Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Building Active MicroLED displays By Additive Manufacturing (BAMBAM)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: Digital & Emerging Technologies for Competitiveness and Fit for the Green Deal
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: France,Belgium,Germany,Ireland,Poland
Call: Functional electronics for green and circular economy (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4293264.17
EU funding (EUR): 4293263.29
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

The BAMBAM project aims at reintegrating the display manufacturing industry in Europe while enabling the era of the low energy µLED for this application. Microprinting of electrical and optical structures and active LEDs pixels (µLED on CMOS) are the solutions implemented in BAMBAM to get rid of the Thin Film Transistor (TFT) arrays controlling LCD and OLED displays; all of them being manufactured in Asia in dedicated expensive, enormous and energy-intensive plants. The new BAMBAM technology relies on the unique active µLEDs on silicon by ALEDIA, where each µLED has its own CMOS driver that can be connected to a low cost substrate by printing of micron scale bussing on any substrate. Following micro-printing by University of Stuttgart of the XTPL's ink, containing Qustom dots color conversion components, on the µLED of Aledia, and their transfer on a low cost substrates by XDC and Xceleprint, the contact ink is micro-printed to connect the active pixel elements to the substrates. The 2 types of display demonstrators, manufactured with this technology, are then adjusted and operated by Barco to achieve the best picture quality at the low energy consumption of the µLED for TV and video walls. The solution is compatible with a high pixel count and low pixel size on flexible substrates. Manufacturing displays in Europe, with a low energy consumption along the life cycle of the product, on low end flexible substrates and low cost, is being prepared by Aledia in its new european manufacturing-line, which is under construction with the help of partners from all over Europe.

Keywords: display,microled,microprinting,mass transfer,quantum dots,video walls,flexible display
Pottery Use and Diet of Chalcolithic populations in southeastern IberiaN Peninsula (POT.PUDIN)

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: France,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): 226420.56
EU funding (EUR): 226420.56
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

POT.PUDIN aims to analyse the use of ceramic vessels to trace culinary practices and the ingredients used in ancient societies. The project proposes a multi-proxy approach that combines morphological and typological analysis, traceology, and botanical and biomolecular techniques. Initially, a workflow will be developed to maximise the effectiveness of these methods and ensure their feasibility. This workflow will then be applied and tested on an assemblage of Chalcolithic pottery from the Los Millares site (Almería, SE Iberian Peninsula). The Los Millares pottery assemblage was selected for its scientific significance and the excellent preservation of its ceramics. Dating from 3300 to 2200 cal BC, Los Millares is a key site for understanding the Chalcolithic in southwestern Europe, providing early evidence of copper metallurgy, defensive fortifications, socially differentiated households, and monumental burials. These elements indicate the emergence of social inequality in the western Mediterranean, making Los Millares an ideal case study for testing and refining the proposed methodological framework. The ultimate goal of this project is to better understand ancient diets and foodways through an integrated study of pottery use. Moreover, this comprehensive protocol could be applied to other time periods and archaeological contexts.

Keywords: chalcolithic culinary practices foodways traceology use wear analysis organic residue analysis microbotanical analysis foodcrusts
Fighting Pandemics from Below. Global North-South Public Health Cooperation in the Middle East and North Africa, 1792-1942 (COOPERATION)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Study of the Human Past
Panel description: Archaeology and history
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

This project will recapture the lost archives and historical knowledge of international public health cooperation between the ‘global north’ and the ‘global south’ by analysing its first and longest-lasting instances: the sanitary councils in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Established in Tangier, Alexandria, Tunis, Istanbul and Tehran, these unprecedented institutions strategised against waves of epidemics and pandemics between the 1790s and the 1940s. Their European, American and native co-founders invented new models for fighting pandemics from below and stopping the diseases in their tracks. They continually strove to overcome the familiar barriers to cooperation posed by inter-imperial competition in a multipolar world, economic inequities, protests against quarantine restrictions and racial and Orientalist biases, among others. In this light, the councils constituted the microcosms of the complex dynamics of north-south health cooperation that also need to be addressed urgently today. However, to date, there has been no in-depth, comparative and longitudinal analysis of their workings. This project will challenge the mainstream narratives by writing an entangled, rather than West-centric, history of health cooperation and by shifting the focus from top-down to bottom-up processes. It will determine what the preconditions for effective international public health cooperation in MENA were and hypothesise that rather than Great Power imposition or veiled imperialism alone, multifaceted reciprocal action induced and sustained sanitary internationalism on the ground. My preliminary data show that the agency of local actors and smaller and medium European powers in accrediting public health cooperation was more central than has been documented to date. This research will test my hypothesis by examining the councils’ activity, performance, legitimacy and endurance, and by consulting archival sources in Europe, MENA, North America and Russia.

