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A Giant Leap for Loop: Towards a harmonized implementable Hyperloop concept with Hyper4Rail (Hyper4Rail)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Europe's Rail
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: EU-RAIL (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: Netherlands,Germany,Portugal,Greece,Sweden,Italy,Norway,Belgium,Poland,Türkiye,Switzerland,Spain,France
Call: HYPERLOOP – ROADMAP TOWARDS INDUSTRIALISATION AND HARMONIZED IMPLEMENTABLE CONCEPT (HORIZON-ER-JU-2024-01, 2024)
Start date: 2024-12-01
End date: 2026-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2817465.12
EU funding (EUR): 2299864.0
Participants: 27
Project status: SIGNED

Europe's fragmented transport system, characterised by a diverse range of national regulations, necessitates innovative solutions. This densely populated, polycentric landscape presents a unique opportunity to address congestion, decarbonise transport, and connect regions. Recognising the transformative potential of hyperloop technology, Hyper4Rail aims to shape future mobility by converging European efforts towards a standardised hyperloop system. Led by the Hyperloop Development Program (HDP), Hyper4Rail brings together key European players – major hyperloop developers and Rail Europe members – to establish a common European hyperloop design concept at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 2. This will be followed by demonstrating core subsystems at TRL 4 and defining pathways for industrialization and commercialisation, underpinned by a business case that identifies potentially viable use cases. Aligning with the EU's industrial strategy, Hyper4Rail fosters a technology-agnostic approach, leadership in standard setting, and the development of resilient passenger transport and supply chains. Hyper4Rail pursues a two-pronged approach: (1) technical harmonisation, industrialisation roadmaps, and applicability studies at TRL 2; and (2) design concept and validation of key subsystems at TRL 4. This directly addresses the goals of the Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking's Multiannual Work Programme (MAWP), particularly Flagship Area 7: "Innovation on new approaches for guided transport modes". As stated in the MAWP, this area seeks to explore "non-traditional and emerging flexible and/or high-speed guided transport systems," including "new types of railway-based transport, such as ultra-high-speed trains". Hyperloop technology aligns strongly with this vision, aiming to provide a socioeconomically efficient and long-term sustainable transport solution for citizens and businesses across Europe.

Keywords: hyperloop,technology convergence,industrial roadmap
Unveiling the Formation of Massive Galaxies with the James Webb Space Telescope (Red Cardinal)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting 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: Italy
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2028-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1270668.0
EU funding (EUR): 1270668.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The formation of massive galaxies, and in particular the quenching of their star formation activity, are among the least understood phases in the history of galaxy evolution. It is widely thought that energetic feedback from Active Galactic Nuclei plays a role in galaxy quenching, but it is not clear how this mechanism actually turns off star formation nor whether additional physical processes, such as gas-rich mergers, are involved. Moreover, it is possible that not all galaxies experience the same type of quenching, since recent studies favor the existence of physically distinct fast and slow quenching channels. Leveraging the groundbreaking observations that will soon be obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), I will test the two-channel hypothesis and identify the physical processes responsible for quenching. I am the Principal Investigator of a Cycle-1 JWST program that will obtain spectra with unprecedented depth and wavelength coverage for a representative sample of galaxies at z ~ 2 - 3, a key epoch for quenching. Using this unique spectroscopic data set, in combination with JWST imaging and multi-wavelength follow-up observations, I will: I) derive star formation histories and quenching timescales using advanced spectral fitting techniques; II) characterize the stellar populations, ionized gas, and molecular gas content of galaxies split by quenching timescale, and identify the physical mechanisms involved in fast and slow quenching by comparing these observations to the predictions of theoretical models; III) explore how the quenching processes depend on redshift, mass, and environment using a novel analysis of rest-frame colors measured from large photometric data sets. This project is extremely timely and will take full advantage of the five-year guaranteed lifetime of JWST.

