Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
ScaleAgData (ScaleAgData)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Portugal,Greece,Finland,Poland,Italy,Spain,Germany,Israel,Latvia,France,Georgia,Denmark
Call: Upscaling (real-time) sensor data for EU-wide monitoring of production and agri-environmental conditions (HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7496557.75
EU funding (EUR): 7496557.75
Participants: 28
Project status: SIGNED

Clear targets have been defined by the EU for a more competitive and sustainable agriculture (Green Deal). This requires data-driven decision making for farmers, governments and other policy makers, yet there is a severe reference-data gap when observations are needed at the local level. An underexploited source of data is generated by sensors used in agriculture, as they capture crucial information on the crops and the surrounding agri-environmental conditions. Tapping into this source and upscaling them the integration with other data (e.g. satellite) could result in enhanced capacities for regional agri-environmental monitoring. This would require a paradigm shift on how the monitoring systems work, and on the issues of data ownership and governance. The vision of ScaleAgData is thus to gain insight in (i) how these data streams should be governed to the benefit of all stakeholders, especially the farmers, and (ii) how these data can be integrated in the regional agri-environmental monitoring datasets. Through this upscaling, this wealth of information can be shared with a larger farmer community, thus shrinking the technological inequality in the sector. Specific attention will be paid to innovations in sensor technology, edge computing, data analytics, and novel EO-based products. These innovations will be co-designed and showcased in 6 Research and Innovation Labs, each with their specific thematic focus and spread across Europe. This will enable the assessment of the proposed innovations and data governance frameworks, and demonstrating added values of the improved monitoring capabilities for a range of users, including small-scale and agro-ecological farmers, the financial sector, and policy makers. With these outcomes, ScaleAgData aims at contributing to the overall competitiveness and sustainability performance of the European agricultural sector, and to the work of the HE candidate partnership “Agriculture of Data” and the Soil Mission.

Keywords: sensor data,upscaling,agro environment,monitoring,precision farming,green deal,copernicus
A Cosmological Lever Arm for Fundamental Physics (COSMO-LYA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Universe Sciences
Panel description: Astro -physics/ -chemistry/ -biology; solar system; planetary systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy; cosmology; space sciences; astronomical instrumentation and data
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2021-COG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1885000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1885000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Key open questions in the boundary of cosmology and fundamental physics can be addressed by studies of the distribution of matter as a function of scale and time (or redshift). While the traditional approach has been to use large galaxy catalogues, during the last decade I have pioneered the use of an alternative probe: 3D correlations in the Lyman-α (Lyα) forest, absorption features in the spectra of high-redshift quasars caused by intervening neutral hydrogen. The Lyα forest provides a unique window to study the distribution of matter at earlier times and on smaller scales than those accessible with galaxy catalogues. I lead the Lyα analysis of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) survey, and with ERC support I will be able to develop and apply new techniques to dramatically enhance its expected outcome. On one hand, COSMO-LYA we will use the correlations on large (> 30 Mpc) scales to obtain a 0.5% measurement of the expansion rate of the Universe at z > 2, four times better than the state-of-the-art. On the other hand, we will carry out the first coherent analysis of 1D and 3D correlations to provide a 1% measurement of the amplitude of density fluctuations on small (~1 Mpc) scales, unreachable by other probes. In combination with public CMB results, sensitive to the distribution of matter at early times and on the largest scales, we will be able to construct a cosmological lever arm covering 4 orders of magnitude in scale. This will enable my team to: i) increase by at least a factor of 2 the constraints on the sum of the neutrino masses, potentially leading to the first measurement of the absolute neutrino masses; ii) increase by at least a factor of 3 our constraints on the shape of the primordial power spectrum of density fluctuations, an important step towards confirming or falsifying a large number of inflationary models. These results will have interdisciplinary impact, with wide reaching consequences into particle and fundamental physics.

