Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Materializing Renewable Capital (MaRC)

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: Sweden
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-08-15
End date: 2025-10-14
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 222727.68
EU funding (EUR): 222727.68
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The International Energy Agency’s recent Net Zero by 2050 report concludes that by 2030 four trillion USD of annual global investment into clean energy is needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Yet in the last four years such investments have averaged just one trillion. Critical economic geography has emphasized the role of non-price factors in this renewable investment gap. Materializing Renewable Capital (MaRC) advances this inquiry through a survey of how the 'materiality' of the production process for 14 key components of the transition interlink with and inform renewable capital mobilization from energy financing firms. MaRC's objective is to (1) survey the materiality of key renewable production processes (2) assess how investors view the relative quality of these processes (3) create an integrated analysis of how their materiality relates to capital accumulation (4) create a future research program. Empirically, MaRC achieves these objectives through parallel surveys involving interviews and desk work. First, of the materiality of these production processes. Second, of the financial logic driving capital accumulation in these processes. Three papers will result. Results will also be communicated through a website, an online video, and 3 articles in the popular press. MaRC combines the extensive experience of the researcher in energy with the world-class expertise of the supervisor, Prof Brett Christophers, in finance. Additional support from Uppsala’s Earth Science department will ensure the success of this innovative, interdisciplinary project. This project will substantially improve the researcher’s career prospects, especially given the outstanding track-record of the supervisor with post-docs, multiple points of advising, and rich support from Uppsala University. The host, in turn, will benefit from the researcher’s outstanding teaching, seminars, and an interdisciplinary workshop on the renewable investment gap.

Keywords: energy geography,critical economic geography,critical political economy,resource geography,renewable energy transition,resource materiality
Data-Driven and User-Centered Content Moderation (DEDUCE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Computer Science and Informatics
Panel description: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-04-01
End date: 2029-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1494775.0
EU funding (EUR): 1494775.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Online platforms apply moderation interventions (MIs) to mitigate misbehavior. Today, MIs are one-size-fits-all, meaning that each intervention is applied in the same way for all users. However, not all users are the same, as they have diverse demographics, ideologies, and personalities. This naive approach to content moderation is platform-centered and neglects user differences. Moreover, content moderation resembles art more than science. The design of MIs is based on common sense and intuition, and progress is sought via trial-and-error rather than via a rigorous scientific process. The inevitable consequence is that current MIs have variable effectiveness, are highly unreliable, and fall short of the moderation needs. The ambitious goal of DEDUCE is to initiate a paradigm-shift in content moderation, by building the theoretical and methodological foundations to move from intuition-driven approaches enforced via one-size-fits-all MIs, to science-driven strategies grounded on personalized moderation interventions (PMIs). We will develop causal methods and indicators to evaluate the effectiveness and fairness of current content moderation practices. Then, we will study how user characteristics influence the outcomes of moderation. Finally, we will leverage the acquired knowledge to design and evaluate PMIs, a first-of-its-kind endeavor. Our data-driven approach will enable us to evaluate in advance the effects of many MIs (what-if analyses) and to plan ahead their application, rather than to assess and correct afterwards. The high-gain nature of DEDUCE is evident, as it will open new directions of research (e.g., the design of PMIs), while also providing major practical and social benefits. Our results will yield groundbreaking advancements in the theory and practice of content moderation, and will be embodied in (i) practical guidelines for moderators and policymakers and (ii) an open-source proof-of-concept system to support both human and automated moderation.

