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Human based bioinks to engineer physiologically relevant tissues (HumanINK)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Portugal
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS2 (ERC-2022-POC2, 2022)
Start date: 2022-11-01
End date: 2024-04-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Bioprinting techniques, which integrate 3D printing with tissue engineering by using living cells encapsulated in natural or synthetic biomaterials as bioinks, are paving the way toward devising many innovating solutions for key biomedical and healthcare challenges and heralds' new frontiers in medicine, pharmaceutical, and food industries. HumanINK aims to validate human based-bioinks to produce robust humanized 3D environments with unprecedented biofunctionality for cell culture that fully recapitulate the native microenvironment of a variety of human tissues and organs. Under this project human-protein derivative precursors that can be cured upon light exposure to form soft hydrogels with tunable mechanical properties will be tested and validated as bioinks for 3D bioprinting. Such materials provide functional support for cell growth and interact with cells to control their function, guiding the process of tissue morphogenesis. This platform is the first to offer complete human-based material for bioprinting and an easy-to-use solution to create physiologically relevant 3D in vitro cell cultures, accelerate drug discovery or clinical purposes. The HumanINK will allow to optimize the printability, robustness, reproducibility and scalability of the human-based bioinks. The biological response of multiple human cell types will be investigated and the bioinks will be benchmarked with the main competitors in the market. Our proposed technology will increase the probability of successful drug development while simultaneously reducing the cost and time of development and supporting animal welfare, reducing animal experimentation. Based on the unique properties of our products, HumanINK represents a unique opportunity to develop materials for tissue engineering and accurate disease models for bridging the gap between fundamental research and drug validation, with a high and broad market potential in pharma companies, clinical institutions, or research groups.
The Mathematics of Quantum Propagation (MathQuantProp)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Mathematics
Panel description: All areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical foundations of computer science, mathematical physics and statistics
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1480403.0
EU funding (EUR): 1480403.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Strongly interacting and strongly correlated quantum many-body systems are at the forefront of modern quantum physics. Experimentalists have obtained unprecedented control on the interaction parameters and are able to reliably produce striking fundamental phenomena. These problems demand a rigorous mathematical treatment, but analytical methods are extremely scarce. Outside of special scaling limits, the gold standard are Lieb-Robinson bounds (LRBs) which provide an a priori bound on the speed of information propagation with broad physical implications. However, for the important classes of (A) lattice bosons and (B) continuum fermions and continuum bosons, the standard derivations of Lieb-Robinson bounds break down because these systems have unbounded interactions. The first goal of this project is to establish propagation bounds, including LRBs, for lattice bosons and to identify the true behavior of information propagation for these systems. This is the missing puzzle piece to develop a quantum information theory of lattice bosons that is on par with the revolutionary findings for quantum spin systems. The second goal is to develop propagation bounds, including LRBs, for continuum fermions and bosons. These systems present even more fundamental challenges due to ultraviolet divergences. As an application, I aim to close a glaring gap in our understanding of continuum quantum many-body systems: the existence of the thermodynamic limit of the dynamics. I recently developed the ASTLO method which uses bootstrapped differential inequalities, microlocal-inspired resolvent expansions, and multiscale iteration to pioneer particle propagation bounds for the paradigmatic Bose-Hubbard Hamiltonian. This resolved longstanding problems in mathematical physics. My new ASTLO method is a robust proof template. In combination with the technique of truncated dynamics, it enables me to now tackle even more challenging open problems about information propagation.

Keywords: mathematical quantum theory quantum many body systems quantum dynamics bose hubbard hamiltonian lieb robinson bounds
Smart solutions to empower small- and medium-sized farms as guardians of the territory (GUARDIANS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Lithuania,Norway,Italy,Czechia,Sweden,Portugal,Ireland
Call: Smart solutions for the use of digital technologies for small- and medium-sized, farms and farm structures (HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-02-two-stage, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5636403.99
EU funding (EUR): 4997500.0
Participants: 23
Project status: SIGNED

