Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Lignin Based Carbon Fibres for Composites (LIBRE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Bio-based Industries
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: BBI (Art-187)
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany,Italy,Germany,Ireland,Ireland,Sweden,Belgium,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Conversion of lignin-rich streams from biorefineries (H2020-BBI-PPP-2015-2-1, 2015)
Start date: 2016-11-01
End date: 2021-04-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4919560.0
EU funding (EUR): 4566560.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

The use of carbon fiber (CF) based composites is of growing importance in many industrial applications with the current global market estimated at $28Bn [ref 9]. However, the current high cost, limited production capability in Europe and the use of petroleum-based polyacrylonitrile (PAN) as the precursor fiber (PF) from which the CF is ultimately derived, requires the development of innovative routes to industrial production. To achieve this, novel processes are needed which can utilise sustainable precursor materials to produce CF of adequate quality, reduce energy consumption during manufacture and make CF widely available and affordable across a range of different European industrial sectors. The aim of LIBRE is to use lignin rich side streams in order to develop a more resource-efficient and sustainable carbon fiber production, based on biopolymers for PF production and energy efficient processing technologies for conversion of PF to CF which will have performance levels matching or bettering current industrial standards.

Keywords: lignin,carbon fibre,sustainable manufacture
Energy and Environmentally Efficient Cooling System for Maritime use (EEECSM-2)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: Small business innovation research for Transport and Smart Cities Mobility (H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-08-01
End date: 2018-11-30
Duration (months): 28.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1517625.0
EU funding (EUR): 1062337.5
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The maritime industry has in the recent years changed their strategy. Before the global financial crisis, the shipowners had only the temporal aspect in mind. From A to B as quickly as possible was most important, whatever the cost. However, this has changed significantly. Rising oil prices and a much greater focus on the environmental impacts, have led to higher operating costs. The industry is now searching for every opportunity to reduce these operating costs. Today, traditional compressor driven A/C units is used for cooling the ships. The electrical energy that drives the cooling systems, is produced by combustion of fossil fuels. COOL4SEA’s new cooling technology changes all of this. Onboard ships of all types and cargos, the need of cooling is always present. In order to generate cooling, energy is required. This energy is supplied by combustion of oil. However, large amounts of unused energy in the form of heat, exist on every ship. This heat is extremely difficult to utilize. COOL4SEA has developed a cooling technology, that can harness the energy from this heat and use it for A/C. This saves the oil that otherwise should have been used — with environmental and economic benefits as a result.
Industry 4.0 impact on management practices and economics (IN4ACT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Spreading excellence and widening participation
Programme: ERA chairs
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Lithuania
Call: ERA Chairs (H2020-WIDESPREAD-03-2017-ERAChairs, 2017)
Start date: 2018-10-01
End date: 2023-12-31
Duration (months): 63.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2487667.5
EU funding (EUR): 2487667.5
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The objective of the IN4ACT project is to implement structural changes at the Kauno Technologijos Universitetas (KTU) School of Economics and Business through the opening of an ERA Chair in “Industry 4.0 Management and Economics” research, to increase research excellence, socio-economic impact, international reputation, and attractiveness to international talented researchers and students. An ERA Chair holder and a team will be recruited to 1/ Implement an ambitious research agenda on the impact of future manufacturing (Industry 4.0) on management practices and economics; 2/ Drive changes at the KTU School of Economics and Business related with research management and human resources, especially to comply with the ERA priorities; 3/ Improve the School's exploitation, dissemination, and communication capacities; 4/ Grow networks and increase links with stakeholders, especially to increase participation in Horizon 2020.

Keywords: twinning,industry 4 0,future manufacturing
ERTMS on SATELLITE Galileo Game Changer (ERSAT GGC)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Space
Theme: Enabling exploitation of space data
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Italy,Italy,Italy,Germany,Belgium,France,France,France
Call: EGNSS Transport applications (H2020-GALILEO-GSA-2017-1, 2017)
Start date: 2017-12-01
End date: 2019-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3834911.25
EU funding (EUR): 3107286.75
Participants: 19
Project status: CLOSED

