Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Knowledge Institutions Catalysing Local Action for Net Zero (CATALYSE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Mission
Theme: Other missions
Destination: Other missions
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Belgium
Call: Experimental local action for EU missions: knowledge institutions as focal points of transdisciplinary research and innovation activities with European outreach (HORIZON-MISS-2024-CROSS-02, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999848.75
EU funding (EUR): 1999848.75
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

The CATALYSE project envisions fostering climate-neutral cities by advancing beyond fragmented experimentation towards mission-oriented policies that are deeply embedded in local contexts. Its core vision is to empower Knowledge Institutions (KI) as transformative hubs within mission-oriented innovation ecosystems. By strengthening the roles of KIs as trusted actors, CATALYSE aims to connect diverse stakeholders, scale social innovations, and enhance collaboration across Europe. The project seeks to create inclusive problem-solution spaces in 4 pilot cities (Leipzig, Manchester, Rotterdam and Vienna) that bridge local needs with global challenges, driving sustainable, socially innovative, and democratically legitimized transitions toward net-zero cities. Through this vision, CATALYSE addresses critical challenges in translating EU Cities Mission goals into localized actions, ensuring that cities can successfully navigate and lead their climate-neutral transformations.

Keywords: knowledge institutions eu cities mission transformative change moving beyond experimentation
Standing up for Refugee Peers: Promoting Youth's Prosocial Bystander Responses to Intergroup Bullying (ProBACT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Türkiye
Call: Fostering balanced brain circulation – ERA Fellowships (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-02, 2022)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 132638.4
EU funding (EUR): 132638.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The proposed ProBACT (Promoting Prosocial Bystander Actions) project focuses on examining non-refugee youth’s bystander responses to intergroup bullying of refugee youth in Turkey. Bridging developmental and intergroup processes, the ProBACT project aims to establish their interplay to promote prosocial bystander responses across two studies. Study 1 will examine social-cognitive (justice sensitivity, theory of mind, self-efficacy, and critical consciousness) and intergroup related factors (intergroup contact, perceived peer and parental norms towards outgroup members, media perceptions about refugees, discriminatory attitudes) in Turkish youth’s bystander responses to intergroup bullying of their Syrian peers through hypothetical scenarios. By extending Study 1, Study 2 will test the effectiveness of a novel intervention program that covers components of intergroup contact, outgroup mentalizing, and role models in promoting youth's prosocial bystander responses to intergroup bullying of refugee peers. The proposed ProBACT project will help to identify the factors that pose a threat to refugee youth's inclusion and wellbeing and to harmonious intergroup relations by combining multiple methodologies. This is an especially timely and important issue based on the evidence demonstrating increasing negative interactions between Turkish and Syrian youth in school contexts. The proposal will advance our understanding of social-cognitive intergroup processes in youth's prosocial bystander responses to intergroup bullying of their refugee peer. Overall, the implications of the ProBACT project will provide a novel understanding of promoting safety, inclusion, and justice in the education system and research that aligns closely with the values of the European Commission.

Keywords: intergroup bullying,bystander responses,prejudice and discrimination,intergroup contact,victimization of syrian refugees in turkey,theory of mind,self efficacy,justice sensitivity,intervention
Precision QCD @ LHC using Energy Correlators (PrecisionTopMass)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 187624.32
EU funding (EUR): 187624.32
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project will have a major impact on the LHC extraction of the top quark mass, which is one of the most important measurements to be performed in the coming years. Currently, the top mass measurement suffers from theoretical imprecision, including an over-reliance on Monte Carlo (MC) simulations and an inadequate treatment of non-perturbative hadronization physics, with no systematic prospects for improvement. To address these challenges, this project adopts cutting-edge approaches using the powerful theoretical tools of effective field theories of QCD and novel jet substructure techniques. The proposed action will pave the way for a sub-GeV precise measurement in a well-defined field-theoretic mass scheme, eliminating long-standing uncertainties in the current methodology. It will also simultaneously tackle the challenges of systematically accounting for hadronization effects, which have also impacted jet substructure determinations of the strong coupling constant. The project leverages the Experienced Researcher’s (ER) unique expertise in this area and established collaborations with LHC experimentalists. Its cornerstone is the use of energy-energy correlators (EECs), which enable precision measurements in the complex environment of the LHC by efficiently removing various sources of contamination in the jets while providing a theoretical control superior to conventional jet substructure observables. Capitalizing on the ER’s recent proposal to exploit EECs on boosted top quarks as a top mass-sensitive probe, we will compute state-of-the-art theoretical predictions for this top mass-sensitive observable with next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic (NNLL) accuracy, well beyond the reach of current MC simulations. With the primary goal of enabling a direct comparison of theoretical prediction, we will develop a systematic, model-independent field-theoretic framework for describing hadronization corrections in complex modern jet substructure observables.

