Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Job Evaluation made easy for European SMEs. Unique innovative solution to perform digital job evaluation, compensation analytics and management in an easy, transparent and cost-effective way. (gradar)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Germany
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2019)
Start date: 2019-06-01
End date: 2019-09-30
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Problem: In Europe, only 49% of the organisations in the private sector use formal Job Evaluation schemes, with SMEs less than 3%. Lack of effective Job Evaluation procedures often results in unstructured wage payment practices and missed opportunities for requirements-based career and skill development of employees and costly litigations. Value proposition: 222.000 EU SMEs with 50-250 employees could benefit from gradar® platform. At only 5% take-up of the new SaaS by all concerned SMEs this could lead to around €1.1 billion savings and over 2000 new jobs across the SME sector. Solution: gradar® is a highly innovative, web-based single resource for SMEs for managing every aspect of the job evaluation process in an easy-to-use and cost-efficient way. Now, we are the only company worldwide that offers job evaluation together with a default model of relevant job specific competencies as a Software as a Service (SaaS) based product. nThe company’s algorithms are proactively audited for demographic (gender) bias. Product and technology: We are on the market with a first version of the product and already demonstrating over €90,000 (15-21% of total costs) per year savings from more efficient people utilisation and payment practices. This project will improve functionality and usability by enhancing the Competency module and implementing Compensation Analytics, Benchmarking and Management modules Competition: HR consulting firms like AON/Hewitt, Deloitte, KornFerryHay, hkp group, Kienbaum, Lurse, Mercer, PWC, Willis Towers Watson and a variety of micro players. Go-to-market: Target customers SMEs with 50-250 headcount from core markets Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, UK and Spain. Implementation partnership agreements in target areas to be finalized mid-2020. We have introduced a transparent, four-tier license cost model that is unique on the market. Key milestones: Anticipated turnover of €30.8M by 2025 and 43 new employees five years after commercialization.

Keywords: bias free analytical job evaluation,compensation analytics,equal pay,competency management,skill development
Molecularly guided trials with specific treatment strategies in patients with advanced newly molecular defined subtypes of colorectal cancer (MoTriColor) (MoTriColor)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Theme: Treating and managing disease
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Italy,Spain,Spain,Belgium,Belgium,Netherlands
Call: New therapies for chronic non-communicable diseases (H2020-PHC-2014-two-stage, 2014)
Start date: 2015-10-01
End date: 2020-11-30
Duration (months): 62.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4948742.5
EU funding (EUR): 4948742.5
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is increasingly being recognized as a heterogeneous disease with distinct molecular subtypes. These subtypes have different biological processes at the basis of their disease and consequently their prognosis and responses to therapy are also different. We have previously developed molecular diagnostic assays using a single platform on routine FFPE tumour biopsies. These assays identify gene expression profiles with distinct prognosis and drug response phenotypes (CMS4/c-type, BRAF mutant-like, and MSI-like). Our overall objective is to develop targeted therapies more effective than the current therapies that do not take advantage of molecular classification of the disease to select patients for therapy. We therefore propose to perform 3 two-stage single arm multi-centre open-label phase II studies based on solid preclinical evidence and a sound scientific rationale for these subgroups of CRC patients: 1) combination of chemotherapy and a TGF-βR inhibitor (LY2157299) in patients presenting a C-type signature; 2) vinorelbine in patients with a BRAFm-like signature; and 3) an immunotherapeutic anti-PD-L1 drug (MPDL3280A) in combination with bevacizumab in patients with a MSI-like signature. The primary objectives of these studies are to determine the clinical efficacy (progression-free survival as primary endpoint), safety and tolerability of the experimental treatments in these molecularly selected populations. Mutation analysis at the beginning of treatment and monitoring by liquid biopsies might reveal further biomarkers that predict response in retrospective analysis. The project outcomes may have a significant impact in CRC patients with poor-risk prognosis worldwide as 40-50% of them present gene expression profiles matching one of the 3 approaches. Around 40,000 European CRC patients may potentially benefit from the results. Also, these may be translated to other cancer types with equivalent gene expression patterns/deregulated signalling pathways.

