Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Future Oriented Collaborative Policy Development for Rural Areas and People (PoliRural)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Sustainable agriculture and forestry
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Italy,Italy,Spain,Spain,Israel,Austria,Spain,Ireland,North Macedonia,Finland,Greece,Slovakia,Norway,Greece,Greece,Belgium,Belgium,Finland,Poland,Slovakia,North Macedonia,Finland,Slovakia,Latvia,Latvia,Latvia,Czechia,Czechia,Czechia,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Portugal
Call: Building modern rural policies on long-term visions and societal engagement (H2020-RUR-2018-2, 2018)
Start date: 2019-06-01
End date: 2022-09-30
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5999875.28
EU funding (EUR): 5999875.0
Participants: 45
Project status: CLOSED

Changes in rural areas, such as depopulation, land abandonment and the loss of biodiversity, may proceed very slowly yet are often irreversible. Policymakers can steer these developments in order to reduce their negative impacts but this requires knowing whether current policy instruments are effective, who is benefiting from them and in what measure, what driving forces will be most influential and how they will affect people, planet, profits and land-use. To be truly useful, this knowledge must transcend siloed thinking and be the corollary of a joint effort uniting different actors under a common cause. PoliRur will provide this knowledge by combining several key activities needed to design effective place-based, human-centric and forward-looking rural policies. These include actionable research that takes place within an inclusive learning environment where rural populations, researchers and policymakers come together to address common problems; an evaluation exercise that uses text mining to assess the perceived effectiveness of past or planned policy interventions; and a foresight study that tries to glean the development trajectory of agriculture and its allied sectors until 2040 using several scenarios in which the evolution of rural populations occupies a central place. As a result of these activities, PoliRur will leave decision makers at different levels of government better equipped to tackle existing and emerging rural challenges, rural populations more empowered and rural areas more resilient.

Keywords: rural development,rural policy,agriculture,farming,text mining
Optimal Control of Thermal Solar Energy Systems (OCONTSOLAR)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and communication engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2017-ADG, 2017)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2024-02-29
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

OCONTSOLAR aims to develop new control methods to use mobile sensors mounted on drones and unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) as an integral part of the control systems. Sensors mounted on vehicles have been used for surveillance and for gathering information, however these mobile sensors have not been used so far as an integral part of control systems. Solar power plants will be used as a case study, with the aim of optimizing their operation using spatial irradiance estimations and predictions. Many results will be applicable to other systems such as traffic control in highways and cities, energy management in buildings, micro-grids, agriculture (irrigation and plague control) and flood control. The main objectives and challenges are: 1. Methods to control mobile sensor fleets and integrate them as an essential part of the overall control systems. 2. Spatially distributed solar irradiance estimation methods using a variable fleet of sensors mounted on drones and UGVs. 3. New model predictive control (MPC) algorithms that use mobile solar sensor estimations and predictions to yield safer and more efficient operation of the plants allowing the effective integration of solar energy in systems delivering energy to grids or other systems while satisfying production commitments. OCONTSOLAR includes proofs of concepts by implementation on the Solar Platform of Almeria and on a solar air conditioning plant installed at the host institution.

