Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
African Food Tradition Revisited by Research (AFTER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well being
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Benin,South Africa,Egypt,Madagascar,Senegal,Cameroon,Portugal,United Kingdom,Ghana,France,Italy
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2009-3, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2014-11-30
Duration (months): 51.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3876874.34
EU funding (EUR): 2929585.0
Participants: 16
Project status: CLOSED

AFTER aims to revisit traditional African products, knowledge and know-how in the light of new technologies for the benefit of consumers, producers and processors in Africa and Europe. By applying European science and technology to African traditional food products, AFTER seeks to turn research into quantifiable and innovative technologies and products that are commercially viable in both European and African markets. The 10 selected products representing 3 families of foods, (fermented cereal-based, fermented salted fish and meat, and vegetable and fruit based functional foods), fit into a matrix of technologies and processes shared between Europe and Africa that will be jointly developed within the framework of AFTER. The 10 products will be characterised according to existing knowledge on technologies and processes. The improved products, produced through reengineering and new processing technologies, will be tested for consumer acceptance, safety and nutritional quality. The market and entry requirement for new products will be assessed. Involving EU and African companies in production trials for the improved products will translate the results into ready-to-use information for food companies. AFTER has 8 workpackages: Management and Coordination; Characterisation of traditional products and know-how; Process reengineering of fermented cereal based products; Process reengineering of meat and fish products; Process reengineering for traditional functional foods; Consumer and market acceptance; Appropriation of the improved processes and technologies and Dissemination and exploitation. Creating new markets and trade opportunities for improved traditional foods and novel products in Europe and Africa will increase economic returns for all stakeholders involved in the production chain, down to the community level. Due consideration will be accorded to regulatory, ethical and IPR issues while also protecting the intellectual rights of Africans.
IMPACT OF AGENTS WITH POTENTIAL USE IN FUNCTIONAL FOODS ON BIOMARKERS FOR INDUCTION OF AGE RELATED DISEASES (FUNCFOOD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well being
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Sweden,Italy,Serbia,Germany
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2009-3, 2009)
Start date: 2010-02-01
End date: 2014-07-31
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1942744.0
EU funding (EUR): 1497708.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

A number of epidemiological studies have consistently demonstrated the protective effects of fruits and vegetables with respect to several age related diseases. The aim of this project is to investigate the protective action of agents with potential use as functional food constituents with respect to cancer, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In collaboration between EU and Indian research centers the proposal features a multipronged approach, where the protective action of various non-toxic agents are studied in vitro as well as in rodent models with respect to induction of DNA lesions, tumours and biomarkers for the development of diabetes, diabetic retinopathy and atherosclerosis. In addition, reduced availability of carcinogens and inhibition of their metabolic activation are investigated. Testing of the protective efficacy of functional food components in intervention cross-over studies in humans exposed to carcinogens, that are normally present at significant levels in the environment, represents an approach that has rarely been resorted to, and will be implemented under this project in Europe as well as in India using sophisticated molecular, cytogenetic and other analytical methods. Although there has been remarkable progress in our understanding of the processes that lead to neoplasia and diabetes, the mechanisms underlying chemoprevention are, in general, little understood. The results from this project are expected to provide an improved insight with respect to this topic.

Keywords: functional foods,cancer,diabetes,atherosclerosis,prevention
Researchers' Night in Montenegro (MONTENIGHT)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Montenegro
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-NIGHT, 2009)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2009-10-31
Duration (months): 5.0
Total project cost (EUR): 44543.8
EU funding (EUR): 32000.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

Evidence of the gap between researchers and the public in Montenegro are numerous. Even the top Montenegrin researchers are not present in public life in a structured way nor recognised by wider public so that they could be identified as role models for young people. With the process of integration of Montenegro to the EU, research career opportunities are becoming more diverse and attractive, which is a reality still not known enough in the wider public. Consequences of this situation are many, such as lacking number of high quality students entering the faculties of technical and natural sciences and mathematics, brain drain of best students and researchers, poor public recognition of research careers, etc. With Researchers’ Night in Montenegro, we want to draw significant public attention to the research community in our country. It will be obtained by organising the first festival of science in Montenegro, a varied but well directed and visually appealing event where the public will have the opportunity to socialize with researchers, try some fun experiments, hear how science is responding to some of the biggest challenges of today’s world, what is Europe offering to researchers and many other. The event will take place in Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro, on September 25, in a connected area of Ribnica river bank, in the central part of the town.

