Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Toward active nanophotonic using colloidal quantum dots (AQDtive)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and Communication Engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2024-02-01
End date: 2029-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2574750.0
EU funding (EUR): 2574750.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

AQDtive project targets the design of an all nanocrystal (NC) based active imaging setup. This includes the design of a focal plane array (FPA) (ie. a camera) which active layer is made of narrow band gap NCs and which light matter coupling will be designed to enhance the light absorption. Other new functionalities such as a bias reconfigurable spectral response are also targeted to transform NC as viable platform of active nonanophotonics. A second key development of AQDtive is the design of NC-based light emitting diodes (LEDs) with operation from 2 to 5 µm. This spectral range corresponds to a spectral window where electroluminescence of NCs is currently not reported and where bright sources remain technologically challenging. A bright LED will then be coupled to a FPA to obtain an all NC-based active imaging setup. Last, to support the development of such device, AQDtive includes a deep investigation of the electronic structure in operando. A unique setup will be fabricated that enable pump-probe photoemission measurements while the device is pumped under resonant (ie. with band edge energy) condition and while device is under operation (ie. under bias application). Moreover, using nanobeam photoemission, I target to obtain a direct imaging of the device energy landscape in operando. Together these objectives will enable a new generation of infrared sensors operated in the extended short and mid wave infrared, that will be collaboratively transferred to industrial partners.

Keywords: nanocrystals,infrared,photodetector,camera,nanophotonics,light emitting diode,electronic structure
Optimise and predict antidepressant efficacy for patient with major depressive disorders using multi-omics analysis and AI-predictive tool (OPADE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Health
Theme: Health
Destination: Unlocking the full potential of new tools, technologies and digital solutions for a healthy society
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Spain,Belgium,Romania,Germany,Estonia,France,Colombia,Netherlands,Türkiye
Call: Optimising effectiveness in patients of existing prescription drugs for major diseases (except cancer) with the use of biomarkers (HORIZON-HLTH-2022-TOOL-11, 2022)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9997593.5
EU funding (EUR): 9997593.5
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

280M of people worldwide suffers from major depressive disorders (MDD). Although a well-populated therapeutic landscape of anti-depre280M of people worldwide suffers from major depressive disorders (MDD). Although a well- populated therapeutic landscape of anti-depressants, the number of patients in remission is particularly low with not more than 6% of the patients who benefit from the current therapeutic journey. OPADE objective is to identify key biomarkers that support the decision-making process of the healthcare providers. The project focuses on the microbiota – brain -axis which plays a major role in mental health and in particular MDD. Through clinical investigations, the consortium partners will study the combination between genetics, epigenetics, microbiome and inflammatory networks to: - Establish patient profiles to predict and optimise the efficacy of the antidepressants prescribed with an increase in the remission rate and reduction of impairment of real-life functioning, - Establish the possible correlation between neuroinflammatory indices, target indicators of the microbiome, metabolomics, immune-profile linked, epigenomic, enzymatic algorithms, - Evaluate molecular and non-molecular biomarkers that may represent predictive indices of recurrence - Discover new molecular targets for a personalised approach, - Improve the diagnostic accuracy for primary prevention, - Evaluate retrospectively, using accurate anamnesis, the onset of depressive symptoms in adolescence. - Establish how much and to what extent do blood biomarkers correlate with other specific biomarkers 350 patients between 14 and 50 years will be recruited in 4 EU and international countries for 24 months. Real-time EEG and patient cognitive assessment will be collected with blood, stool and saliva samples. Results and analysis will be used to train the AI / ML predictive tool, the main outcome of the project. A patient empowerment tool will be deployed over the project duration.