Keywords: model predictive control,mobile sensors,solar energy
Developmental Origins: exploring the Nature-Nurture Interplay (DONNI)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Social World and Its Diversity
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, education sciences, communication studies
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2019-STG, 2019)
Start date: 2020-09-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1498767.0
EU funding (EUR): 1498767.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The “Developmental Origins of Health and Disease” (DOHaD) hypothesis states that insults in early life can have lifelong, irreversible impacts, affecting individuals’ health and well-being in older age. My proposed research builds on this in two main ways. First, I will use natural experiments to investigate the causal impact of early life circumstances on later life outcomes, focusing on novel (1) nutritional, (2) toxicological, (3) health and (4) economic environments in early life. Within these, I will consider insults (i) for which there is insufficient knowledge of their long-term impacts, (ii) which are relevant today, and (iii) importantly, which are modifiable. Second, I will go beyond the old “nature versus nurture” debate and investigate how individuals’ genes (‘nature’) interacts with the above early life environments (‘nurture’) in creating inequalities in health and well-being. Whilst neither the estimation of causal effects within DOHaD, nor the estimation of the gene-environment (GxE) interplay is new, their combination is. Indeed, it is currently not known how the early life environment interacts with genetic predisposition to causally shape later life outcomes, as well as whether certain environments exacerbate or reduce health inequalities in the population. Combining advancements across disciplines, I will evaluate the long-term effects of short-term variations in early life conditions (objective 1), and I will directly test the hypothesis that gene-environment interactions causally shape later life outcomes (objective 2). I will digitize historical data on early life environmental exposures and merge these with large-scale individual-level data. As such, my proposal will investigate the extent to which genes interact with the environment, using natural experiments to identify interventions that can ameliorate inequalities in health and well-being (objective 3).
Up to University - Bridging the gap between schools and universities through informal education (Up2U)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Spain,Israel,Germany,Germany,Greece,Lithuania,Hungary,Switzerland,Poland,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Portugal,Portugal,Denmark,United Kingdom
Call: Technologies for Learning and Skills (H2020-ICT-2016-1, 2016)
Start date: 2017-01-01
End date: 2020-05-31
Duration (months): 41.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5157666.27
EU funding (EUR): 4928602.5
Participants: 21
Project status: CLOSED

The key objective of our project is to bridge the gap between secondary schools and higher education and research by better integrating formal and informal learning scenarios and adapting both the technology and the methodology that students will most likely be facing in universities. We are focusing on the context of secondary schools, often referred to as high schools, which provide secondary education between the ages of 11 and 19 depending on the country, after primary school and before higher education. The learning context from the perspective of the students is the intersection of formal and informal spaces, a dynamic hybrid learning environment where synchronous activities meet in both virtual and real dimensions. For this, we propose to develop an innovative Up to University (Up2U) ecosystem – based on proven experiences in higher education and big research – that facilitates open, more effective and efficient co-design, co-creation, and use of digital content, tools and services adapted for personalised learning and teaching of high school students preparing for university. We will address project based learning and peer-to-peer learning scenarios. We strongly believe that all the tools and services the project is going to use and/or make available (i.e. incorporate, design, develop and test) must be sustainable after the lifetime of the project. Therefore, the project is going to develop business plans and investigate appropriate business models using the expertise of the Small Medium Enterprise and National Research and Education Network partners and their contacts with third-party business actors. Our plan is to make it easy for new schools to join the Up2U infrastructure and ecosystem that will form a federated market-place for the learning community.

Keywords: federated,cloud based,hybrid formal and informal learning,project based learning,peer to peer learning,student skills,teacher trainings,integrated tools and services,application toolbox
Plant foods in human evolution: Factors affecting the harvest of nutrients from the floral environment (HARVEST)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The study of the human past
Panel description: Archaeology, history and memory
Countries involved: Germany,Netherlands
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2015-STG, 2015)
Start date: 2017-02-01
End date: 2022-10-31
Duration (months): 69.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499950.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499950.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Plant foods comprise the majority of most human diets, yet the potential importance of these foods in human evolution is often overlooked. Using a behavioral ecology framework, the HARVEST project explores fundamental questions: Why did hominins choose to eat certain plants? What were their foraging goals? We will focus on two objectives: 1) Reconstructing the diets of fossil hominins and 2) Exploring the costs and benefits of plant foods. To understand the factors driving food choice by ancient hominins, we must know what they ate. Analyses of plant remains, proteins, DNA and other residues preserved in dental calculus are cutting-edge methods for reconstructing diets, and provide information about food, processing techniques, and oral microbiota. With a sequential sampling approach, we will combine these analyses to identify foods consumed by hominin groups for which plants are thought to be of great importance. The decision to consume a particular plant depends on its inherent properties (nutrients and antifeedants) and on the biological and technological abilities of the consumer, so that each potential food has a different cost and benefit. We will study the variation in plant properties among microhabitats in African environments similar to those used by hominins, to better model their food choices. Separately, our study of the food choices among living African foraging and farming groups will reveal if plants are chosen for calories, micronutrients or cultural preferences, while analysis of their gut microbiota and studies of their food processing behaviors will indicate how they acquire nutrients from these foods. Finally, we will assess how the costs of fire might influence food processing choices. Results from these studies will help fill important lacunae in our understanding of hominin diets, broaden our knowledge of hominin behaviors in a variety of environments, and help generate hypotheses about the relationships between diet and human evolution.

