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New Generation Ultra-High Temperature Ceramic Matrix Composites for Aerospace Industry (CeramCom)

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: Slovakia
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-06-01
End date: 2020-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 153381.6
EU funding (EUR): 153381.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This multidisciplinary industrially oriented research proposal brings together very timely and highly original fundamental research with a commercial potential for aerospace applications, aimed at improving the lifetime and reliability of ceramics performing in extreme conditions. The use of a new type of additives, such as rare-earth (RE) oxides with a small ionic radius of RE3+, combined with the use of new processing routes (new coating technique), opens up the possibility of developing new generation ultra-high temperature ceramic matrix composites (UHTCMCs). The project will push the boundaries of knowledge forward towards understanding the influence of RE additives on the properties of UHTCMCs by performing a systematic study using RE elements with different RE3+. Besides the new style of additives (RE), the project proposes new and innovative coating technique to develop new compositions of RE-ultra-high temperature ceramics (RE-UHTC) coatings for ceramic matrix composites (CMC). In this way, the final RE-UHTCMCs will be developed. The ultimate aim of the project is to develop novel RE-reinforced UHTCMC materials with significantly improved ultra-high temperature properties (above 2200°C) and long-term (up to several hours) thermo-chemical resistance. This will significantly improve the current state of the art. The application of these materials as thermal protection systems for hypersonic vehicles, and other areas of aerospace industry, is foreseen through the knowledge transfer to the industrial partner, Central R&T Airbus Defence and Space GmbH. This innovative scientific programme will provide an advanced training for the Fellow. Due to the involvement of one of the global leaders in aerospace industry (Airbus Defence and Space) into this proposal, the project will generate patents, industrial property rights, and high quality publications. This all will contribute to further personal development and international scientific recognition of the Fellow.

Keywords: ultra high temperature ceramics,ceramic matrix composites,rare earth elements,aerospace applications,oxidation and ablation resistance
Next Generation Left Atrial Appendage Implant to Treat Persistent Atrial Fibrillation (AuriGen)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Ireland
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-2, 2018)
Start date: 2018-07-01
End date: 2021-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3503093.4
EU funding (EUR): 2452165.38
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is an irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, high risk of stroke and heart failure. AF is caused by abnormal electrical activity in the heart. There are 10.7 million AF patients across Europe and the US, 3.6 million are classified as having Persistent AF (PAF). Surgical treatment for AF is a minimally invasive electrical therapy which destroys heart tissue causing the abnormal electrical pulses. For PAF patients, this works only 30% of the time. Approximately 72% of PAF patients require at least one redo procedure, amounting to €13.5 billion in wasted healthcare costs. Success rates are doubled if electrical activity in a part of the heart “the Left Atrial Appendage” (LAA), is shut down. But this increases stroke risk from blood clots as the LAA is now incapable of muscle contraction to maintain blood flow. LAA implants, “occlusion devices” fit across the opening of the LAA to filter the blood and prevent clots from entering the blood stream. However, fitting an occlusion device during the same procedure as LAA electrical isolation doubles procedure time (to 7 hours) making it non-financially viable for health services and too high risk for patients. We have developed a unique, minimally invasive cardiac implant which permanently electrically and mechanically isolates the LAA in a one-shot procedure: treating both the stroke and arrhythmia risk associated with PAF with no increase in surgery time. EU and US PAF represents a $5bn/yr market opportunity. We will enter the market directly in our target Tier 1 European markets (Germany, France, Italy and UK). We will scale using specialist distributors to expand into further European, US and other international markets. In this Phase 2 we will complete the technical, pre-clinical and first in human clinical studies required to achieve CE approval in Europe as well as market development work for commercial launch.