Keywords: colorectal cancer,molecularly driven trials,molecular diagnostic assays,gene expression profiles,molecular subtypes,drug response phenotype
LBS Augmented Reality Assistive System for Utilities Infrastructure Management through Galileo and EGNOS (LARA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Space
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Spain,Cyprus,Greece,Greece,Malaysia,United Kingdom
Call: Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) based EGNSS applications (H2020-Galileo-2014-1, 2014)
Start date: 2015-02-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 35.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1282397.5
EU funding (EUR): 998193.25
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The LARA system, the main outcome of the project is a mobile device for utility field workers. The hand-held device integrates different technologies such as: positioning and sensors (GNSS), Augmented Reality (AR), GIS, geodatabases, etc. In practise, this device will guide the field workers in underground utilities to ‘see’ what happening underworld, like an “x-ray image” of the underground infrastructure. The system is using AR interfaces to render the complex 3D models of the underground utilities infrastructure such as water, gas, electricity, etc. in an approach that is easily understandable and useful during field work. The 3D information is acquired from 3D GIS geodatabases.

Keywords: egnos,gnss,augmented reality,geodatabases
wheel.me Autonomous – Novel Smart Home and facility management solution from embedded robots and indoor navigation (wheel.me Autonomous)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Norway
Call: Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2017-08-01
End date: 2017-12-31
Duration (months): 5.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Wheels make it considerably easier to move and handle furniture and other heavy objects. wheel.me Autonomous will put the world on hidden and motorized wheels. In essence, what is being attempted by Google and others with respect to self-driving cars outdoors, wheel.me will perform indoors through small and cost effective embedded robots (“smart wheels”). The solution can be used to move virtually anything in any direction; sofas, beds, chairs, refrigerators – and even walls. The innovation will significantly strengthen wheel.me’s commercial potential by enabling a unique Internet of Things (IoT) offering for Smart Home applications and facility management services for businesses. Our strategy is aimed at making wheel.me’s solutions a preferred international industry standard and reference by 2021. Autonomous’ novelty stems primarily from addressing: * Motorizing the wheel to enable self-driving / autonomous motion * Indoor navigation: Communication, control and positioning between objects fitted with smart wheels and their (indoor) environment Compared to AGVs, representing the commercial state-of-the-art, Autonomous come at a very low cost and bring value from simplifying everyday life and providing almost endless options for how the smart wheels can move and arrange objects. Autonomous will contribute to reduced wear, improved health, hygiene, indoor air quality and overall wellbeing. A facility management offering towards professional users provides for improved asset control and HSE benefits, efficiencies and savings related to operations and maintenance by leveraging the value of usage and positioning data, sent and received from the cloud. The principal objective of the project is to compile sufficient outputs to generate an extensive Strategic Business Plan, ensure that we have the basis in place to support an ambitious development and demonstration project, assess risks and mitigation and anchor the go-to-market strategy with business partners.

Keywords: embedded robots,autonomous,indoor navigation
Development of an innovative algae based tertiary wastewater treatment and value recovery system (INDALG)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Biotechnology
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Dedicated support to biotechnology SMEs closing the gap from lab to market (H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-10-01
End date: 2019-03-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2098983.75
EU funding (EUR): 1469288.63
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Industrial Phycology (IPHYC) has developed a wastewater treatment (WWT) process to meet tightening discharge consents for the concentration of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and other materials in wastewater (WW) effluents. These nutrients & materials are linked to adverse environmental events e.g. eutrophication. WWT operators require a sustainable treatment process to remove / recover these materials to meet legislation. IPHYC's novel patented WWT process uses microalgae (MA) to remove nutrients from WW) effluents. MA reproduce rapidly when sufficient nutrients, light & C02 are supplied. The MA consume nutrients in the WW until depleted cleaning the effluent to the legislated discharge consent concentrations, allowing the operator to meet its statutory commitments & not risk financial penalties. The biomass is retained for reactor seeding or harvested for valorisation e.g. use for anaerobic digestion, animal feed, feedstock for bio-based industries. The process has been validated by I-PHYC in a recent field trial at Wessex Water’s Avonmouth WWT plant & a supporting feasibility study carried out though SME instrument phase 1 support. Through the phase 1 project, IPHYC engaged with the UK water industry to understand the market & end-user needs. From this IPHYC has worked with industry partners to identify the work required to prove its technology & develop its process to commercial readiness. IPHYC is applying for funding to enable it to achieve this by; building a commercial demonstrator of its process for the treatment of municipal wastewaters; optimising its process for the treatment of industrial effluents (e.g. mines); develop methods of recovering value from the algal biomass; further engage with key industry companies, decision makers and potential future customers; develop its commercial strategy for the delivering the technology to market. This outcomes of the project will enable IPHYC to enter the market with a credible and proven disruptive technology.