Ensuring a sustainable food system requires, above all other factors, re-entrusting our primary production to the guardians of our territory, the owners of small- and medium-sized farms and farm structures in rural areas. GUARDIANS focuses on understanding their challenges and empowering them with a set of digital innovative solutions that will help them to bridge the current technological gap between small and large farms. GUARDIANS will put in place a set of cost-effective and human-centric digital solutions, which aim to support and empower the penetration, sustainability and resilience of more agroecological farming models, like regenerative agriculture, natural grazing, alternative managed grazing strategies, and the promotion of pollinators in different farm structures. To do this, a multi-actor co-creation methodology, a set of adoption pathways and 9 different technologies, combining software and hardware (i.e. drones, sensors), will be customized to cover the farmers' needs. These digital solutions will be tested through a total of 24 small- and medium-sized farms and farm structures with a wide range of production types (arable crops, woody crops, grassland and livestock production) in 6 pilots represented by farming cooperatives (acting as one stop shops) from 5 different countries with diverse environmental, climatic and socio-economic conditions. As a result, GUARDIANS will increase the uptake of innovative digital technologies by farmers, guaranteed by the use of a multi-actor approach, integrating farmers and agricultural stakeholders at all stages of the project, as well as scientists, technicians and SMEs. Cascade funding and connections to specific stakeholders (agricultural cooperatives, agrifood hubs, DIHs, OGs) will be used as multipliers to allow GUARDIANS to roll up its impact throughout Europe. It is expected to roll-out and replicate GUARDIANS results up to 92 farms around Europe during the project duration.

Keywords: agricultural engineering,digital social innovation,precision agriculture,agroecological practices,farmers empowerment
Laboratory 3D micro X-ray diffraction (LabmyXRD)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS1 (ERC-2022-POC1, 2022)
Start date: 2022-05-01
End date: 2023-10-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Essentially all materials microstructures are three-dimensional (3D). In spite of this, by far the most widely applied characterization tool is microscopy, which gives 2D images only. There is a need to go to 3D, and daily access to 3D measurements is required. Instruments that can be operated at home laboratories is thus the way forward. Our solution is to use newly developed and commercially available X-ray optics to focus the X-ray beam down to micrometer size in a laboratory X-ray instrument, and adapt measurement principles inspired by synchrotron X-ray techniques to enable nondestructive 3D imaging with a spatial resolution of 1 μm. The resulting laboratory 3D micro X-ray diffraction (LabμXRD) method will outperform all existing tools for mapping crystallographic orientations and be the first of its kind enabling measurements of strain tensors within local microstructural elements. The project objectives are: • to prove the concept and demonstrate the innovation potential of our LabμXRD idea (filed as a patent application); • to validate LabμXRD results, quantify resolution specifications as well as the strain measurement potentials and provide guidelines for LabµXRD measurements for different types of samples; • to complete a first business plan for commercialization. In this project, we will focus on demonstrating the potential of LabμXRD for non-destructive 3D microstructural characterization by the use of metallic materials. It must, however, be noted that LabμXRD can be used for characterization of any crystalline material with grain/subgrain size down to 2 μm. When LabμXRD is manufactured and commercialized at a sales price within reach for leading universities and industries, in the order of 1.5 M €, we foresee that it in time will revolutionize the way materials are characterized – moving away from the present 2D methods to full non-destructive 3D characterizations of the distribution of both crystal orientations and local strains.
RUNFASTER4EU- Flagship demonstRation of Bio-based valUe chaiNs For vAloriSaTion of sustAinable oil cropS for marketable applications (RUNFASTER4EU)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Circular Bio-based Europe
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: CBE (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: Italy,Greece,Israel,Spain,Romania,Portugal,Poland,Ireland,Serbia,Czechia
Call: Bio-based value chains for valorisation of sustainable oil crops (HORIZON-JU-CBE-2024, 2024)
Start date: 2025-07-01
End date: 2030-06-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 31792948.75
EU funding (EUR): 19908650.25
Participants: 19
Project status: SIGNED