Keywords: archaeobotany,gut microbiota,fire,optimal foraging theory
Green Industrial Hydrogen via Reversible High-Temperature Electrolysis (GrInHy)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: FCH2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Spain,Germany,Germany,Finland,Czechia
Call: Proof-of-concept of HT electrolysers at a scale > 70 kW (H2020-JTI-FCH-2015-1, 2015)
Start date: 2016-03-01
End date: 2019-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4498150.0
EU funding (EUR): 4498150.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

High-temperature electrolysis (HT electrolysis) is one of the most promising technologies to address the European Commission´s Roadmap to a competitive low-carbon economy in 2050. Because a significant share of the energy input is provided in the form of heat, HT electrolysis achieves higher electrical system efficiency compared to low temperature electrolysis technologies. Therefore, the main objectives of the GrInHy project focus on: • Proof of reaching an overall electrical efficiency of at least 80 %LHV (ca. 95 %HHV); • Scaling-up the SOEC unit to a DC power input (stack level) of 120 kWel; • Reaching a lifetime of greater 10,000 h with a degradation rate below 1 %/1,000 h; • Integration and operation for at least 7,000 h meeting the hydrogen quality standards of the steel industry; Additional project objectives are: • Elaboration of an Exploitation Roadmap for cost reducing measures; • Development of dependable system cost data; • Integration of a reversible operation mode (fuel cell mode); The objectives are congruent with the call FCH-02.4-2015 and the Multi Annual Work Plan of the FCH JU. The proof-of-concept will take place in the relevant environment of an integrated iron and steel works. Its existing infrastructure and metallurgical processes, which provide the necessary waste heat, increase the project´s cost-effectiveness and minimize the electrical power demand of auxiliaries. As a result, the electrical efficiency of 80 % will be achieved by operating the HT electrolyser close to the thermal-neutral operation point. The installation will consist of an optimized multi-stack module design with 6 stacks modules in parallel (total capacity: 120 kWel). The last project year is dedicated to the testing of 7,000 h and more. This will be achieved due to a high degree of existing knowledge at system level. Lifetime and degradation targets have already been fulfilled at cell level and will be verified by testing an enhanced stack.

Keywords: ht electrolysis,solid oxide electrolysis,reversible solid oxide cell
Gliding epitaxy for inorganic space-power sheets (GLISS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and communication engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2019-STG, 2019)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2025-06-30
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1797789.0
EU funding (EUR): 1797789.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Current satellite technologies are limited by the photovoltaic (PV) panels they require for power generation. Despite steady advances in efficiency afforded by modern III-V multijunction PV, these large, rigid panels are expensive to produce and launch due to their heavy on-wafer architecture and thick protective coverglass, which is necessary to prevent radiation damage. I will develop and demonstrate ultra-thin (<100 nm) III-V PV, for highly efficient, lightweight, and flexible satellite PV provision. Decreased costs will help accelerate universal availability of satellite services, essential for sustainable global development, and removing PV form factor restrictions will drive innovation in satellite design. Realizing this goal will require a translational program of research, ranging from fundamental design parameters to scalable fabrication methodologies. I recently demonstrated that the ultra-thin form factor exhibits intrinsic radiation tolerance, suggesting the prospect of a coverglass free, flexible system. I will target high efficiency in this geometry by engineering the device architecture to rebalance carrier interaction rates to support generation of non-equilibrium hot-carriers through the use of nanophotonic structures for strong E-field enhancement. The electronic structure will be designed for energy selective hot-carrier extraction, allowing highly efficient operation. Scalable fabrication will be achieved via development of a novel crystal growth method, in which III-V films are grown epitaxially on 2D monolayers. The 2D interface will prevent strong bonding between the deposited layer and an underlying growth substrate, which provides registry information to the crystal as it nucleates. The epitaxial layer will be free to glide across the growth surface during film formation, allowing the mechanical release of pristine films and the unlimited reuse of the growth substrates, enabling scalable, economically viable production of this new device.

