Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Neuromorphic Polariton Accelerator (PolArt)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Poland,Italy,France,Singapore
Call: EIC Pathfinder Open (HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-02-01
End date: 2028-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2997641.25
EU funding (EUR): 2997641.25
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

Exciton-polaritons, hybrid light-matter particles, have recently come into the spotlight for their peculiar properties (sizable interaction, small mass, long coherence, etc.) leading to spectacular effects such as phase transitions, superfluidity, bistability, ultra-efficient fourwave-mixing, and quantum blockade. On the other hand, polaritons have also been proposed for different kinds of devices (including optical switches, transistors, low threshold lasers and simulators), with beautiful experiments showing proofs-of-principle. However, it is only recently that polaritons have been operating efficiently at room temperature, giving the promise of a real technological impact in the future. In a recent work, made by some of the theoretical and experimental partners of this proposal, we could demonstrate that such hybrid state of matter, when used for realising artificial neural networks, shows extremely interesting performances in terms of speed and success rate. Given the strong interest in the realisation of hardware-based (not simulated) artificial neural networks, the goal of PolArt is to demonstrate a new way to build artificial intelligence-dedicated circuits using polariton neural networks as optical accelerators. Thanks to this new concept device, complex applications related to neural-like processing, will be efficiently implemented, therefore enabling neuromorphic computation to be done in small devices that cannot rely on remote, large bandwidth connection. This proposal benefits from the contribution of several complementary partners coming from many different research areas (material science, physics, optics, chemistry, genetics) and industrial participants that assure the interdisciplinarity and technological oriented target.

Keywords: polaritons,excitons,optical devices,semiconductor heterostructures,optical nonlinearities,integrated optics
QCIRCLE Center of Excellence: ACCELERATING QUANTUM IMPACT ON SUSTAINABILITY (QCIRCLE)

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: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Austria,United Kingdom
Call: Teaming for Excellence (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-01-two-stage, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2029-04-30
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 14505000.0
EU funding (EUR): 14505000.0
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

QCIRCLE´s Center of Excellence (CoE) vision is to accelerate the adoption of emerging quantum technologies, enhancing their broad and deep potential benefits. The activity of the CoE will move vertically along the four basic pillars of quantum technology (sensing, computing, algorithms/optimization and communications) and horizontally facing missions where their impact on sustainability is expected to make a difference such as the efficient distribution of energy and monitoring; the high precision sensing and modelling of the evolution of climate change indicators; the development of CO2-neutral transports and industries/agriculture; and early diagnosis and personalized treatments (rare diseases, neurological conditions, or cancer). QCIRCLE CoE will be settled in the Canary Islands (outermost Spanish region) and emerges to become a triple-crown winner in quantum science becoming a reference as a quantum educator, a quantum research hub, and a quantum innovation hub to make sure quantum technology reaches society and markets. For this, QCIRCLE CoE will mobilize the Canarian R&I ecosystem and will establish solid long-term high-level research, knowledge-transfer and innovation partnerships with the counterparts (Advanced Partners, AP) from ULM University, reference centre for Quantum Sensing and Quantum Optics (Germany), Quantum Technologies Platform at Research Council, reference centre for Quantum Algorithms Communications (Spain), the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Austria), and Quantum Technology Hub at University of Birmingham, reference centre for quantum metrology and applications. The CoE will attract international expertise and investment and will act as a springboard for exporting Canarian/Spanish-German-Austrian-United Kingdom knowledge and high-tech quantum-related solutions globally. In the long run, the CoE will have full autonomy and financial sustainability.