Keywords: sustainable,wastewater treatment,material recovery,algae,biotechnology,water,chemical,free
Waste Oils RecycLe and Development (WORLD)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Research and innovation staff exchange
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Economic Sciences
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Algeria,Italy,France
Call: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-10-01
End date: 2026-01-31
Duration (months): 64.0
Total project cost (EUR): 460000.0
EU funding (EUR): 460000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

Although several Countries have enacted specific legislations in order to boost the recycling of used vegetable oils, the limits of the current technology don’t allow a proper reutilization of such raw material. The project WORLD aims to develop a virtuous green process for WCOs recycling which applying a circular economy model. An innovative fast and zero-waste production of biolubricants from WCOs will be developed employing green and recyclable raw materials (water and natural bentonites). The wastewaters and the contaminated bentonites will be recycled in two independent sub-processes. In addition to the biolubricants production, the possibility to obtain a suitable medium for VOCs treatment from WCOs will be considered. The scientific part of the project will be developed in agreement to the economic guidelines defined by UBU-ICCRAM. In fact, in order to develop a circular economy model and to produce refined products competitive on the global market, a detailed business plan will be edited. The recycling of the raw materials, the minimization of Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) and reduction of the production costs with respect to existing processes, will be exploited for build the economic plan. The Company GESTTA will guarantee assistance in the scale-up step will facilitate the brake into the market of the refined products. Life Cycle Assessment studies (LCA) and market analyses performed by UBU-ICCRAM will enhance the market competitiveness of the proposed process. The optimized transfer of know-how and skills within the Staff members involved from the academic and private sectors, as well as the best strategies of value chain analysis, scaling-up analysis and financial requirements analysis, during all the duration of the project will be guaranteed by the contribution to the project of FYD, an Italian Company specialized in transfer of knowledge activities.

Keywords: business plan,business model,circular economy,market analysis,scaling up analysis,revenue model,value chain analysis
Science is the Captain (CAPTAIN)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European researchers' Night
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Countries involved: Georgia
Call: European Researchers' Night (H2020-MSCA-NIGHT-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2020-07-01
End date: 2021-05-31
Duration (months): 11.0
Total project cost (EUR): 197500.0
EU funding (EUR): 197500.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

SCIENCE IS THE CAPTAIN project has the ambition to bring truly European style of celebrating science in the Eastern frontier of the European continent, by holding large-scale simultaneous events in 6 cities of Georgia, designed to - increase awareness among the general public of the importance of research by attracting people from different regions of Georgia, regardless of the level of their scientific background, as to contributing to creation of more favourable attitude towards Research and Innovation public funding and improve their understanding about the invisible role of research in bettering their daily lives and economic development of the country at individual, family and society level. - reduce the stereotypes about researchers and their profession by creating the open free platform for face-to-face interaction with researchers and engaging with pupils and students across the country in different entertaining and cognitive activities, fostering to bust the deeply held unfavourable perceptions about science career; - encourage young people taking up research careers by illustrating them the potential of science to accomplish a positive and sustainable change to the benefits of the country and the world; - Raise awareness and visibility of the work done by the European Union among the general public by disseminating the information and delivering key massages about EU policies, MSCA, Horizon 2020 and highlighting the EU’s role in education, culture and research within Europe and beyond. This will be achieved by carrying out a panoply of science communication and engagement pre-event and European Researchers’ NIGHT activities, spanning from classrooms to Open Labs and Museums, from Wine to Science, from Football Stadium to Shopping mall, from meeting with real Scientists to copycatting the image of Marie Sklodowska-Curie, from Medieval Castle to Astrophysical Observatory in order to show the unlimited potential and omnipresence of science.