Keywords: baryon acoustic oscillations spectroscopic surveys lyman alpha forest massive neutrinos primordial power spectrum
RObot MANipulation of Deformables through dynamIC actions (ROMANDIC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Slovenia,Spain,Germany
Call: Twinning Bottom-Up (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02, 2023)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1497698.75
EU funding (EUR): 1497698.75
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

Robot handling of deformable objects, such as textiles, is a research topic that has hit fertile ground with the advancement and accessibility of robot hardware, a change in thinking of application of robotics also outside of factories, and especially novel control and perception methodologies stemming from AI approaches. The topic has sprouted different independent research efforts all over the world and in Europe. At JSI, after some initial experiences, we recognize the potential impact in academia and society of this new research area, and believe we can become an important player. We want to combine and bring forward separate efforts on this topic by making a network of academic and industrial stakeholders in combination with policy makers and regulators, create a roadmap for the future, and become a Center of Excellence (COE) in Robot Manipulation of Deformables in the truest sense of the definition, as a network of institutions collaborating with each other to pursue excellence in a particular area. The proposed Twinning project initiative ROMANDIC (RObot MANipulation of Deformables through dynamIC actions) will provide the means to promote this novel and exciting field of research at JSI and internationally, but more importantly, facilitate and consolidate the managing and leading capabilities of (JSI) through knowledge transfer and exchange of best practice, so that it can indeed act as an informal COE. The three participating institutions have the complementary expertise required to succeed in the research aspect of ROMANDIC, and also the infrastructure and organisational experience required to create and promote best practices and lead initiatives at the national and international levels. The three institutions collaborated already in the past in several EU projects.

Keywords: science capacity,networking,institutional advancement,scientific events,robotics,handling of deformable objects
Intensified processes for CO2 conversion to sustainable synthetic fuels (IntensifiedCO2)

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-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Developing intensified catalytic processes for CO2 conversion may drive their implementation at CO2-producing sites, counteracting current practices of emitting CO2 and waste gases. Converting CO2 to synthetic fuels is a win-win scenario as they are used as sustainable aviation fuel. A leading technology to convert CO2 to synthetic fuels proceeds indirectly via Reverse Water Gas Shift (RWGS) and Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (FTS). CO2 is first reduced to CO via RWGS and then converted to hydrocarbons via FTS. Based on current chemical engineering practices, four unit operations (two reactors and two intermediate separations) are required. The ambition of the IntensifiedCO2 technology is to intensify the current practice through the reduction of unit operations, without compromising on selectivity towards synthetic fuels. The objectives are to eliminate two separation units for CO2 and H2O and to consolidate two reactors into a single bifunctional (RWGS and FTS) reactor. As such, the IntensifiedCO2 technology will be the first demonstration of metallic cobalt catalysts ‘converting’ CO2 to synthetic fuels in a single reactor. Metallic cobalt catalysts are industrial FTS catalysts, but produce mainly methane from CO2. Attempts thus far on tuning cobalt phases to attain synthetic fuels are unsuccessful, signalling the need for a radical strategy as proposed in IntensifiedCO2. My innovative approach involves coaxing a metallic cobalt FTS catalyst to disregard the presence of CO2 and H2O within the reactor, ensuring its catalytic performance mirrors that of synthesis gas (a mixture of CO and H2) conditions. Ideally, undesired species stay in the reactor's mass transfer zone, while desired species interact in the catalyst's adsorption/reaction/desorption zone. This concept of customising the catalyst’s environment in the reactor stands in stark contrast to the common approaches of tailoring catalyst material and active sites, signifying a paradigm shift in catalysis research.
Efficient, safe, and cost-efficient RNA delivery vehicles for hard-to-transfect pre-clinical and therapeutic cells. (inteRNAlizer)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2023-POC, 2023)
Start date: 2023-12-01
End date: 2025-05-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hIPSCs) have revolutionized the study of cell type-specific processes and the generation of organoids, tissues, and therapeutic cells for biomedical purposes. However, the genetic modification of these cells, along with other difficult-to-transfect cells, poses a major challenge for performing high-throughput gene reporter and genetic perturbation assays and prevents us from fully exploiting the potential of hIPSCs. Existing gene delivery techniques, such as lentiviruses or lipid nanoparticles, suffer from limitations in precision, biosafety, efficacy, and high production costs. To overcome these limitations, our team has developed a novel approach called inteRNAlizers, which offers a genetically controlled cellular production process for non-viral RNA delivery systems. inteRNAlizers can enable transient gene expression and modular gene editing in virtually any cell type, including differentiated hIPSC and T cells. The method demonstrates high efficacy and cost efficiency while maintaining biosafety levels comparable to S1 standards. We aim to position inteRNAlizers as a promising alternative to lentiviruses and lipid nanoparticles, opening up new possibilities in gene delivery applications for preclinical research and therapeutic cell systems.
Supramolecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage Materials for Cooling Technologies (SUMOST)