Keywords: s atrial fibrillation,catheter ablation,stroke,heart failure,arrhythmia,electrotherapy
The origin and evolution of Life in the universe (oLife)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (COFUND)-Fellowship programmes
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes (H2020-MSCA-COFUND-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-04-01
End date: 2024-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3972240.0
EU funding (EUR): 1986120.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The origin and evolution of life remains one of the biggest puzzles for humankind. We still do not know where we come from, nor do we know what the future will bring. While at the disciplinary level some aspects of the origin of life question have been unravelled, the answers obtained thus far are fragmentary and far from complete. We are convinced that an unconventional trans-disciplinary approach is needed for making substantial progress. The oLife FP brings together a wide range of disciplines ranging from molecular biology to astrophysics, and from evolutionary ecology to biochemistry. This ground-breaking broad approach will undoubtedly lead to major new insights and perhaps even to a real breakthrough in the origin of life question. This COFUND initiative is part of a national interdisciplinary research effort, involving 300 scientists from top research institutions in the Netherlands, who are joining forces to enhance our understanding of the origin, evolution, distribution and development of life in the universe, with the ultimate goal of developing methods for steering life on a human-dominated planet. Besides pursuing interdisciplinary research on an internationally competitive level, the oLife FP will provide top-level training to junior scientists, who by interacting with researchers from various disciplines and secondments in academia, companies and other non-academic institutions will be ideally prepared for a career inside and outside of academia.

Keywords: astrobiology,astrochemistry,exo planetary science,biophysics,cell biology,evolutionary biology,ecology,numerical analysis,systems biology,systems chemistry,computational biology,complexity science
Polarizing Chats? Political Misinformation on Discussion Apps in India and Brazil. (POLARCHATS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Social World and Its Diversity
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, social anthropology, education sciences, communication studies
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2020-COG, 2020)
Start date: 2022-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

In many developing countries, political actors make extensive use of discussion apps such as WhatsApp to diffuse misinformation. This political use of discussion apps has been hypothesized to generate hatred towards targeted social groups, support non-democratic tactics and values, and eventually lead to the election of politicians who rely on this tactic. In spite of alarming reports, little systematic knowledge exists about political actors’ reliance on discussion apps or about its effects. Since 2016, social media misinformation has provoked considerable attention in academia. This literature has however almost entirely overlooked discussion apps. This lack of scholarship is puzzling, insofar as discussion apps may constitute a greater menace than other services. Two distinctive technical features of WhatsApp – encryption and the necessary existence of pre-existing ties between group members – arguably make these apps efficient vehicle for political misinformation. Drawing on this intuition, I hypothesize that WhatsApp constitutes a preferential channel for the circulation of political misinformation; that features of WhatsApp communities make it more likely than misinformation will be believed, less likely that it will be corrected, and more likely that it will have an impact on users’ downstream attitudes. The project relies on qualitative and experimental methods to test hypotheses derived from this intuition in two large democracies in which political actors are widely hypothesized to use WhatsApp: India and Brazil. Relying on in-depth interviews, the project examines how and why party actors embrace the technology. Second, it relies on crowdsourcing to quantify misinformation on WhatsApp. Third, the project develops two types of experimental designs to examine the determinants of individual-level belief in misinformation. Finally, it relies on the same designs to analyze the effect of misinformation on the aforementioned attitudes.

Keywords: misinformation,polarization,social media,discussion apps,mixed methods,experiments
Quick and cost-effective integrated web platform for forest inventories (FORESTMAP)

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: 2019-10-01
End date: 2022-07-31
Duration (months): 34.0
Total project cost (EUR): 798316.25
EU funding (EUR): 558821.38
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

