Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
A Unified Sustainability Index Framework for Small and Medium Enterprises (UNIFORM)

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: Economic Sciences
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2020-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183454.8
EU funding (EUR): 183454.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The goal of this Fellowship, entitled “A Unified Sustainability Index Framework for Small and Medium Enterprises” (UNIFORM) is to train a talented researcher through a multidisciplinary research project bringing together aspects from economic, social and environmental sciences while using advanced statistical techniques. The Fellow – Dr. Malesios – will be trained on enhancing sustainability of small and medium sized enterprises’ (SMEs) supply chains of the EU countries to become an expert in the field, receiving access to a unique training experience at the host – Aston Business School (ABS) and co-hosts. [UNIFORM] will identify the associations to implementing environmental agendas within SMEs’ core business strategies and the more general concept of sustainable practice and sustainable development. According to our knowledge, up to now there has not been presented a unified methodology in order to measure and incorporate sustainability in SMEs, especially targeted towards sustainable supply chain practices. We will provide significant assistance in synthesizing evidence to assist develop sustainable managerial policies in this sector and to make environmental management a core activity that SMEs will need to engage in, along with the already existing operational factors. Incorporating sustainable development practices into SMEs’ supply chains is regarded as an overarching long-term goal. At the same time, the transfer of knowledge from the Fellow to the host members of ABS related to statistical methodologies and their implementation to various fields of research, will be another goal of the project. The results and deliverables produced by the project will contribute to the enhancement of EU scientific excellence in various ways. For instance, the [UNIFORM] online tool available through a website is anticipated to support and assist a large number of the - approximately 23 million - EU SMEs owners/managers.

Keywords: small and medium sized enterprises,sustainability,environmental performance,statistical,modelling
Linking Chemical diversity and Reactivity of Arctic dissolved Organic Matter for its integration in Earth system models (CHROME)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Global Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: France,United States
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2020-03-01
End date: 2023-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 275619.84
EU funding (EUR): 275619.84
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Organic carbon is exported from terrestrial to freshwater ecosystems where, not only is it being degraded and eventually lost as carbon dioxide, but such degradation occurs faster than in soils or marine systems. Across freshwaters, variations in organic matter degradation and reactivity have been related to compositional changes in organic matter. The flux from terrestrial to aquatic systems seems to be increasing associated to anthropogenic perturbations. However, despite the relevance of these fluxes for the global C cycle, Earth System Models (ESMs) are just starting to consider them. In that sense, a particularly crucial region deserving urgent attention is the Arctic, as permafrost soils hold a massive C stock that is vulnerable to being mobilized towards freshwaters. Such transfer could turn that vulnerable C stock from a sink into a carbon dioxide source. Therefore, determining the reactivity of that organic matter flux and incorporating it in surface models is key at the moment. The foundation of CHROME is the idea that the chemical diversity of organic matter explains its reactivity and, as such, should be considered in biogeochemical models. CHROME represents the first attempt to incorporate organic matter chemical diversity to ESMs, and will do so by: i) developing and selecting functional chemical diversity indices as indicators of Arctic organic matter reactivity and ii) implementing that knowledge in a regional branch of an ESM. CHROME is based on the good match between the previous experience of the applicant and the excellence of the host institutions, leaders in the field of biogeochemical research in Arctic ecosystems (USGS, Boulder) and in global modelling (LSCE-CNRS, France). CHROME will constitute a key advance in C biogeochemical understanding and modelling, which will position the fellow at the forefront of geosciences research.

