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Free-electron Laser Quantum Optics (FELQO)

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: Physics
Countries involved: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-04-01
End date: 2027-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 194074.56
EU funding (EUR): 194074.56
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The advancement of quantum optics has ushered in groundbreaking fields like quantum information and quantum control. While free-electron lasers have traditionally been studied through classical electromagnetism, this project, acronymed FELQO, seeks to explore the quantum nature of this system, aligning with the momentum of the second quantum revolution. By delving into the quantum optics of free-electron lasers, the project aims to achieve precise control over both electron wave functions and light fields, positioning this system as a versatile platform for quantum simulation and computing. In this innovative and interdisciplinary framework, the project will also tackle fundamental quantum challenges, including relativistic quantum dynamics and quantum measurement, which have intrigued scientists since the inception of quantum theory. This proposal represents a bold step into a novel and fundamental area of research, promising to deepen our understanding and potentially shape future quantum technologies.

Keywords: quantum optics quantum simulation free electron laser pinem weak measurement superoscillation
Agro-ecological strategies for resilient farming in West Africa (CIRAWA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Portugal,France,Belgium,Cabo Verde,Kenya,Gambia,Ghana,Senegal
Call: Agro-ecological approaches in African agriculture systems (HORIZON-CL6-2022-FARM2FORK-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6947466.0
EU funding (EUR): 6947466.0
Participants: 17
Project status: SIGNED

Agriculture is one of the key focus areas of the partnership between the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU), with the EU’s focus being on facilitating a green transition according to its Green Deal (GD) objectives. The GD is a set of long-term policy initiatives that define the EU’s climate strategy to reach net zero emissions by 2050 and its implications for Africa are multifaceted, such as the implementation of new agricultural standards, deployment of the EU-Africa biodiversity strategy or creating a circular economy. Climate change is projected to compromise agricultural production, especially in smallholder systems with little adaptive capacity, as currently prevalent in many parts of Africa. In particular, West Africa (WA) is known to be particularly vulnerable to climate change due to high climate variability or high reliance on rain-fed agriculture and especially due to urgent drive to meeting food, healthy diet, and economic needs. To support a transition to sustainable food systems, Agro-ecological farming is emerging as a compelling response to the challenges West Africa faces, aiming to reduce the environmental impacts of agriculture while meeting the growing demand for food, contributing to landscape quality and biodiversity, and enhancing resilience.. CIRAWA will unlock the potential of the agro-ecology in West Africa by building on existing indigenous and scientific knowledge to improve food and nutrition security, livelihoods and planetary health while tackling the climate change and environmental impact of agricultural practices. CIRAWA will work on innovative agro-ecological approaches by the following strategies: (i) valorisation of agro-wastes and bio-based fertiliser production; (ii) production of high quality seeds; (iii) saline soil reclamation through phytoremediation; (iv) soil fertility, water and crop management practices. These will be deployed in 4 countries in West Africa (Cape Verde, Ghana, Senegal and The Gambia).
Accelerating datafication for support of EU health priorities, greening of biobanks and integrated approach to “One Health” (EvolveBBMRI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Research infrastructures
Theme: Research infrastructures
Destination: Development and infrastructures
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Czechia,Germany,Cyprus,Spain,Greece,Italy,Netherlands,Poland,Bulgaria
Call: Consolidation of the RI landscape – Individual support for evolution and long-term sustainability of pan-European research infrastructures (HORIZON-INFRA-2023-DEV-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4999943.75
EU funding (EUR): 3999955.0
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

Since its creation, the Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure - European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BBMRI-ERIC) has made a remarkable contribution to European and international cutting-edge research, as one of the largest RI for health research and in life sciences in Europe. 2023 marking its 10-year anniversary, BBMRI-ERIC is facing a unique moment to look into the long-term future and to develop its strategy for the next decade to ensure long-term sustainability. The EvolveBBMRI project aims to further develop BBMRI-ERIC for the benefit of its scientific communities and users, increase its capacity to serve EU policy priorities and further deepen its collaboration with industry. The project is structured in four thematic pillars: 1) Acceleration of datafication of biobanks and biomolecular resources to enable reproducible advanced medical research in support of EU health priorities ; 2) Teaming with industry towards greener biobanking; 3) Long-term sustainability measures for BBMRI addressing also RI landscape gaps; and 4) Strengthened approach for career paths, training and outreach activities to maximise impact. The project will ensure the implementation of specific results on 6 key target groups: a) Scientific community (Universities, Hospitals, Research Institutes); b) BBMRI-ERIC National Nodes, Biobanks in Europe and beyond; c) Industry and private foundations; d) Policy- and decision-makers at national and European levels; e) European and International networks and f) Donors, Patients and Citizens. EvolveBBMRI activities and outputs within its four Pillars will increase the long-term sustainability of BBMRI-ERIC and will thus contribute to a better structured and strengthened European research infrastructure landscape. Ultimately, the project will contribute to increase the scientific excellence to better tackle scientific and societal challenges and to expand and secure global competitiveness of the European Research Area

