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European Researchers? Night in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2021 (RiNG-21)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European researchers' Night
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Countries involved: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Call: European Researchers' Night (H2020-MSCA-NIGHT-2020bis, 2020)
Start date: 2021-05-01
End date: 2021-12-31
Duration (months): 8.0
Total project cost (EUR): 140812.5
EU funding (EUR): 123200.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The European Researchers' Night in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2021 (RiNG-21) aims to bring researchers closer to the general public and to shape deeper connection between research, creativity and entrepreneurship. RiNG-21 is a flagship science promotion event in BiH while continuing to work on increasing awareness of research and innovation potentials in BiH, supporting public recognition of researchers and promoting achievements by local scientists and research-driven entrepreneurs, addressing research impact on people's daily life, and encouraging young people to embark on research careers. Shortly, main objectives are: Enhance researchers' public recognition; Increase awareness about research results, especially regarding the daily lives of citizens; Stimulate interest in research careers, in particular amongst young people facing a career choice. RiNG-21 slogan is "Beyond the Horizon", dedicating 2021 edition to highlighting the skills and knowledge needed to prepare for the future, as well to put a spotlight on the cutting-edge research. RiNG-21 is a multidisciplinary STEAM event, aiming to highlight people in Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Arts and Makers in BiH and Western Balkan region. RiNG-21 is a science festival of national character, involving coordinated actions in at least ten cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and incorporates cross-border aspect by involving researchers and research-driven business from the Balkan region as participants in RiNG activities. Due to coronavirus, the main event will be held online with smaller scale on-site activities in the participating cities. RiNG-21 is aiming to reach over 1 million people during awareness raising campaign and involve at least 26.000 participants in the organized online and in-person events during 2021 by including at least ten cities across BiH in the implementation of the European Researchers' Night activities.

Keywords: science communication,edutainment,science festival
A novel bone implant with enhanced bone healing capacity (CERAMENT-BC)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Nanotechnologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: Accelerating the uptake of nanotechnologies advanced materials or advanced manufacturing and processing technologies by SMEs (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-09-01
End date: 2017-02-28
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of the project is to bring the first bone implant with enhanced bone healing capacity to the market and clinical practice. The market demand for bone implants is steadily increasing driven by aging populations, increased demand for high quality of life and an increasing number of joint reconstruction surgeries. Enhancement of the bone healing process is often necessary, especially for patients with larger bone voids and gaps. The existing clinical methods targeting this need are based on the combination of Bone Graft Substitutes (BGS) with: • systemic treatment with Bone Active Drug (BAD), or • the off-label use of the BAD. Both alternatives create risks for side-effects and complications. BONESUPPORT will move beyond the current state of the art and propose CERAMENT-BC – the first product combining a BGS with a BAD (bisphosphonate), enhancing the healing capacity of the implant. The commercial potential of this nano-modified material lies in the efficient local delivery of the drug to the targeted skeletal side, minimizing side-effects and improving quality of life for the patient. The targeted users are orthopedic surgeons who need new methods for the enhancement of the bone healing process, reduction of secondary fractures and postoperative complications. CERAMENT-BC will meet those needs by combining the advantages of BGS and BAD and thus providing both fracture stability and a local therapeutic effect. The Phase 1 study will develop a business plan for the commercialisation of the product. Assuring cost-efficient and innovative approaches to the treatment of musculoskeletal conditions is an EU-wide challenge. The project will address this challenge by proposing a new treatment option which for the first time combines an injectable biomaterial with a BAD.