Keywords: quantum technologies,canary island,missions
PRocess Innovations for the Mineral industry focusing on ROasting and Calcination Kiln technologies and supported by novel pre- and post-processing (PRIM-ROCK)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Climate neutral, Circular and Digitised Production
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: Processes4Planet (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Greece,Spain,Austria,United Kingdom,Italy,Belgium,Lithuania,Poland
Call: Breakthroughs to improve process industry resource efficiency (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, 2024)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2028-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 12219336.88
EU funding (EUR): 9991828.57
Participants: 22
Project status: SIGNED

PRIM-ROCK addresses process efficiency through a multifaceted strategy addressing industrial processes from input to output, supported by an ambitious digital framework and transversal supporting activities. In particular, advanced techniques for the pre-processing of the raw material will be deployed to enhance its efficiency according to the requirements of the process, supplemented by simulations and decision support systems to increase the operational limits of flexibility in the feedstock domain. Additionally, the process intensification component of the project will design, develop, and validate innovative and efficient processes, as well as optimizing the existing ones. The aim is to develop a portfolio of technologies to a higher resource efficiency and lower level of GHG emissions of extractive industries. The project will focus on improving the resource efficiency of the calcination and roasting processes, that are commonly used in the mineral and cement industries. To this end, process simulations in collaboration with AI data-driven models will be utilized and a digital twin for each process will be developed. Finally, waste reduction and re-utilization strategies will be investigated targeting to the real-time processes’ adjustment capabilities to feedstock changes and tighter processing control solutions. All these components will be supplemented by transversal supporting activities, such as technoeconomic assessment, LCA, standardization etc. The PRIM-ROCK solutions will be demonstrated in 3 different ASPIRE sectors, namely Minerals (magnesite, laterite), Cement (limestone) and Non-ferrous metals (sphalerite, chalcopyrite). The consortium is composed of 7 SMEs along with 6 RTDs, 3 universities and 5 large enterprises, working together to achieve over 30% resource efficiency enhancement in each use-case, 770ktCO2 averted, productivity increase in the range 9-16% and more that 1,360 new jobs by 2033.

Keywords: calcination,roasting,resource efficiency,pre processing,ai,ml,rotary kiln,microwave,plasma
Syngas modular Units Providing Renewable Energy from Multiple wAstes and for different useS (SUPREMAS)

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: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Sweden,Spain,France,Germany,Belgium,Portugal
Call: Integration of renewable gases, other than hydrogen or methane, and which have not access to gas grids and interfacing with electricity and heat sectors (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-03, 2023)
Start date: 2024-05-01
End date: 2028-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7645222.5
EU funding (EUR): 5999470.88
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

Many EU countries are net importers of oil and gas (in 2022 the EU’s natural gas import dependency rate was 97 %), and thus particularly exposed to energy reliability and market volatility risk. EU natural gas production is continuing its decreasing trend. As such the EU Agenda ambitious objectives, together with the external dependence on natural gas implies that green gases as syngas is essential in the energy transition. SUPREMAS in this framework is determined to advance the European technology leadership in bio-energy development fostering decentralized gas systems development and contributing to the energy transition for different use cases. SUPREMAS outcomes will enable circular value chains where multiple residues, discarded from different processes, will be valorized providing electricity, heat and cooling and new materials. SUPREMAS will develop cost-effective modular and movable syngas production units particularly suitable to treat sewage sludge, digestate and MSW as well as a Decision Support Tool supporting decision making and impact assessment. Environmental sustainability, and technical-economic viability of the proposed solutions will be validated through a demonstration campaign in two different EU countries (Spain and Portugal). Deep replicability assessment will be done and pre-feasibility analysis developed in 10 further Demosites across all over Europe. 6 Co-creation workshops will be organized to promote stakeholders engagement and communities involvement thus unlocking barriers and make it real SUPREMAS replication.