Keywords: bbmri eric biobanks research infrastructures health datafication one health green biobanking long term sustainability
How The Emotions of Politicians Explain their Representative Behavior (TEMPER)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Institutions, Governance and Legal Systems
Panel description: Political science, international relations, law
Countries involved: Belgium
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): 1498730.0
EU funding (EUR): 1498730.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

TEMPER sheds new light on the representative behavior of individual politicians by addressing an overlooked driver of that behavior: their emotions. What makes politicians decide to be responsive to public opinion signals at some occasions, but not at others? And how do politicians go about communicating their viewpoints, sometimes using very emotional or uncivil language, and at other times not? Whereas extant research has been preoccupied with studying the cognitive, strategic reasons that politicians may have to act so-or-so, TEMPER focuses on the emotional explanations of their behavior. It sketches a portrait of politicians who are, above everything, human. Doing so, TEMPER bridges the gap between theories of elite behavior and theories of the political behavior of citizens, which have—relying on insights from psychology—taken an ‘emotional turn’ decades ago. As emotions arise in response to concrete situations of signals, TEMPER pays attention to the situations or signals that provoke politicians to communicate and act. Its objectives are to explain (1) how characteristics of situations or signals elicit emotions in politicians, (2) how these emotions influence their subsequent representative behavior, and (3) how the resulting ‘emotional explanation’ of behavior maps onto existing (mostly cognitive) explanations of behavior. TEMPER studies the emotions of politicians directly, in a series of (1) survey-experiments with politicians; (2) interviews with politicians; and (3) direct observations of actual media debates and party meetings. It combines self-reported measures of emotion with psychophysiological measures of affect, which are less susceptible to rationalization and social desirability. The findings of TEMPER will reveal how patterns that we currently interpret as strategic behaviors may, in fact, be grounded in emotional mechanisms.

Keywords: political representation political communication political behavior emotion
Eliciting and Exploiting Procedural Knowledge in Industry 5.0 (PERKS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: Digital & Emerging Technologies for Competitiveness and Fit for the Green Deal
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: AI-DATA-ROBOTICS (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Spain,Romania,Austria
Call: AI, Data and Robotics for Industry optimisation (including production and services) (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA) (HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2026-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3550250.0
EU funding (EUR): 2908625.0
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

Procedural Knowledge (PK) is knowing-how to perform some tasks. For industry workers, PK is the knowledge required to carry out a specific job, like correctly executing the safety procedure during maintenance interventions, or configuring an industrial system by following the necessary steps in the right order, or adopting practices and behaviours to optimise energy consumption in a plant. The challenge in PK management is that this kind of knowledge may be hard to explain and describe, oftentimes it is poorly digitalised, and, even when documented, it may be still difficult to access and retrieve by industry operators. The PERKS project supports the holistic governance of industrial PK in its entire life cycle, from elicitation to management and from access to exploitation. PERKS bases its solutions on AI (both symbolic and subsymbolic) and data technologies, by advancing and integrating existing methodologies and tools in terms of readiness, flexibility and user acceptance. The results are applied and tested in three industrial scenarios (white goods production plant, computer numerical control machines, microgrid testbed) providing different use cases in terms of PK complexity and industrial requirements. Besides AI and data, the third pillar of PERKS is people: the goal is to satisfy the concrete needs of industry workers, providing them with digital support to better and easier perform their tasks following a human-in-the-loop paradigm, and putting them at the centre according to Industry 5.0 approaches. The outcomes of PERKS are: a reference architecture for PK management; a set of modular, interoperable and complementary digital tools to be composed and customised to industrial requirements; specific integrated solutions to solve the challenges of the project use cases; a set of methodologies and best practices for broader application in other industrial settings, paving the way for a wider transferability across contexts and sectors.

