Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Neutrons, Electrons and X-rays serving the Transition towards a SusTainable Environment Doctoral Programme (NEXTSTEP)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Countries involved: France,Germany
Call: MSCA COFUND 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-COFUND-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-11-01
End date: 2029-10-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3763200.0
EU funding (EUR): 3763200.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

NEXTSTEP will train 36 young and enthusiastic researchers to exploit the unique and transversal capabilities of analytical research infrastructures (RIs) in tackling the challenges associated with sustainable development and industrial competitiveness in the areas of “Health”, “Digital, Industry & Space”, “Climate, Energy and Mobility” and “Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment”, which are at the heart of Horizon Europe. These skilled researchers will be able to explore materials science, chemistry, biology and engineering and environmental sciences with unprecedented precision (in space, time and sensitivity) using the RI techniques. They will also be trained in complementary skills in innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership providing them with the fluidity to be comfortable in all research and career settings. At the heart of NEXTSTEP are the complementary and sophisticated analytical X-ray, neutron and electron microscopy techniques available at the cutting-edge European RIs: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF, X-ray synchrotron), Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL, neutron source) and e-DREAM (advanced electron microscopes). The academic, research and technology organisations (RTO) and industrial partners for each NEXTSTEP DC topic will be selected through Europe-wide open calls for challenging and rewarding DC projects and will be included as associated partners. This will create an outstanding, geographically-diverse and inclusive study programme, fostering a cross-border knowledge-triangle network far beyond that of the recruiting institutes themselves. NEXTSTEP graduates will be poised to become the drivers in future efforts to exploit the exceptional capacities of analytical RIs and transform science output into disruptive solutions. The graduates will have influence and impact for decades to come as they progress in careers, be they in academia, industry, stakeholder or NGO organisations.

Keywords: synchrotron x ray neutron electron microscopy sustainability health digital,industry,space climate,energy,mobility food,bioeconomy,natural resources,agriculture,environment innovation
Biodiversity dynamics across a continuum of space, time, and their scales (BEAST)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Environmental B iology, Ecology  and E volution
Panel description: For all organisms : Ecology, biodiversity, environmental change , evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, microbial ecology , marine biology, ecophysiology, theoretical developments and mod elling
Countries involved: Czechia
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2021-COG, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999363.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999363.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

We face an unprecedented threat from global alteration of nature and biodiversity, but we still lack rigorous estimates of how fast, where, and at which scales biodiversity changes. Studies report fragmented and seemingly contradictory results, suffer from mismatches in biodiversity metrics, mismatches in temporal and spatial grains, and are constrained by huge data gaps. Moreover, local loss and gain of biodiversity is decoupled from changes in countries or continents, with opposing directions at different scales being plausible. A quantitative synthesis that connects all this, and bridges the gaps, is needed. The objective of BEAST is to map and interpolate temporal biodiversity change in Europe, the US, and the world, across continuous space, time, and their grains, from locations as small as 1 m, to countries and continents, over the last ca 40 years, for birds, plants, and butterflies. To do this we will combine data from local time series with high-quality gridded atlas data from countries and continents. We will use a new cross-scale model to interpolate biodiversity change jointly across space and time, and across the data gaps. We will test if temporal change of diversity, distributions, and turnover can be estimated from: (i) static patterns of diversity and distributions, (ii) from data lacking temporal replication, (iii) from space-for-time substitution of spatial vs temporal species turnover, (iii) from spaceborne remotely sensed spectral diversity and turnover. These methods will enable integration of heterogeneous and messy biodiversity data, and they will improve estimates of change in data-poor regions of the global South. BEAST will deliver the first integrative statistical model revealing, for the first time, how multiple facets of biodiversity change across scales. It will show which regions, habitats, and biomes undergo the most pronounced change, which is critical for informed large-scale conservation policy.