Keywords: international public health cooperation,pandemics,middle east and north africa,diplomatic history,entangled history
Ending Covid-19 Variants of Concern Through Cohort Studies (END-VOC Hop-On)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Portugal
Call: Hop on Facility (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06, 2023)
Duration (months): 15.0
Total project cost (EUR): 499022.5
EU funding (EUR): 499022.5
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Using data from three countries, we will investigate implications of hybrid immunity from multiple doses of vaccination and prior SARS-CoV-2 infection on levels of protection among immunocompromised individuals. By bringing on board a new WIDERA Country-based partner, iMM, with demonstrated outputs and clinical and analytical skills to complement and strengthen our consortium, we will achieve this scientific objective while simultaneously increasing the scientific and technical capacity of the WIDERA partner. We will link national databases from Portugal, Switzerland and the UK on individuals with specific causes of severe immunosuppression with vaccination history and subsequent infection outcomes to investigate levels of protection and explore the efficacy of early treatment. Specific support from the UCL European Office will be provided to strengthen the technical capacity of our WIDERA partner.

Keywords: variants of concern,hybrid immunity,covid 19,epidemiology,vaccines
Tidal Disruption Events: A New Black Hole Census (TIDALWAVE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator 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: Israel
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2023-COG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-07-01
End date: 2030-06-30
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1998750.0
EU funding (EUR): 1998750.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SUSPENDED

Massive black holes (MBHs) are key players in high energy astrophysics, galaxy formation and evolution, and astroparticle physics. Despite their centrality to astronomy, we still cannot answer basic questions about MBHs. What are their origins? How have they grown over cosmic time? What are their current demographics? To answer these questions, the project will turn tidal disruption events (TDEs) from curiosities into reliable probes of MBH parameters. A TDE occurs when an unlucky star passes too close to a MBH and is ripped apart by tidal forces. The ensuing fallback of debris powers a highly luminous, potentially multimessenger flare. TDEs are, in principle, ideal probes of MBH properties. Unlike standard techniques for measuring MBHs, TDEs (i) happen in all galaxies, (ii) are visible to cosmological distances, and (iii) involve very few free parameters. But the theoretical picture of TDEs remains confused, as the large dynamic range of TDEs has prevented ab initio simulations to determine how tidal debris evolves and radiates. At present, there is no consensus on the geometry or even the power source of observed TDE flares, making robust parameter estimation impossible. I will solve these open theoretical questions, capitalizing on my recent pilot study that for the first time ever simulated a typical, first-principles TDE. This project will deliver (a) first-principles simulations of the evolution and emission of TDEs; (b) idealized but accurate models of TDE light curves and spectra suitable for parameter estimation; (c) a first-ever sample of MBH parameters derived from fitting ab initio models to TDE observations. I will use these results to sidestep the limitations of other MBH measurement techniques and to place unique constraints on the formation and growth history of the smallest MBHs. This work is urgently needed in light of upcoming all-sky surveys such as ULTRASAT and LSST, which will expand the TDE sample from dozens to thousands in the mid-2020s.

Keywords: black holes,transients,accretion,tidal disruption,numerical hydrodynamics
Amber Worlds: A Geological Anthropology for the Anthropocene (AMBER)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Soci al World and Its Interactions
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, education  sciences , communication  studies
Countries involved: Norway
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499500.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499500.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The Anthropocene compels us to question established categories and binaries through which we understand the world and act in it: human and nonhuman, life and nonlife, biological and geological. What we still lack is a theoretical framework, methodological and storytelling tools, to analyse environmental and social concerns alongside geological pasts and futures. AMBER addresses this key challenge by drawing scientific understanding of ecological and geological relations into a global ethnography of the extraction and exchange of a unique, emblematic gemstone. Amber is a fossilised resin secreted by plants between 16 and 300 million years ago; it is found across the planet and is one of the earliest recorded items in long-distance trade. Aside from its ornamental value, amber contains prehistoric organic material – leaves, invertebrates, dinosaur fragments. This has generated intense scientific interest, so amber is now studied in palaeontology and geology laboratories to answer fundamental questions about the planet’s biological evolution and previous phases of mass extinction. This project will be the first in-depth, global study of amber across industry, trade, and science. AMBER breaks new ground by bringing together three dimensions in a common analysis: anthropological frameworks of global circulations; the political ecology of resource extraction; and non-humanist approaches to scientific research and ethics of care beyond the human. Rooted in anthropology, the project considers the multiple and entangled worlds of amber: its extractive economies in the war-torn forests of Kachin state; its scientific study in laboratories in China and Europe; and its wholesale trade in Santo Domingo, Kaliningrad and the Baltic states, and China. The project examines their intersections through collaborative and comparative research and will thus lay the conceptual groundwork for a new geological anthropology for the Anthropocene.