Keywords: major depression disorder,ai predictive tool,anti depressant efficacy,gut brain axis
SPAR: Smart Photonic fibre sensing and digital twin for Advanced energy stoRage systems (SPAR)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Staff Exchanges
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Latvia,Ukraine,Belgium,China
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-SE-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2007578.57
EU funding (EUR): 1803600.0
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

This SPAR project seeks to revolutionise the safety, efficiency, and performance of advanced energy storage systems, with a primary focus on batteries. As energy storage is critical to the renewable energy transition, the SPAR project addresses key challenges such as real-time monitoring, predictive maintenance, and lifecycle optimisation by integrating advanced photonic fibre sensing technologies with cutting-edge digital twin methodologies. By embedding smart photonic fibre sensors directly into battery systems, SPAR enables robust, high-resolution, distributed, and real-time monitoring of critical parameters, including internal/external temperature, pressure, cell expansion, state of charge estimation and state-of-health, at both the cell and pack levels. These data streams are harnessed within a dynamic digital twin framework, creating a virtual replica of the battery system to enable predictive analytics, early fault detection, and enhanced performance management. This integrated approach significantly enhances battery safety, extends operational lifespan, and optimizes energy storage efficiency for applications ranging from grid-scale storage to electric vehicles. Through collaboration between academic institutions, industry leaders, and end-users, SPAR is poised to set a new standard in battery management systems, contributing to Europe’s leadership in sustainable, intelligent energy technologies. By driving innovation at the intersection of photonics, Internet of Things (IoT), and Artificial Intelligence (AI), SPAR supports European goals for clean energy, decarbonization, and technological resilience, ensuring the reliable and sustainable operation of next-generation energy storage systems.

Keywords: energy storage optical sensing digital twin machine learning
Exploring the synergies between direct carbon-capture, nutrient recovery and next-generation purification technologies for cost-competitive and sustainable microalgal aviation fuel (SusAlgaeFuel)

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: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Ireland,Portugal,Spain,Germany,United Kingdom
Call: Development of microalgae and/or direct solar fuel production and purification technologies for advanced aviation and /or shipping fuels (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02, 2023)
Start date: 2024-05-01
End date: 2028-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3470878.75
EU funding (EUR): 3470878.75
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

Microalgae can play a critical role in meeting EU targets to increase the share of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) in the aviation industry from 2% in 2025 to 64% by 2050. SusAlgaeFuel will develop integrated approaches in a circular production model towards the first cost-competitive (reduced by 49% from 12.3 to 6.3 $/kg HEFA) and efficient microalgae SAF: a) direct capture of CO2 emissions from biogas upgrading from Anaerobic Digestion (AD) and utilisation of waste liquid digestate as low-cost nutrient source to support algae growth; b) novel in-line process analytical technology complemented with machine learning and selective UV irradiation to monitor and purify bacterial contamination in algae culture; c) cascading biorefinery that relies on energy-saving autolysis and maximises solvent recycling to fractionate biomass into lipids (for jet fuel), protein serum (for feed) and cellulose-rich biomass residue (for further fuel conversion) at low energy & solvent requirements; d) algae-specific thermocatalytic pathways for efficient conversion of algae-lipids to Hydroprocessed Esters Fatty Acids-Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene (HEFA-SPK) and residue to kerosene followed by a range of purification methods for fuel refinement to meet international aviation standards & certification. Process simulations, techno economic & LCA will be performed to assess scalability from economic, social & environmental perspectives and to identify process improvements. A dedicated commercialisation plan and policy recommendations will be produced to guide future technology transfer from lab to industry. SusAlgaeFuel will culminate in the building & operation of a pilot-scale algal facility on an AD operator site in Ireland (TRL5) with the capacity to directly capture CO2 from AD flue gas, use waste digestate and produce ≥10 kg of algae lipids per year. Successful future scaling of the technology has the potential to deliver 20% of EU’s projected SAF requirements of 5Mt in 2030.

Keywords: anaerobic digestion,direct co2 capture,sustainable aviation fuel,cascading biorefinery,microalgae purification,hefa,decarbonising aviation,refuel eu,process analytical technology,digital twin
Tools for the identification of anthropic Fire in low visibility contexts during the Middle Pleistocene (Fire-Tools)

