Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Energy efficiency Management for Vehicles and Machines (EMVEM)

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: Belgium,Italy,Brazil,Romania,Germany,Belgium,Spain,Austria,Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-ITN, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3526437.6
EU funding (EUR): 3526437.6
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

In view of reducing the ecological footprint of machines and vehicles, effective and efficient analysis techniques and adequate measurement technologies are required to produce world-leading products with a high energy-efficiency, without compromising functionality/safety/performance/etc. Combined with the increasing trend towards virtual design and prototyping, to reduce costs and development times, this need for designing ‘green’ products creates an urgent industrial need for robust and volatile simulation and experimental validation methodologies in machine and vehicle product design. Since nowadays products become more and more multi-disciplinary by the constantly increasing integration of added functionality and product intelligence (i.e. mechanical systems work together with electronic systems, linked through control schemes which are steered using embedded software, etc.) and since energy is a global design attribute which is influenced by all disciplines, the development of energy analysis methodologies, both numerical and experimental, requires an integrated research strategy. This EMVeM ITN brings together research and industrial partners who will collectively train early stage researchers, drawing together skills and expertise in a range of different technical approaches. The industrial partners put forward specific applications, behind which are generic difficulties associated with energy efficiency analysis. The academic and research centre partners bring a diverse range of potential research approaches and the capability of research training, provision of courses and dissemination and outreach to the wider community. Together the consortium can develop and promote research, knowledge and application of energy efficiency management analysis within EU industry and towards the general public.

Keywords: energy efficiency,energy management,green machine,green vehicle,vehicle engineering,simulation technology,machine design,vehicle design,energy harvesting,virtual design,cae tools,numerical modelling
Fostering innovation based research for e-Montenegro (FORE-MONT)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Potential
Destination: Unlocking and developing the Research Potential of research entities established in the EU�s Convergence regions and Outermost Regions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Montenegro
Call:  (FP7-REGPOT-2012-2013-1, 2012)
Start date: 2013-06-01
End date: 2016-11-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1463611.0
EU funding (EUR): 1305378.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

University of Montenegro (UoM) is an actor of excellence for education and research in the field of ICT in Montenegro. More precisely, this position is attained and maintained through activities organized and performed at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE), being one of the UoM founding units . Fore-Mont aims at strengthening the UoM(FEE)’s excellence by improving its research infrastructure, human resources fostering and long-term partnerships. The project will create a strong synergy in research from the three current UoM(FEE) research groups working in the field of ICT. Indeed, through Fore-Mont, these groups will merge to provide a research centre dedicated to the innovative research in info-communication infrastructures and e-services engineering: Research Centre for Info-Communication Technologies. The Fore-Mont project will rely on 5 partners from 5 different countries all over EU, and will be supported by 8 entities, from state authorities to SMEs, industries or regional organisations. Measurable objectives are the acquisition of important pieces of equipment; the implementation of a new centre dedicated to joint research; the hiring of three experienced researchers (one dedicated to the Intellectual Property development plan); intense mobility trainings (15 outgoing,15 incoming experienced researchers);3 international conferences;1 regional conference; 3 workshops; participation to 3 scientific and industrial events to promote the project steps and results. Through these measures the new centre will be recognized as the leading research entity in the country for the ICT, when it comes to the advanced solutions for info-communication infrastructures, smart applications and e-services, as well as internationally recognized reliable partner. This project will support UoM(FEE) to integrate into ERA, becoming the major actor in ICT innovative research at national/regional level and a competent partner for Horizon2020 projects. Finally, the UoM(FEE) will create opportunities to be granted patents and to provide applied solutions and products in different domains which will reach expectations and demands of e-Montenegro development.

