Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
The Trouble with Gender (TROUBGEN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Soci al World and Its Interactions
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, education  sciences , communication  studies
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2024-ADG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-10-01
End date: 2030-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499909.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499909.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Fifty years after the term ‘gender’ entered the vocabulary of social scientists, intense contestation about its meaning has broken out, spilling out of the academy into noisy, heated and wounding spats on social media. As the ‘gender wars’ rage, splintering the consensus that once held together feminist engagement in international policy arenas and international development on 'gender equality', TROUBGEN asks: what’s happened, why now and what can be done? TROUBGEN will draw on the PI’s extensive international networks formed over thirty years of scholarship and engagement and on an international team of advisors and collaborators to establish node points from which to begin a snowballing enquiry into the trouble with gender. It will explore the genealogies of different understandings, situating key thinkers, actors and networks of influence of the concept of 'gender' in international development - including Judith Butler, whose 1990 book Gender Trouble (from which this project takes its title) had such a catalytic effect. It will map the fault-lines of current disputes, examining their genesis, trajectories and encroachments in international development. It will analyse online/offline debates, untangling threads of meaning. It will create Dialogue on Gender spaces to convene and mediate deliberations that enquire into the differences that have now become so toxic and explosive, including devising a poly-vocal Verbatim theatre piece that uses the liminal space of the theatre to bring different perspectives into dialogue, and a Landscapes of Gender exhibition using the creative arts to visualise different strands, threads and meanings. It will evaluate the use of these dialogic and creative methodologies for bridge-work that might make visible and amplify common ground and build greater empathy and understanding amongst those for whom this has become a source of irresolvable ontological difference, threat and injury.

Keywords: gender feminism
The German Democratic Republic's Jewish Diplomacy and Coming to Terms with the Past (GDRJEWS)

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: Italy
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2026-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 188590.08
EU funding (EUR): 188590.08
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The project offers an examination of the German Democratic Republic's (GDR) contacts with Jewish organizations, communities, and individuals in non-socialist countries that took place as of the 1950s until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, as an essential component in the development of an East German notion of “coming to terms with the past” (Vergangenheitsbewältigung). The project is the first to set the primary focus on Jewish communities of different types as a target group of the GDR international relations. By initiating these contacts, the GDR developed distinctive political and ideological approaches to dealing with the National Socialist past, different from those developed in the Federal Republic. Throughout the 40-year existence of the GDR exchange with Jews and Israelis was influenced by the East German stance towards Zionism as well as by geopolitical dynamics of the Cold War and the Soviet Union's interests in the Middle East conflict. This research project aims to fill a significant gap in the existing body of knowledge on contemporary German and European post-1945 history. The project also unveils a multitude of reactions from Jewish and Zionist players in response to the East German political approach towards its own history, Jews, Zionism, and Israel. Importantly, this project introduces fresh perspectives on the concept of "coming to terms with the past," particularly in light of the contemporary surge of right-wing populist trends in Germany and Europe.

Keywords: national socialism,cold war,germany,israel,gdr,zionism,german jewish relations,anti fascism
Surface Transfer of Pathogens (STOP)

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: Italy,Croatia,Bulgaria,Germany,Switzerland,Greece,Finland,United Kingdom,Estonia,Romania
Call: Antimicrobial, Antiviral, and Antifungal Nanocoatings (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2021-RESILIENCE-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2026-11-30
Duration (months): 51.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4311278.13
EU funding (EUR): 4264953.13
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