Keywords: injectable osteoconductive biomaterials,bone active drugs,bisphosphonate,bone implants
Mechanism and functional impact of ultra-long 3’ UTRs in the Drosophila nervous system (Neuro-UTR)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Cellular, Developmental and Regenerative Biology
Panel description: 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: Germany
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2018-STG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-01-01
End date: 2024-12-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1497500.0
EU funding (EUR): 1497500.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Neurons employ cell-specific gene regulatory mechanisms. One particularly striking process is the recently discovered, drastic lengthening of the 3’ untranslated region (3’ UTR) of hundreds of genes, which occurs in neurons from flies to humans. The function of the resulting ultra-long 3’ UTRs is unknown. RNA deregulation plays a central role in neurological diseases; to understand underlying causes, it is essential to study regulatory processes and define the function of these novel 3’ UTRs. In Drosophila, the neuronal RNA-binding protein ELAV is the main effector of nervous system specific 3’ UTR extension. ELAV’s association with the promoter region of its target genes is required for synthesis of alternative, ultra-long 3’ UTRs. The mechanistic framework of this novel and exciting link between transcription initiation and alternative 3’ end processing is not understood yet. We hypothesise that mRNAs carrying ultra-long 3’ UTRs create an important communication avenue between transcription regulation and synaptic function. In this proposal, we will study the regulation of ELAV-mediated 3’ UTR extension in a Drosophila model. First, we will provide mechanistic insight into the co-transcriptional processes that give rise to ultra-long 3’ UTRs. Employing genomics, proteomics and biochemistry, we will study the recruitment of ELAV at gene promoters and to nascent mRNA. Second, we will follow the journey of extended mRNAs from their site of synthesis to their destination using imaging, proteomics, and functional genetics. Finally, based on our unpublished results that 3’ UTR plasticity impacts neuronal function, we will analyse the role of ultra-long 3’ UTRs in memory, aging and disease. Our study will integrate the molecular mechanisms that govern biogenesis and function of ultra-long 3’ UTRs, from nucleus to synapse, in an animal model. The results of this research will create a major impact on our understanding of neuronal gene regulation in health and disease.

Keywords: 3 utr,nervous system,mrna regulation,rna processing,neurogenesis,aging,synapse,rna granule
Action understanding in human and robot dyadic interaction (ACTICIPATE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Portugal
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-06-01
End date: 2018-08-31
Duration (months): 15.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100397.25
EU funding (EUR): 100397.25
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Humans have fascinating skills for grasping and manipulation of objects, even in complex, dynamic environments, and execute coordinated movements of the head, eyes, arms, and hands, in order to accomplish everyday tasks. When working on a shared space, during dyadic interaction tasks, humans engage in non-verbal communication, by understanding and anticipating the actions of working partners, and coupling their actions in a meaningful way. The key to this mind-boggling performance is two-fold: (i) a capacity to adapt and plan the motion according to unexpected events in the environment, (ii) and the use of a common motor repertoire and action model, to understand and anticipate the actions and intentions of others as if they were our own. Despite decades of progress, robots are still far from the level of performance that would enable them to work with humans in routine activities. ACTICIPATE addresses the challenge of designing robots that can share workspaces and co-work with humans. We rely on human experiments to learn a model/controller that allows a humanoid to generate and adapt its upper body motion, in dynamic environments, during reaching and manipulation tasks, and to understand, predict and anticipate the actions of a human co-worker, as needed in manufacturing, assistive and service robotics, and domestic applications. These application scenarios call for three main capabilities that will be tackled in ACTICIPATE: a motion generation mechanism (primitives), with a built-in capacity for instant reaction to changes in dynamic environments; a framework to combine primitives and execute coordinated movements of head, eyes, arm and hand, in a way similar (thus predictable) to human movements, and model the action/movement coupling between co-workers in dyadic interaction tasks; and the ability to understand and anticipate human actions, based on a common motor system/model that is also used to synthesize the robot’s goal-directed actions in a natural way.