ERSAT GGC is conceived for speeding up the certification process of EGNSS assets according to the ERTMS rules. It is a follow up of the ERSAT (ERtms + SATellite) program launched in 2012 by RFI in collaboration with Ansaldo STS for integrating satellite technologies on the ERTMS platform. Primary goals of ERSAT GGC are to allow RFI, recently nominated Game Changer for integrating satellite technology into ERTMS, to launch an operational line by 2020, the same year Galileo services will be operational and to accelerate the standardization process at European level for including the satellite requirements into the new ERTMS STI (Standard for Technical Interoperability). As a results of previous projects, EGNSS and ERTMS – both pillars of the European industrial policy - are becoming tightly intertwined and backed by a mutual-supportive business model - a pre-requisite to give birth to fast growing EGNSS applications and to the deployment of economical sustainable ERTMS solutions on local and regional market which today is dominated by legacy systems most of which old and still manually operated. ERSAT GGC will rely on the achievements of the most relevant EC and GSA funded projects such as NGTC, ERSAT EAV, STARS, RHINOS whose the individual coordinators are partners of the ERSAT GGC consortium. ERSAT GGC will exploit a fully operational Test bed located in Sardinia on the 50km double track line between Cagliari and San Gavino. This Test Bed includes the ERTMS main constituents, a fully equipped train, and the EGNSS/ Wireless assets to operate with the ERTMS system based on the Satellite based Location Determination System (LDS). Other facilities, such as those of the CEDEX laboratory, DLR and RFI will be exploited for the certification process. The ERSAT GGC consortium includes RFI, SNCF and ADIF as the main European rail stake-holders and two independent Notify body, Italcertifer and Bureau Veritas which are already supporting RFI for the certification process.

Keywords: ertms,egnss application for rail,certification
Productionisation of Advanced Modular Passenger Autonomous Seating (PAMPAS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-09-01
End date: 2019-02-28
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The automotive industry is being encouraged to cut emissions from cars, with OEMs threatened with penalties if they do not meet targets. One way of achieving this is to make vehicles lighter. Reducing the weight of a small family car by 5% can lead to increased fuel efficiency of 2% . Conventional car seats can weigh up to 35kg each , whereas Gordon Murray Design’s composite iStream® seat weighs only 12kg, potentially a huge weight saving. The manufacture of composite car seats has traditionally been expensive due to their unsuitability for mass production but the revolutionary iStream® manufacturing process overturns this convention, utilising a composite sandwich panel structure and metallic frame combination, which costs no more than a conventional car seat. Reducing the weight is also of benefit to electric vehicles (EVs) as well as internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, lower weight means lower emissions and for EVs it means greater range for a given battery size or a smaller (cheaper) battery for a given range, both of which are very desirable for customers. The principal objective of the The Productionisation of Advanced Modular Passenger Autonomous Seating (PAMPAS) project is to fully understand all aspects of the industrialisation process to ensure the already technically proven seating system can enter into series production with a commercially viable proposition.

Keywords: seating,innovation,new materials,low weight
The role of NG2 cells in the neural network in health and disease (NG2-cells)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Global Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Germany,United States
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-06-01
End date: 2022-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 264669.12
EU funding (EUR): 264669.12
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Loss of myelin and oligodendrocyte dysfunction is being recognized in many neurodegenerative diseases, such as Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease or Epilepsy, although the mechanisms are not yet understood. Oligodendrocytes are generated from NG2 cells, a glial cell population that covers the entire parenchyma of the central nervous system. The multitude of disorders involving oligodendrocyte pathologies in grey and white matter underscores the importance to understand how oligodendrocyte differentiation and myelination are regulated, and the role of NG2 cells therein. The highest density of NG2 cells can be found during the first postnatal weeks, when they differentiate into mature oligodendrocytes ensheathing axons with myelin. NG2 cells retain the capacity for self-renewal throughout life, rendering them a huge regenerative potential in the adult brain. It is still unknown whether all NG2 cells have the same potential to generate oligodendrocytes or whether a subpopulation of them becomes permanent NG2 cells. Neurons form synaptic contacts onto NG2 cells and depolarize them, in order to regulate myelination. Considering the finding, that processes of NG2 glia contact neurons at the node of Ranvier, it could be possible that NG2 cells in turn are able to modulate neuronal activity. To address these questions, this project is designed to investigate how altered neuronal excitability affects the structural and functional relationship between neurons and NG2 cells and how these changes impact the neural network. Using a combination of several cutting-edge techniques, the details of the morphological contact formation as well as the physiological function of these contacts in vivo in models of enhanced neuronal activity will be assessed. The results will be a major contribution to understanding the role of NG2 cells in the neural network in healthy organisms as well as in the numerous diseases where oligodendrocytes are affected.