The STOP project will develop antimicrobial and antiviral nanocoatings that can be flexibly or permanently applied to high-touch surfaces. These nanocoatings will be derived from a combination of inorganic nanoparticles, antimicrobial peptides and nanoscale laser surface patterning. The nanocoatings will be thoroughly characterised for their efficacy, using both existing international standards and improved testing methods developed within the project (the new testing methods will be proposed to standards agencies for adoption). Several different active substances will be explored (i) to allow formulation in highly flexible, sprayable, and long-lasting coatings, (ii) provide broad spectrum antimicrobial antiviral activity, and iii) reduce the chances of the development of resistance. To this end, the mode-of-action, and the risk of selection for antimicrobial resistance in bacteria and viruses will be assessed. The flexible nanocoatings will provide a long-lasting (30 days) reduction in bioburden that resembles standards set for microbial colonization of surfaces in hospitals, which can only be reached after intense surface disinfection or permanent introduction of known antimicrobial material such as copper. This effect will be studied in a real-life intervention trail and with epidemiological models. The developed nanocoatings are expected to lead to significant reductions in infectious diseases transmitted from high-touch surfaces, healthcare cost savings, reduction in environmental pollution by disinfectants, and increased preparedness of the EU public health system to future pandemics. The safety of the nanomaterials will be backed up by human and environmental toxicity studies and life cycle analyses. From the beginning, attention will be paid to end-user acceptance, manufacturing scalability, and short-term exploitation by SMEs

Keywords: peptide fixing,nanostructuring,photocatalysis,epidemiological modelling
The Influence of Extra Virgin Olive Oil Phenolic Compounds on the Inhibition of Advanced Glycation End-Product Formation (Phenols4Health)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Spain,Brazil
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 181152.96
EU funding (EUR): 181152.96
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Olive oil is the main fat source in the Mediterranean Diet (MD). The healthy properties of extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) are associated with a balanced composition between major and minor compounds. Among the minor fraction, phenolic compounds (PCs) stand out in terms of their health promoting properties. PCs are responsible for the only specific health claim for olive oil, recognized by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), indicating that PCs in olive oil contribute to the protection of blood lipids against oxidative damage. Furthermore, due to their antioxidant capability, PCs are anticipated to exert inhibitory effects on the formation of pro-oxidant species, including advanced glycation end-products (AGEs), which play a pivotal role in oxidative stress and inflammation-related pathologies. Phenols4Health aims to elucidate the health benefits of foods processed in EVOO through the transference of PCs and their potential to inhibit the formation of dietary AGEs (dAGEs). A comprehensive investigation will be conducted to assess the transference of EVOOs' PCs into foods of diverse compositions. This proposal will also explore the influence of the PCs' profile in blocking the formation of AGEs in foods processed with EVOO. Finally, the study will evaluate the profile of AGEs in serum samples collected from individuals adhering to a MD supplemented with EVOO and a low-fat diet. The methodology required for Phenols4Health is based on the use of liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) for determination of the targeted species. The outcomes of this proposal hold the potential to make a profound impact at scientific, societal, and economic levels. By advancing the understanding of EVOO's health-enhancing properties and its role in inhibiting the formation of dAGEs, Phenols4Health will contribute to food science, nutrition, chemistry, and health fields, while fostering economic opportunities within the olive oil industry.

Keywords: extra virgin olive oil mediterranean diet antioxidant properties health claim lc ms ms advanced glycation end product
NExt level Quantum information processing for Science and Technology (NeQST)

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: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Spain,Germany,Austria,Poland
Call: Basic Science for Quantum Technologies (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02, 2021)
Start date: 2022-11-01
End date: 2026-02-28
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3207671.25
EU funding (EUR): 3207671.0
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

Quantum computers are extremely promising emerging technologies with inter-disciplinary teams around the globe working on their development and implementation. Yet, progress is hampered by fundamental difficulties in scalability, end-user friendliness, certification of components and algorithms, and limited application scope to real-world problems. To overcome these urgent challenges, NeQST leverages an extended quantum information processing paradigm based on multi-level carriers of quantum information—qudits. Both the quantum hardware at the fundamental level, and many problems of scientific and technological relevance, are expressed in terms of multi-level systems, making this approach the most efficient choice to unlock the full potential of quantum computers and simulators. NeQST will generate foundational breakthroughs in the full value chain of qudit quantum information processing. These include qudit based firmware with scalable characterization and automatized design tools harnessing a larger Hilbert space; an end-user friendly high-level control and simulation software, enabling non-specialists to utilize the qudit hardware; the efficient simulation of quantum models of scientific relevance, such as gauge theories; the solution of optimization problems in academia and industry naturally phrased in terms of multi-level variables; and certification tools specifically designed for multi-level quantum information, enabling a device-independent validation of data. NeQST results will therefore elucidate the role of dimension in quantum physics and its use as a resource for quantum information processing. To achieve its ambitious goals, NeQST has assembled an inter-disciplinary team of leading academic and industry partners, and has developed a well-rounded work plan, as well as detailed dissemination and exploitation strategies.