Keywords: content moderation,toxic behavior,personalization,personality profile,online platforms
Going digital: tools for identification and support for neurodevelopmental disorders within the transdiagnostic framework (Tools4NDDs)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Staff Exchanges
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Finland,Netherlands,Germany,Hungary,United Kingdom,United States,New Zealand,Switzerland
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 670624.29
EU funding (EUR): 591180.0
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

Individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) show highly heterogeneous behavioural, cognitive and brain profiles with much larger overlap between, e.g., dyslexia, dyscalculia and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), than assumed by current diagnostic approaches. It remains unclear how the individual profiles of deficits and strengths result in child specific idiosyncratic development. Besides relying on discrete categories, the current diagnostic approaches assume relatively stable NDD symptoms across development while recent findings suggest more dynamic changes in the symptoms across development. The interdisciplinary and inter-sectoral Tools4NDDs consortium aims to employ recent technological advancements to better understand the heterogeneous and dynamic nature of NDDs. Our consortium utilizes the advances in transdiagnostic research, as well as the potential of digital technological solutions to improve diagnostic and intervention tools for NDDs. The general objective is to better integrate the transdiagnostic framework in translating empirical findings to available and emerging tools while taking into account children’s divergent sociodemograpic backgrounds. Knowledge transfer, training and research on this is carried out through secondments, online work groups and library as well as yearly workshops. Our transdiagnostic approach has great potential in improving both the understanding of the dynamical mechanisms underlying NDDs, and ultimately, the development of personalized diagnostic practice and intervention designs. As long-term outcomes, to promote much needed innovations towards early, personalized, and effective identification and support for children with NDDs, thereby improving their quality-of-life.

Keywords: neurodevelopmental disorders,transdiagnostic framework,child development,interventions
Sustainable Artificial Iridocytes for Designed Visual Appearance (SusArt)

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: Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-08-01
End date: 2025-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 189687.36
EU funding (EUR): 189687.36
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Visual appearance (e.g. vibrant colouration) is important for communication in Nature. A particularly interesting example is the aggregates of reflector cells, or so-called "iridocytes", found in marine creatures. Iridocytes are combined in their skin to produce a wide variety of colour effects; depending on their individual properties and spatial arrangement, they can show intense colours when all iridocytes have same periodicity, or a bright white, when the optical response from differently coloured iridocytes is superimposed. Inspired by this natural strategy, the aim of this proposal is to produce artificial iridocytes. This will be achieved by exploiting the inherent tendency of block copolymers to self-organise into periodic nanoscale structures in solution. In particular, by allowing for this evaporation-driven process to occur within miniscule droplets, it will be possible to produce particles that reflect specific colours of light. Analogous to natural iridocytes, by combining different populations of such particles into a film it will be possible to control the overall appearance. Building on this concept, we will investigate how the shape of the particles and their ensemble arrangement can be used to introduce more sophisticated visual effects, from metallic or iridescent shine to a smooth matte appearance. Finally, we will seek to develop 'smart' coatings, where the appearance can dynamically respond to a stimulus, such as magnetic field. Our novel approach to coloration has a broad range of potential commercial applications, like inks, paints, cosmetics, displays, sensors. Importantly, by considering the life cycle of the polymers from the outset of the project we will ensure that the produced pigments are not only non-toxic, but also bio-compatible and bio-degradable. This will allow us to respectively address the growing concerns regarding the safety of existing mineral-based pigments and the extent of environmental pollution by microplastics.