Keywords: globalisation extractivism anthropocene extinction geological political ecology global ethnography
Virgil's «Georgics» in Italian Literature (VirGIL)

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: Italy,Switzerland
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2028-07-31
Duration (months): 35.0
Total project cost (EUR): 376768.9
EU funding (EUR): 376768.9
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

The VirGIL (Virgil’s “Georgics” in Italian Literature) project aims to investigate the legacy of Virgil’s “Georgics” in Italy between the 15th and the 19th centuries, and its impact on agricultural and livestock breeding practices of that period, through an analysis of translations of Virgil’s poem and agronomical treatises. Indeed, until the Modern Age, the “Georgics” continued to be interpreted not only as a poem but also as a work capable of conveying precise notions for farmers and breeders. Although the first translations appeared at the end of the 15th century, it is primarily from the 18th century that they multiplied, revealing a renewed interest in the scientific themes of the poem. There are still no specific systematic studies on this topic: further research is therefore needed that integrates a philological approach with a translational and linguistic perspective. This project firstly proposes a transcription and in-depth analysis of verse translations of the “Georgics” in the period under consideration, to define the authors’ culture and understand how they translated Latin hexameters into Italian metric forms. Secondly, it involves an analysis of Italian poems directly inspired by the “Georgics” to highlight similar passages and determine the extent of their influence. Finally, by focusing on some key terms such as names of plants, agricultural tools and techniques, the project aims to identify points of contact between the corpus of translations and major agronomical treatises, to determine whether there are mutual influences or not. The expected result–understanding the relationship between the agronomical and naturalistic culture conveyed by Virgil’s “Georgics” and its reception in Italian culture, as well as how various metric forms deal with hexameters–will open up innovative perspectives both on Translation Studies and the History of science in the Early Modern period.

Keywords: virgil,georgics,translation studies,history of italian language,history of science
The molecular basis of conductive and vascular tissue development in plants (PIPELINES)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Cell Biology, Development, Stem Cells and R egeneration
Panel description: For all organisms : Structure and function of the cell, cell -cell communication, embryogenesis, tissue differentiation, organogenesis, growth, development, evolution of development, organoids, stem cells, regeneration, therapeutic approaches
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2021-COG, 2021)
Start date: 2023-03-01
End date: 2028-02-29
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999699.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999699.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Plants contribute up to 80% of all biomass on earth. Despite their staggering diversity; dominant land plants share a highly important characteristic: the presence of a vascular system providing physical support and long distance transport. This is however not a simple binary trait, as some non-vascular mosses contain cells with conductive capacity resembling that of vascular plants. Available evidence indeed suggests that conductive tissues of non-vascular plants are functionally homologous to vascular tissues in vascular plants and can even be compared at a molecular level. However, the molecular players involved in conductive tissue development remain almost completely unknown. Moreover, although key molecular regulators of vascular tissue development have been identified in the model plant Arabidopsis, very few are shown to be functionally conserved across vascular plants. Despite their importance for growth and development, we thus have a limited understanding of the evolutionary conserved regulators of plant plumbing systems. In PIPELINES, I will consolidate my expertise in single-cell applications and build a dedicated team to identify conserved molecular players specific to vascular and conductive tissues by combining multi-species comparative single-cell and spatial transcriptomics with gene regulatory network inference; and characterize these factors using loss-of-function approaches. By comparing this data, I will determine the ancestral set of regulators sufficient to trigger specification and differentiation events in plants; and validate these through introduction of single-cell sample multiplexing in a heterologous system. By unravelling the molecular basis of vascular and conductive tissue development and identifying conserved core developmental regulators, the output of PIPELINES will act as a starting point for targeted engineering of vascular tissues; which holds great potential for improving plant biomass and productivity in crop species.

Keywords: plant vascular tissue development,conductive tissue development,single cell transcriptomics,spatial transcriptomics
Artificial intelligence-enabled microfluidic analysis of ciliary beat defects for drug discovery, biomedicine, and disease screening (Ai4Cilia)

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: Germany
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2024-POC, 2024)
Start date: 2025-03-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

In Ai4Cilia (“Artificial intelligence for Cilia”), we will develop an automated microfluidic AI-powered assay of ciliated cells to detect and classify ciliary beat abnormalities for drug discovery, biomedicine, and disease screening. Rhythmically beating ciliated cells perform important physiological functions in the airways and the reproductive system. Defects of ciliary beat contribute to debilitating diseases, such as to-date uncurable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and underdiagnosed causes of infertility. In the context of our ERC StG MecCOPD, we recently showed that standard video-microscopy recordings of ciliary beat can be used to extract quantitative metrics that clearly identify disease-specific ciliary dysfunction. Therefore, since ciliary beat can be observed in vitro and in minimally invasive biopsies, it could provide a much-needed readout for drug development and improved diagnosis. However, since ciliary beat patterns are highly complex, it takes specialists to analyze them and hence this information is rarely exploited in praxis. To establish ciliary beat as a common readout, we developed a microfluidic platform that standardizes data acquisition from ciliated cells and uses AI for detecting and classifying ciliary beat defects. To bring this approach to the next level and towards market entry, we will address three key objectives in Ai4Cilia to demonstrate (1) hardware feasibility by validating human ciliated cell capture and data acquisition in our microfluidic chip; (2) software feasibility by training our AI algorithm to detect disease-specific ciliary defects and validate sensitivity and specificity of our assay; and (3) business feasibility by assessing customer needs in biomedical and clinical research to define the most efficient go-to-market strategy. We believe this strategy will make ciliary beat a highly sensitive and robust readout for respiratory and reproductive (dys)function in biomedical and clinical research.