Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
REsearch INfrastructures FOR Citizens in Europe (REINFORCE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Science with and for Society
Programme: Integrate society in science and innovation issues, policies and activities in order to integrate citizens' interests and values and to increase the quality, relevance, social acceptability and sustainability of research and innovation outcomes in various fields of activity from social innovation to areas such as biotechnology and nanotechnology
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Austria,Argentina,Belgium,Belgium,Greece,Greece,France,France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Exploring and supporting citizen science (H2020-SwafS-2019-1, 2019)
Start date: 2019-12-01
End date: 2022-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2030265.0
EU funding (EUR): 2030265.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

Large Research Infrastructures in the field of frontier Physics have opened new observational windows to the universe and explore the structure of matter in extreme detail. These advancements require high levels of expertise and sophistication. On the other hand, society, lacking this level of expertise, merely observes these developments through outreach activities but does not actively contribute in the development of new scientific knowledge. This fact induces a gap between frontier science and society that can spawn misconceptions about the content, context and mission of public funded frontier science. The REINFORCE project comes to answer to the questions: a) Can citizens contribute in the development of new knowledge in frontier science? b) Can citizens apply this new knowledge to solve societal problems? c) How can we integrate citizen feedback? REINFORCE goes beyond outreach programmes and aims to minimize the gap between Society and Large Research Infrastructures in the field of Physics through the: i) development and implementation of 4 cutting-edge Citizen Science projects in the fields of Gravitational Waves, Neutrino Astronomy, Particle Physics and Cosmic Ray interplay with geoscience and archaeology with citizens: Citizens will analyze data and support the optimization of sensitive detectors in order to enhance their discovery potential. ii) implementation of a participatory design in citizen science: Communities of citizens will be developed, trained and empowered to contribute in the scientific mission of Large Research Infrastructures. iii) effective inclusion of sensitive citizen groups as well as the active interaction with secondary and tertiary education. iv) Aggregating best practices in a pan-European policy roadmap. REINFORCE aspires to engage more than 100,000 citizens across Europe and beyond, to help enhance society’s science literacy and awareness and to contribute in the production of scientific knowledge by citizens for society.

Keywords: frontier physics,citizen science,large research infrastructures,data analysis,literacy,science capital,machine learning and optimization,participatory engagement design
Development of Efficient, Stable and Inexpensive Deep-Red and Near-Infrared OLEDs Based On AIE-Active Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters. (DR NIR TADF-OLEDs)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2021-11-02
End date: 2023-11-01
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 224933.76
EU funding (EUR): 224933.76
Participants: 1
Project status: TERMINATED

Thermally activated delayed fluorescent (TADF) emitters offer an exciting opportunity to produce efficient organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) by overcoming the spin-statistics limit of fluorescent emitters. Although, TADF-OLEDs have proven to be very successful in the visible spectral region, the development of efficient TADF emitters remains challenging for the deep-red (DR, 650-700 nm) and Near-Infrared NIR (< 700 nm) region due to significantly slower radiative decay rates and faster non-radiative decay rates. Such DR/NIR emitting OLEDs can enable new applications in bioimaging, photodynamic therapy, night vision technology, information-secured displays, and optical communication. We propose to develop efficient and inexpensive DR/NIR OLEDs based on purely organic TADF-emitters. Our design consists of a yet unexplored aggregation-induced emission (AIE)-active boron diiminate (BDI) electron acceptor coupled with suitably strong dendritic electron donors. The use of highly efficient AIE-active emitters will significantly enhance the brightness of the emitter by suppressing non-radiative decay, thereby leading to a much-improved efficiency in the device.