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: Netherlands,Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2024-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 203464.32
EU funding (EUR): 203464.32
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The use of fire is an element that characterizes the genus homo and one of the technologies that more substantially modifies prehistoric life systems. Nevertheless, the oldest evidences of fire are often more controversial and difficult to identify. The Fire-Tools project address the habitual use of fire in two peninsular archaeological sites with indirect evidence of fire in their levels and dated between the 400-300ky: Sima del Elefante (Atapuerca, Spain) and La Cansaladeta (La Riba, Spain). This geographical and chronological range has been carefully selected: the Iberian Peninsula provides the ecological conditions (wood availability) for the use of fire throughout the Pleistocene, and the habitual use of fire is stipulated as the most accepted hypothesis during this period. Fire-Tools Project aims to apply a cross-cutting approach integrating archaeobotanical (Phytoliths) and chemical analytical (Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons) procedures in these two case studies to improve the analytical capacity to identify and characterize the pyroarchaeological record with low visibility. Furthermore, the project will create a widen and complete modern reference collection of phytoliths from woody plants, as an important analytical tool to address the pyroarchaeological record in Paleolithic sites. Additionally, the Fire-Tools project will evaluate the integration between the analysis of archaeobotanical microrremains and chemical elements with the archaeological data available from each archaeological site. The expected results of the methodological proposal seek to be of further application in other archaeological and chronocultural contexts with the presence of fire. In sum, the results of this project will allow knowing the relationship that the hominids of the Middle Pleistocene had with fire in the context of Iberia, validating a methodological and analytical approach to study the fire record across Prehistory.

Keywords: middle pleistocene archaeological fire related remains archaeobotany phytoliths modern reference collection archaeochemistry polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons pahs pyroarchaeology
A new View of Young galaxies with ALMA and JWST (VOYAJ)

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: Netherlands
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1997345.0
EU funding (EUR): 1997345.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The majority of the Universe’s star formation occurred shrouded in cosmic dust, making it extremely challenging—historically—to obtain a clear view of young (z≳2) galaxy assembly. While the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) has already enabled significant progress – including pioneering work by the PI to directly image this dusty star formation in early galaxies – their existing stellar populations remain obscured. At the same time, our understanding of the molecular gas fueling that star formation is still limited to unresolved detections and/or biased tracers. Fortunately, we are on the verge of a breakthrough with the newly launched James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the imminent arrival of ALMA Bands 1&2. To this end, the PI has obtained a suite of competitive proprietary data on JWST, ALMA, and Band 1/2 pilot facilities. Fully capitalizing on this opportunity now requires a team of capable researchers. By leveraging this data and a novel resolved spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting technique, the proposed program will 1) reveal the hidden stellar populations in the dustiest young (z~2.5) galaxies for the first time, testing predictions from hierarchical galaxy formation; 2) detect and map the crucial CO(1-0) and CO(2-1) emission lines in a statistical sample of these same young galaxies, directly measuring their full cold gas reservoirs via state-of-the-art Bayesian modeling, and calibrating other less-well-understood gas tracers; and 3) push studies of dust and gas in galaxies to the earliest cosmic epochs (z>6.5), including detecting their molecular gas via CO(3-2)—one of the key science goals for ALMA Band 1—thus revealing how the most massive early galaxies grew so quickly. Given her demonstrated track record leading a group and the wealth of data secured, the PI is optimally placed to take advantage of this unique confluence of revolutionary instruments to provide a completely new view into how young galaxies built up their stellar masses.
A view from the Minoan mountains: investigating the role of marginalised communities in the establishment of a long-lasting Aegean Bronze Age ritual tradition (PEAK)

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,Greece
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 209483.28
EU funding (EUR): 209483.28
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

PEAK investigates, for the first time, the pivotal yet long-overlooked role that Middle and Late Bronze Age Cretan (c. 1900-1450 BCE, aka ‘Minoan’ culture) mountain communities played in the management of large collective rituals held at mountain-top sanctuaries (‘peak sanctuaries’) and the subsequent influence the latter bore on ritual practices held in lowland centres (‘palaces’). Challenging traditional theories promulgating the passivity of upland populations to prevalent palatial control, the project traces the political agency of mountain populations through an innovative, interdisciplinary, and bottom-up analysis of ceramic figurine use at peak sanctuaries. Within this scope, PEAK aims to trace where the ritual participants came from, what they sought to communicate during the events, and how they bonded while negotiating matters of trade, defense and land division through participation in collective performances. Gained through an innovative combination of approaches from humanities (archaeology, anthropology), science (petrography, pXRF), and digital humanities (GIS, SfM) – for which premium training is undertaken at UNIVE and the BSA – answers to these questions bestow political agency to mountain communities and indicate the existence of a reciprocal power relationship the peaks and palaces maintained during the 2nd millennium BCE. Alongside revolutionising scholarly understandings of the structure of Cretan Bronze Age society, PEAK significantly enhances the candidate’s research capacities and professional profile through the acquisition of new widely-applicable research and horizontal skills.

