Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
FINE (French, Italian, Norwegian, English) Reading through Morphology (FINE ReMorph)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Norway
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 276187.92
EU funding (EUR): 276187.92
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

There is still much room for improvement in reading intervention, testing and teaching in Europe. Morphology, in particular, has been neglected in reading acquisition theories, which have focused on narrow contexts including monomorphemic words, children in the first steps of reading acquisition, and the English language only. FINE ReMorph will determine whether morphological knowledge impacts reading development earlier in languages with richer morphology and whether different trajectories appear in languages with different orthographic and syllabic features. French, Italian, Norwegian, and English, four languages resulting in diverse combinations of morphological richness, orthographic depth, and syllabic complexity, will be compared. Language and reading will be tested in three different age ranges of school-aged children. Ocular movements will be tracked to determine the role of different morphological constituents in written-word recognition. I will coordinate my Associated partner and two Short-Visit Hosts remotely and through a 6-month secondment and two one-month short visits to ensure the smooth implementation of testing activities in every language under study. The project output will inform the scientific, clinical, and educational communities about the age of impact of morphology on reading in languages with different morphological, orthographic, and syllabic features. This will determine if, when, and how to introduce morphology instruction into scientific, clinical, and educational interventions in diverse languages. At my Host, I will acquire neuroscientific knowledge of neuroimaging techniques; on secondment, I will practice eye-tracking research; during my two short visits, I will improve my psychometric skills with the authors of the FINE ReMorph core test. The advanced technological/behavioral methods and transferrable skills acquired will increase my research profile competitivity and strengthen my interdisciplinary scientific network.

Keywords: reading,morphological richness,orthographic depth,syllabic complexity,word decoding,pseudoword decoding,word recognition,eye tracking
Understanding whole-brain circuits mediating fear memory attenuation (TaggingMemory)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Italy,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2026-11-30
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 288859.2
EU funding (EUR): 288859.2
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The experience of aversive events is a component of everyone’s lives. People perceive aversive events and traumas differently but the explanation of this different perception is poorly understood. At times, this different perception leads to chronic fear disorders like phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Despite the high prevalence of such disorders, effective treatments for traumatic memories remain scarce. Therefore, a good understanding of the time-evolution of fear memory is necessary to clarify how different neuronal circuits are disrupted in disease states but also to set the basis for the development of unified therapeutic strategy to attenuate PTSD. Currently, the limited knowledge of the mechanisms underlying fear memory at brain-wide level is mainly due to the technical limitations in large-scale analysis of neuronal activity. TaggingMemory seeks to study the anatomical and functional circuitry underlying fear memory extinction reconstructing single-cell-resolution maps of whole-brain connectivity. The identification of this circuitry could pave the way for a better comprehension of PTSD circuitry at single-individual level. To reach this goal, I will develop a new quadruple transgenic mouse model able to capture multiple memories in the same brain. Using this transgenic line such as preclinical model of PTSD, I will reconstruct the evolutionary maps of fear memory. Then, I will test psychedelics as new promising drugs for PTSD treatment in order to analyze how fear attenuation changes with or without drug treatment, highlighting the connectivity differences that drive fear suppression. Finally, by identifying brain regions pivotal for a successful memory extinction, I will then unravel the anatomical circuits with sub-cellular resolution by a cutting-edge intelligent light-sheet microscope. The present action will pioneer the anatomical and functional characterization of the well-known but poorly understood phenomenon of fear memory.