Keywords: oligodendrocytes,myelin,neuronal activity,voltage gated ion channels,multiple sclerosis,epilepsy,electron microscopy,3 dimensional reconstruction,in vivo imaging
affecTive basEd iNtegrateD carE for betteR Quality of Life (TeNDER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Health, demographic change and wellbeing
Theme: Active ageing and self-management of health
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Germany,Italy,Belgium,Slovenia,Greece,Slovenia,Portugal
Call: Large Scale pilots of personalised & outcome based integrated care (H2020-SC1-DTH-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2019-11-01
End date: 2023-04-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5698332.5
EU funding (EUR): 4998282.5
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

With an increasingly growing population in Europe, cognitive impairments as well as heart diseases are a major social and health issue. 1.2 million people in Europe are affected by Parkinson's disease (PD) while Alzheimer’s disease remains one of the biggest global public health challenges our generation is facing, while Cardiovascular disease represented the 31% of all global deaths in 2016. Based on these facts, the affecTive basEd iNtegrateD carE for betteR Quality of Life TeNDER project will create an integrated care ecosystem for assisting people with chronic diseases of Alzheimer’s (AD), Parkinson’s (PD) and comorbidity with Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD) through the use of affect based micro tools. These microservices will recognise the mood of a person and thus adapt the system’s probes to the person’s needs via a multi-sensorial system, even in the most severe cases, and match with clinical (from Electronic Health Records EHRs) and clerical patient information, while preserving privacy, monitoring the ethical principles, providing data protection and security, with the result of an increased Quality of Life (QoL). In addition, interactive communication and social services will strength the elderly support, extending their autonomy and care supply chain. TeNDER will perform 5 large scale pilots, involving 5 user partners and 1500+ TeNDER final users in 4 different European regions, with at least 735 patients (+40% in the patients control group, making a total of 1030 patients), 85 health professionals (physicians mainly), 30 social workers, 570 caregivers (professional and relatives) and 60 other staff (clerks, Hospital IT support, etc.), to provide tailor suited integrated care services to promote wellbeing and health recovery. TeNDER will provide 4 different scenarios according to the patients pathways (home, daycare centre, rehabilitation centre/rooms, and hospital).

Keywords: affective computing,multi sensing environment
Regulatory rules and evolution of neuronal gene expression (NEUROCODE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System
Panel description: Nervous system development, homeostasis and ageing, nervous system function and dysfunction, systems neuroscience and modelling, biological basis of cognitive processes and of behaviour, neurological and mental disorders
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2020-COG, 2020)
Start date: 2021-06-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1997500.0
EU funding (EUR): 1997500.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Complex brain functions require a remarkable degree of cellular specialization. Understanding the mechanisms guiding neuronal specification programs remains a major challenge. Here we use the nematode C. elegans, an essential animal model for studying the general principles of neuron specification, to provide answers to four fundamental questions: 1) How are regulatory landscapes coordinately activated in each type of neuron? We previously showed that complex combinations of transcription factors (TFs) implement neuron-type specific programs. TF behaviour at the genome-wide level is not well-understood. Our expertise on dopaminergic and serotonergic neuron specification will be instrumental in answering this question. 2) How are TF interactions mirrored by syntax rules of the regulatory genome? Our preliminary data demonstrate extensive TF-TF cooperativity that is mirrored by specific syntax in the target enhancers. We will use massively parallel reporter assays and bioinformatics to begin decoding the rules of the neuronal regulatory genome. 3) Does regulation of basic translational machinery play a role in neuronal differentiation? The mechanisms regulating the basal translational machinery are emerging as a new dimension in the regulation of cell type specification. We recently found the conserved translation initiation factor eIF3A is required for serotonergic terminal differentiation, opening the door to the study of this novel regulatory role for eIF3 complex. 4) How do new types of neurons emerge during evolution? We will combine our unique expertise on neuron specification with the amenability of the Caenorhabditis species and novel single-cell technologies to unravel the regulatory mechanisms underlying the appearance of new neuronal types in evolution. Our work will unravel novel principles on the regulation of neuronal specification and the evolution of cell types in the nervous system, fundamental for our understanding of brain development and function.