Keywords: cretan bronze age,mountains,marginalised communities,ritual,figurines,performance,iconography
Fiber Optic-based Structural Health Monitoring using Home Internet Infrastructure (FORESIGHT)

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: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Italy
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2026-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 188590.08
EU funding (EUR): 188590.08
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Earthquakes are natural disasters that often result in widespread devastation, endangering lives and property. After a major seismic event, the structural conditions need to be managed quickly because disaster victims need shelter. This requires rapid detection of safe structures. However, there are still no methods quick enough. Traditional damage assessment methods rely on visual inspections, which are time-consuming, and dependent on human expertise. Visual inspections may vary depending on the experience of the inspectors, leading to inconsistent evaluations and delays in identifying unsafe structures. Further, the traditional sensors used for structural health monitoring (SHM) are often costly and require high installation time. These limitations underscore the critical need for innovative and efficient solutions. There is an urgent need for more efficient, reliable, low-cost, and technologically advanced approaches to assess post-earthquake structural conditions quickly. In response to these challenges, as a groundbreaking idea, this proposal will employ the existing infrastructure of fiber optic (FO) cables within buildings for the purpose of SHM. This approach enables remote data collection and emerges as a cost-effective and efficient means of gathering data from buildings. This innovative strategy has the potential to redefine post-earthquake damage assessment. By eliminating the need for extensive sensor installations and human-dependent visual assessments, it offers a rapid and cost-efficient solution. The approach will enable a framework for rapid (90% faster than current methods) and low-cost (50% cheaper) post-earthquake risk assessment of buildings. It will reduce aftershock fatalities by 90%. The use of FO for both internet connection and SHM provides more efficient use of resources and technology by revealing the versatility of the existing infrastructure, and the IT infrastructure will improve with the widespread use of FO cables.

Keywords: structural health monitoring,fiber optics,modal identification,finite element analysis,bayesian statistics
Consuming Nature: Early Modernity, Popular Culture and the Natural World in Japan, 1600-1900 (J-NAT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2025-COG, 2025)
Start date: 2026-06-01
End date: 2031-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1997212.0
EU funding (EUR): 1997212.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The central hypothesis of Consuming Nature is that a new mode of interacting with the natural world developed among non-elites during the social and economic upheavals of Japan’s Tokugawa period (1600–1868), with consequences for our understanding of “early modernity” in the Japanese case and beyond. Previous studies, both of Japan and of other regions, have examined early modern nature from the perspective of environmental degradation and resource management or elite philosophy and natural science. In contrast, the focus of this cultural historical study will be on a largely untapped corpus of objects and texts from 17th to 19th century Japan attesting to a new kind of (purchasing) power over nature, one which saw the commercialized enjoyment of plants, animals, and natural phenomena as consumer products and leisure activities among commoners. The project will collate this corpus and analyse it in light of the characteristics associated with Japanese early modernity: rapid urbanization, increasing literacy, a commercial print industry, and a consumer culture concentrated in large urban centres connected to rural areas by improved communication and transport networks. How was the commercialization of nature as a leisure product linked to these so-called “early modern” developments? Did it also draw upon older traditions and institutions? How did this consumption of nature vary by urban versus rural locations, by social status or sex? Did it vary over time or by type of product? The final stage will connect the project’s findings to the history of global early modernity/ies, and to research on nature and Japanese modernity, which usually takes the Meiji Period (1868–1912) as its starting point. It will interrogate the supposed rupture between the early modern Tokugawa period and the modern Meiji period when it comes to the consumption and commodification of nature, and will provide a scholarly framework for challenging Eurocentric teleologies of nature and modernity.

Keywords: japanese history,tokugawa period,popular culture,early modernity,global trade