Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Innovative drone-based solution for agriculture (APMAV)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and maritime and inland water research and the bioeconomy
Theme: Sustainable agriculture and forestry
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for sustainable and competitive agriculture, forestry, agri-food and bio-based sectors (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2017-03-01
End date: 2017-08-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

HEMAV, a technology-based SME leader in civil services with UAV, is developing APMAV, the tool that will ensure the entrance of the European agriculture in the digital era and the 4.0 Industry. It consists in a full stack approach, leveraging several technology developments including deep learning frameworks, advancement in computer vision, and rapid commoditization of sensors, cameras, and UAVs to address the above-mentioned challenges. APMAV consists of an intuitive solution for agricultural management based on drone technology and an intelligent cloud-based platform, that provides farmers valuable, actionable and real-time recommendations that drive down costs and improves crop performance. Data is acquired with thermal, multispectral or hyperspectral sensors by HEMAV's drone during flight and is sent automatically to the cloud-based HEMAV Data Center for processing. Specialized reports are generated by a software and algorithms developed during the last two years by HEMAV to analyze anomalies in the fields and give specific recommendations to the farmer. A secure web portal displays the reports that a costumer can access. Moreover, specific recommendations can be integrated automatically with other farming tools as tractors, irrigation systems or ERPs (Drone-to-tractor technology). Thanks to big data and machine learning techniques, APMAV will provide value-added reporting to farmers aiming at improving their decision-making process and the exploitation management. These are: 1) Application of phytosanitary products, fertilization and irrigation; 2) Harvest planning; 3) Detection and prediction of plagues and diseases; 4) Fruit organoleptic or chemical qualities discrimination; 5) Discrimination of areas according to the fertilization potential; 6) Determination of the hydric condition. All of this will be achieved through an easy-to-use support decision tool that “speaks” the farmer’s language.

Keywords: digital transformation,digital,bigdata,machine learning,industry 4 0,precision farming,rpas,drone,agriculture,industry driver,decision support system
Climate change and phenology: long-term temporal dynamics of mutualistic ecological networks (TEMPNET)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Reintegration panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-10-01
End date: 2021-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 170121.6
EU funding (EUR): 170121.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Mutualistic interactions (such as pollination or seed dispersal) structure biodiversity and provide essential services and functions, allowing its persistence. Understanding the threats imposed to biodiversity by human activities (i.e. climate change), needs assessing how these ecological systems change in time. Accelerated climate change has worldwide impacts on organisms, and has been demonstrated to modify their timing, such as advanced growing seasons of plants or shifts in migratory rhythms of birds. The TEMPNET proposal aims at evaluating how phenological changes in interacting plant and animals affect their dynamics over seasonal and long-term timespans. We will use a new multidisciplinary approach that combines state-of-the-art mathematical advances in multilayer network analysis, sound ecological theory, outstanding climatological research and field observations. TEMPNET will combine two temporal scales (frequent intra-annual censuses and long-term replication with 15 or 37 yrs of time span) and will compare mutualistic networks of two study sites: a seed dispersal network from the Doñana National Park (Spain) and a pollination network from Zackenberg Reserve (Greenland, Denmark). We will take advantage of previously gathered data, and a new field season is planned in Doñana with the same sampling methodology. Previous experience of the applicant on plant-animal interactions and phenology will be complemented with new acquired skills on network analytics, being the supervisor of the proposal a world-known expert on ecological networks. This proposal is expected to help gaining: 1) an in-depth understanding of the temporal dynamics of ecological interactions; and 2) informed forecasting of future impacts of climate change on the structure and function of biodiversity.

Keywords: do ana national park,zackenberg reserve,plant animal interactions,frugivory,pollination,seed dispersal
Mathematical models of bone externally excited remodelling (MMoBEER)

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: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-11-02
End date: 2019-11-01
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 195454.8
EU funding (EUR): 195454.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