Keywords: caenorhabditis elegans,neuron differentiation,regulatory genome,translational regulation,transcriptional regulation,evolution,neuronal diversity
Conception by artificial reproductive technologies and offspring health (ART-HEALTH)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Human Diseases
Panel description: Medical technologies and tools for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human diseases, therapeutic approaches and interventions, pharmacology, preventative medicine, epidemiology and public health, digital medicine
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANT (ERC-2020-ADG, 2020)
Start date: 2021-12-01
End date: 2026-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499951.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499951.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Infertility affects 1 in 6 couples. With increasing numbers of artificial reproductive technology (ART) conceptions, understanding the effects of ART on maternal and offspring health has been designated a major research priority. Research to date has been highlighted as having limited quality and lacking methodological transparency. In ART-HEALTH we use a robust, systematic approach of triangulating different sources of evidence to address this. work-package (WP) 1 will generate three new datasets with complementary sources of bias. 1. Birth cohort collaboration of 360,000 spontaneously conceived (SC) and 10,000 ART offspring. This will provide rich data on large numbers with ART offspring recruited, assessed and followed in identical ways to SC offspring. 2. Large ART cohort (5000 couples) with detailed information on treatments linked to a SC group that will have identical data collected from pregnancy to mid-childhood. 3. Large population record linkage of 200,000 contemporary ART births, 10,000 of their SC siblings and 400,000 general population SC births. WP2 will triangulate evidence to determine the effects of ART on perinatal and offspring cardiometabolic health. It will compare results from the 3 datasets and updated systematic reviews, using conventional multivariable regression and within sibship analyses. WP3 will analyse the datasets using Mendelian randomization, and multivariable regression in a counterfactual framework to explore pregnancy metabolomic mediation. We will systematically and transparently assess risk of bias with each analytical method in each dataset and use bounds of causality and Bayesian approaches to integrate data. PhD students, funded from elsewhere, will explore effects on parental and offspring mental health and cognitive function. In the final year we will work with colleagues in Brazil, Pakistan, a- ART is increasing - Concerns about effects - Evidence base limited - Our objectives - Why these will make a difference

Keywords: artificial reproductive technologies,perinatal health,cardiometabolic health,causal inference,triangulation
The European Travellers Club: Account-Based Travelling across the European Union (ETC)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Netherlands,Netherlands,Luxembourg
Call: Towards seamless mobility addressing fragmentation in ITS deployment in Europe (H2020-MG-2014_TwoStages, 2014)
Start date: 2015-05-01
End date: 2018-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 4500000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The European Travellers Club is a programme by and for European transport ticketing schemes or operators, travellers organizations and technology providers to create seamless account-based traveling across the European Union. The programme is traveller-centric, meaning that the travelers will be in control of their preferences and privacy. While it includes innovative technological concepts, it is expressly designed to work with existing e-ticketing infrastructures in member states (Calypso, VDV, ITSO etc) as well as new possibilities (such as EMV-contactless, smart tokens etc). The "eco-system" will be open for all potential suppliers through an open architecture with clear interfaces and standardized protocols. The architecture is such that it allows for a smooth integration with travel planning and booking tools, journey information and integration with other uses of e-identity, e-payment and e-ticketing. The programme consists of: (1) the governance structure of the European Travellers Club and National or Regional Travellers Clubs that ensures interoperability and traveller-in-control privacy, while avoiding a suppliers lock-in. (2) the technological development of our solutions for secure and fast identification in transport, our authentication and routing functionality between schemes, our solutions for privacy using derived-identities and personal storage options, and our integration with smart phones, NFC mobile phones, and EMV-contactless. (3) the European Travellers Lab in which our member schemes can develop and test use cases, business rules, and interoperability across schemes and identifiers. (4) the standards and interfaces that allow members of one (national) Travellers Club to consult, through their own portal and in their own language, the travel planning and booking tools mediated through a Travellers Club in another country.

Keywords: privacy