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
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-06-02
End date: 2027-06-01
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 209914.56
EU funding (EUR): 209914.56
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

"Heating and cooling are needed in almost all areas of our modern society including, industry, houses, clothing, and electronic devices. This project seeks to fundamentally change how we generate heating and cooling by developing a new class of solar thermal management materials (MOST) that capture, store, and release both solar and ambient heat. These materials are a unique combination of molecular photo-switches that capture and store solar energy, that together with phase change materials (PCMs) can contribute to thermal management. The input of MOST system is photons, and the output is heat whereas PCM can absorb heat from the environment and thus facilitate cooling. By combining the two materials into one, we can harness and upgrade two of the most abundant renewable sources of energy on the planet: ambient heat and sunlight. Additionally, we will modify the materials in radically new ways to explore if they can contribute to cooling. The outcome of the project will be an emission-free energy system that can capture, store, and release energy, without being consumed in the process, as per the European Green Deal Project."

Keywords: molecular solar thermal most energy storage materials phase change materials plastic crystals organic photoswitching materials crystal engineering supramolecular synthons
Mixed Reality Environment for Immersive Experience of Art and Culture (XTREME)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: A human-centred and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Denmark,Netherlands,Ireland,Italy,Germany,Finland,United Kingdom,Norway,Greece
Call: Next Generation eXtended Reality (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-CNECT, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7255954.74
EU funding (EUR): 7255953.75
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

Engagement with the art and music can have a range of positive effects on physical and mental health. However, access to the many benefits of musical experience can be limited due to various reasons: (1) the geographic location of the venue, (2) personal limitations in access, (3) limitation on the schedule of the concerts and performances, (4) cost of the experience. Due to these limitations the effort and cost of getting access to the concerts and performances override additional value the participant would get from the experiences. In XTREME project, we remove these limitations by developing a human-centered mixed reality (MR) solution that, instead of requiring the participant to be physically present in the venue, brings the concerts and performances to a remote location via MR technology while retaining the immersive experience, and even giving additional dimensions to it by integrating real and virtual contents. Our solution also allows for virtually shared, realistic experience together with selected social circles of the user. The solution removes geographic limitations as by the MR solution the concerts and performances can be accessed virtually from anywhere and they hence are more inclusive for people with limited access. Likewise, providing a global access to the art and music provides a wider audience for musicians and artists, not limiting the number of seats by the size of the physical venue. As this solution removes the necessity to travel to concerts and performances, it also provides a greener alternative. In contrast to the current state-of-the-art, our solution targets at making an MR solution to the concerts and performances where those are in in 3D, both for visuals and sound, blended into the room of the users. We will also provide maximised experience of presence via reconstruction of the users and their behaviour in the shared access, and enhance the immersion by providing an additional visual layer to the sound.

