM-M and IISB Fraunhofer (D), IMEC (B) and Tyndall (Ir) research institutes. The networking and Joint Research Activities performed during this project have highlighted the strengths and been able to pinpoint the remaining weaknesses of this Alliance. The basic idea of this proposal is to complete in the most efficient way this integration, based on the experience of this Alliance defined between major partners. Moreover, this will allow in a further step to aggregate new European R&D partners into a very robust core. Basically, three main activities will be dealt with: - a) global management of technical, strategic and commercial joint activities, with both consolidation of common strategy and growth (based on expertise from mixed groups of technical experts, managers and commercial people), and the refinement in the coordination of operation plans (and a two step strategy with respect to the industrial world and the academic one, in view of future international access activities). - b) developing exploitation of the platform for preparing access to external further partners: this action will deal with solving interoperability problems which occurred during the MNT Europe project, mainly due to the difference in wafers size in use at the different institutes. In order to be able to handle future open access, a central contact point should be created, which allows all partners in the project to access and distribute all incoming contacts. - c) optimization of internal exchange/operation: this theme will mainly focus on improvement of the information exchange, refinement of common technologies roadmaps and new services on the MNT Europe website.

Keywords: -micro and nano technologies platform -heterogeneous integration