Keywords: science festival,promotion of scientists,analysis of attitudes,public campaign
Researchers' Night in Lithuania 2009 (RENILIT-2009)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Lithuania,Lithuania,Lithuania,Lithuania
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-NIGHT, 2009)
Start date: 2009-05-01
End date: 2009-10-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 75786.8
EU funding (EUR): 67880.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

The main idea of the event is to show that researchers are ordinary people having not ordinary profession – their job is full of excitement, unpredictability and unbelievable discoveries. The event pointed towards natural sciences takes place in 6 rather distant sites including 4 largest cities and covering a wide geographical area of Lithuania. That enables to attract as many participants as possible. The project is polarized towards whole society - all ages, all genders, all nationalities, all ethnic groups - everyone will be welcomed to an amazing world of research and will find that they also can perform experimental research. A lot of different activities are offered for visitors - they will see not only the serious side of natural sciences (astrophysics, Earth science, physics, chemistry, biology/biotechnology, biomedicine, agronomy, forestry, environmental research), but also the funny one. The popular lectures and the interactive program “Hands on experiments” in the open research laboratories at 5 universities, 2 research institutes and a high-tech industrial company comprise one part of the event. This action is complemented by the “Amalgam” program comprised of public science show, visiting specialized exhibitions, theater performances, finals of the announced competitions and other diverse activities in four botany gardens (and two museums). Activities of both parts of the event are based on the direct communication and discussions among academic and broad public, involving participants, students and researchers in joint project activities. The young people will be familiarized with researchers by direct communication and by presenting them the selected successful cases of individual research carrier in Lithuania and playing real stories on what the life of researcher is like.

Keywords: researchers' night in lithuania 2009
Vienna Biocenter European Researchers Night (VBC ERN)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Austria
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-NIGHT, 2009)
Start date: 2009-05-01
End date: 2009-11-30
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 249395.2
EU funding (EUR): 90000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Science is central to the success of the European society and to tackle some of the major problems mankind is facing in the near future. Nevertheless, negative stereotypes about scientists persist. While a slow erosion of these stereotypes is detectable, continued and sustained efforts are necessary to overcome this prevalent barrier to increase the number of scientists in Europe. The most efficient way to tackle these stereotypes is known: bringing the general public into direct contact with science and scientists. This provides the inspiration for the researchers night initiative and the Vienna Biocenter (VBC) as a research cluster relying intensely on qualified personnel subscribes fully to this concept. Therefore the VBC-ERN proposes an attractive programme, which aims at bringing its research and scientists closer to more than 5.000 visitors from Vienna. The programme will explore links between science and art and focus on  hands-on experience of science  oral presentations of scientists explaining their work  exhibition resulting from various calls and activities  concert of bands from VBC-researchers Vienna is well known for arts and music and the Viennese are proud of this heritage. By exploring links between science and arts the VBC-ERN would like to provide evidence for the VBC being a lively and active part of modern Vienna and its cultural life. This should promote an increased understanding and acceptance for the activities of the VBC in Viennese citizens. By portraying research through art, the general public is invited to explore science from a stand-point of enjoyment and pleasure, which should lower the threshold frequently associated with science as too technical and complicated. Furthermore, by providing scientists with the opportunity to explore a role shift from the reclusive, presenting their work mainly to peers, to an artist working for a more general audience we hope to promote future engagement of scientists with the public.