Keywords: carbon cycling,limnology,land surface modelling,natural organic matter
Renewable Power Generation by Solar Particle Receiver Driven Sulphur Storage Cycle (PEGASUS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Low-cost, low-carbon energy supply
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Israel,Germany,Poland,Greece
Call: Developing the next generation technologies of renewable electricity and heating/cooling (H2020-LCE-2016-RES-CCS-RIA, 2016)
Start date: 2016-11-01
End date: 2021-06-30
Duration (months): 56.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4695365.0
EU funding (EUR): 4695365.0
Participants: 6
Project status: CLOSED

PEGASUS (Renewable Power Generation by Solar Particle Receiver Driven Sulphur Storage Cycle) will investigate a novel power cycle for renewable electricity production applying a solar particle receiver with a sulphur storage system for baseload operation. The proposed process combines solid particles as heat transfer fluid that can also be used for direct thermal energy storage with indirect thermochemical storage of solar energy in solid sulphur, rendering thus a solar power plant capable of round-the-clock renewable electricity production. Concepts of solar sulphur power plants will be developed and a flowsheet analysis in conjunction with a techno-economic study will be carried out to simulate the performance of the process. Prototypes of the key components (i.e. solar centrifugal particle receiver, sulphuric acid evaporator, sulphur trioxide decomposer and sulphur combustor) will be developed, constructed and operated at relevant scale. On-sun testing of the particle receiver will be carried out in the newly constructed high-flux solar simulator of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Juelich, Germany. Furthermore, an integrated operation of the receiver together with the evaporator and the decomposer will be realised in this facility to demonstrate the suitability of the concept. In addition, materials to be used simultaneously as solar heat capture, transfer and storage media as well as catalytic particles in the solar receiver, evaporator and decomposer will be developed, tested and analysed with respect to reaction kinetics and long-term stability. Moreover, system models of the key components will be implemented, validated with experimental data and applied to simulate the performance of the process components. These models will be integrated into the developed flowsheets for the above mentioned process simulations and techno-economics to predict the prospects of the technology.
An advance Multi-Side Boating Platform working with Passive Radar technology boosting a new emerging market (Green Radar)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Italy
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-05-01
End date: 2018-08-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

GREEN RADAR is a ground-breaking multi-side boating platform that takes advantage of our in-house passive radar technology. The platform is designed to increase maritime security mainly for leisure boats, displaying directly essential information on our smart-phone and in real-time: other ships positions, dangerous routes and paths, calculation of possible collision, obstacles, trajectory boats line description and speed accurate values. The pioneer of the mentioned innovation is ECHOES S.R.L., an Italian spin-off from the CNIT (Inter- University Consortium for Telecommunications), mainly involved in design, development and commercialisation of low emission, small size and low energy consumption radar systems. Our revolutionary system is set to change the entire industry, as it addresses the current limitations of active radars, that are expensive, bulky, energy intensive and produce high electromagnetic pollution. GREEN RADAR, instead works with zero electromagnetic emission and low electric consumption as takes advantage of the passive radar properties. The use of our system will allow Port Authorities (clients) and end-users to reduce maritime accidents by 35%, increase safety, save energy and reducing maintenance costs (25%). Ports as our main client, will be attract of our cutting-edge platform due to the notable cost savings by reducing the deployment of rescue craft units’ due to maritime accidents, improving the port management and promoting tourism activities along the coast. With our solution, ECHOES S.r.l. estimates to generate an accumulated total Revenues of €9.77M in the first 5 years of commercialisation, while for ports this translate in 20% new clients. This would allow us to reach an accumulated ROI of 2.4. GREEN RADAR is fully aligned with our technical and commercial strategies and can contribute to boost the growth of ECHOES S.r.l. in order to occupy 0,36% of the global maritime and radar market.

Keywords: passive radar,boating platform,radar,leisure boats,maritime accidents,security,electromagnetic pollution,energy intensive
3D Autonomous 2-PhoTon Optogenetics MICroscopy (DAPTOMIC)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Fundamental constituents of matter
Panel description: Particle, nuclear, plasma, atomic, molecular, gas, and optical physics
Countries involved: Italy
Call: Call for proposals for ERC Proof of Concept Grant (ERC-2020-PoC, 2020)
Start date: 2021-06-01
End date: 2023-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Brain activity relies on complex interactions among large populations of neurons located in different brain regions. Understanding the relationships between these specific areas and disentangling the contributions of individual neurons to circuit function is an essential step to understand brain functioning. To elucidate the connection between brain activation and behaviour outcome, it is necessary to establish specific experimental strategies that allow to record and externally control neuronal activity during behaviour. Currently, there is an experimental trade-off between imaging speed, field of view and sample dimensions that limits current recording technology in imaging very large neuronal populations with concurrently high spatial and temporal resolution. Consequently, interactions between neurons in different brain areas are easily missed, whilst functionally related ensembles of neurons can be undetectable, blinded or falsely interpreted. DAPTOMIC aims to demonstrate the commercial viability of a new generation of autonomous (i.e. self-run, similar to a Tesla car) microscope add-on suitable for brain imaging. The main objective of DAPTOMIC is to turn the modules developed within the ERC Advanced Grant BrainBIT into a commercial product (minimum viable product), i.e. a new add-on to current generation microscopes that decides the imaging strategy - which portion of the sample to image and which portion of the sample to interact with – through AI, shortening experiment times by several orders of magnitude.