Keywords: procedural knowledge knowledge automation ai data knowledge graphs data spaces user adoption industry 5 0 safety procedures configuration procedures energy optimisation procedures
Control of Hydrogen and Enriched-hydrogen Reacting flows with Water injection and Intensive Strain for ultra-low Emissions (OTHERWISE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting 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: Netherlands
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): 1499958.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499958.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

We are racing against time to find a clean, yet abundant, energy source able to arrest global warming. Hydrogen has all the characteristics to address this challenge: it can be produced cleanly from water; it is incredibly energetic; and more importantly, it is carbon-free. However, hydrogen’s strong reactivity and diffusivity make the control of its flame in energy-generation devices extremely challenging. Moreover, toxic nitric oxides (NOx), a major concern for air quality, are still abundantly produced in a hydrogen flame. Enabling the use of hydrogen requires thus solutions where the flame is stable and with ultra-low NOx at the same time, and at any power setting. In this research I will study, for the first time, the combination of intensive strain and water injection in the context of lean premixed combustion. My preliminary research has indicated that intensive strain improves the reactivity of the hydrogen flame and simultaneously pushes the NOx down significantly, a property yet to be understood. Water injection further pushes down the NOx, but it commonly causes flame extinctions and inefficiencies. Its combination with hydrogen and intensive strain, by enhancing the flame, offers a way of surpassing these limitations, and further allows to operate the flame at richer conditions, so preventing common instabilities from occurring in lean premixed combustion. The objective of this research is to push the hydrogen flame into a high-strain regime characterised by stable flame and ultra-low NOx, and find the extreme limits and physical knowledge allowing full control of the reacting flow in such a regime. The flame dynamics, still unknown in this regime, will be explored for the first time and fully characterised in this research by using high-fidelity simulations, experiments and theoretical analyses. The gathered understanding will allow the control of hydrogen flames at any power setting. This will pave the way for the exploitation of green energy.

Keywords: turbulent reacting flows hydrogen energy lean premixed flames strained flames water injection computational fluid dynamics
High Entropy Metal Chalcogenides as Air Breathing Cathodes in Reversible Zinc Air Batteries (HEMZAB) (HEMZAB)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-08-01
End date: 2026-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 165312.96
EU funding (EUR): 165312.96
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The growing concern regarding non-renewable fossil fuels and their adverse environmental impact has spurred the increasing exploration and utilization of renewable energy sources and the increasing development of energy storage devices. Within the energy storage systems, reversible batteries are the most performant in chemical-to-electrical energy transformation and vice versa. Currently, Li-ion batteries are dominating the energy storage market, though limited supply, high cost and safety concerns of the key material i.e. Li, is pushing the search for alternatives. In this regard, Zn-air batteries are the rising star of the future for Li-ion replacement. Yet there are two major challenges in the widespread adoption of Zn-air batteries: (i) sluggish oxygen redox (ORR/OER) reactions and (ii) instability of cathodic materials. This proposal will develop multi-component high entropy metal chalcogenides as bifunctional air cathodes having multiple active sites with tunable oxygen adsorption energies. Such a configuration will enable the facilitation of both ORR and OER effectively. In addition, it will enhance the stability of the cathodic catalysts. So the main goal of the project is to “Build a better Battery” by developing cost-effective, non-toxic and efficient catalysts that can boost the energy and power density of Zn-air batteries and enhance the stability of air cathodes. HEMZAB’s achievements will make advancements in cutting-edge Zn-air batteries that are pivotal to reaching the EU’s environmental targets for a reliable and green energy transition at a low cost.