Keywords: macroecology,spatial statistics,biogeography,global
Sewer Ecologies: The Hidden Heritage of London's Urban Infrastructure (SE-HHLUI)

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
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): 260347.92
EU funding (EUR): 260347.92
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Thousands of kilometres of tunnels run under the streets of London, keeping waste contained and concealed. London inherited this sewerage system from the Victorians, most notably Chief Engineer Joseph Bazalgette, prompted by the Great Stink of 1858. While it has endured remarkably well, population growth means that tens of millions of tonnes of untreated sewage now overflow into the Thames every year, posing a serious environmental threat. This project moves beyond sewers as purely technical infrastructures to consider the relationship between public attitudes to waste and pollution, and the material dynamics of waste management from the Victorian era to the present day—a topic that is particularly relevant considering the growing effects of waste in the Anthropocene. Its main objective is to examine sewers as integral parts of London’s urban heritage, through the interdisciplinary lens of heritage studies, contemporary archaeology, ecocriticism, and urban studies, bringing them together within the scope of the environmental humanities as an ecology of sewers. Such an ecology can shed light on how infrastructures produce heritage legacies that engage humans, nonhumans, and the environment, and have ramifications for what it means to live in the contemporary city. In doing so, a form of urban infrastructural heritage that is concealed yet emergent can be unveiled. This knowledge can further aid cities in solving complex problems relating to global challenges such as clean waterways, climate adaptation, and infrastructure modernisation. Much like climate change itself, ecologies are difficult to envision and need to be actively sought out. A deeper understanding of London’s sewers, from the creation of its sewerage system to the present day, can address the question of what it means to live alongside these legacies, and demonstrate the relevance of crafting futures that acknowledge their role in our co-constructed, shared world.

Keywords: ecocriticism,infrastructure
The interplay of Himalayan uplift, climate change and plant diversification: a key to conserve one of the world's richest flora (HIMALAYA)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Netherlands,France,United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-01-15
End date: 2026-01-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 203464.32
EU funding (EUR): 203464.32
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

The recent International Panel for Climate Change (IPCC-AR6) report warns that high mountains in Asia will witness a drastic rise in temperature, precipitation and reduced snow cover by the middle of the 21st century, which will seriously threaten its rich biodiversity. The Himalaya, the highest mountain chain on Earth and one of the world’s most biodiverse regions, spans two biodiversity hotspots that are particularly sensitive to anthropogenic activities. Despite the effects of a changing environment, the evolution of present-day biodiversity patterns remain poorly explored. Previous research has mainly focused on orogenesis and monsoons as key factors governing the assembly of regional diversity, while their relative roles on species diversification are less explored or studied separately. Few eco-evolutionary studies exist for Himalaya, and most of them are based on the inferences from time-calibrated phylogenetic trees of single taxa or simplistically link node ages to contested uplift phases. This project aims to generate a new paleoelevation profile for the Himalayan mountains. For this, it will: i) Disentangle the relative roles of mountain uplift, temperature and precipitation through a macroevolutionary analysis of four selected plant lineages in conjunction with a newly developed paleoelevation reconstruction (by assessing fossil pollen assemblages and testing the chemical composition of selected taxa); ii) integrate macroevolution and uplift history with species distribution models to identify areas of high speciation; iii) assess the impact of future climate changes on these hotspots. The cross-disciplinary approach (involving paleobotany, phylogeny, macroevolution, and species distribution modeling) is unique for the Himalaya region. The project will provide novel insights into understanding the pace of the Himalayan uplift and its influences on plant diversification, and conservation strategies to preserve its unique biodiversity.

Keywords: paleoecology,phylogenetics,macroevolution,conservation
Macroeconomic modelling of R&D for the twin transition (TWINRD)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Theme: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Destination: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Greece,Netherlands,France,Italy
Call: Development of new approaches to the macroeconomic modelling of research and innovation (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ERA-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 999562.5
EU funding (EUR): 999562.5
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