Keywords: mixed reality,art and music,ai,computer vision,audio signal processing,3d modelling,human centered development
CUTTING-EDGE HUMAN IN VITRO AND IN SILICO BIOMEDICAL TOOLS ON BRAIN DISORDERS (VISI-ON-BRAIN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Doctoral Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Spain,Denmark,Netherlands,Germany,Sweden,United Kingdom,Italy,Belgium
Call: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-02-01
End date: 2030-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4785216.33
EU funding (EUR): 4543340.76
Participants: 15
Project status: SIGNED

Brain disorders (BD)s have become one of the leading causes of disability in the world with about a third and a half of all Europeans suffering from BD in their lifetime. Patients falling under BDs do not have cure or disease-modifying options and as a result, BDs are one of the major societal challenges with a high economic burden impact for Europe and the rest of the world. The primary aim in VISI-ON-BRAIN is to provide the appropriate training for the participating DCs, guaranteeing that each individual DC is able to achieve and finalize a PhD degree based on their performed research work and at the same time equip them with tools on how to collaborate and work towards new and innovative technologies for modeling BDs. VISI-ON-BRAIN consists of six closely interlinked Work Packages (WPs), closely managed through WP6. The central theme – in vitro and in silico modeling - will be executed through scientific WP1-WP3 – bioengineering, In vitro modelling of BDs and In silico modelling - by which the individual DCs are jointly trained within and across multiple scientific disciplines using different didactic methods in WP4 – education and training - to enable efficient work on his/her own project as well as in joint efforts with other DCs within and across the WPs1-3. Each DC project is directly or indirectly linked to other DC projects and contributes with different pieces of the gear in different scientific WPs, which in turn makes up a major piece of the large machinery to be merged into different scientific deliverables. The education and training and industrial secondments will provide basic DC training in the individual scientific disciplines and inter- and trans-disciplinary training in and across multiple scientific fields, and provide DCs with transferrable, inter-sectorial skills and tools to prepare them for new thinking, innovation and true inter-disciplinary work, and communication, dissemination and exploitation of their results through WP5.

Keywords: neurodegeneration,neurodevelopment,neuroimmunology,alternative models,neurophysiology,artificial inteligence
Restoring movement lost to stroke (ReverseStroke)

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: Netherlands,France,Sweden,Germany,Switzerland
Call: EIC Pathfinder Open (HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-03-01
End date: 2030-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2995448.5
EU funding (EUR): 2995448.5
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

From violinists to metal welders, finely tuned hand and arm movements are the foundation of craft, while all of us rely on proficient use of hands for the activities of daily life. Yet, more than 25 million people worldwide lost functional movements to subcortical stroke. Subcortical stroke often interrupts the communication between the cortex and the cervical spinal cord circuits, which leads to permanent hand and arm paralysis. The result is a vastly reduced quality of life and enormous socioeconomic burden for the affected, their families, and the society. A treatment that can effectively restore functional movements after subcortical stroke does not yet exist. Still, the motor cortex, which orchestrates movements, and the spinal cord motor circuits that directly control muscles remain largely intact. We aim to reverse the hand and arm paralysis of people with subcortical stroke by developing a digital bridge that reconnects the motor cortex with the cervical spinal motor circuits. This brain-spine interface consists of fully-implantable recording and stimulation systems that link cortical signals to spatiotemporal sequences of epidural electrical stimulation targeting spinal cord regions involved in the production of hand and arm movements. Our preliminary results in people with spinal cord injury strongly indicate that the brain-spine interface can restore natural control of movement and promote neurological recovery. Therefore, we are confident that a cervical brain-spine interface can reverse hand and arm paralysis incurred by stroke and, therefore, become the first viable treatment option for subcortical stroke survivors. Beyond the development and validation of the cervical brain-spine interface for stroke survivors, this project will build the intellectual property necessary to secure funding that will bring this treatment into widespread clinical use.

Keywords: clinical trial,brain computer interface,subcortical stroke,neuroprosthetics,spinal cord stimulation,electrocorticography