Keywords: high entropy metal chalcogenides,zinc air batteries,bifunctional catalyst,oxygen reduction,oxygen evolution reaction
Advanced nano encapsulation of bio-based pesticides and fertilisers for a circular and sustainable viticulture (VINNY)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Increased Autonomy in Key Strategic Value Chains for Resilient Industry
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Portugal,Spain,Austria,Italy,Denmark,Israel,Romania,France,United Kingdom,Belgium
Call: Advanced (nano and bio-based) materials for sustainable agriculture (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2023-RESILIENCE-01-TWO-STAGE, 2023)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2028-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7835161.25
EU funding (EUR): 7835161.0
Participants: 19
Project status: SIGNED

The main objective of the VINNY is the development of sustainable, low-cost nanoformulated biopesticides (nanoBPs) and biofertilizers (nanoBFs) for contributing to more resilient vineyard systems. The application of VINNY nanoformulations will allow contributing to the ultimate switch from intensive to sustainable agriculture in viticulture, on a global scale. This will be achieved using natural-based green circular economy concepts: i) grapevine to grapevine plant full cycle approach where microbiome-based metabolites and bioactives from different vineyards in Europe (Portugal, Spain, Austria and Denmark) will be investigated to form potent cocktails with antifungal and plant protection properties and ii) industrial by-products, namely carbon and nitrogen (N), phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) NPK-rich actives from sludges, originated from local waste water treatment plants (WWTPs) in Austria and Denmark from meat industry (MI), to be used as biofertilizers. The project is focused on stabilization and boosting the efficacy of these actives by using 2 different bioplatforms: the nanoformulation/encapsulation of BPs and the impregnation on agrotextiles with BFs. The platforms will be based on biodegradable, renewable and abundant bioresources from plants or, in the case of biopesticides, on dynamically active nanoformulations, i.e., based on stimuli responsive biopolymers with capacity of releasing the active and improving their efficacy upon external stimuli (wind) and/or internal clues (enzymes in fungi). VINNY will then validate these platforms according to their efficacy using in vitro, ex vivo and in plant testing against vine prevalent pathogens and evaluate their biocompatibility, confirm the absence of nanotoxicity, and in field tests with the best performing candidates in 4 EU vineyards. Such end-to-end development approach will allow for the optimization and adaptation of viticultural practices towards higher grape quality and productivity.

Keywords: biopesticides,biofertilizers,nanoencapsulation,stimuli responsive,agrotextiles,grapevine plants,vineyards,grape,industrial by products
PrEventing and Combating onLine and offline hate speech and dIsinformation through multidisciPlinary innovation, education, and awareneSs in Europe (ECLIPSE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Civil Security for Society
Theme: Civil Security for Society
Destination: Fighting Crime and Terrorism
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,United Kingdom,Belgium,Austria,Spain,Türkiye,Cyprus,Serbia,Germany
Call: Combating hate speech online and offline (HORIZON-CL3-2024-FCT-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3090355.0
EU funding (EUR): 2999980.0
Participants: 22
Project status: SIGNED

ECLIPSE is a collaborative project aimed at combating hate speech and mis/disinformation both online and offline across Europe, combining advanced technologies with insights from social, behavioural, criminological, and legal sciences. The project partners with law enforcement agencies, civil society organisations, and international bodies will develop innovative tools and strategies for analysing harmful content and deploying counter-narratives. These tools include natural language processing, social network analysis, and natural language generation technologies. In addition, ECLIPSE enhances the engagement of target groups through innovative training methods like digital storytelling, gamification, and augmented/extended reality, designed to increase knowledge and awareness about the societal impacts of these phenomena. These efforts aim to foster resilience among professionals and citizens, helping them identify and address hatred and fake news in both virtual and real-world contexts. A key objective of ECLIPSE is to equip stakeholders with validated and modern tools, methods, and curricula, enabling them to effectively tackle hate speech and mis/disinformation in a culturally sensitive manner. The project also seeks to standardise European approaches for gathering data and implementing countermeasures, all while respecting fundamental rights such as freedom of expression and privacy. Finally, ECLIPSE will produce policy briefs with actionable recommendations for European and national policymakers, supporting them in countering hate speech and fake news online and offline. Through collaboration with networks across Europe, ECLIPSE will work in multiple languages and towards scalable, sustainable solutions to combat these societal challenges at the national, EU, and global levels. The project's impact will be felt through pilots in Belgium, Germany/Austria, Italy, the UK, Spain, and Türkiye with a vision for broader adoption across Europe and beyond.

Keywords: hate speech,disinformation,ssh,ethics and law,ai driven tools,nlp,sna,nlg,gamification,ar xr,leas,csos,international organisations,policymakers,training,policy guidance,public awareness