Macro-economic models are widely applied across the EU to support strategic planning for R&I and the green transition. However, these models do not include a detailed representation of R&I policies and do not explicitly model green technologies and the economic sectors that develop these technologies, the performance of R&D and its role in creating first mover advantages, monopoly rents, and eventually successful deployment of the green and digital technologies. To respond to these challenges, TWINRD aims to develop new data, technology matrices, models and enhance leading existing macro-economic modelling (GEM-E3 and NEMESIS). To this end TWINRD will develop innovative and interdisciplinary approaches for the enhanced modelling representation of R&I and innovation policy in EU-27 and improve the integration of R&I activities in applied macro-economic models based also on the collection, empirical analysis and integration of new data and technology matrices for green and digital technologies into the macro-models. TWINRD will develop a new innovative, open-source model specifically designed to address the Twin transition that goes beyond the standard approaches and will be both supply and demand driven. The advanced modelling tools will be used for the evaluation and assessment of R&I policy impacts on socio-economic and environmental indicators aiming to distil policy-relevant insights. All datasets, models and sets of software will be made freely accessible to stakeholders and the public in the TWINRD online platform and in other channels. The entire project will be based on active stakeholder interactions and inclusive dialogue to co-design the research and scenarios explored based on the creation of TWINRD open forum.

Keywords: advanced macro economic modelling,randi evaluation,green transition,digital transition,knowledge spillovers,climate policy assessment,enhanced modelling of randi
Radical Improvement of Cancer Treatment without Additional Negative Side Effects (HyperCollar4D)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: Strategic Digital and Health Technologies (HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-01-01
End date: 2025-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8574256.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

We have developed a device – called HyperCollar4D – that significantly increases the effectiveness of radiotherapy for head and neck (H&N) cancer. The first results on 70 patients have proven that our technology yields +50% complete response with respect to radiotherapy alone. The HyperCollar4D is based on hyperthermia: warming up the tumor to 43 ˚C improves its sensitivity to radiotherapy. Hyperthermia yields no lasting toxicity, unlike radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The challenge with hyperthermia is delivering it effectively (i.e., heating only the tumor and not the nearby tissues) and cost-efficiently. The HyperCollar4D is the first device to achieve effective and cost-efficient hyperthermia treatments for H&N cancer. Our technology (called ‘thermotherapy’) is protected by two patents (one granted and one filed). The HyperCollar4D design is modular, so it can be extended to add modules to treat other kinds of cancers. Sensius is a spin-off of the Erasmus Medical Center.

Keywords: hyperthermia,thermotherapy,head and neck cancer,personalised treatment
Nature for insurance, and insurance for nature (NATURANCE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Netherlands,Austria,Germany,Sweden,United Kingdom
Call: Nature-based solutions, prevention and reduction of risks and the insurance sector (HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2026-03-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3206687.5
EU funding (EUR): 3206687.5
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

Nature-Based Solutions (NbS) can provide means to regulate GHG in the atmosphere, mitigate climate hazard risks - through mass stabilisation, water flow regulation, wind dissipation, and temperature regulation - remove particle pollution and im-prove air quality, protect soil and biodiversity, and enhance climate resilience. The Naturance project will examine technical, financial and operational feasibility and performance of solutions that are built upon and combine disaster risk financing & investments with nature-based solutions. To this end we will stimulate dialogues, knowledge sharing and mutual learning across different areas of policy and practice. Our ambition is not only to produce a comprehensive and collaborative assessment of nature-based insurance and investment solutions from societal and business perspective: our ultimate goal is to encourage adoption of jointly elaborated principles, performance metrics and recommended approaches to analysis and design, in accordance with EU framework for sustainable finance. The project will Establish a ‘Network of existing networks’ by connecting existing major knowledge networks and fostering cross-domain knowledge sharing and collaborative marketplace for innovative nature-based insurance & in-vestment solutions. Initiate and organise innovation finance and policy labs seeking to assess existing and explore new areas for insurance & investment solutions and revenue models supporting NbS. Analyse policy and governance conditions that are conducive to or hamper adoption of sustainable and equitable innovative green insurance and investment solutions for NbS and identify examples of inspirational practice and policy reforms unlocking their business potential and scaling up their deployment. Analyse models, methods, scenarios and metrics used for assessing risk-reduction performance of NbS, as well as their wider societal benefits, and contribute to a better integration of ecosystem and economic risk modelling. Build awareness and capabilities for green financial innovations, so to creating conditions for inclusive and transformative change in regions embarked in the Mission on climate adaptation & societal transformation.