Keywords: humanoid robotics,action anticipation,motion primitives,motion coupling,sensory motor control
Women’s practical Literacy and Learning Practices in the late Middle Ages (1350-1500) (ActiLit)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-06-15
End date: 2023-06-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 174806.4
EU funding (EUR): 174806.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Project ACTILIT will focus on female literacy and female literate education at the end of Middle Ages (1350-1500). The ER will adopt a new historiographical approach centered on - a crucial element for the improvement of personal agency - the concept of practical literacy, i.e. one’s abilities to read, write and count in every-day life for practical purposes. ACTILIT will also renew our vision of the role of women in the transmission of literate skills, by highlighting the importance of the role of mothers as first teachers of their children, and nuns’ monasteries as centers of education for both religious and lay girls. Based on the analysis of different sets of documentation written by women (nuns’ archival fonds and corpora of letters), ACTILIT will bring into light (1) the main characteristics of female practical writing (script, accounting techniques, purposes of female practical writings) and the diffusion of such skills among women in a specific society (Tuscany); (2) the knowledge transmissions chains (from mother to daughters, nuns to lay women) and the content of the gendered literacy that was taught to girls; (3) the differences in female practical literacy (formal characteristics, use, extent in society) in different European regions, thanks to the comparison between sets of documents from Tuscany and Germany, that will serve as a foundation for a broader study, at a European level, on women’s capacity to write and count in the pre-modern period. ACTILIT will thus radically change our perception of the relationship between women and literacy in past times.

Keywords: history of literacy,cultural history social history,history of education,renaissance studies,women s agency,women s studies
Educating Islamic experts in Western Europe: Between traditional and academized forms of knowledge formation and authority (IslamExpertEducation)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2019-05-01
End date: 2021-08-20
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 177598.8
EU funding (EUR): 177598.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Europe-wide, both Muslim and non-Islamic (policy) actors express the need for domestic ‘imam-education programs’. In most cases, however, a top-down approach is applied in thinking about its implementation; preferably in Western, formal institutes (whether it be universities, private institutions or seminaries) based upon an officially recognized curriculum of ‘descriptive’, ‘Islamic’ and ‘secular’ sciences, which ought to prepare candidates for future religious and civic leadership. However, one of the major challenges of these educational programs is the acquisition of sufficient legitimacy in the Muslim communities concerned. Therefore, bottom-up research is needed in order to understand the internal processes of legitimate and trustworthy authority formation oriented around knowledge. This constitutes the object of the proposed research project, which seeks to understand these topical concerns from an anthropological perspective in Brussels and Den Haag; with a focus on the needs, aims and desires of the people and communities concerned. Through interviews with students and teachers, as well as the organization of workshops and focus groups, I try to answer the following three research questions: (1) What is/are the kind(s) of authority figure(s) at stake? What are the constructed, presumed or perceived differences between 'traditional' and 'academized' forms of authority? (2) What kind of knowledge allows for which kind of legitimacy? More specifically, how is 'sacred' knowledge envisioned or conceptualized by both Muslim students and teachers? Who is able to grasp and transmit it, and how does it differ from, what is called, ‘profane knowledge’? (3) What allows for a sense of trustworthiness or certainty in a context of internal divergence? How is legitimacy attained in a reality of far-reaching internal divergence, for instance, regarding the different madhāhib (juridical schools)? How do students negotiate or deal with this pluralism?

Keywords: islamic religious expert knowledge,moroccan migration,imam education,legitimity,authority formation,academization of religious knowledge and education,traditional religious education,divergence
The Future of European Independent Art Spaces in a Period of Socially Engaged Art (FEINART)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Training Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Iceland,Germany,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-03-01
End date: 2024-02-29
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3046837.32
EU funding (EUR): 3046837.3200000003
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

FEINART is an extensive collaboration between degree-awarding research-centres in political philosophy, art theory/practice and curatorial studies/cultural management, and the independent European art sector, as the basis for the first interdisciplinary and holistic investigation of the democratic role and function of socially engaged art in Europe. In this it will train 11 Early-Stage Researchers in order to provide the relevant academic and non-academic skills to engage with the challenges of this new artistic and cultural landscape. The 11 ESRs will be spread across four academic Beneficiaries (University of Wolverhampton University of Iceland, University of Edinburgh, Zeppelin University, Germany) and 7 Partner Organizations (Tensta Konstall, Sweden; BAK, Netherlands; State of Concept, Greece; W-Est, Italy; Tranzit.ro, Romania; Teatr Scena Prezentacje (Biennale Warsawa), Poland; and Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Iceland). The selected POs represent an exemplary cross section of small-scale and larger independent spaces - projects spaces, cultural centres, art labs/research hubs - working under different demands and expectations, yet all providing invaluable support and resources for artists working in the area of socially engaged practice. The training programme, as such, will provide invaluable data about the distribution, impact, and role of socially engaged art, as a future contribution to funding policy recommendations on state support of art beyond the museum’s traditional functions, and debates on art and public culture.