Keywords: quantum computing,user friendly software,quantum simulation,gauge theories,quantum optimization,ev charging,qudit entanglement,optimal design,device independent certification,trapped ions
Autonomous learning agents in Physics (ALEPH)

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: Austria
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-03-01
End date: 2025-02-28
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183600.96
EU funding (EUR): 183600.96
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In recent years, the use of machine learning (ML) for the study of physics has experienced a strong boost. However, most of the machines used are black boxes, and the causal relation between inputs and outputs is often impossible to extract. Nonetheless, a critical aspect when dealing with physical systems is not only to make correct predictions, but to understand the physical laws which underlie these assessments. Recently, an increasing number of works aim at developing interpretable ML methods, from which such hidden laws can be extracted. However, their application to physics has been often limited to supervised and unsupervised learning approaches. The aim of this project is: 1) construct an interpretable reinforcement learning method; 2) extract hidden rules and features in timely and paramount problems in physics. The method combines three well-established concepts of ML: projective simulation, graph neural networks (GNN) and hidden variable disentanglement. PS provides interpretable RL agents that can be trained for a variety of tasks, from the construction of quantum experiments, via skill acquisition in robotics, to the modelling of honeybee colonies. By enhancing their learning power and interpretability with GNNs and variable disentanglement, we will extract the hidden features of the systems the RL agents have interacted with and ultimately, the physical laws governing them. In particular, we will tackle problems in the field of condensed matter, where particles diffuse either passively or actively, to reach a target state. Moreover, we will consider ensembles of RL agents, so as to analyze not only the physical properties of the systems, but also their interactions and communication dynamics in the quest of a common target. The originality of the proposal is directly related to: 1) the methods that will be developed; 2) the systems of study; 3) most importantly, the information we will access and discover with the interpretable RL agents.

Keywords: machine learning autonomous scientific discovery
Agile conformance assessment for cybersecurity CERTIFication enhanced by Artificial Intelligence (CERTIFAI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Civil Security for Society
Theme: Civil Security for Society
Destination: Increased Cybersecurity
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Austria,Norway,Czechia,Estonia,Greece,Cyprus
Call: Development and validation of processes and tools used for agile certification of ICT products, ICT services and ICT processes (HORIZON-CL3-2022-CS-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4802650.0
EU funding (EUR): 3896405.26
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

According to the EU Cyber Resilience Act, “hardware and software products are increasingly subject to successful cyberattacks, leading to an estimated global annual cost of cybercrime of EUR 5.5 trillion by 2021”. This is due to a low level of cybersecurity, reflected by widespread vulnerabilities and inadequate approaches for identifying and mitigating the rapidly and constantly evolving cyber threats and vulnerabilities, as well as ensuring continuous compliance with regulations, industry standards, and best practices. To reduce the impact of cyberattacks and increase the resilience of digital technologies, it is essential to assess the conformity to security standards of ICT products, services, and processes throughout their life cycle. However, the traditional conformity assessment process is predominantly a static and expensive one-time assurance activity that does not cater to the needs of agile product delivery, which promotes continuous product updates and upgrades, and often changes in requirements. Each such update opens doors to product vulnerabilities, and consequently poses cyber risks for product users and companies’ reputation. To avoid these issues, it is essential to enable a partial and continuous lean re-certification of ICT products, services, and processes, to empower manufacturers to prevent, detect, counter and quickly respond to cyber threats. In response to these challenges, the CERTIFAI project will develop an open software framework for cost-effective AI-driven continuous assessment and (re-)certification of ICT products and services, paving the way for a more secure and trustworthy EU’s digital world. Building on the EU Cybersecurity Act, CERTIFAI will leverage the established cybersecurity requirements, standards, and technical specifications to deliver an efficient approach for ensuring that a product, once certified, will continue to be compliant with relevant standards throughout its life cycle.