Keywords: optogenetics,3d imaging,brain activity
Ebola virus manipulation of the cellular stress responses (StressEBOV)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-04-01
End date: 2019-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183454.8
EU funding (EUR): 183454.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Ebola virus (EBOV) is a highly pathogenic filovirus that causes severe haemorraghic fever and killed over 11,000 people during the recent epidemic in Western Africa. Although potential vaccines and drugs are being tested, no treatment has been approved. Therefore, understanding the cellular regulation of EBOV replication is fundamental to develop novel treatments. EBOV is a nonsegmented negative-strand RNA virus for which research is limited to BSL4 laboratories. However, a recent reverse genetic system using tetracistronic transcription- and replication-competent virus-like particles (trVLPs) allows modelling of the entire EBOV life cycle under BSL2 conditions. The EBOV genome is transcribed and replicated by the viral polymerase complex but the regulation of these processes remains poorly characterised. EBOV RNAs can also trigger antiviral responses via cytoplasmic RNA-sensors RIG-I and PKR, the latter also promoting stress granule (SG) formation. While EBOV inhibits RNA-sensing, the impact of SGs on EBOV is unknown. Therefore, I will investigate the role of cellular stress responses on EBOV replication and their potential counteraction by the EBOV VP35 protein using the trVLP system. Firstly, I will analyse the impact of SGs on EBOV replication by overexpression and CRISPR/Cas9 depletion of SG proteins. Using a panel of VP35 mutants, I will also investigate its potential to counteract SGs by automated flow cytometric image acquisition (Imagestream). Secondly, I will identify the EBOV polymerase complex interactome during infection using two distinct proteomic approaches: co-purification with a VP35-GFP fusion protein(GFP-trap) and VP35biotin-ligase proximity tagging (BioID2). Candidate VP35 cofactors will be validated by biochemical interaction, CRISPR-knockout and live cell microscopy to determine their role in EBOV replication. In summary, this project will increase the understanding of EBOV replication and identify new therapeutic targets.

Keywords: ebola virus,stress granules,restriction factor,host cofactor,high throughput screens,crispr,cas9 knockout
Multi-approach determination of metal based pesticides in food (MET-PEST)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: France
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-10-01
End date: 2019-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 185076.0
EU funding (EUR): 185076.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The industrial and agricultural activities of the modern society lead to significant release of a large number of toxic substances into the environment having an ultimate impact on the food quality and human health. Many of such chemicals are used in agriculture as pesticides, fungicides, etc. to enhance the productivity. This is the case of dithiocarbamates (DTC) that are one of the relatively large used fungicides being effective against a broad spectrum of fungi and plant diseases. Despite the significant environmental and food chain impact of DTC, the current analytical approaches for their determination suffer from serious drawbacks. The European reference method for this purpose relies on non-selective quantification by indirect determination of the sum of DTC species hence this approach provides incomplete information on the exposure to individual DTC. The present proposal aims at the development and validation of a method for accurate and selective determination of DTCs in food by a multi-approach strategy. A combination of analytical methodologies such as those currently employed for trace metals speciation and also for organic contaminants will be developed and fully validated. These methodologies will be critically compared through the analysis of real-life food samples from EU and imported from external markets. The impact of different cooking modes on DTC degradation pathways will also be investigated. By combining powerful separation techniques such as high performance liquid chromatography with elemental and molecular spectrometry, this project will allow obtaining a deeper knowledge on the presence of individual DTCs in various foodstuff and of their degradation mechanisms during food processing. Additionally, it will consistently contribute to the development of a reference method for selective DTC determination in food hence having a great impact on the scientific research in food quality control at European level.