Keywords: oled,tadf,deep red,near infrared
Processes of indigenous community resistance to large extractive projects and their struggles for autonomy in Chile and Peru (LandGrab)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Ireland,Chile
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-GF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-11-01
End date: 2020-09-24
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 212016.6
EU funding (EUR): 212016.6
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of this Fellowship is for the researcher, Dr Rajiv Maher, to develop his professional capacity, advanced training, interdisciplinary skills, high-impact dissemination, and practical experience in line with the criteria for a leading independent researcher in the EU. This proposal aims to investigate the processes of indigenous community resistance to large natural resource extraction projects and their struggles for autonomy in Chile and Peru. The proposal will also examine the strategies used by companies and governments to gain community acceptance such as those relating to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The researcher expects to achieve these aims during the outgoing phase of the Fellowship where he will access expertise, advanced training and mentoring in Development and Political Ecology. Moreover, the researcher will conduct ethnographic research in two indigenous communities in Chile and Peru that are resisting high-impact project in their territory. He will also research the perceptions of communities nearby who have in the past accepted large projects and their CSR. In the return phase the researcher will consolidate the knowledge and experience gained in South America through advanced training and extensive fieldwork in community resistance and struggles for autonomy. Under the guidance of international experts, he will acquire an invaluable skill-set contrasting top-down development policies aimed at indigenous communities who demand a bottom-up solution that calls for more autonomy, this has clear implications for contemporary policy regarding indigenous peoples rights and development. The researcher will be based for two years at the Urban Sustainability Centre (CEDEUS) at the Universidad Católica de Chile, working under the supervision of Dr. Jonathan Barton. The third year of the Fellowship will be undertaken at the School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) working under the supervision of Dr. Padraig Carmody.

Keywords: indigenous peoples,resistance,autonomy,corporate social responsibility,development alternatives,political ecology,social movements,environmental injustice,conflict,extractives sector
Multisensory-Based Spatial Sound (MULTISSOUND)

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: Finland
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-11-01
End date: 2019-06-12
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 191325.6
EU funding (EUR): 191325.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The worlds of multisensory research and multimedia technologies have originated and, for the most part, still remain largely independent. The first exists mostly within the field of experimental psychology, or psychophysics, while the second one is mostly studied and developed by engineers. This project aims at implementing this perfect multidisciplinary marriage in the field of acoustics. A series of psychophysical experiments will be carried out at Aalto School of Engineering, in the Spatial Sound Group, aiming at obtaining detailed guidelines on how to reproduce sound for the best audiovisual experience. The results will be further applied to a new sound spatialization algorithm designed specifically to enhance human audiovisual experience, while reducing computational complexity where it is not needed. The ultimate goal is to reach every consumer, namely in television, cinema, gaming, computer streaming and teleconferencing applications. Direct actions to reach the general community, as well as the industry, will ensure maximum practical impact. I am a young researcher, in psychoacoustics with strong background in multisensory interactions, as demonstrated by numerous publications and projects. My supervisor is a highly regarded scientist and developer of spatial sound algorithms that are implemented worldwide. I am from Portugal, the host is Finnish; I am a psychologist, and the research group is composed of engineers. This extremely innovative project, complementary at so many levels, will create a perfect combination for my personal scientific development and open great career opportunities, while bringing immediate institutional benefits. The topic is framed within one of the most profitable business areas in the world, Europe being no exception. This project will bring a very significant change to that field.

Keywords: acoustics,audiovisual,spatial adio
VIMpay- an one-size-fits-all mobile based solution for cashless payment for Europe (VIMpay)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Open Disruptive Innovation Scheme (implemented through the SME instrument) (H2020-SMEINST-2-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2015-08-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 17.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1664750.0
EU funding (EUR): 1165325.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