RUNFASTER4EU will demonstrate the sustainability and replicability at industrial scale (TRL8) of a new value chain focused on the large-scale cultivation of low-ILUC-risk oil crops on marginal lands, avoiding competition with food or feed. These crops will provide vegetable oils and residual biomass for high-value bio-based products (cosmetics formulations, bio-stimulants, feed ingredients, herbicides, dielectric fluids, bioplastics, NIPU for vertical gardens) in a cascading approach. Building on previous and ongoing EU projects (FIRST2RUN, BRILIAN, MIDAS, CARINA), RUNFASTER will i) enhance bio-based value chains, prioritizing soil health and carbon sequestration, ii) upgrade two flagship plants in Italy (Matrica - Porto Torres, Versalis - Crescentino) and iii) realize Large-scale cultivations, i.e., safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), validating innovative agronomic practices with farmer involvement. RUNFASTER partners will demonstrate downstream processing and cascading valorisation of biomass, with products tested by end-user industries to meet SSbD standards. Sustainability, circularity, and safety will be assessed via Life Cycle and Ecosystem Services methods. RUNFASTER will engage local communities, provide guidelines and training for farmers, and develop an IP-compliant exploitation strategy and business plan for replication. The approach will also be validated in Spain, Greece, Serbia, and Romania on fragile (i.e. contaminated) soils with other crops, such as cardoon and rapeseed.

Keywords: low iluc risk oil crops full biomass valorisation sustainable fields cultivation practices upgraded biorefineries and bioprocesses biobased building blocks biobased bioproducts
The world behind a word. An anthropological exploration of fascist practices and meanings among European youth. (F-WORD)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Soci al World and Its Interactions
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, education  sciences , communication  studies
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2027-10-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1114266.0
EU funding (EUR): 1114266.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

How and why does the “f-word” of fascism continue to constitute a compelling and urgent issue in contemporary Europe? F-WORD addresses this question through comparative ethnographic research among martial arts and combat sports sites as contexts for exploring how fascist practices and meanings are diffused and appropriated by youth. Using fascism as a heuristic device, this project also unfolds diachronically, seeking to explore how European history and memory politics are practiced in the daily lives of young people, and how they are signified and experienced, ultimately connecting to mythic representations of the past to inform a future-oriented fascist utopia. This will be achieved through a comparative ethnography in three European countries (Belgium, Italy, Poland), moving from combat sport and martial arts urban contexts to follow relations and life trajectories of young people (18-30) with the objective of mapping where youth encounter political discourses in non-political spaces. Extended ethnographic fieldwork (10 months) will be carried out by experienced post-docs supervised by the PI. Furthermore, the comparative design of the project aims to uncover the shared logic of fascism, not abstractly but as embedded ideological process. F-WORD proposes a new paradigm in the anthropological exploration of contemporary fascism, framed by the methodology of feminist ethnography, which will interrogate how specific methodological choices are involved in the process of knowledge- production and their epistemological consequences. The ground-breaking nature of this project is twofold: one, it unveils the world behind fascism, and thus the diffusion and various appropriations of fascist practices and meanings among European youth; two, it employs feminist ethnography as a paradigm which itself opens up new and unexplored directions of research.

Keywords: social anthropology,ethnography,fascism,neofascism,feminist ethnography
How Varieties of Nationalism Shape Our Polarized Politics (VARNATPOL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems
Panel description: Political science, international relations, law
Countries involved: Israel
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