Keywords: pesticides,food control,dithiocarbamates,hyphenated techniques,chromatography,mass spectrometry
Transfer of INNOvative techniques for sustainable WAter use in FERtigated crops (FERTINNOWA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,South Africa,Spain,Italy,Germany,Spain,Spain,Poland,Belgium,Slovenia,Belgium,Belgium,Belgium,Latvia,France,France,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,Netherlands,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Water management solutions for agricultural sector, thematic networks (H2020-WATER-2015-one-stage, 2015)
Start date: 2016-01-01
End date: 2018-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2999273.4
EU funding (EUR): 2999273.4
Participants: 27
Project status: CLOSED

In European countries, the cultivation of fertigated crops experience scarcity of water, and the intensity of cultivation poses significant risks to water quality. The main objective of the FERTINNOWA thematic network is to create a meta-knowledge database on innovative technologies and practices for fertigation of horticultural crops. FERTINNOWA will also build a knowledge exchange platform to evaluate existing and novel technologies (innovation potential, synergies, gaps, barriers) for fertigated crops and ensure wide dissemination to all stakeholders involved of the most promising technologies and best practices. A multi-actor integrated approach will be used through the FERTINNOWA platform which will involve various stakeholders (researchers, growers, policy-makers, industry, environmental groups etc.) at several levels including the socio-economic and regulatory level (national and European) with a special focus on the EU Water Framework Directive and Nitrate Directive. Information will be gathered at national level to feed a European benchmark study that will evaluate and compare existing technologies used at various horticulture sectors, including vegetables, fruit and ornamentals in different climate zones. All tools, databases and other resources generated will be shared within the consortium and the stakeholders’ group and will be made available to the broader scientific community, policy-makers, the industry and the public at large. FERTINNOWA will help the growers to implement innovative technologies in order to optimize water and nutrient use efficiency thus reducing the environmental impact.
Novel Education and Training Tools based on digital applications related to Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology (NET-Tools)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Partnership: FCH2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Bulgaria,Greece,France,France,Denmark,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Novel education and training tools (H2020-JTI-FCH-2016-1, 2016)
Start date: 2017-03-01
End date: 2020-11-30
Duration (months): 45.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1596007.5
EU funding (EUR): 1596007.5
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Education and training for the fuel cell and hydrogen (FCH) technology sector is critical for the current and future workforce as well as for the further implementation of a promising technology within Europa. The project NET-Tools will develop an e-infrastructure and provide digital tools and information service for educational issues and training within FCH technologies based on most recent IT tools. NET-Tools will constitute a technology platform, leveraging robust and effective open source/free learning management systems while offering a unique blend of novel digital tools encompassing the spheres of information, education and research. With its two main pillars e-Education, e-Laboratory, the project addresses various target groups and levels of education - from higher schools and universities (undergraduate and graduate students) to professionals and engineers from industry, offering both e-learning modules and on-line experimental techniques. The main goal is to develop new e-education methods and concepts, ICT-based services and tools for data- and computer-intensive research to enhance the knowledge, productivity and competitiveness of those interested or already directly involved in the massive implementation of H2 and FCH technologies in Europe. NET-Tools will be delivered combining the expertise of major experts and practitioners on FCH sector under the guidance of leading companies gathered in a board, while interacting with similar activities in US, Asia and South Africa. It has the capacity to pave the road to more efficient digital science combining latest technical achievements and an internet culture of openness and creativity, while pursuing the ambition to become the hydrogen counterpart of Coursera. The developement of business concepts will guide NET-Tools as an e-infrastructure useable for FCH-Community into the future.

Keywords: hydrogen technology,fuel cells,digital education and science,digital and dynamic tools,service