For describing complex systems as bone tissue, with their inner interactions and their interactions with environment the mathematical models become even more complex, that puts demands on theories, methods and assumptions used and the efficiency of numerical methods employed for solving as well as the management of data. The complexity of bone models depends not only on the number of parameters describing different biochemistry and Multi-physics influences but also on different time scales and rate of periodicity of processes involved. In structural analysis non-linearity plays important role for realistic description of real world phenomena. Incorporated the parametric nonlinear analysis of periodically excited hybrid systems into a structural models of bone would be a great advantages for prediction of a more realistic situation for description of the bone mass distribution, delay in the osteoblasts and osteoclasts coupling, osteocytes transferring of signals and more other issues related to the bone adaptively and strength. The aim of the project would be that on the base of existing level of known parameters in bone turnover guided by external loading provide an analytical approach to be solve and interpreted for real description and prediction of bone adaptive behavior. Hybrid systems treat cellular level as discrete system of particles described with system of coupled ordinary differential equations and environmental conditions as a continuous system described with a system of coupled partial differential equations affected with different external signals. The established, measured and explored model will also give an approach closer to the realistic situation and real needs and suggestions for patients with bone problems but also for those who want to have healthy and strong skeleton.

Keywords: bone analysis,structural analysis,modeling
An autonomous and mobile water treatment plant powered by solar energy (WATLY)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Climate action, environment,  resource efficiency and raw materials
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Italy,Spain
Call: Boosting the potential of small businesses for eco-innovation and a sustainable supply of raw materials (H2020-SMEINST-2-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2015-10-01
End date: 2017-10-31
Duration (months): 25.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2025500.0
EU funding (EUR): 1417850.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Water and energy are highly interdependent and are both crucial to human well-being and sustainable socio-economic development. 1.1 billion people worldwide do not have access to a safe source of drinking water; 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity; 5 billion people worldwide still have no access to internet. Our innovative solution Watly addresses the increasing global demand for safe sources of drinking water and green off-grid electricity, by combining highly efficient photovoltaic panels with thermal energy production, used to desalinate and purify water in-situ. Watly also provides internet connectivity and mobile chargers in remote areas. Our customers are: Governments and public institutions, NGOs, mobile hospitals, military organizations, hotels/resorts/businesses in remote destinations, oil platforms, etc. WATLY’s success depends on the fulfilment of the following objectives: - Scale-up Watly 2.0 to Watly 3.0 able to treat up to 4,500l of water and produce 70 kWh of electricity per day, boosting its readiness level from TRL7 to TRL9 - Certification and live Demonstration of Watly 3.0 - Succesfull final Business Innovation Plan and commercialization activities for Watly 3.0 The investment cost of Watly 3.0 could be a strong barrier for the public sector and NGOs. To overcome this barrier Watly will include additional features and 2 kinds of revenues channels for the Watly operator: • Vending Machine: It is a model created for the public sector of remote areas, with medium-low purchasing power. Watly will include specific hardware to act as a vending machine, which will give a certain amount of water/energy/connectivity in exchange of a small economic input • Lively Donors: It is a model strictly created for NGOs. Watly will integrate a web platform and a mobile App which will allow external donors, i.e. philanthropists from rich countries, to remotely donate money giving a certain amount of water/energy/connectivity to the needy person

Keywords: environment,water sanitation,wastewater treatment,renewables,solar energy,off grid electricity,internet connectivity,eco innovative technology,place and play,resource efficiency
First-principles global MHD disc simulations: Defining planet-forming environments in early solar systems (new-ppd-environments)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — 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: Germany,Denmark
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2014-STG, 2014)
Start date: 2015-06-01
End date: 2021-05-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1392763.0
EU funding (EUR): 323319.06
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of this ambitious research project is to produce the most realistic computer simulations of gaseous protoplanetary accretion discs to date, and thereby define in an assertive way the environment that shapes the assembly and early evolution of planetary systems. In their role as planet nurseries, protoplanetary discs are of key interest to planet formation theory. Their dynamical, radiative and thermodynamic properties critically define the environment for embedded solids: dust grains, pebbles and planetesimals. In short, the building blocks of planet formation. The discs’ dynamics and structure in turn depend critically on the influence of magnetic fields that couple to tenuously ionised and low-density regions. Being comparatively cold and dense, the ionisation state of the disc plasma is dominated by external far-UV, X-Ray, and cosmic-ray radiation, leading to a layered vertical structure – with turbulent, magnetised surface layers and a magnetically-decoupled midplane. This classic ‘dead-zone’ picture is now turned upside-down by previously ignored micro-physical effects. For instance, ambipolar diffusion is predicted to dominate in the tenuous hot corona of the disc. It is expected that parts of the disc will thus be stabilised and a magneto-centrifugal wind will be launched. This has so far only been studied in very simplified local models that are affected by fundamental limitations. Our understanding of the structure of protoplanetary discs is about to undergo a dramatic shift, and my proposed research is at the forefront of this development. My recent successful work at the interface between MHD dynamics and planet formation theory makes me ideally skilled to lead a research group in this endeavour and to communicate advancements to a wide audience of theoreticians in planet formation. Our ambitious global simulations will furthermore provide realistic templates to interpret new observations made with the ALMA telescope array.