Keywords: artificial intelligence,cybersecurity
Control of SPIRAL magnetic ordering via diamagnetic cation substitution in hexagonal ferrites (SPIRAL)

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: Germany,United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 217965.12
EU funding (EUR): 217965.12
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Hexagonal ferrites are a class of magnetic oxides containing iron as the main element. They are produced industrially in large quantities and used for band filters, refrigerator magnets etc., but some of the subclasses, most importantly the one named Y-type ferrites, show an interesting behaviour called magnetoelectric effect, an ability of a material to acquire electric polarisation when submitted to the magnetic field, and permanent magnetisation when submitted to electric field. This behaviour is a basis of function of certain non-volatile memory designs and it is fundamentally connected to the ordering of magnetic moments inside the structure of the crystal. The Y-type ferrites can contain many elements such as Ba/Sr, Co/Zn, Al or In, which leads to many possible magnetic orderings. The most desirable are the conical orderings, which are necessary if one wants to find new materials with magnetoelectric properties. Most of the current magnetoelectric materials only order in this fashion at low temperatures, and are thus not suitable for use in memory devices. In this project, I plan to study the magnetic structure of the more promising ones, in which the magnetoelectric effect was observed just below the room temperature. I propose to prepare a series of single crystals of Y-type ferrites substituted with aluminium, gallium and indium, and to explain the mechanism by which these atoms influence the magnetic order. I will systematically study the crystal structure and magnetic properties of these ferrites, and in few selected cases I will study their magnetic ordering with the neutron diffraction. As a result, I aim to produce a quantum-mechanical model capable of explaining and even predicting the magnetic order of Y-type ferrites with complex stoichiometry.

Keywords: single crystal growth,occupancy refinements,conical spin ordering,neutron scattering,magnetocrystalline anisotropy
Integrating SOil Biodiversity to Ecosystem Services: testing cost-effectiveness of Soil Biodiversity indicators and the provision of soil biodiversity-based Ecosystem Services to build better land management solutions that effectively implement the EU Soil Strategy (SOB4ES)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Mission
Theme: Soil health and food
Destination: Soil health and food
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,France,Netherlands,Ireland,Italy,Belgium,Czechia,Israel,Romania,Slovenia,Germany,Greece,Sweden,Switzerland,United Kingdom
Call: Soil biodiversity and its contribution to ecosystem services (HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2028-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7527676.25
EU funding (EUR): 7213228.75
Participants: 19
Project status: SIGNED

The aim of the EU Soil Strategy is that by 2050 all soils in the EU are healthy. However, cost-effective indicators for soil biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and ecosystem services are missing, and so are cost-effective measures for restoring soil health. SOB4ES will contribute to the Mission A Soil Deal for Europe by: (1) elucidating soil biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and services for major land uses and land use intensity changes; (2) testing cost-effectiveness of existing indicators for soil biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and services; and, (3) evaluating how policy incentives may enhance protection, sustainable management and restoration of soil systems and soil health. By focusing on nine major pedoclimatic (soil type-climate) regions and land uses, including soils from urban, agriculture, forest, (semi)-natural, wetlands, drylands, industrial and mining environments, SOB4ES will cover most relevant EU climate-soil type-land use conditions. SOB4ES will further develop the mapping and assessment of ecosystem conditions (MAES) approach. For agricultural land uses, envisaged sustainable agricultural practices will be compared with conventional high input-output practices. Ultimately, SOB4Es will deliver well-validated and applicable indicators for soil biodiversity and ecosystem services for policy evaluation to be used in EU-wide soil health monitoring from the field to the landscape level. SOB4ES will also analyse how networks of soil biodiversity relate to aboveground biodiversity and ecosystem services by advanced artificial intelligence-based machine learning approaches, and scale monitoring up to being applied by remote sensing. Finally, SOB4ES will support a more effective adoption of indicators by large-scale European surveys, such as LUCAS and SoilBON and contribute to the development of the EUSO dashboard and national soil monitoring programmes.

Keywords: soil biodiversity,soil functions,ecosystem services,remote sensing,soil health monitoring,digital tools,soil conservation,sustainable land management,policy supporting monitoring,eu soil dire