Keywords: science communication,arts and science
Setting the Stage in Portugal: researchers and the public come together through theatre (SETTINGTHESTAGE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Portugal,Portugal
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-NIGHT, 2009)
Start date: 2009-05-01
End date: 2009-11-30
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172016.61
EU funding (EUR): 120000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Through the medium of theatre and visual arts, SettingTheStage brings together research centres, universities, an SME, a science museum and theatre groups from four major cities in Portugal, to create multiple spaces where scientists and the public can actively engage in the reality of being a scientist and in the two big scientific celebrations of 2009: the 400th anniversary of Galileo&apos;s first use of the telescope, and the 200th anniversary of Darwin&apos;s birth. At the core of this proposal is a series of theatre performances, to be specifically produced for Researchers’ Night 2009, designed to stimulate reflection, discussion and debate on topics related to researchers and their everyday lives: the power and limits of their research, their excitements and disappointments, the decisions they face, the impact of their research in society. Emphasis will be on empowering researchers and the public to express their views to the issues being raised. Researchers and theatre performers will work together to produce several performances, aimed at different age groups. A range of interactive activities will complement the performances, including hands-on activities, ´speed-dating´with scientists and new-media installations. Researchers will be involved in all these activities: they will facilitate the interactive activities, co-author scripts, and be actors in the performances. Awareness for these events will be achieved through a concerted marketing campaign, bringing together the expertise and resources of all partners involved, including a dedicated blog, which will register the experiences of the researchers-actors. SettingTheStage brings together the largest ever number of partners in Portugal for Researchers’ Night and, thus, is ideally placed to recruit researchers across the board, to reach large audiences, from north to south and to contribute significantly to greater awareness of the reality of being a researcher in Europe.

Keywords: researchers',theatre,portugal,country,stereotypes,interactive,dialogue,young people,careers,debate,darwin,galileo
LAntibiotic Production: Technology, Optimization and improved Process (LAPTOP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Denmark,Italy,Germany,Germany,Italy
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2009-3, 2009)
Start date: 2010-07-01
End date: 2013-06-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3762796.4
EU funding (EUR): 2775536.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

The focus of this proposal is to develop an economically viable production process for the lantibiotic NAI-107, a new antibiotic with the potential to treat life-threatening infections caused by multidrug-resistant Gram-positive pathogens. NAI-107 is produced by fermentation of the actinomycete Microbispora sp., is undergoing formal toxicology studies and is expected to enter Phase I clinical trials in the second half of 2009. NAICONS, an SME participating in the project and acting as coordinator, is developing NAI-107. A challenge in advancing a new antibiotic into clinical development is to devise a production process that will deliver a high quality compound at reasonable yields. This is particularly relevant for NAI-107 since no lantibiotics are industrially produced as drugs for human use and there are no examples of industrial use of Microbispora. The development of a robust and economically feasible production process for NAI-107 requires the integration of basic knowledge of the physiology of the strain which can be best obtained by a combination of classical and post-genomic approaches (proteome/transcriptome), with a detailed knowledge of the production process and its scalability to industrial level. This will be achieved by flux analyses and 2D-maps for discovering primary metabolism proteins up-regulated during antibiotic production. Combined with a study of other limiting steps, such as precursor uptake, product excretion and the intrinsic resistance of the producing strain, and with analysis of the transcriptional regulation of the NAI-107 biosynthetic genes, bottlenecks in production will be identified and bypassed by metabolic engineering leading to an optimized metabolic pathway for the production of this life-saving antibiotic and an efficient production process utilizing a high producing strain, an improved production medium and an efficient recovery process.

Keywords: antibiotic,metabolic engineering,production process,regulatory network
Come to your Senses! (SENSE09)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2009-NIGHT, 2009)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2009-12-31
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 34720.0
EU funding (EUR): 21000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

SENSES09 will be a sensational event with large appeal, widespread impact and creative science. Located at the majestic Isarpost location in central Munich, Germany this event will attract 300 – 500 guests and through a strong awareness program will attract artists, scientists and the general public alike. The night has three main initiatives: To improve the communication between science and the public; To improve the image of the scientist; To encourage scientists and artists to collaborate. Using the five senses as our theme will provide a broad array of scientific topics with a universal appeal to the curious human. On the evening of September 25th from 20:00 to 2:00 we will invite our guests to enter our sensory enhancing environment and experience sense themed science, art, performances and live DJ’s. Overall, this event will help to improve the image of Europe as a fantastic place to due research.