Keywords: magnetohydrodynamics mhd,methods numerical,planets and satellites formation,protoplanetary disks
Advanced Landing Gear Sensing and Monitoring (ALGeSMo)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Clean Sky 2
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: CS2 (Art-187)
Countries involved: Switzerland,Netherlands,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call: ALGeSMo (Advanced Landing Gear Sensing & Monitoring ) (H2020-CS2-CFP02-2015-01, 2015)
Start date: 2016-09-01
End date: 2020-10-31
Duration (months): 50.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3438226.75
EU funding (EUR): 1917884.33
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The primary objective of the Advanced Landing Gear Sensing and Monitoring (ALGeSMo) project is to bring together a world-class team from across Europe to deliver a state-of-the-art optically-based load monitoring system for aircraft landing gear. This will yield a step change in the way landing gear is utilised and managed in operational and flight situations, leading to a new paradigm in aircraft availability and operability. This will assist the development of European capability within this domain such that Europe will be well-positioned to provide state-of-the-art equipment to future aircraft development. The goal of this proposal is to satisfy the topic requirements (JTI-CS2-2015-CFP02-SYS-02-09) as set out by Airbus (Topic Manager) in the second Call for Proposals (CFP02) released in July 2015. This falls under WP4 (Landing Gear) of the Systems ITD. Specifically this call requires the development and delivery of the following: • A Fibre Bragg Grating (FBG) optical sensor system using Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) techniques to accurately detect and translate landing gear strain and torque to the aircraft control systems. • A state-of-the-art and highly accurate integrated photonics fibre-optic interrogator that will result in the smallest system currently available anywhere in the world. This will make integration and certification of the system highly achievable compared to existing optical interrogator systems. • Detailed design of system architecture and integration to ensure that the appropriate Design Assurance Level (DAL) requirement can be achieved. • Definition and build of loading and calibration rigs in order to characterise sub-system and system components using a full landing gear slider tube assembly. • Completion of system testing and partial qualification testing to de-risk the technology and demonstrate TRL5.

Keywords: bragg gratings,strain monitoring,composites,landing gear,health monitoring,opto electronics,flight test
Microfabricated hydrogel-based complex patch with time dependent controlled multiple-release of biomolecules for improved healing of skin wounds (PATCHED)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Products and processes engineering
Panel description: Product and process design, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, vehicle engineering, energy processes and relevant computational methods
Countries involved: Portugal
Call: ERC Proof of Concept Grant (ERC-2019-PoC, 2019)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2022-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Skin wounds represent a significant economic and social burden, associated with a long-lasting nature and need of care. Most of the commercially available patches for wound healing have been proved very useful in wound management but are yet to demonstrate a direct effect on the progression of the healing. This has significant implications in the quality of the clinical results obtained so far. Skin patches can be substantially improved in terms of the healing time, with clear benefits in the patient’s quality of life and in reducing health care systems costs, as well as on the quality of the new skin. The use of hydrogel-based patches has clear advantages in maintaining the moist environment required for improved healing but those devices are not yet designed to actively aid the healing process. Because the healing cascade is a complex and step wise process, PATCHED proposes to proof the feasibility and efficacy of a hydrogel-based patch designed to address that complexity and time dependence. PATCHED relies on the versatility of a technology developed under the scope of ComplexiTE ERC AdG that will allow extending its outputs towards a concurrent biomedical application. Therefore PATCHED will produce a prototype of an innovative multi-component hydrogel-based patch that contains selected biomolecules that will have different actions according to different microenvironments of the wound. By tailoring the composition, size and shape of the components, a time-dependent release of the biomolecules will be achieved according to the different healing microenvironments. This should result in a dynamic and cooperative effect that will address the complexity of the wound process resulting in improved healing. Overall PATCHED represents the proof of concept of a commercialization opportunity that might advance the wound care market, directly impacting the life of millions of patients.