Keywords: galaxy quenching,high redshift galaxies,galaxy surveys
Respray provides a refill solution for pressurised spray products through a refill station that we place out into drug stores and supermarkets. (RESPRAY)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Hungary
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Respray provides a refill solution for pressurised spray packaging to brands that want to launch a new, sustainable and innovative product to the market. This solution consists of a refillable can and a Refill Station that we place out into drug stores and supermarkets, where customers themselves can refill their own cans. By refilling the cans and reusing the packaging multiple times, we greatly reduce CO2 emissions and the production costs as well. In the case of deodorants, the carbon footprint of our solution is one-fifth as large as that of an average product. While the emission of an average deodorant is around 612.4 g CO2e, with our solution it is only 121.76 g CO2e. Our detailed report on this topic is available on our website, www.respraysolutions.com. Environmental pollution and climate change are problems for us all and we need to take serious steps as also described in the European Green Deal. We support the goals of the Green Deal by significantly reducing the carbon footprint and resource need of spray products and by enhancing sustainable development through innovation and partnerships. The topic of sustainability is gaining popularity, turning eco-friendliness into a competitive advantage. We help our partners reach their CO2 reduction goals and appeal to eco-conscious customers. Our solution also helps retailers prepare for upcoming EU regulations such as Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and Directive (EU) 2019/904, and repealing Directive 94/62/EC which proposal included the following: “From 1 January 2030, final distributors with an area, excluding all storage and dispatch areas, of more than 400m2 shall endeavour to dedicate 10% of their sales area to refill stations for both food and non-food products." In the first six months of our pilot project with ROSSMANN Hungary, our newly developed deo products were in the top 5 best selling spray deos at every location, exceeding the sales volumes of all the big brands.

Keywords: refill,sustainability,circular economy,refill station,spray product
Identifying the building blocks of memory for events (MEME)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Human Mind and Its Compl exity
Panel description: Cognitive science, psychology, linguistics
Countries involved: Israel
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2028-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499500.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499500.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

A fundamental property of episodic memory (memory for our personal experiences) is that it is composed of distinct events – ‘got dressed, had breakfast, cycled to work’. But what are these events – how are they formed, encoded and represented in memory? Classic theories of episodic memory focus on the representation of static events, viewed as sets of associations between elements (e.g. ‘John’+‘coffee’+‘kitchen’). Yet there is no comprehensive theory that accounts for encoding and representation of dynamic events (‘John entered the kitchen, poured water over freshly-ground coffee and waited for it to brew’). The MEME project puts forward a new framework that builds on these classic models, but introduces the dimension of time – proposing an account of how dynamic events are segmented, encoded, and represented. Three work packages are designed to test predictions made by each component of the framework, to address the following questions: (1) Segmentation: During continuous experience, what determines that one event is over and a new one has begun? (2) Encoding: Do we encode experience to memory moment-by-moment or event-by-event (in ‘chunks’)? (3) Representation: Once encoded, how are dynamic events represented in the brain? MEME tackles these questions using a combination of innovative experimental designs (including a large-scale mobile game and tailored films created using ‘The Sims’), functional MRI and intracranial recordings. The stimuli crafted for the project, together with an analysis approach supporting identification of temporal dynamics in fMRI, will make it possible to reveal the basic information unit (“byte”) of episodic memory storage. Only by identifying this basic unit will we be able to reach a comprehensive understanding of real-life episodic memory and its disorders. The impact of MEME will go beyond the realm of memory research, because events are the ‘fundamental units of experience’ that affect all our interaction with the world.