Keywords: sustainable block copolymers,photonic crystals,confined self assembly,structural colours,microspheres
Specific universal immunotherapeutic method for cancer (OncoFlag)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2025-POC, 2025)
Start date: 2025-12-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Cancer immunotherapy has revolutionized oncology by leveraging the immune system to combat tumors. However, many cancers evade immune detection through mechanisms like the absence of recognizable antigens (Ags), limiting current therapeutic efficacy. To address this, we present OncoFlag, an innovative platform employing lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) to deliver messenger RNA (mRNA) encoding a protein of a target virus. This approach transforms tumor cells into visible targets for the immune system by inducing viral Ag expression on their surface, resulting in a revival of the immune recognition (communication) and triggering a potent anti-tumor response. Building on the results of the ERC-advanced EDISON project, which explores micro/nanoparticles as mediators for immune-cancer cell communication, we have preliminary validated this strategy in a melanoma model. Our results demonstrated significant tumor growth reduction and robust immune activation, driven by cytotoxic T lymphocyte infiltration into Ag-expressing tumors. OncoFlag Proof-of-Concept project aims to explore the viability of this platform by evaluating the universality of the therapy in diverse tumor models, as well as its versatility and translational potential. By validating the efficacy of the platform in multiple tumor types and patient-derived systems (e.g., co-cultures with primary immune cells, PBMCs), we aim to establish a novel, universal strategy that can be applied across a wide range of cancers. These studies will provide critical insights into the platform’s ability to overcome current limitations in cancer immunotherapy. By demonstrating the universality and versatility of OncoFlag, we aim to de-risk the technology, attract further investment, and accelerate its path to commercialization. OncoFlag represents a transformative step towards personalized and effective cancer treatments, aligning with the growing demand for precision medicine and improved patient outcomes.
Dynamical Formation of Black Hole Mergers (BlackHoleMergs)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Universe Sciences
Panel description: Astro -physics/ -chemistry/ -biology; solar system; planetary systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy; cosmology; space sciences; astronomical instrumentation and data
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1919186.0
EU funding (EUR): 1919186.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Gravitational wave (GW) astrophysics is bound to have an exceptional future building on the success of LIGO/Virgo and propelled by the next generation of ground-based detectors (expected to see hundreds-of-thousands of GW sources per year) and space-borne observatories, such as LISA and DECIGO (that will make multi-band GW astrophysics a reality). This ERC research program will lead to new ideas and tools to probe in unprecedented ways the origin of binary black hole (BBH) mergers, with particular focus on constraining the dynamical formation of GW sources. I will address the outstanding question of how BBHs form and merge in our Universe by providing the GW community with: (1) - The first and largest public BH scattering data-base, with BBH merger probabilities and GW observables derived from general-relativistic few-body interactions, thought to dominate BBH assembly in environments from globular clusters to Active-Galactic-Nuclei disks. This initiative fills out a major gap and will ensure a consistent progress in this field. (2) – A new method for modeling the formation of BBHs in dense stellar clusters throughout cosmic time. It will be based on a new hybrid approach that evolves BBHs on top of a stellar background that is evolved using statistical mechanics. Combined with our BH scattering database, this framework will be the fastest and most accurate way of modeling BBH mergers in stellar clusters. (3) - A new way of directly observing the formation of eccentric GW mergers in three-body scatterings through GW phase-shifts measurements, caused by tidal-forces and time-delay effects from the third body. This idea opens up for the possibility of probing the origin of individual BBH mergers using LIGO/Virgo and future detectors. We will be the first group to present a new search strategy for quantifying what can be learned about each individual triple system and its astrophysical environment.

Keywords: gravitational wave astrophysics,black hole dynamics,black hole mergers,n body dynamics,stellar clusters,eccentric gravitational wave mergers
A novel space return capsule for life sciences microgravity experiments (Phoenix 2)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: EIC Accelerator Open 2024 (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-02, 2024)
Start date: 2025-07-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3571427.14
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

A persisting challenge in the space industry is securing efficient and safe re-entry of spacecraft and cargo into the atmosphere and return to Earth. Existing technologies fail to solve for factors such as velocity, protection from hot air or plasma, and excessive mass, resulting in spacecraft (or cargo) burning up in the atmosphere. Amongst other factors, this has severely slowed down scientific space research. To address this major challenge, we are developing a reusable, modular, and scalable Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD) which consists of a high-velocity parachute and heatshield that recovers and brings back the space cargo (free-flying experiments and experimental equipment from space stations, especially biomedical and pharma material) safely and cost-effectively. With EIC funding, we aim to complete Phoenix 2 ’s development & testing, carry out validation with key partners, define manufacturing, and establish our commercialization strategy.