Keywords: biomaterials,bioactive molecules,medical device,skin,tissue engineering,hydrogel,controlled release
Hetero-structures for Efficient Luminescent Devices (HELD)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Products and processes engineering
Panel description: Product and process design, chemical, civil, environmental, mechanical, vehicle engineering, energy processes and relevant computational methods
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2018-ADG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499175.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499175.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

We propose to engineer stable-highly luminescent heterostructures based on defect tolerant benign perovskites and their integration into efficient planar/thin film optoelectronic devices. Primary targeted devices are: blue and white planar electroluminescent devices, high efficiency solar cells and electrically pumped lasers. We will use processing methods that are compatible with large area industrial processes, in particular focusing on vapour deposition using thermal sublimation of the perovskite precursors. The boundaries of this simple, scalable and economic coating method will be determined using an advanced real time in-situ optical monitoring system based on hyperspectral imaging. This tool will unveil the limits and processing conditions for the preparation of uniform and very thin (< 10 nm) crystalline thin-film semiconductors. We will also attempt to replace the toxic lead in today’s most studied perovskite materials, by less toxic materials such as tin and silver/bismuth mixtures. Here vacuum based processing is beneficial in view of the limited air-stability and solubility of their pre-cursor salts. Accurate vapour deposition methods will allow the fabrication of perovskites in multiple layered heterostructures (MLH) that passivate the perovskite crystal boundaries. This will increase their thermal and structural stability and above all their photoluminescence efficiency. With the sophisticated processing control, multiple quantum wells (MQWs) will be engineered. MQWs are promising for light-emitting devices, in particular for lasers. The impact of the project is large on various fields ranging from processes, materials and device engineering, physics, and energy. High efficiency, planar LEDs and solar cells, can shift the energy landscape and strongly help to meet the worlds CO2 reduction targets. The demonstration of electrically pumped lasing in easily processed thin film semiconductors will generate so far un-available fields of science.

Keywords: engineering semiconductors,luminescence,heterostructures,leds,solar cells,lasers
Training towards Personalized Antibiotic Treatment (TIPAT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Innovative Training Networks (ITN)-European Training Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Austria,Germany,Italy,Italy,Germany,Sweden,Netherlands
Call: Innovative Training Networks (H2020-MSCA-ITN-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2020-03-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3969583.2
EU funding (EUR): 3969583.2
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing threat to effectively treat serious bacterial infections. To this end, tailoring antibiotic treatments to individual patients is urgently needed to maximize efficacy while minimizing the risk of promoting further resistance. To enable development of innovative personalized antibiotic treatment strategies, quantitative understanding of the interplay between drug, pathogen and host is crucial. The Training towards Innovative Personalized Antibiotic Therapy (TIPAT) network will train inter-disciplinary specialists optimally equipped with a skill set to address this challenge. TIPAT offers a cutting-edge training-by-research programme for 15 Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) who will investigate translation and integration of biological and pharmacological data related to drug-pathogen-host interactions towards personalized therapies. Central to the TIPAT research and training program is the combination of state-of-the art quantitative modelling with approaches in clinical pharmacology, immunology and microbiology, which enables development of innovative methodology to personalized antibiotic therapies. The consortium unites a cross-disciplinary team of leading academic experts and inter-sectoral partners including SMEs, pharmaceutical companies and hospitals. Secondments complementary to ESR research projects will promote inter-professional and cross-disciplinary research and communication. The TIPAT integrated program is enriched with transferable, regulatory and entrepreneurial skills training delivered through themed Summer and Winter schools. The TIPAT network will deliver inter-disciplinary specialists in personalized antibiotic treatment strategies. The TIPAT training will strongly expand career perspectives of ESRs in academia, hospitals, industry or regulatory agencies, and develop scientific innovations to enable optimal therapy for individual patients to address current and future challenges of AMR-infections.

Keywords: antibiotics,pharmacokinetics,pharmacodynamics,biomarkers,bacterial infection,antimicrobial resistance,therapeutic drug monitoring