ForestMap is an innovative web-platform to conduct forest inventories inexpensively in a quick and reliable manner. To date forest inventories have always relied on field work to achieve a precision enough to be used as a management tool, increasing costs and delivery times. However, ForestMap is able to deliver full reports in minutes using pre-processed remote sensing data (LiDAR) without requiring additional fieldwork. ForestMap can decrease costs up to 85% and time (weeks to minutes) compared to traditional inventories. ForestMap main customers will be a) all the woodworking industries requiring a quick and precise inventory for forest exploitation; b) private landowners requiring a cheap inventory to comply with local regulation that may belong to forest associations and c) forest consultants that will use our inventory to define forest management strategies. A ?-version of ForestMap platform has been validated and is operating in Spain through several data collection campaigns and data analysis which demonstrate the algorithm in relevant environment (TRL 7). The project will optimize the algorithm for different tree species and the automatic data download from administrations’ servers of targeted countries when available (for two countries: Italy and Portugal, we will collect our own LiDAR data). ForestMap is the only user-friendly web platform across countries able to automatically generate forest inventories without the need of field work, delivering: reliable (BIAS<15%), quick and cost-effective reports. Our target is to increase forest-based SMEs competitiveness by providing a tool that will support wood mobilisation. With cumulative net benefit of 6.9M€ during 2020-2024 ForestMap will boost AGRESTA business and turning the company in a technical and commercial reference among forest consultants. Moreover, it will contribute to the growth of the whole EU forestry sector improving forest management, mobilizing the market and creating new job position.

Keywords: forest inventory,forest management,on line platform,biomass assessment,eco sustainability,electronic geographic data,lidar
DISPLAY backliGHT illumination by femtosecond laser micromachining (DISPLAYGHT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and communication engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: Italy,Austria
Call: ERC Proof of Concept Grant (ERC-2019-PoC, 2019)
Start date: 2019-10-01
End date: 2021-03-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 90000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Femtosecond laser micromachining is a powerful microfabrication technology for transparent materials. It allows direct writing of photonic circuit in the volume of glasses with arbitrary geometry and 3D layouts. In addition, the same tool can be used to selectively remove specific portions of the substrate, thus allowing complex and ultraprecise microstructuring of a piece of glass. In the ERC Advanced Grant CAPABLE, femtosecond laser micromachining is developed to unprecedented levels of control and precision to produce new devices targeting quantum information applications. Here, we exploit the capability of this technology to produce integrated photonic components in standard glasses to develop innovative solutions for liquid crystal displays. This approach could enable a far higher energy efficiency than current displays combined with excellent color reproduction and improved contrast. The goal of this PoC is to perform a technical and commercial feasibility study to move the method developed in the PI’s laboratory during the ERC grant to the market. In particular, we plan to speed up the maturity level of the technology further, improving the production process of integrated optics, setting an actionable IPR strategy (including a market assessment), identifying the suitable exploitation strategy for valorising the patent/know how (licensing). The above actions will be performed in collaboration with the partner VitreaLab, a startup company that is devoted to commercializing new integrated illumination solutions. The results of this project could have a significant impact in the liquid crystal display market that is worth ca. $100 billion annually.

Keywords: femtosecond laser micromachining,displays,3d laser writing,transparent materials
GIESEPP MP - Gridded Ion Engine Standardized Electric Propulsion Platform - Medium Power Solution (GIESEPP MP)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Space
Theme: Enabling advances in space technology
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Spain,Italy,Germany,Latvia,France
Call: SRC - In-space electrical propulsion and station keeping - Incremental technologies (H2020-SPACE-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-01-01
End date: 2024-09-30
Duration (months): 45.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5886210.0
EU funding (EUR): 4165047.0
Participants: 6
Project status: SIGNED

The consortium proposes to continue the activity started under COMPET-3-2016-a to develop, build and test to TRL6/7 the first European Plug and Play Gridded Ion Engine Standardised Electric Propul-sion Platform (GIESEPP) to operate ArianeGroup ion engines with option of alternative thrusters, for a medium power application. The consortium’s intention will be • to reach a TRL6/7 of the medium power system with at least partial qualification to allow flight readiness • to improve European competiveness in this field by + optimising industrialisation both on thruster unit and EPS level + increasing the GIE systems production capacities + significantly reducing the recurring costs • and to maintain and secure the European non-dependence on this crucial technological field. The project will significantly advance design and development of this standardised electric propulsion platform for GEO (and MEO) applications: - In order to cope with challenging mission scenarios, dual mode functionality of the thrusters will be realised. This ensures that the beneficial high ISP characteristics of Gridded Ion Engines are maintained, whilst also offering a competitive higher thrust mode - Activities will be covered not only by the competence of expersts in their respective fields but also by the use of advanced Engineering Models (EM), respectively Qualification Models (EQM) - The GIESEPP systems will not be limited to xenon as an operating medium; assessment will be performed to ensure functionality with alternative propellants - The proposal will describe the roadmap to higher TRL beyond 2023/2024, providing a cost competitive EPS that will meet the highest standards for an industrialised, rapid production process - The anticipated business case is targeted for long term exploitation up to 2030 strengthening Europe s technological and economical competitiveness in a very fast changing market environment