Keywords: info-communication technologies,ict,e-services engineering,e-society,montenegro,innovation,innovative research
European Forest Research and Innovation (EUFORINNO)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Potential
Destination: Unlocking and developing the Research Potential of research entities established in the EU�s Convergence regions and Outermost Regions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Slovenia
Call:  (FP7-REGPOT-2012-2013-1, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3245810.3
EU funding (EUR): 2910724.93
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

European forests are critical to carbon storage, biodiversity conservation, water quality, socio-demographic stability and economic revenue. The Slovenian Forestry Institute (SFI) is the main national forest research institute in Slovenia with well established European partnerships. SFI’s vision is to become a reference centre for Central and South-Eastern Europe in the European Forest Research and Innovation Area (EuFoRIA) and on a global scale. EUFORINNO is a mean for SFI to raise its scientific excellence and better exploit its innovative outputs (IP, scientific publishing and networking). The project focuses on filling in gaps in 4 RID sub-objectives (genetic monitoring; biodiversity and functional diversity; belowground complexity; and net ecosystem carbon exchange in time and space). EUFORINNO relies on 8 excellent research partners who support SFI in building its long-term strategy, welcome researchers for mobility trainings and participate to install new protocols, through on-site trainings on new methodologies, data analysis and interpretation, and writing skills. Measurable objectives are: equipment upgraded; 5 employees are recruited: 3 experienced scientists, 1 Innovation and IP manager and 1 technical editor, 43 visits of SFI researchers out for 54.5MM of mobilities, and 43 partners visits for 21MM; publishing (Silva Slovenica boosted); scientific networking (4 conferences, 10 trips to attend conferences); exploitation increase (regional and intercontinental); higher IP management (new office); dissemination (a website, 1 communication package, 8 newsletters); and management (1 RID strategy, 1 sustainability plan, 1 final ex-post evaluation). Support for EUFORINNO has been strongly expressed (9 letters of support of major importance). Expected outcomes are an increase of excellence; a deeper integration within the ERA and collaboration with end-users; the recognition of SFI as a research entity of major excellence; and an increase of forestry research excellence and awareness in Europe.

Keywords: forestry,forest research and innovation,carbon cycle and storage,biodiversity conservation,slovenia,rtd excellence,south eastern europe
Integrating research in molecular life sciences at the University of Zagreb (INTEGRA-LIFE)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Potential
Destination: Unlocking and developing the Research Potential of research entities established in the EU�s Convergence regions and Outermost Regions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Croatia
Call:  (FP7-REGPOT-2012-2013-1, 2012)
Start date: 2013-06-01
End date: 2016-11-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3615011.2
EU funding (EUR): 3224464.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

INTEGRA-LIFE will functionally integrate and reinforce the most promising research groups in glycoproteomics, epigenetics, genetic engineering, biochemistry and bioinformatics through collaboration with 13 eminent European partnering organisations. By fostering collaboration between different Faculties and scientists working in different disciplines we will promote multidisciplinary research that can enable significant progress from current state of the art. The procurement of new generation of instruments for the analysis of DNA (next generation sequencer), glycans (mass spectrometer) and macromolecular interactions (thermophoresis), as well as advanced computer cluster for data analysis will enable our participating researchers. Our main strength is the already demonstrated excellence of our participating researchers in several complementary areas of molecular life sciences (glycoproteomics, epigenetics, genetic engineering, biochemistry and bioinformatics). Significant investments in both equipment and human resources in the past years enabled creation of a considerable research potential which will be further increased. The proposed integration of research efforts of 24 participating principal investigators into four strategic research priorities creates the opportunity to form a respectable critical mass of researchers and infrastructural capacity which would enable the most ambitious interdisciplinary research projects. Specific opportunity for rapid progress exists in the field of glycome analysis where we are currently one of the leading laboratories in the world. Through the proposed integration of researchers working in glycoproteomics, bioinformatics and epigenetics we have the chance to form interdisciplinary team with unique set of competences and become world leaders in the field of complex genetics and epigenetics of protein glycosylation. This would significant increase the visibility of UNI-Zagreb in the ERA and enable us to take leading roles in large international consortia and FP projects.

Keywords: research integration,procurement of equipment,recruitment,networking,international collaboration
Natural History Museum Science Night (NHM NIGHT3)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-NIGHT, 2012)
Start date: 2012-05-01
End date: 2012-11-30
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150831.93
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

NHM NIGHTS3 will deliver the mass participation of a diverse public audience in a unique event to meet many of the Natural History Museum’s most dynamic and engaging scientists from around the world in an unprecedented festival of scientists in central London. With a rich and vibrant community of research scientist and PhD students, including research partners from around the UK many of whom are accomplished science communication practitioners the NHM is well positioned to breakdown existing public stereotypes of researchers. This project will drive home to the public the role and value of scientists and to inspire the next generation of young researchers. 7,000 participants will visit the Natural History Museums in London and Tring to be greeted by over 250 scientists delivering more than 150 different engaging activities and formats alongside professional educators in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. The impact of this event on the participants will be profound, perhaps life-changing for some, and help foster a long term engagement with science.