Keywords: science in everyday life,msca,science popularization,night in georgia
Touch-sensitive skin for collaborative industrial robots (cobots) (AIRSKIN)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Austria
Call: Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-02-01
End date: 2018-05-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Safe human-robot collaboration is an increasingly important topic in industrial automation. Manufacturers want safe cobots, remove them from cages, which also reduces the shop floor space, so that this space can be used for other activities, matching new manufacturing processes. Blue Danube Robotics GmbH (BDR) has developed a tactile safety solution with the highest safety rating for industrial robots. AIRSKIN, is a pre-certified “one-fits-most application” solution for robot manufacturers and integrators to upgrade their robots into safe cobots. The feasibility assessment will focus on following technical and business objectives during its 6 months, to develop a robust plan for Phase 2, by: • In collaboration with robotics manufacturers and integrators to evaluate the use case scenarios and its impact on AIRSKIN. Important aspects deducted from the applications will be assessed, such as material requirements, different grippers and custom arms, force and pressure of robotic work, reaction time needed, integration with controllers, etc. Overall technical obstacles to adopt AIRSKIN in various applications will be listed. • Prepare test validation in Phase 2 with at least 5 different models of industrial robots will be prepared in collaboration with users. Such validation under real operational conditions will develope not only a product that is proven in collaboration with end users, covering a wide enough choice of robots, but also directly disseminate the pilots to customers (robotics manufacturer and integrators), who supply end users. • Prepare to certify one application in Austria and Germany each with new ISO15066, in collaboration with certifying bodies (TÜV) to serve as reference product on the given market • Evaluating and preparing a future supply chain (suppliers of plastic material, SLS-manufacturer (3D printing) and supplier of electronics/assembler with airpads).

Keywords: advanced manufacturing,industrial robots,collaborative robots,cobots,safety,industry,manufacturing,automation,robotics,industry 4 0,factory of future,safe robots,safe automation
Expanding the Gospel according to Matthew: Continuity and Change in Early Gospel Literature (Matthew)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-10-26
End date: 2022-10-25
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 224933.76
EU funding (EUR): 224933.76
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

My fellowship project, ‘Expanding the Gospel according to Matthew: Continuity and Change in Early Gospel Literature’, takes an integrative approach to early Christian literature that intervenes in ongoing debates about textual continuity and change. Recent scholarship has challenged conventional conceptions of Gospels as stable texts, pointing to porous constellations of Gospel material in the first centuries of the Common Era. This renewed critical attention disrupts reductive analytical frames and invites fresh questions. Nonetheless, emphasis on fluidity risks concomitant fragmentation, obscuring connections between diverse instances of Gospel tradition. Both continuity and change characterized early Gospel literature. My project addresses this tension through a rigorous reception-historical study of the Gospel according to Matthew. Matthew is a fruitful locus of investigation because of its centrality to Gospel scholarship and because it is richly attested in early expansions. Matthew takes many textual forms. This diversity stands in tension with the bibliographic continuity that underlies common-sense notions of ‘Matthew’ as a recognizable body of material. But, I argue, these diverse forms express the possibilities, the DNA, of Matthew as a work over time. By attending both to the diverse ways in which Matthew expanded and to underlying patterns uniting these various instances, the project advances scholarship on Matthew. The method and results of this project will enrich broader conversations about the production and reception of early Christian literature. My project will result in a completed book manuscript, two articles submitted to top-tier journals, and other scholarly communications. The project will contribute to Oxford’s vibrant interdisciplinary research environment and advance my development as an early career researcher, laying a foundation for future scholarly excellence.

Keywords: early christianity,new testament,gospel literature,reception history,gospel according to matthew,jewish christianity,papyri,textual criticism,digital humanities