Keywords: transgenic mice,psychedelics,fear extinction,engram,tissue clearing,light sheet microscopy,whole brain mapping
ERA Chair in Sustainable Futures (SustainERA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Estonia
Call: ERA Chairs (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The main goal of the ERA Chair in Sustainable Futures (SustainERA) is to establish a new high-level interdisciplinary research group in the field of Sustainable Futures at Tallinn University (TLU), Estonia. The ERA Chair project has two main goals: 1) to establish an Open Lab in Sustainable Futures research that will facilitate collaboration between different Schools of TLU as well as with various external private and public partners in order to enhance interdisciplinary research and policy development in the field; 2) to build interdisciplinary research excellence, capacity and capability of TLU in the fields of sustainability and non-growth by bringing in new researchers including the ERA Chair Holder and doctoral and postdoctoral researchers. The ERA Chair project will achieve its goals by implementing a five-year Research Strategy comprising five ambitious objectives, which are focused on strengthening TLU’s position as an important research centre in the field of sustainability and non-growth research both locally and internationally. The main approach is achieved through interdisciplinary social science research for non-growth. The Open Lab and toolbox is established for public stakeholder engagement to develop educational interventions for sustainability and the research based recommendations for policymakers, organisations and businesses on how to work towards sustainable futures. Numerous training and workshop events will be organised to increase the level of research management and dissemination skills. Impacts of SustainERA are increase in number of R&I talents moving to TLU; increased participation of Estonia and TLU in EU R&D funding programmes; increased awareness of sustainable and nongrowth approaches; increased international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral mobility of researchers and innovators for nongrowth research; more entrepreneurial and better trained researchers and innovators; the reforms in nongrowth capacity building in TLU.

Keywords: sustainability,degrowth,non growth,education,educational psychology,policy
Boosting the surface quality and geometric accuracy in laser additive manufacturing via a novel data-driven control system design (BALSAM)

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: Luxembourg,Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 191760.0
EU funding (EUR): 191760.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Additive manufacturing has attracted the attention of industries such as aerospace and automotive as well as the medical technology sectors in recent years. Laser additive manufacturing technology (LAM) has become a very promising alternative to high-value large metal components in many manufacturing industries. Although major progress has been made in process development, path slicing, programming, and material analysis, a comprehensive process monitoring, and control system are yet to be developed. BALSAM project (Boosting Accuracy of Laser Additive Manufacturing) aims to provide in-depth methods, models and tools of sensing and control design suitable for the LAM system, including technologies developed for a generic welding process using the candidate previous results on data-driven control methodology. Particular focus is given to the integration of sensor-based feedback control, and how they could be implemented into the LAM process to improve the surface quality and geometric accuracy of the final product. The project concludes with different simulation and experimental results to verify the system’s performance and robustness. The multidisciplinary nature of the BALSAM project is strong, involving a combination of well-developed control, robotics, laser-welding and manufacturing. This proposal includes both the transfer of knowledge to the host institution and the training of the candidate in new advanced techniques. Results have the potential capacity to increase the use of LAM in the European industries and provide room for further studies at the fundamental and applied levels. This project is in line with the EU industrial strategy that aims to make the EU industry more competitive globally.

Keywords: laser additive manufacturing,control engineering,additive manufacturing technology,data driven control system,laser wire feed metal additive manufacturing,3d printing,system identification
Fe Fuel Particle Design for Renewable Energy Storage (FeFES)

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: Belgium
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2026-09-01
End date: 2031-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1570980.0
EU funding (EUR): 1570980.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The global transition to renewable energy is one of the most critical challenges of our time. Iron powder has been proposed as a new sustainable energy carrier to replace fossil fuels in energy management. During its oxidation, heat is released and can be stored by reducing the resulting iron oxide using renewable energy. However, significant challenges remain for Fe fuel, such as transport and storage safety, ignition efficiency, micro-explosions, particle inflation, nanoparticle emissions, and particle agglomeration. To date, these issues have only been addressed by adjusting extrinsic combustion parameters like pressure, temperature, and gas composition, an approach that falls short of solving the fundamental limitations. FeFES offers a groundbreaking solution by focusing on controlling the microstructure, morphology, and chemistry of Fe particles. By combining combustion engineering with materials science, FeFES will design Fe particles specifically tailored for sustainable energy storage. Their microstructure will be optimized to meet the needs of the Fe fuel cycle and naturally regenerate. Using novel experimental approaches, including in situ X-ray synchrotron studies, FeFES will quantify the microstructural evolution of burning iron fuel for the first time. These experimental insights will be paired with advanced phase field models to comprehensively understand the impact of the particle design on its combustion behavior. The breakthroughs from FeFES will have wide-reaching benefits, including accelerating the development of renewable energy production through efficient energy storage and transport, expanding the use of metal fuels beyond pure metals, and advancing our understanding of liquid-state metal oxidation. This project holds the potential to reshape energy storage technologies and make a profound contribution to global sustainable energy efforts.