Keywords: biosyngas,syngas,renewable gaseous fuels,waste valorization,waste to energy,syngas for sofc
CARDASSIST – CONTACTLESS PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY BASED TOOL FOR REMOTE DETECTION & MONITORING OF HEART RHYTHM DISORDERS (CARDASSIST)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: France
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The global healthcare accessibilThe global healthcare accessibility is characterized by geographical barriers and a shortage of healthcare professionals, leaving half of the world's population without essential healthcare services. This results in delayed diagnoses, inadequate treatment, and poor health outcomes. Furthermore, challenges in remote monitoring, such as accuracy issues, technology limitations, patient compliance, and high costs of medical devices, exacerbate the healthcare accessibility gap. Specifically, cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), the leading cause of global deaths, face obstacles due to limited tools for detecting rhythm disorders, hindering timely screenings and patient care pathways. I-VIRTUAL presents CARDASSIST, a multi-support SaaS software tackling these issues. CARDASSIST enables continuous and contactless heart rhythm recording using a simple camera, revolutionizing remote monitoring. Notably, it aims to detect potential heart rhythm irregularities by recording the cardiac signal continuously for one hour, facilitating mass screening, diagnosis, and monitoring. The software includes patient and doctor interfaces, relying on proprietary technologies for measuring cardiac activity. CARDASSIST allows patients to measure their heart rate regularly and non-invasively in real-time, using just a camera, eliminating the need for additional equipment. The data obtained is securely transmitted to the doctor, highlighting irregularities in the heartbeat. This allows for rapid confirmation of rhythm disorders, facilitating referrals to cardiologists for further evaluation and treatment. I-VIRTUAL is backed by a dedicated team of approximately twenty individuals with diverse skills and backgrounds. Comprising engineers specializing in computer vision, artificial intelligence, and quality assurance, alongside researchers, PhD holders, developers, and a dynamic sales and marketing cohort, the team's strength lies in its multidisciplinary composition.

Keywords: heart rhythm disorders,heart rate,blood pressure,remote patient monitoring,contactless photoplethysmography
Twinning towards Research Excellence in Evidence-Based Planning and Urban Design (TWIN2EXPAND)

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: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Cyprus,Sweden,United Kingdom,Italy
Call: Twinning (HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1005353.54
EU funding (EUR): 1005353.54
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

TWIN2EXPAND will enhance research capacities in evidence-based urban design and planning (EBDP) as a field of critical importance in the R&I of integrated approaches and technologies for effective spatial planning and sustainable urban governance. The project facilitates a partnership among University of Cyprus, three leading institutions in the field (University College London; Chalmers University of Technology; Polytechnic University of Turin) and one pioneering SME practicing EBDP (Space Syntax Limited). By addressing urban sustainability, TWIN2EXPAND will contribute to achieving targets of the Cyprus Smart Specialisation Strategy, the EU Green Deal and the Sustainable Urban Development Goals. The strategic objectives of the project are to enhance research excellence and promote interdisciplinary research and networking in the EBDP field, and to make a broader impact on the scientific community and society. TWIN2EXPAND embraces the international networking ethos of the SDGs to achieve scientific excellence in the R&I of the built environment, fully embedding it within the quadruple helix by fostering collaboration with local authorities and other stakeholders. It aims to achieve a scientific and integrative approach to urban planning and governance as the entry point into effective transitioning to sustainable development. Focusing on emerging concepts and challenges in the field, the project proposes a generalised conceptual and working model of evidence-based urban design and planning. By embedding open science practices within the project’s activities, TWIN2EXPAND will make significant contributions to research excellence, scientific advances and societal progress, implementing three pathways to maximise substantive real-world impact: i) innovative capacity-building in research management and excellence in the EBDP field; ii) co-creation of evidence-based urban design and planning knowledge; and iii) emphasis on translation of scientific knowledge to professional practice knowledge.

Keywords: urban planning,urban design,evidence based design,sustainable development
New Histories of British Moral Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century (c. 1690–1800) (BMoral)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Texts and Concepts
Panel description: Literary studies , literature,  philosophy
Countries involved: Ireland
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2024-COG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2030-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Women continue to be excluded and marginalized in histories of eighteenth-century British moral philosophy. BMoral addresses this by advancing a novel transdisciplinary methodology that brings together philosophical methods of close reading and interpretation with recent computational methods used by digital humanities researchers. Research on women philosophers has often focused on individual figures. BMoral’s new approach moves beyond the study of individual women philosophers and analyses intellectual networks with the goal of gaining a deeper understanding of how male and female philosophers interacted and influenced each other’s writings. Further, it offers unprecedented opportunities to analyse and assess the extent of women’s distinct contributions to moral philosophy and to recover neglected themes in the corpus of 18th-century moral writings. The overall research question is: How can women and their philosophical contributions as well as unduly neglected male philosophers be better integrated into histories of 18th-century British moral philosophy? To address this question, BMoral pursues three objectives, which aim to analyse and assess (1) how male and female philosophers approach not only theoretical moral issues, which have been the main focus of recent scholarship, but also practical moral issues; (2) women’s unique contributions and their role in 18th-century intellectual networks; (3) what themes have been neglected or understudied. BMoral will deliver ground-breaking results by (i) conceptually shifting the focus of 18th-century British moral philosophy towards practical lived experience; (ii) recovering and reassessing 18th-century intellectual networks; (iii) analysing a large corpus. These results have the potential to achieve lasting breakthroughs, first, by changing the focus of the study of 18th-century British moral philosophy and, second, by advancing a novel transdisciplinary methodology that can help diversify philosophy.