Keywords: top quark mass,precision collider physics,strong coupling constant,strong interactions
Get Connected (ERN 24-25 Groningen)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: European Researchers' Night and Researchers at Schools 2024-2025 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-CITIZENS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-05-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 299581.39
EU funding (EUR): 299581.39
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

With 'Get connected' we create the opportunity for researchers and citizens of Noord-Nederland to meet each other and interact in the 'European Researchers’ Night’ and ‘Researchers at Schools’ activities. Based upon the experience with the Nights in 2021, 2022 and 2023, the consortium of the University of Groningen (UG), Forum Groningen and their partners is eager to organise these events again in 2024 and 2025. At the heart of the consortium is the House of Connections of the UG, in which four UG Schools of Science and Society connect researchers and other stakeholders to find solutions for the societal challenges in energy, sustainability, health and digitization. In Get connected we will organise an attractive mix of events. The main event is the Science Festival 'European Researchers’ Night’ Groningen, in which we plan to collaborate with other Night-organisers in Europe. In 2024 the theme is ‘Living in a Smart World’ and in 2025 it is ‘Create your Future’. Pre- and post-events are a Science Festival for kids, a Week of Connection with events of each of the UG-Schools, an interactive exhibit ‘Create your Future’ and participation in the World Cleanup Day. For the ‘Researchers at Schools’ initiative we will organise a science educational programme ‘Plastic, what a waste’. This programme for pupils of primary and secondary schools includes a citizen science project, visiting researchers and a travelling science truck. With our programme we aim to engage the general public in Northern Netherlands with researchers’ work, with emphasis on people with low socioeconomic status, as they have higher risks in the societal transitions and less access to science. We expect to involve about 180 researchers and 30,000 citizens. We expect to engage a diverse public and hope to help people make better funded decisions for their daily life, feel more connected to regional and international policies and R&I initiatives, and to plant a seed in children for a scientific career.

Keywords: get connected,noord nederland,citizen science,groningen,world cleanup day,smart city,create your future
Conservation of defense and anti-defense mechanisms across the tree of life (CODA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Integrative B iology : from Genes and Genomes to S ystems
Panel description: For all organis ms: Genetics, epigenetics, genomics  and other ‘omics studies , bioinformatics, systems biology , genetic diseases , gene editing, innovative methods and modelling,  ‘omics for personalised  medicine
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2026-02-01
End date: 2031-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499626.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499626.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Across the tree of life, genetic conflicts between hosts and pathogens have fueled the diversification of intracellular defenses that collectively define innate immunity. While prokaryotic and eukaryotic immunity have long been considered distinct, the recent discoveries of multiple defense systems protecting bacteria against viruses called phages have profoundly challenged this paradigm. In particular, some components of eukaryotic innate immunity were shown to have a deep evolutionary origin in bacterial defenses. The existence of ancient immune components suggests that phage-bacteria interactions can illuminate the genetic conflicts between hosts and pathogens across the tree of life, which I propose to explore through two angles. Firstly, I propose to discover novel players of innate immunity based on bacterial defenses. A bioinformatic pipeline will systematically predict protein domains that trigger immune cell death in bacterial defenses and are conserved in eukaryotes. These effectors will be biochemically characterized in bacteria and beyond to unveil novel immune strategies disseminated across the tree of life. We will then exploit this evolutionary conservation to engineer novel immune proteins in human cells based on effectors found in other kingdoms of life. Secondly, I hypothesize that phages and eukaryotic viruses in turn evolved similar strategies to evade immunity. We aim to discover new anti-defenses in phages and to translate them to the world of eukaryotic viruses. To do so, we will implement high-throughput screens to test the anti-defense activity of thousands of small phage genes. We will also conduct structural homology searches to reveal anti-defense mechanisms shared between phages and eukaryotic viruses and characterize them experimentally. Altogether, this project will reveal novel molecular mechanisms of defense and anti-defense in bacteria and beyond, shedding light on the principles of host-pathogen interactions across the biosphere.