Keywords: hippocampus fmri episodic memory event segmentation
Comprehensive photophysical study of lead-free halide perovskite nanocrystals: towards eco-friendly and high-performance light-emitting diodes (PHOLED)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-03-01
End date: 2025-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 222727.68
EU funding (EUR): 222727.68
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project (PHOLED) will concentrate on lead-free halide perovskite nanomaterials for their light-emitting diodes (LEDs) application to address the current low-performance issue. The focus of this project will be the synthesis of novel lead-free layered halide double perovskite nanocrystals with surface engineering, and the corresponding mechanism studies, which account for the fabrication of high-performance perovskite LEDs (PeLEDs). PHOLED will combine multidisciplinary research crossing synthetic chemistry, surface chemistry, electrochemistry, photophysics, and optoelectronics. The completion of PHOLED will result in the generation of new knowledge to synthesize novel lead-free perovskite nanocrystals with outstanding optoelectronic properties which can provide crucial hints for chemists to enable further optimization of high-quality lead-free perovskite nanomaterials. An achievement of low-cost and high-performance lead-free-based PeLEDs from PHOLED will significantly highlight the possibility of the replacement of conventional LEDs that are made of exotic semiconductors such as gallium arsenide and gallium phosphide. The replacement of toxic lead by less- or non-toxic lead-free metals achieved by PHOLED will also have benefits for both environment and human beings. This fellowship will allow the researcher to incorporate the study of emerging lead-free perovskite nanomaterials-based LEDs into his research profile, broaden his knowledge and offer the researcher further expertise in the fields of eco-friendly, low-cost, and high-performance PeLEDs, opening new horizons for expanding his career prospects. New technical skills and expertise obtained during the fellowship in the beneficiary institute will strengthen the researcher's experimental capabilities and exploit new opportunities in multidisciplinary research domains. This fellowship will also broaden the researcher's networks with world-leading groups in the research of metal halide perovskite-based LEDs.

Keywords: lead free halide perovskite nanocrystals layered double perovskites surface engineering doping engineering low cost eco friendly light emitting diodes external quantum efficiency photophysics
SMART Researchers: Strategic Micro-Credentialing and Skills Recognition for a Dynamic ESRs Talent Ecosystem (SMART Researchers)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Theme: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Destination: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Serbia,Greece,Croatia,Latvia
Call: Talent ecosystems for attractive early research careers – pilot (HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-ERA-02, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1875375.0
EU funding (EUR): 1875375.0
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

The overall objective of the SMART Researchers project is to establish and institutionalize comprehensive, sustainable talent development ecosystems for ESRs across various positions in Widening Countries. By scaling HR excellence in line with the Council Recommendation on a European Framework for Research Careers and the European Charter for Researchers, the project aims to improve working conditions and create a capacity- building framework for European Competence Framework for Researchers-based micro-credentialing and certification. This framework will enable ESRs to acquire and demonstrate advanced skills essential for thriving in interoperable careers, addressing the transversal labor market demands of the twin transitions—green and digital—driven by R&I. The foundation of the project lies in the creation of Career Support Center, which provide continuous career guidance and tailored capacity- building for ESRs. These CSCs will implement Strategic Action Plans for ESRs career development that align institutional HR practices with the Council Recommendation on a European Framework for Research Careers and the European Charter for Researchers. A key component is the development of a micro credentialing and certification framework based on the ResearchComp. By supporting talent development and career progression of a large pool of R&I positions, the project equips the European labor market with well-skilled researchers, enhancing organizations' capacity for training, career development, and talent circulation. Additionally, the project provides policy feedback on implementing the European standards research careers, ensuring continuous alignment with best practices in talent development. The involvement of ESRs at every stage—from competency mapping to policy development—ensures that the solutions created directly address the precariousness they face, building a more stable and sustainable career landscape for researchers across Europe.

Keywords: micro credentials,certification,skills recognition,early stage researchers esr,esr training,talent ecosystem,career development,widening countries,researchcomp
High-PerformAnce Hybrid Energy Storage System for multi-serVicE provisioNing (HAVEN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Cross-sectoral solutions for the climate transition
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: Batteries (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Belgium,Germany,Spain,Lithuania,Morocco,India,Denmark,France,Slovenia,Türkiye,Portugal,Italy
Call: Hybrid electric energy storage solutions for grid support and charging infrastructure (Batt4EU Partnership) (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D2-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6643370.0
EU funding (EUR): 5991258.5
Participants: 15
Project status: SIGNED