This project examines how nationalism polarizes the electoral politics of advanced democracies: how it drives us apart and whether it could bring us closer together. Across advanced democracies, concerns over deepening divisions have proliferated in recent years, and national identities have emerged as a prime suspect in driving this polarization. According to the common framework in electoral politics research, this polarization is shaped by a transnational cleavage that has at its core a cultural conflict between national attachments and universalist values. VARNATPOL proposes a different perspective: that the dividing lines structuring our politics are drawn not between those with stronger and weaker national attachments, but rather across groups who subscribe to different varieties of nationalism. To assess how varieties of nationalism shape polarization, VARNATPOL theorizes and empirically investigates how national identities are linked with mass attitudes and commitments to democratic norms, map onto partisan identities, and provide opportunities for political mobilization. VARNATPOL’s theoretical approach calls for a multi-method comparative research design. The first Work Package analyzes novel survey data to investigate how common understandings of nationalism in the public shape partisan divisions, and includes methodological innovations using open-ended survey questions to study national identities. The second Work Package examines how elites differ in their efforts to mobilize support based on appeals to the varieties of nationalism identified in the first Work Package. The third Work Package explores whether elite appeals to national identities shape polarization through their effect on public opinion and partisan hostility. Challenging the common wisdom regarding the ways in which nationalism polarizes the electoral arena, VARNATPOL will contribute not only to academic research but also to public debates about the challenges facing our societies.
noVel ambiEnt noise tomogRaphy techNique for gEothermal exploration (VERNE)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Switzerland,Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 589880.23
EU funding (EUR): 412916.16
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The transition to clean energy has increased interest in geothermal resources from various geological environments like fractured rock, magmatic systems, and sedimentary basins. Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) is a widely used geophysical exploration method that provides shear wave velocity models to reveal fractures in the subsurface. Recent advancements have enabled ANT to extract seismic attenuation data, which is particularly sensitive to fluid flow and is highly valuable in geothermal exploration. The VERNE project aims to advance geothermal exploration by developing innovative Ambient Noise Attenuation Tomography (ANAT) software. The project focuses on developing the ANAT software using Python and leveraging open-access libraries for signal processing and inversion. It will be designed to generate 3D attenuation models from ambient noise signal, providing detailed insights into subsurface structures. Following software development, the project will apply this methodology to existing seismic datasets to key geothermal areas in Aargau and Jura in Switzerland and Tuscany in Italy. These regions have been selected due to their high geothermal potential and the availability of extensive seismic data. The goal is to produce high-resolution 3D attenuation models that can identify critical features such as fractures and fluid presence, which are vital for assessing geothermal resources. Additionally, VERNE will explore ANAT's application to Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology. DAS transforms fiber-optic cables into dense seismic sensor arrays, offering the potential for unparalleled spatial resolution and coverage. By integrating ANAT with DAS data, the project aims to enhance the accuracy and depth of subsurface imaging, potentially revolutionizing geothermal exploration. VERNE contributes to clean energy and advanced geothermal exploration technologies by addressing critical challenges such as the need for cost-effective, high-resolution subsurface imaging.

Keywords: geothermal exploration,geophysical imaging,passive seismology,ambient noise attenuation tomography,distributed acoustic sensing
Innovative Sustainable Connections: Advancing High-Rise Prefabricated Modular Steel Structures through AI and Circular Economy Principles (MODULARIZATION)

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: United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-02-01
End date: 2028-01-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 260347.92
EU funding (EUR): 260347.92
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The construction industry is at a crossroads where the demand for sustainable and efficient building methods is rapidly increasing. Low-rise prefabricated volumetric modular steel (PFVMS) structures effectively handle vertical and lateral loads through inter-modular connections (IMCs). However, high-rise PFVMS structures face limitations due to their reliance on concrete core structures for lateral load resistance, highlighting a gap in connecting modular units with concrete core tubes while maintaining the sustainable nature of PFVMS structures. MODULARIZATION addresses this gap by advancing PFVMS construction through sustainability principles, circular economy, and artificial intelligence. While PFVMS buildings are recognized for their efficiency, existing assembly methods struggle with structural stability, sustainability, flexibility, and waste management challenges. MODULARIZATION proposes a groundbreaking, fully bolted, size-flexible connection system that allows for disassembly and reuse, thereby reducing the need for on-site welding and minimizing construction waste. MODULARIZATION includes experimental studies and finite element simulations to investigate the load transfer mechanisms, seismic performance, and failure modes of modular connections. Advanced artificial intelligence techniques, including Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), Support Vector Machines (SVMs), and Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs), will be employed for enhanced data analysis and parametric research. Additionally, Cellular Automata (CA) and Genetic Algorithms (GA) will be used to develop a comprehensive model addressing material and geometric nonlinearities, resulting in accurate design methodologies for the connection's bearing capacity and stiffness. MODULARIZATION is intended to contribute to the circular economy substantially, sustainability in the construction industry, and revolutionize modular construction practices.

Keywords: prefabricated volumetric modular steel structures,reusable module core connections,structural testing,advanced computational analysis,ai driven optimization design,circular economy