With VIMpay petaFuel aims to develop a mobile based payment solution to a stage that it is ready for European market entry. The product will enable all smart phone users to participate in cashless payments, consolidating both card based payments (contactless as well as contactbased) and SEPA payments. The main USPs of the products are (1) that it enables users to do payments without the need for a bank account and (2) does so in a secure and convenient way without (3) requiring additional payment infrastructure, i.e. it is based on open and already established standards. petaFuel -together with third parties- has already established a sophisticated payment infrastructure and corresponding business processes and brought demonstrators and proof-of-concepts into the market. Within this project these processes and infrastructures are extended and integrated to provide a mobile based payment solution that ideally caters for all payment needs of end customers in the European SEPA region. This project does fit the call objectives by setting up a universal solution that enables smartphone users in the whole SEPA payment area to participate in online cashless payments. Furthermore VIMpay will be disruptive to the classic banking models for private customers as VIMpay will provide a bank-independent payment solution and therefore does cater for unbanked customers as well as banked customers in Europe. The aim of VIMpay is to provide a one-fits-all solution for payments consolidating technologies and standards.

Keywords: mobile based payments,bank accounts for everyone
Chip Scale Electrically Powered Optical Frequency Combs (ELECTRIC)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and communication engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2017-STG, 2017)
Start date: 2018-02-01
End date: 2023-07-31
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1391250.0
EU funding (EUR): 1391250.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

In ELECTRIC, I will integrate electrically powered optical frequency combs on mass manufacturable silicon chips. This will allow for making use of all the advantageous properties of these light sources in real-life situations. Optical frequency combs are light sources with a spectrum consisting of millions of laser lines, equally spaced in frequency. This equifrequency spacing provides a link between the radio frequency band and the optical frequency band of the electromagnetic spectrum. This property has literally revolutionized the field of frequency metrology and precision laser spectroscopy. Recently, their application field has been extended. Amongst others, their unique properties have been exploited in precision distant measurement experiments as well as optical waveform and microwave synthesis demonstrators. Moreover, so called “dual-comb spectroscopy” experiments have demonstrated broadband Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy with ultra-high resolution and record acquisition speeds. However, most of these demonstrations required large bulky experimental setups which hampers wide deployment. I will build frequency combs on optical chips that can be mass-manufactured. Unlike the current chip scale Kerr comb based solutions they do not need to be optically pumped with a powerful continuous wave laser and can have a narrower comb spacing. The challenge here is two-fold. First, we need to make electrically powered integrated low noise oscillators. Second, we need to lower the threshold of current on-chip nonlinear optical interactions by an order of magnitude to use them in on-chip OFC generators. Specifically I will achieve this goal by: • Making use of ultra-efficient nonlinear optical interactions based on soliton compression in dispersion engineered III-V waveguides and plasmonic enhanced second order nonlinear materials. • Enhance the performance of ultra-low noise silicon nitride mode locked lasers with these nonlinear components.

Keywords: optical frequency comb,nonlinear optics,integrated photonics
Aerobits - world smallest ADS-B receivers to safely integrate drones into European airspace (Aerobits)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Space
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Poland
Call: Engaging SMEs in space research and development (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2017-12-01
End date: 2018-05-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The number of collision situations and close calls between manned aircrafts and UAVs (drones) doubles each year. This is due to extensive increase of drones sales. Experts show that plane deadly damage or crush caused by collision with drone is just a matter of time. As this is a global problem, every national aviation authority publishes more and more restrictive law for drone operators, hoping to control this dangerous situation. However, it is known already today that law itself shall not be enough to ensure safe sharing of air space between manned and unmanned aircraft. It is more and more often mentioned that electronic systems should be introduced, so called „DETECT AND AVOID” or „SENSE AND AVOID” technologies, abbreviated as DAA/SAA, which once installed on the UAS side, shall guarantee safe distance to manned aircraft. Aerobits solves this problem with its GNSS/ADS-B Core technology, which enables designing the world smallest and fastest ADS-B implementations to guarantee separations between drones and maned aircraft. ADS-B surveillance technology, which is becoming a standard in air traffic management will be also used in our products in minimized modules to ensure separation between drones and aircrafts. Our technology fits perfectly to US NextGen and EU Sesar programmes. We are applying for the SME Instrument Phase 1, aiming to complete the feasibility study and a business including technological feasibility, partner search, market sizing and critical risks assessment.