Keywords: alloy design metal combustion liquid state oxidation high density energy storage
Developing Roles for Phosphates Outside of Biology: A Systems Chemistry Approach Towards Abiotic Phosphate Fuels (PhosphotoSupraChem)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
Panel description: New materials and new synthetic approaches, structure -properties relations, solid state chemistry, molecular architecture, organic chemistry
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499063.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499063.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Phosphates and phosphate esters underpin biological information transfer, signal transduction, and contribute to the energetics of life. Biochemical fuels that include phosphates (ATP, GTP) drive selective processes, by incorporating chemical information (A vs. G) in their fuel structure. Despite the multifaceted role of phosphates in biology, their use in supramolecular systems chemistry remains largely underexplored. PhosphotoSupraChem develops roles for phosphates outside of biology and capitalizes on the idea of providing chemical information within abiotic phosphate fuels to control selectivity and reactivity in the context of fuel-driven structure formation. The information is provided by chemical functionalization of energy-rich phosphate fuels, whereby the information encode structural assembly of fuels prior to their consumption, or transfer large chemical groups onto self-assembling species during energy transfer. Specific aims are: (i) Understand the chemical design space for phosphate fuel self-assembly and how such structures control selectivity and reactivity when transferring the energy for the formation of transient assemblies; (ii) Construct fuels, capable of transferring structural information, enabling folding and chimeric dissipative self-assembly; (iii) Promote waste-driven fuel formation, substrate release and peptide bond formation (v) Involve fuels in automated synthesis for microfluidics materials discovery PhosphotoSupraChem pioneers an unexplored area of science at the roots of dissipative systems and phosphate-driven systems chemistry. This strategy profoundly contrasts the present non-equilibrium self-assembly research featuring fuelling with molecules that lack structural and recognition elements. In the long term, fabricating biocompatible dissipative systems and developing automated platforms that guide fuels to specific functions will be a decisive step toward creating dynamic assemblies in vivo and programming active soft matter.

Keywords: chemical reaction networks,systems chemistry,dissipative self assembly,peptide self assembly,
FEASIBLE RECOVERY OF CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS THROUGH A NEW CIRCULAR ECOSYSTEM FOR A LI-ION BATTERY CROSS-VALUE CHAIN IN EUROPE (FREE4LIB)

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: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: Batteries (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Belgium,Austria,Italy,France,Türkiye
Call: Sustainable, safe and efficient recycling processes (Batteries Partnership) (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D2-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9283175.0
EU funding (EUR): 9283175.0
Participants: 25
Project status: SIGNED

The negative environmental impacts results from the linear ‘take, make, dispose’ and dominant economic models of our time, traditionally adopted by decision-making of main stakeholders around mobility are changing thank to EV's irruption, but Lithium-Ion Batteries (LIBs) are not yet green enough to reduce mobility footprint to lowest levels. Thus, recycling has to be developed to achieve higher efficiencies and recovery rates to reintroduce Critical Raw Materials from End-of-Life (EOL) LIBs. Recycling technology is still at the lab-scale due to the complex structure of EOL LIBs. Currently, pyro-metallurgy is the most applied method in the industry. Although this process does not need pre-treatment, its energy-wasting, the equipment investment is large and it will cause serious pollution. In response to these problems, many companies have developed hydrometallurgical processes, that can recover Li and Al with low energy consumption. However, it requires pre-treatment, leaching, purification and other steps, and it could be a long way. FREE4LIB aims to develop at TRL 5-6 technologies to achieve 6 new sustainable and efficient processes to recycle EOL LIBs (dismantling, pre-treatment and 4 materials recovery processes) delivering innovative recycling solutions to reach highly efficient materials recovery (metal oxides, metals and polymers) improving the supply of secondary resources at EU level. FREE4LIB also will deliver 3 processes aiming at metals and polymers re-using and electrode synthesis for re-manufacturing new LIBs, and it will study options to harness non-reusable elements. It will also deliver a Battery Passport (BP) methodology to improve processes traceability. Besides, 2 Open Platforms will be deployed: BP and Data-driven models for the process’s optimisation. At end, to validate and spread FREE4LIB: new LIBs will be assembled on battery packs and engagement activities with citizens, policymakers and battery stakeholder will be carried out, respectively.