Keywords: bacterial immunity phages evolutionary genomics cell death immune evasion
Improving Kidney Health by Targeting Urinary Biomarkers for Tubular Function (U-Tube)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Prevention,  Diagnosis and T reatment of Human Diseases
Panel description: Medical technologies  and tools for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases, therapeutic approaches and interventions , pharmacology, preventative  medicine, epidemiology and public health , digital medicine
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2023-COG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2029-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects one in ten people worldwide and is often progressive. Progressive CKD not only causes kidney failure, but also premature aging, cardiovascular disease, and loss of quality of life. Currently, progressive CKD can only be diagnosed after irreversible damage to the kidney has already occurred. There is therefore an urgent need for earlier biomarkers. The kidney consists of filters and tubules, but diagnosis of progressive CKD is currently based on filter function alone. This is surprising, as it is tubular injury that drives CKD progression, and it is the tubule that is targeted by recently developed kidney-protective treatments. U-Tube therefore aims to identify and apply next-generation biomarkers for kidney tubular function to facilitate the early detection and treatment of progressive CKD. My central hypothesis is that the factors that cause tubular injury and CKD progression, are present in urine and therefore detectable as biomarkers. I will focus on urinary microcrystals and extracellular vesicles (EVs) as the drivers of tubular injury, which I will first study in tubuloids using a multi-omics approach. Subsequently, I will perform a large-scale analysis of crystallization and EVs in urine samples from people with stable or progressive CKD. I will then single out those biomarkers that can be targeted by kidney-protective treatment. These targetable biomarkers will be moved forward for the development of a high-throughput tubular panel that I will test for its potential to predict progressive CKD, compared to a gold standard test for tubular function. U-Tube will use cutting-edge innovations to identify urinary biomarkers for tubular function that are targetable and implementable in clinical practice. If successful, it will advance the prediction of CKD progression, and as such redefine how we assess kidney health. By enabling early kidney-protective treatment, U-Tube has the potential to vastly improve CKD outcomes.

Keywords: chronic kidney disease extracellular vesicles proteomics tubular function urinary biomarkers
3DCOMPASS: Revolutionizing Solid-State Lithium Battery Manufacturing through Xolography Volumetric 3D Printing (3DCOMPASS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-07-01
End date: 2028-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 194074.56
EU funding (EUR): 194074.56
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