Keywords: natural history,public engagement,research,museum,science festival,science communication
Studies on some herbal additives giving partial protection against toxic or immunosuppressive effects of some mycotoxins and improving wound granulation (HERBAL PROTECTION)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Research Staff Exchange Scheme
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Bulgaria,Hungary
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IRSES, 2012)
Start date: 2013-01-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 189000.0
EU funding (EUR): 189000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The applicants have addressed to mycotoxins involved in spontaneous animal mycotoxicoses encountered in their countries and the possible protective effects of some herbal additives in feeds, because the course of mycotoxicoses are often accompanied with higher mortality due to secondary bacterial infections provoked by immunosuppressive effects of mycotoxins. Such a problematic mycotoxicosis widely encountered in Bulgaria appears to be spontaneous porcine/chick nephropathy. The widely encountered renal disease may not only cause affected kidneys to be rejected, but it is also correlated with poor liveweight gains and carcass quality in affected animals. THE OBJECTIVES of this study is to explore some ways of safely utilizing chick feeds contaminated with nephrotoxic mycotoxins OTA or FB1 in order to reduce economic losses due to morbidity from secondary bacterial infections or decrease of weight gain in stock chicks and to avoid the rejection or condemnation of such feed. This will be achieved by addition of some herbs to animal feeds, which are known to have protective effects on kidney and liver (the main damaged organs by these mycotoxins) or known to have an immunostimulating effect. Some of the same herbs, well known among Indian or African tribes to have strong healing effects on wounds or human health, will be further studied of their possible effects on wound granulation. By extending their expertise on the creation of research labs for biocharacterization of herbs and by sharing the technology for preparation and stabilization of herbal extracts the collaborators will help their countries to manage with the growing demands of the herbal medicine. Finally, some new cheap practical manners of herbal protection (in the form of feed supplements to the feeds) against the action of target mycotoxins will be elaborated, in addition to developing some herbal products, which can improve immune response and are useful for wound granulation, kidney or liver diseases.

Keywords: v201 natural resources exploration and exploitation,v307 environmental toxicology,v404 food sciences,l613 veterinary medicine,l808 environmental toxicology
Winning Applications of nanoTEchnology for Resolutive hydropurification (WATER)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Potential
Destination: Unlocking and developing the Research Potential of research entities established in the EU�s Convergence regions and Outermost Regions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy
Call:  (FP7-REGPOT-2012-2013-1, 2012)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4582998.0
EU funding (EUR): 3934530.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The overall objectives are: strengthening the research potential of the applicant in order to formulate a solid and long term research strategy about nanotechnology applications; increase its visibility in the ERA; determining an impact on the local economy and society through technology innovation. The focus is on the application of nanotechnology to water treatment, aiming to boost the research potential in this emerging research domain. Worldwide 1.2 billion people suffer inadequate access to clean water. Nanotechnology is expected to improve the water filtration with lower cost and energy. These are the major motivations for undertaking such an initiative – relying on the local know-how on nanotechnology – that aims to develop novel applications attracting industrial and service assets. The action includes widening of the existing research infrastructures; exchange of know-how and personnel with partners to tackle the issues of the proposed nanotech-based innovation and improve the opportunities of collaborative research; reinforcement of research staff; refinement of management capacities; innovative dissemination actions both for specialists and broader audience; development of a strategic plan for the IP. The multidisciplinary partnership includes top class scientists from UK, Spain, France, Germany and Norway, local authorities, representatives of ministerial institutions, water treatment SME and filters technology world leader company, to guarantee the effectiveness and sustainability of the Action. The nanotech filtration up-scalable to industrial production will sustain the society and the economy of the Ionic Sicily, by improving the quality of the sea water, through innovative filtration of waste water flowing into the sea, and of drinkable water in a region suffering from lack of water. The general outcome will consist in a change of the local mentality, by the affirmation of a long term vision and strategy in a common scientific and social context.