Keywords: aerospace technology,atmospheric re entry,inflatable aerodynamic decelerator,high velocity parachute,heatshield,space cargo return
Value chain generator to accelerate the European transition to circular economy (VCG)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: EIC Accelerator Open 2024 (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-02, 2024)
Start date: 2024-12-01
End date: 2026-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3557293.3
EU funding (EUR): 2490105.31
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Out of 100 billion tons of resources entering the economy every year - from metals, minerals, and fossil fuels to organic materials - only 7.2% are circled back. This is a decline from 9.1% in 2018, and 8.6% in 2022, despite over 100 billion EUR private and public investments into circular economy in the EU. Solving this problem can lead to 4.5 trillion EUR of business opportunities, 6 million high value-added jobs and a potential to reduce the global GHGE by 39%. Value chain generator (VCG) offers a promising way to solve those problems by exploiting deep tech and novel approaches to build circular value chains, which have emerged as a strategic EU tool to direct decarbonization investments and improve resource efficiency. It is a cloud platform that uses AI and big data to digitally and in real-time build circular value chains enabling the exchange of (industrial) residuals between millions of companies embracing circularity. For example, 42 million tons of Brewer’s Spent Grain, the main by-product of the beer brewing process, can be turned into raw material for bioplastics, biofuel, alternative proteins, or chemicals, which are in high demand in the automotive, pharma, food and beverages, and the energy industries, with a ROI of 172% for a mid-sized brewery and GHGE savings of 19,387 tons of CO2 or 5,291 tons of carbon annually. Exploring multidimensional synergies between materials, technologies, and climate/financial metrics, VCG enables businesses to make informed decisions and investments, fostering a circular economy that decarbonize supply chains, minimizes waste (potential to valorize over 100 million tons of residuals by 2032), reduces CO2 emissions (64 million tons savings by 2032), and maximizes ROI (up to 600%). To keep the competitive edge, adhere to the ambitious environmental goals and succeed in the demanding markets, the world’s industry must make complex decisions regarding their value chains in the coming years, and this is where VCG can help.

Keywords: value chains,circular economy,industrial residuals,waste
Support to the SET Plan IWG on hydrogen (SET4H2)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Portugal,Bulgaria,Austria,Belgium
Call: Support to the SET Plan IWG on hydrogen (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-03, 2023)
Start date: 2024-05-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 599996.25
EU funding (EUR): 599996.25
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

The aim of SET4H2 is to provide organisational, logistic and secretarial support to the newly formed Implementation Working Group on hydrogen under the revamped SET Plan. This includes refining the IWG’s mission and identity, finalising the Implementation Plan and exploiting synergies with the activities of other SET Plan stakeholders and relevant European and international hydrogen initiatives. The new IWG can build on the results already achieved in the ERA pilot initiative “Agenda Process on Green Hydrogen”, a comprehensive pan-European strategy-building process involving 30 European countries, and thus can achieve faster progress in implementing the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda. The CSA supports the IWG in applying an integrated, systematic and interdisciplinary approach to address research needs, while considering the different starting conditions of European countries in the energy transition. Furthermore, the CSA will contribute to enhancing cooperation and synergies among Member States and SET-Plan countries, ensuring their active involvement in decision-making and implementation of the IP’s activity fiches as well as facilitating mutual coordination of R&I programmes. The consortium of SET4H2 consists of eight members having the necessary experience both in the field of hydrogen and in the context of coordination within the SET Plan. Consortium members have worked together in several contexts and are involved with IWGs including the new one on hydrogen. The annual work plan enables priority-setting in all six work packages, with WP2 leading the thematic focus and consolidating the findings from analytical work in WP 3, 4 and 5 and from regular exchange with the hydrogen IWG members, other IWGs and hydrogen initiatives. WP6 serves to develop and carry out tailored communication and outreach activities, while WP1 ensures the targeted and efficient implementation of the CSA as well as the exchange with the European Commission.

Keywords: renewable hydrogen,hydrogen economy,energy transition,set plan,implementation working group,renewables,energy infrastructure,sria,cross border collaboration,research and innovation