3DCOMPASS aims to revolutionize the production of complex shaped all-solid-state lithium batteries (ASSLB) using Xolography volumetric 3D printing, a technology that offers superior speed, resolution, and freedom of shape compared to traditional manufacturing techniques including conventional 3D printing methods. The project focuses on the development of Xolography 3D printing for solid state electrolytes, both polymeric and ceramic, enabling the efficient fabrication of solid-state electrolytes with unexplored architectures. 3DCOMPASS will firstly develop containing Li-conductors and suitable for Xolography process with low optical density (<0.22 for 1cm of path at 405 nm), high viscosity (10-60 Pa s) and high polymerization rates. In a second step the printing process will be optimized in relation to resins formulations to obtain the desired speed (55 mm3/h) and resolution (5-20 µm) impossible to achieve with traditional 3D printing techniques. Finally complex shaped electrolytes will be fabricated by Xolography with tailored architectures to: i) enhance the interfacial area with the electrodes, ii) allow high cathode loadings, iii) increase the critical current density vs. Li-metal. The produced electrolytes will be used to assemble half and full cells with Li-metal as anode and Mn-doped LFP as cathode with the following expected performances: ionic conductivity of the electrolytes >10-4 S cm-1 at room temperature, capacity >400Wh/kg, high resistance to dendrite growth with a critical current density > 0.5 mA/cm2. 3DCOMPASS will provide a new class of materials printable by Xolography and at the same time open the door to a new generation of ASSLB with superior performances allowed by micrometric scale architectures possible to produce in a fast and scalable way. Furthermore, the career of the candidate is expected to largely benefit from the present proposal thanks to its training in a strategic field (3D printing for ASSLB).

Keywords: solid state lithium batteries,3d printing,volumetric 3d printing,xolography,electrolytes,photopolymerization
Advanced BatteRy System and Integration for Generation-4 Solid State CElls (ARISE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Mobility
Destination: Clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: 2ZERO (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Türkiye,Belgium,Italy,Spain,Austria,United Kingdom
Call: Advanced battery system integration for next generation vehicles (2ZERO Partnership) (HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2028-07-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5362093.75
EU funding (EUR): 5362093.75
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

The global EV market is largely reliant on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) that employ lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, mostly based on liquid electrolytes. Due to extensive research and development of Li-ion, we are gradually reaching the maximum chemical potential of today’s electrode materials regarding Nickel-rich cathodes. Yet Li-ion based battery systems, based on liquid electrolytes, still face significant limitations , due to their chemistries, such as high flammability , potential safety risks, burning, and explosions, electrochemical instabilities, and low ion selectivity. In this regard, promising solutions are emerging in the form of solid-state battery EV (SSBEV) technology. However, the inherent differences between SSBs and traditional Li-ion batteries such as fundamentally distinct operating temperatures, charging rates, form factor and cell safety characteristics introduce complexities in integrating them into existing BEV systems, necessitating a redesign of the several systems. To meet this need, ARISE will develop an advanced solid-state, fourth generation (Gen-4) Li-ion battery system that offers advanced high-performance features, based on a cell-to-chassis concept with expandable modules that is applicable to any next generation S SBEV. ARISE will cover 3 different development paths: 1) a new city car chassis design utilizing SSBs that is expandable when needed, 2) a novel battery and pack level Thermal Management System compatible with SSBs, 3) Smart Battery Management System that controls battery expansion, fast charging, and safety.

Keywords: solid state battery systems,electric vehicle,thermal management system,battery management system,automotive,electric mobility,
CHEMICAL REACTIONS AS CAUSES AND LAWS (CREACAL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Greece
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-07-01
End date: 2025-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 167786.72
EU funding (EUR): 167786.72
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

CREACAL will realise an unprecedented study of chemical reactions from the perspective of causation and lawhood, with the aim to establish a rigorous framework for the philosophical investigation of chemical reactions. Chemical reactions are fundamental to science and engineering as they identify the causes of the transformation of a specific set of chemical substances, while at the same time representing lawlike generalisations about transformations of types of chemical substances. However philosophers have neglected chemical reactions; they have not examined them either with respect to causation or with lawhood. This is a clear lacuna in the philosophical literature given that reactions are the main means with which scientists explain chemical transformation. CREACAL will synthesise these two fields to offer an account of laws and causation that not only does justice to the rich yet under-explored knowledge of reactions, but that also deepens our understanding of causation and laws themselves. CREACAL’s results will contribute to science by illuminating the intricate features of chemical reactions that are revealed by viewing them as causes and laws. Moreover, it will fill a significant gap in philosophy by introducing a new case study for the investigation of causation and lawhood, while also achieving genuine progress in philosophy of chemistry that will further consolidate the latter as an important field within philosophy.

Keywords: metaphysics of science,philosophy of science,philosophy of chemistry