Keywords: nanotechnology,waste water treatment,sea water,nanoparticles,nanostructured filters,environment,economic impact,science to society connection,coordination with public authorities
Reinforcement of BioSense Center – ICT for Sustainability and Eco-Innovation (INNOSENSE)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Potential
Destination: Unlocking and developing the Research Potential of research entities established in the EU�s Convergence regions and Outermost Regions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Serbia
Call:  (FP7-REGPOT-2012-2013-1, 2012)
Start date: 2013-03-01
End date: 2016-08-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2962653.6
EU funding (EUR): 2644624.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The vision of BioSense Center is to become an internationally recognized multidisciplinary research center and a key provider of advanced ICT solutions for acquisition and processing of data for natural resource management. The main objective of this proposal is to foster future development of the BioSense Center, based on its 3-year development strategy, the results of the gap analysis of the Center’s potential, and the results of the SWOT analysis. The proposal aims to strengthen both the research and innovation capacities of the Center, to support the synergies within, and, in the end, to contribute to the reduction of the brain-drain, advance of the infrastructure (both research and management) and to increase the eco-innovation performance of the Center. The identified strengths of the BioSense Center, combined with the reinforcement activities proposed in this Project, will help in overcoming the identified weaknesses, exploit benefits from recognized opportunities and mitigate the threats. To achieve so, InnoSense will be implemented through seven strongly interrelated work packages (WP1-WP7) within a period of 42 months, namely: WP1: Management of the Project, WP2: Employment of new experts, WP3: Equipment purchase, WP4: Intellectual Property and Innovation Capacity Building, WP5: Placements and trainings, WP6: Dissemination and networking, and WP7: Ex-post evaluation. InnoSense is a mono-applicant proposal. However 20 Institutions (research institutes, private enterprises, governmental institutions etc.) all over Europe are providing endorsement to this proposal and will be actively involved in the implementation of the project and transfer their knowledge and expertise to the BioSense Center.

Keywords: research capacities,eco-innovation,ict,sustainability,environment,agriculture
Research Potential – Plasma Potential Shaping an European Research Centre for Plasma Technology (PLASMASHAPE 2012)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Potential
Destination: Unlocking and developing the Research Potential of research entities established in the EU�s Convergence regions and Outermost Regions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-REGPOT-2012-2013-1, 2012)
Start date: 2013-06-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2956024.4
EU funding (EUR): 2641855.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

FROM THE IDEA TO THE PROTOTYPE – That is the motto of the Leibniz-Institute for Plasma Science and Technology. The institute is Europe’s largest non-university research facility for low temperature plasma physics with its broad spectrum of applications for industry processes. Since a few years the institute is writing a success story, the budget rose from 2 M€ in the year 2004 to more than 12 M€ in 2011. However, a comprehensive SWOT analysis revealed mainly two fields of weakness, the one is lack of international co-operation, the other is a gap to the international state of the art knowledge of plasma diagnostics. Both weakness do interact and prevent the institute from being recognized as an institute of highest EU level. The aim of this project is to turn the existing weakness and threats into opportunities and strengths and thereby guarantee a sustainable development of the institute success not just for Europe, but also for the region and their economic development. Four coherent measures are planned to achieve this target: Twinning with partnering organisations to gather knowledge Innovation capacity building measures Invest to complement equipment Recruitment of high level scientists Technology transfer will be promoted to strengthen the basis of spin-offs to create more high-level jobs in the region. Scientists in Greifswald will participate more actively in the ERA by the establishment of visible, personalised scientific networks. IP Knowledge will be secured, the handling of IP knowledge will base on professional structures and the innovation potential will be enhanced. Regional stakeholders, i.e. the Ministry for Education and Research, the Ministry for Economics, and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry will be actively involved in the project. The project will contribute to transform this convergence area to an effective plasma technology transfer area to help to exploit the full research potential in Europe.

Keywords: plasma technology,plasma physics,plasma application,technology transfer