Keywords: eighteenth century british moral philosophy,early modern women philosophers,recovering neglected philosophers
The next generation of farming protein (Omaiko)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Israel
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2200000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2200000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The global population surges, and will require a 70% increase in food production, including protein demand for an additional 250 million tons of protein annually by 2050. Animal and plant-based proteins are not able to cover that demand and are not sustainable due to extensive land and water requirements. Current alternative proteins still have unpleasant organoleptic properties, bad taste, texture, allergens and low nutrition, suffering from poor quality, high price and reduced scalability. Omaiko is the first sustainable, scalable and cost-effective alternative protein with good flavor, texture, and moisture properties, all at the lowest costs and lowest resource demands. All of that, at the cheapest price in the market: Omaiko offers a competitive price of €9/kg in 2026, projected to reduce to €3/kg after scale-up by 2033; cheaper than soy today. Omaiko revolutionizes microalgae farming with our unique and proprietary microalgae cultivation platform, which grows microalgae in biofilm outside water, increasing productivity by at least 400% compared to current cultivation approaches and requires 125x less land and up to 8x less water than the soy protein equivalent. Securing EIC funding will help optimize our microalgae cultivation process, increase the capacity of its next-generation farming units, and validate market traction. This support will enable us to scale up production and meet the growing demand for sustainable, high-quality protein, ultimately transforming the food production chain and decoupling farming from water and soil. We will transform the global protein ingredients market, starting with the food and beverage segment. We have already generated formal interest from 10 food manufacturers and 2 ingredient distributors for sample testing. Based on this demand, we foresee that the successful commercialization of Omaiko protein will create more than 60 jobs in Europe and at least €140 M in revenue by 2030.

Keywords: precision microalgae farming,sustainable agriculture,protein farming,alternative protein,biofilm farming technology,next gen agriculture,microalgae biofilms,sustainable spirulina growth
Planning a Digital Twin for Greener Road Infrastructure (PATTERN)

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: Coordination and support actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Greece,Malta,Italy,Croatia
Call: Pathways to Synergies (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-04, 2023)
Start date: 2024-05-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1200000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1200000.0
Participants: 6
Project status: SIGNED

The EU invests billions of Euros in research every year. However, that investment is actually made in research *and* innovation. While innovation is one of the keys to economic growth, it is rarely the case that the results of research projects make the transition into an innovation setting where they can assist in achieving the desired economic growth. The gap between scientific project output and innovation project input is difficult to bridge, often requiring significant financial investment. Many EU structural funds support economic regional development and the purpose of this project is to find a pathway to reach these regional development funds from a starting point in the scientific research programme. We will achieve this through a trial, using Malta as a test-bench for the whole of the EU, to learn what needs to be done to achieve a wider deployment of large-scale pilots, supported by regional development funds. The processes and actions we undertake will be documented, adapted for use more widely and three large-scale pilot studies will be prepared. The trial and pilot applications will analyse traffic data to understand demands on infrastructure, it is developed from the outputs of the MARVEL research project. The PATTERN application satisfies important aspects of the RIS3 strategies of all three regions, which are members of the Widening community, and helps to also reach targets associated with carbon reduction and climate change strategies. This gives the PATTERN project a strong likelihood of being successful in its planned effort, post project, to use regional development funding. In doing so, we will finalise our pathway documentation and provide a roadmap for other researchers to use when pursuing activities on the innovation vector. The inter-disciplinary skills of the PATTERN consortium partners have been put together to ensure success. In the consortium, we have technical experts, business sustainability experts and funding experts.

Keywords: research results,innovation,market impact,funding,roadmap,trial,pilots,traffic flow data analysis