Keywords: 2d materials,iii v materials,photovoltaics
Using a blood cell-based approach to determine gluten responsiveness and to bring a novel, less invasive assay on the market to diagnose celiac disease. (GRANROSE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: European SME innovation Associate - pilot (H2020-INNOSUP-2019-02, 2019)
Start date: 2019-10-15
End date: 2020-10-14
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 130062.5
EU funding (EUR): 130062.5
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Microbiome is a Dutch R&D-performing SME developing molecular diagnostic assays based on human biomarkers with one of its focuses to celiac disease diagnostics. We developed a molecular diagnostic assay to screen HLA genotypes that are known to be associated with celiac disease (CD). Up to date, CD is diagnosed by serology (e.g. the presence of auto-antibodies to tissue transglutaminase 2 in the serum) and diagnosis requires further proof by analysis of a duodenal biopsy specimen. The collection of biopsy specimens requires an invasive examination and correct embedding of the tissue is essential for proper analysis of the tissue. This part of CD diagnosis is expensive, elaborate and prone to mistake. Innovation that trustworthy and efficiently can replace biopsy is in high demand. GRANROSE will enable Microbiome to strengthen its position as an innovative biotech SME, developing a novel assay, NeutroScan, for the CD market. GRANROSE will do this through hiring an Innovation Associate (IA). • The IA will confirm and complete a biomarker panel that plays a role in gluten-related neutrophil function. • The IA will develop an assay to study neutrophil function in gluten-related disease. • The IA will perform a technical feasibility study for and investigate the market potential of the NeutroScan, an assay distinguishing gluten-related disease based on neutrophil function. GRANROSE will not only bring major benefits for Microbiome, but is focused around the training of the Innovation Associate, thereby greatly improving his/her career development. • Gaining novel technical skills and building an own research line with translational diagnostic applications. • Gaining innovation and business management skills in a multidisciplinary setting. • A training program tailored to his/her specific needs and major contribution to personal career development.

Keywords: biomarkers,diagnostics,protein functionality,cell migration,training
Self-Aware CPSoCs with Hierarchical Goal Management (SAGE-CPSoC)

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: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Austria,United States
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-GF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-09-01
End date: 2019-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 261208.8
EU funding (EUR): 261208.8
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

SoCs (System-on-Chip) constitute the basis of embedded systems, are highly complex and require thorough orchestration of different goals across operating system, compiler and architecture layers. State-of-the-art approaches tend to focus on a single aspect, while other critical objectives are neglected. There is no centralized arbiter that considers the priority and significance of objectives and requirements of each application, as the objectives of different applications may be overlapping or contradicting. The main research objective of this project is to propose a self-aware SoC platform with hierarchical goal management (HGM). To the best of the fellow's knowledge, this project is the first systematic approach to manage SoCs considering an arbitrary number of objectives in a complex hierarchy of competing goals and sub-goals. To this end, Cyber-Physical System-on-Chip (CPSoC), a sensor- and actuator-rich multiprocessor SoC platform developed at UC Irvine (UCI), will be used in cooperation with the UCI and TU Wien (TUW) groups. The stepping stones towards this approach will be explored in the disciplines of control theory and cognitive science by utilizing supervisory control, self-awareness, and machine learning methods. The fellow will spend two years at UCI to gain a solid understanding of hierarchical control systems and develop the basic concepts of HGM on the CPSoC platform in cooperation with TUW. Then, he will spend the third year at TUW to further develop the concepts, reinforce the system with self-awareness and online learning, and apply them in application scenarios. At TUW, he will gain a solid understanding and undertake high-level training in cognitive science while exploiting it to enhance the management strategy. This enables him to emerge from the project with new skills, and the capability to develop his career by establishing a unique position in the academia, as a competent researcher in the field of embedded and cyber-physical systems.