Keywords: battery recycling new cells manufacturing low co content cells battery passports
Orbital Engineering for Innovative Electronics (OBELIX)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: France,Sweden,Germany,Portugal
Call: EIC Pathfinder Open (HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-04-01
End date: 2028-03-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4182427.5
EU funding (EUR): 4162463.75
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

It has become increasingly clear that the European Union’s manufacturers largely rely on microelectronics components from outside the EU that make them vulnerable to materials supply bottlenecks. To support EU’s high-tech development and enhance its industrial sovereignty, novel technologies engaging radically new concepts are required such as, but not limited to, spin-based electronics. Crucially, these novel technologies must also demonstrate sustainability and resilience to material supply chain interruptions, while at the same time reducing the environmental footprint of this growing sector. OBELIX will contribute to this strategic effort by a twofold paradigm shift: (i) harnessing the orbital degree of freedom shall bring disruptive solutions to existing spin-based technologies, reducing power consumption and (ii) opening entirely new avenues for devices that do not require any heavy metals that are sourced outside EU and are often detrimental to the environment. OBELIX will demonstrate how the orbital moment can be engineered and controlled using electrical as well as optical means, enabling thus a novel information carrier that can be transmitted and used to write and read information thus outperforming conventional spin-based devices.

Keywords: spintronics,nano electronics,mesoscopic physics,materials science
Perestroika from Below: Participation, Subjectivities, and Emotional Communities across ‘the End of History’, 1980-2000 (PerefromBelow21)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Study of the Human Past
Panel description: Archaeology and history
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2021-ADG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-08-01
End date: 2027-07-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2402183.75
EU funding (EUR): 2402183.75
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The project ‘Perestroika from Below’ intends to research and write a new history of a well-known, yet under-researched, moment in Soviet history, countering the dominant perception of perestroika as primarily reforms from above. It wants to redirect the scholarly gaze towards the large number of Soviet citizens who participated in and sponsored the ambitious attempt to redefine Soviet life, history and future in the 1980s and 90s. This will include not only so-called liberal and democratic forces (labels are one of the many aspects of perestroika that needs revisiting), but also the numerous nationalist, religious and subcultural elements, who were products and producers of the process of restructuring, at times in alignment with, and at times contra, official policy. With the help of oral history interviews and other ego-documents as well as archival and published sources, the project aims to reconstruct individuals’ path into the perestroika experience and follow their trajectories into the 1990s, hence putting the era of reforms into a larger historical and biographical context. The project seeks to re-centre the Soviet provinces and their experiences of perestroika, especially events in the non-European periphery. It wants to foreground women and other marginalised participants and explore the impact of the many formal and informal international encounters that were suddenly possible in those years. In the process the project will address not only important questions about what made people ‘do’ Perestroika but also question the chronology of the era with its sudden beginning in 1987 and radical end in 1991. It aims to overcome the dominance of the ‘neoliberal’ trope dominating current analyses of this time of transformation. Rather, the project will analyse people’s motivations, thoughts and actions less in terms of political orientation, but more by identifying them as members of emotional and affective communities, who rallied around specific emotives.

Keywords: perestroika,reforms,dissidence,protest movements,subcultures,periphery,marginalised communities,transformation,identities