Keywords: the five senses,experiments,interaction,art,science,communication
Flexible Wood Supply Chain (FLEXWOOD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Sweden,France,Finland,Ireland,Norway,Austria,Poland,Canada,Sweden,Sweden
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2009-3, 2009)
Start date: 2009-11-01
End date: 2012-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4237756.0
EU funding (EUR): 2993300.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

A number of studies indicate that the market demand for wood will lead to strong competition between the different wood industry branches. This is especially true in view of a globalised wood market, in which production is characterised by fast structural changes and concentration processes. Competition between different wood industries and the development towards large production units, as well as an often highly diversified forest owner structure, demands a flexible delivery of varying wood quantities and quality. This leads to high cost, which weakens the position of the European wood industry within a global market. In addition, hazardous environmental events, such as wind throws, forest fires or beetle attacks, have increased during the past years. There is strong evidence that hazardous environmental events will become even more frequent, leading to unforeseeable damage in forests and to excessive felling. Increased competition, natural risks and political and economical disturbances within a global market undermine the concept of a steady and predictable long term development of the forest sector. The challenge is to improve existing processes of the wood supply chain to the needs of wood industry under these changing conditions. In order to meet the market demands of an improved and flexible wood supply chain, novel logistic concepts must provide better information assessment on wood resources and enhance optimisation models. The proposed project would provide a better and faster response to the demands of the different wood industry branches, which will lead to an increase in value recovery.

Keywords: forest energy "wood supply" "wood supply chain"
MCFC catalyst and stack component degradation and lifetime: Fuel Gas CONTaminant effects and EXtraction strategies (MCFC-CONTEX)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Joint Technology Initiatives (Annex IV-SP1)
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
Action type: Collaborative project
Partnership: FCH (Art-185)
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Türkiye,Italy,Sweden,European organisations area,Spain,Germany,Romania
Call:  (FCH-JU-2008-1, 2008)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2014-06-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4132858.94
EU funding (EUR): 1841832.55
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

High-T fuel cells like the MCFC are the best candidate for exploiting cleanly &amp;amp; efficiently non-conventional fuels of organic or waste-derived origin that are one of the keys to a sustainable energy infrastructure &amp;amp; have very strong potential, but the degradation caused by the contaminants in these fuels must be addressed. MCFC-CONTEX aims to tackle this problem from 2 sides: 1) investigating poisoning mechanisms caused by alternative fuels &amp;amp; determining precisely MCFC tolerance limits for long-term endurance; 2) optimizing fuel cleaning to achieve tailored degrees of purification according to MCFC operating conditions &amp;amp; tolerance. The 1st line of activity requires extensive &amp;amp; long-term cell testing, so in parallel methods will be sought to increase experimental effectiveness: a numerical model will be set up to simulate &amp;amp; predict the effects of contaminants, and as knowledge is gained of the poisoning mechanisms through the experimental &amp;amp; simulation campaigns, accelerated testing procedures will be conceived &amp;amp; validated. The 2nd line of investigation entails characterization &amp;amp; development of clean-up materials &amp;amp; processes, focusing on the most promising options to be selected at the start of the project. To carry out this research, real-time &amp;amp; highly accurate contaminant detection methods are necessary which have to be implemented in the fuel-clean-up-MCFC chain to monitor the fate of the harmful species &amp;amp; thus deduce their effects. This will be the 3rd line of activity. Outcome of the project will be: increased understanding of poisoning mechanisms &amp;amp; a set of operating conditions-dependent tolerance limits for the MCFC; a numerical model for prediction of contaminant-induced degradation effects; validated accelerated testing procedures; a prototypal clean-up system optimized for upgrading selected non-conventional fuel gases to established MCFC requirements; a reliable trace species detection system for monitoring of fuel quality &amp;amp; process control.

Keywords: mcfc,fuel cells,bio-fuel gases,waste-derived fuel gases,fuel contaminants,degradation effects,lifetime