HAVEN features a systematic, collaborative, and integrated approach to the design and demonstration of a cutting-edge, sustainable, and safe HESS capable of long duration storage and provision of multiple services for supporting the electrical grid and EV charging infrastructure by coupling complementary technology assets, namely, next-generation high-energy (HE) and high-power (HP) storage technologies, optimised power converter devices with innovative cognitive functionalities, advanced and cyber-secured energy management and control tools and strategies in a novel system architecture. HAVEN seeks to achieve a modular, scalable and cost-efficient solution with the capability to efficiently manage power and energy shares while optimising the system in terms of sizing, CAPEX/OPEX, aging stress and store degradation depending on the specific application. In addition, the project will go a step further by developing a flexible Digital Twin (DT) of the system, valid regardless of the cell chemistry and application and adaptable for second life battery modules, that enables to predict the performance and management of the system over its lifetime, while easing its design and predictive maintenance. All this, leveraged by the first-hand experience of leading academic and industrial players (7 companies). HAVEN’s smart solution will be validated and demonstrated up to TRL 7 in 3 physical and 2 virtual Use-Cases (UCs), covering a wide range of grid support services and considering the specificities of multiple electricity and balancing markets, both in Europe and beyond. To pave the path towards a fast market uptake after the project, the work will also include the development of business models and industrial exploitation strategies, cementing HAVEN’s position as a game-changer in the field of energy storage systems.

Keywords: hess,li ion,battery,ancillary services,grid support,power electronics
Populism contagion: Strategic policy responses to populist opponents (POPULISMCONTAGION)

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: Economic Sciences
Countries involved: Italy
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 193643.28
EU funding (EUR): 193643.28
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The European Council included a free and democratic Europe on its strategic agenda for 2024-2029. However, the success of several populist parties is a serious threat to achieving this goal. Understanding how mainstream politicians respond to this pressure can reveal shifts in the broader democratic discourse. Focusing on French parliamentary elections between 1958 and 2024, for which there are individual candidate manifestos, this project will be the first to credibly show how political candidates strategically adjust their campaigns to populist opponents. The project will use natural language processing methods to study the adjustment in three dimensions: policy topics, their rhetorical complexity, and the level of populism. Leveraging regression discontinuity designs and exploiting two-stage elections and the quasi-random presence of a populist candidate in the second round, the project will show the causal effect of populist candidates on mainstream ones. The project will also provide for the first time evidence of whether this adjustment is constrained to the political campaign or impacts the legislative activity of elected politicians by analysing their policy topics, the complexity of their legislation, and the level of populism in their debates.

Keywords: populism,political economy,elections,candidate positions,legislative behavior
Asymptotic spectra: from algebraic complexity theory to graph theory and beyond (SPECTRA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Computer Science and Informatics
Panel description: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2030-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499886.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499886.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

What is the cost of a task if we have to perform it many times? This fundamental question appears throughout computer science (direct-sum problems), mathematics, and physics. Challenging, protagonistic problems of this kind, that play a central role in this proposal, are fast matrix multiplication in algebraic complexity theory, Shannon capacity in graph theory, efficient asymptotic entanglement transformations in quantum information, and the cap set problem in additive combinatorics. Despite tremendous effort, structured approaches avoiding known barriers have been lacking. Recent work by the PI has built the theory of asymptotic spectrum duality, which Strassen originally introduced to study matrix multiplication, into a powerful theory for direct-sum problems in various areas—from algebraic complexity, to discrete mathematics, quantum information and computational complexity—characterizing such problems in terms of an “asymptotic spectrum”. This approach opens a wealth of unexplored routes towards solving direct-sum problems via methods from algebra, analysis, combinatorics, and optimization. This proposal develops the asymptotic spectrum approach and synergetic applications to direct-sum problems: their general structure theory, methods for specific problems (matrix multiplication, Shannon capacity, and beyond), and interactions among them. Key objectives are: (1) to construct, through topological properties of asymptotic spectra, entirely new kinds of fast matrix multiplication algorithms and circumvent barriers of existing methods; (2) determine the Shannon capacity and its properties through a new approximation approach induced by asymptotic spectrum distance and structured (orbit) packings; (3) determine the structure (topological, geometric, computational) of asymptotic properties of quantum entanglement (tensors); and (4) develop the structural theory and broad applications of asymptotic spectra and interdisciplinary methods for direct-sum problems.

Keywords: algebraic complexity theory,matrix multiplication,shannon capacity of graphs,asymptotic rank conjecture,slice rank method,direct sum problems