Keywords: sustainable finance,nature based insurance and investment solutions,parametric insurance,resilience bonds,de risking,innovation labs,knowledge networks,policy and governance,business models
AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO ENHANCE FOOD SYSTEMS RESILIENCE, ADVOCATING FOR FOOD SECURITY AND UNINTERRUPTED FOOD SUPPLY (SecureFood)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Luxembourg,Greece,Spain,Italy,Germany,Finland,Cyprus,Ireland,Ukraine,Türkiye,France,Austria,Portugal,Czechia,Slovenia,Belgium
Call: Fostering resilient European food systems in a changing world (HORIZON-CL6-2023-FARM2FORK-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7999093.75
EU funding (EUR): 7999093.75
Participants: 38
Project status: SIGNED

SecureFood adopts an integrated, systems-thinking approach that acknowledges and embraces the complexity of food systems,addressing them as an interconnected network of actors, elements, activities, processes, infrastructures, and essential services related to the production and delivery of food. Based on this approach, it brings together, as consortium partners, multiple actors of the food supply chain itself, such as producers, food and beverages industries retailers and consumers, but also actors supporting the functioning of the supply chain, such as bulk carriers and road transport carriers. The actors network also includes Ministries and entities operating under their auspices responsible for coordinating national resilience-building efforts.The ultimate goal is to address the aforementioned food security challenges, by creating an ecosystem of scientific knowledge, collaborative processes, and digital tools. This ecosystem will provide evidence-based indications on the risks and vulnerabilities of different value chains(grain,fruits& vegetables,fish& aquaculture products,milk& dairy products)in different geographic contexts, and will contribute in a structured manner to the safeguarding of food security before and during crises, and to the reinforcement of food systems resilience.The cornerstone of SecureFood will be a Food Systems Resilience Management Framework with interlinked resilience and sustainability orientations as well as a Resilience Governance Framework that draws on collaborative principles and adopts inclusive and participatory processes to ensure successful cooperation between experts and stakeholders.The SecureFood ecosystem will be developed, tested and demonstrated for different case studies, one of which addressing a currently ongoing food security crisis,i.e. Ukraine’s grain value chain that has been severely impacted by Russia’s invasion and the disruption in grain shipments that has pushed millions people into poverty or food insecurity
Relational Biodiversity Ethics (REBET)

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: Denmark
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): 263393.28
EU funding (EUR): 263393.28
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The planet is experiencing an accelerated loss of biodiversity. Why are the actions undertaken with the intention of mitigating the loss of biodiversity so conspicuously inefficient? One of the root causes lies in the weak capacity of modern ethics to deal with the dynamic and relational concept of biodiversity. The concept of biodiversity is inherently relational, which is why the protection of biodiversity lacks efficacious ethical support. A novel approach, relational biodiversity ethics (REBET), is required. This study responds to this need and addresses two research gaps, integrating two discussions related to the question of whether and how the "relational shift of thought" can provide ethical assistance in accelerating biodiversity conservation (BDC). On the one hand, there is an underexamined question in BDC research, how the relational framing of BDC can be translated into normative guidelines. On the other hand, there is a debate in philosophy regarding the capacity of relational ethics, exemplified in, for example, feminist and care ethicists, to maintain the conditions of responsibility and normativity. In contrast with the modern concept of autonomy as a feature of an isolated, free, and impartial individual, relational ethics advocates for an embodied and relational concept of autonomy. The objective of this research is to elucidate the normative implications of the relational shift for BDC and to establish the foundations REBET to facilitate transformation for biodiversity. Three key questions must be addressed: What are the theoretical implications of a relational turn for biodiversity ethics? Can relational ethics withstand the philosophical critiques with the aid of the parallel discussion of responsive ethics and interdisciplinary inputs? And what are the guidelines of REBET for BDC?

Keywords: environmental ethics,biodiversity conservation,relationality,autonomy,responsiveness,ethical theory,sustainability studies,environmental philosophy,metaethics