Keywords: space propulsion
The Hands that Wrote the Bible: Digital Palaeography and Scribal Culture of the Dead Sea Scrolls (HandsandBible)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Cultures and cultural production
Panel description: Literary studies, cultural studies, study of the arts, philosophy
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2014-STG, 2014)
Start date: 2015-11-01
End date: 2022-02-28
Duration (months): 76.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1484274.0
EU funding (EUR): 1484274.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls has fundamentally transformed our knowledge of Jewish and Christian origins. The scrolls provide a unique vantage point for studying the dynamic and creative engagement with authoritative scriptures that were to become the Bible. They also offer evidence for a scribal culture ‘in action’. Palaeography can provide access to this scribal culture, showing the human hand behind what came to be regarded as holy texts. The main objective of this interdisciplinary project is to shed new light on ancient Jewish scribal culture and the making of the Bible by freshly investigating two aspects of the scrolls’ palaeography: the typological development of writing styles and writer identification. We will combine three different approaches to study these two aspects: palaeography, computational intelligence, and 14C-dating. The combination of new 14C samples and the use of computational intelligence as quantitative methods in order to assess the development of handwriting styles and to identify individual scribes is a unique strength of this project, which will provide a new and much-needed scientific and quantitative basis for the typological estimations of traditional palaeography of the Dead Sea Scrolls. The quantitative evidence will be used to cluster manuscripts as products of scribal activity in order to profile scribal production and to determine a more precise location in time for their activity, focusing, from literary and cultural-historical perspectives, on the content and genres of the texts that scribes wrote and copied and on the scripts and languages that they used. Through their scribal activities these anonymous scribes constructed a ‘textual community’ and negotiated identities of the movement behind the Dead Sea Scrolls. The exciting aspect of this project is the fact that it will, through the innovative and unconventional digital palaeographic analysis that we will be using, bring these scribal identities back to life.
Stimulating wider uptake of Copernicus Services by making them available as linked open data (Copernicus App Lab)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Space
Theme: Enabling exploitation of space data
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Greece,Belgium,Netherlands
Call: Evolution of Copernicus services (H2020-EO-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2016-11-01
End date: 2019-03-31
Duration (months): 29.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1619230.0
EU funding (EUR): 1617917.5
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The Copernicus App Lab aims at bridging the digital divide between the established, science-driven Earth observation community and the young, innovative, entrepreneurial world of mobile developers by establishing of a proof-of-concept for providing the data from the Copernicus Land, Marine Environment and Atmosphere Monitoring Services as Linked Open Data (LOD) for take-up of EO data in mobile applications. The experiences of the consortium as key technology provider in various international competition events, such as the Copernicus Masters, shows that easy access to data is crucial for the success of EO business development. Main benefits: - Empowering the uptake of Copernicus Services in the mobile developer community by offering a one-stop-shop for mobile developers who wish to integrate Copernicus data into their value-added services via the tools needed and in the format known by mobile developers. - Improving data utilization by publishing value-added products from Copernicus data and services as Linked Open Data finally leading to better and more numerous mobile Copernicus apps. - Trigger business opportunities along the value added chain of EO data and services by providing tools for publishing and interlinking EO data, for querying EO data and for visualizing EO data. - Engaging the user community by setting a strong focus on dissemination activities and by collecting user feedback during a virtual beta testing phase and direct exchange with mobile developers during an ESA Space App Camp.

Keywords: access to data for mobile developers,maps api,streaming copernicus services,linked open data,open source tools,space app camp,user validation