Keywords: unmanned aerial vehicles uavs,flight surveillance,ads b
A new and innovative method to extract adipose Stromal Vascular Fraction: Application in post-prostatectomy erectile dysfunction (MECADISTEM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: France
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2019-05-01
End date: 2019-08-31
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Erectile dysfunction (ED) is a significant and common medical problem which impairs quality of life of men and their partners. ED is a frequent complication after a radical prostatectomy (RP) due to surgical treatment for prostate cancer. For this condition, ED represents a significant unmet medical need, since there is no efficient treatment to repair the cellular damages following a RP. Clinical implementation of stem cell treatment represents a potential candidate for ED treatment after RP. Adult progenitor cells extracted from adipose tissue, called Stromal Vascular Fraction (SVF) have shown promising results in preclinical and clinical studies to treat post-RP ED. STEMCIS has developed a unique kit to isolate the adipose cells which hold the potential to cure post-prostatectomy ED by regenerating the damaged tissues. MECADISTEM comes in the form of a single-use kit that includes all the tools necessary to simply and rapidly (less than 30 minutes) extract adipose tissue progenitor cells mechanically (grinding, centrifugation, filtration). Compared to the state-of-the-art alternatives using “collagenase (enzymatic) digestion”, MECADISTEM does not require the use of enzymes, avoiding the problems and constraints imposed by the use of this enzymatic digestion and offering substantial time and money savings, on both technical and surgical operations. Having validated this methodology in preclinical study, this project is planned to finalise the development and market preparation of this kit. In this Phase 1 Feasibility Study, we aim to evaluate the main milestones of the project from a technical, commercial and financial point of view. Once in the market, MECADISTEM will be used by urologists and surgeons to cure ED in patients following a RP, where the current therapies have not been proven effective. It will secure the growth for STEMCIS, expecting to gain over €12 million in profits, hire 6 new people and reach a ROI of €6.28 from this project after 5 years.

Keywords: erectile dysfunction,radical prostatectomy
Deciphering the roles of HDAC6 in the innate immune system (IMMUNOACETYL)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2019, 2019)
Start date: 2021-02-01
End date: 2023-01-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 203149.44
EU funding (EUR): 203149.44
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Macrophages are key cellular components of innate immunity. During inflammation, they respond to danger signals by inducing gene expression or altering pre-existing proteins. One such post-translational modification is carried out by histone deacetylases, enzymes that remove acetyl groups from lysine. HDAC6 is a unique member of this family due to its cytoplasmic localisation and its structure (two catalytic domains and one zinc finger ubiquitin binding domain). Several targets of HDAC6 have been identified, including, recently, the mitochondrial protein mitofusin1, which induces mitochondrial fusion upon its deacetylation. Mitochondrial dynamics control several cellular functions, including inflammatory and antimicrobial pathways. My exciting project is based on strong preliminary data; there is no doubt that HDAC6 regulates mitochondrial dynamics and contributes to antibacterial functions, however the exact mechanism and the importance of each HDAC6 domain remains unclear. Thus, I will identify the exact role of HDAC6 and its three domains on the mitochondrial dynamics and the immune response in general. This project will also contribute to the characterization of new HDAC6-dependent pathways and HDAC6 substrates involved in the inflammatory response, delivering potential targets for future research. This proposal is based on an ideal synergy between the host laboratory (expertise in HDAC6 and proteomic analysis) and me (expertise in macrophage, mitochondria and microscopy). Thus, this project is highly feasible and combines: 1) an in-depth investigation of the role of HDAC6 on mitochondrial dynamics and immune response as well as 2) an analysis of HDAC6-dependent metabolites and 3) an unbiased acetylome screen. This project is perfectly in line with the Horizon 2020 Programme objectives. It will enhance my competences through advanced training and mentorship, allowing me to reintegrate with the European research environment and establish my own research group.

Keywords: macrophages,mitochondria dynamics,hdac