Keywords: art theory and practice,curatorial studies,art and political philosophy,socially engaged art,democratic participation,art and the public domain
SuperCol: Rational design of super-selective and responsive colloidal particles for biomedical applications (SuperCol)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Training Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Italy,Switzerland,Belgium,Netherlands,Denmark,Denmark
Call: Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2023-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4058814.96
EU funding (EUR): 4058814.96
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

SuperCol will train a new generation of scientists in modern super-resolution microscopy and particle functionalisation for improved colloidal design and nanoscale interfacial control for particle-based biosensing. Colloidal-particle-based materials have shown unique abilities in (bio)sensing and other applications because of their large surface-to-volume ratio and biochemical functionalisation. However, we have had only limited success in controlling the sensing properties and cannot yet realise the sensitivity, selectivity and kinetic control that is achieved by e.g. cellular sensing networks. In order to realise this we need to initiate a paradigm shift and create surfaces with a quantified and rationally designed number, distribution, and activity of receptors. To achieve this, we need to understand the structure-function relation between the loading patterns and the sensing characteristics. At this moment, we do not know: (1) how to accurately visualise individual receptors on colloidal surfaces, (2) how to influence the number, distribution and activity of receptors and (3) how this surface organisation translates to highly desired functionalities such as responsiveness and super-selectivity. Super-resolution imaging, advanced particle surface chemistry and advanced modelling will allow to bridge these gaps. However, the field lacks the human capital that can oversee and bridge these disciplines to advance these approaches and effectively (a) control, (b) visualise and quantify, and (c) rationally design surface-functionality to advance particle-based biomedical applications. SuperCol will train the next generation of researchers to overcome this barrier, and will develop e.g. super-selective biosensors for dengue and cholera, and responsive particles that allow biomolecules to be captured (e.g. inflammation markers) and released (e.g. doxorubicin) on demand.

Keywords: 1 super resolution microscopy,2 particle based sensors,3 colloid functionalisation,4 structure function relationship
Water based process for the delaminating and deinking of surface printed plastic (PLASTDEINK)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2, 2019)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2021-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1594635.0
EU funding (EUR): 1116244.5
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

THE PROBLEM Since 1950s more than 8.3 billion tonnes of plastics have been produced worldwide (348 million in 2017 ). From this, almost 80% have been landfilled or leaked into the ocean increasing more and more the negative environmental impact (leachate and greenhouse gases). Currently, more than a quarter of the plastic production is packaging, growing 5% per year, which only 14% is recycled while the rest is incinerated (14%), leakage into the environment (32%) and landfilled (40%). Plastdeink has born to solve the main recycling problems that affects the EU since the last decades: - Multilayer plastic is not recyclable - Inked recycled plastic packaging goes to downcycling - Post-industrial plastic never end in the market THE SOLUTION Plastdeink is a unique technology able to delaminate and deink laminated and surface-printed film. CADEL DEINKING (a technology-based SME founded in 2014) has developed an innovative, environmentally friendly and low-cost process to delaminate & deink printed plastic scraps. Plastic (delaminated and deinked) obtained with this process has a similar quality to virgin plastic, what converts it in a high value product for several applications. The product obtained with Plastdeink is a 45% cheaper than virgin plastic. CADEL´s proposal has the objective to contribute to a real Circular Economy in the frame of EU plastic waste policy for mono and multi-material flexible packaging. BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY CADEL´s delaminated & deinked technology is an important breakthrough for the plastic industry. Plastdeink represents a business opportunity to our potential customers: the process removes inked, odours and delaminate in one step to reintroduce the plastic into high-added value applications. - Plastic converters will be able to use their own plastic scraps, instead of buying new virgin plastic (so much expensive) - Plastic recyclers will be able to produce high value-added plastic at a low production cost.

Keywords: plastic,recycling,circular economy,resource efficiency,plastic converter,plastic recycler,inks,deinking,delaminating,plastic waste,landfilling,leakage