Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Re-Engineering Smart Fabrics for Enhanced Product Longevity and True Circularity (Regency Fabric)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Our mission is to revolutionise the textile industry by creating sustainable, high-quality fabrics with a full circular economy. Meryl Fabrics was born out of a deep commitment to reducing the textile industry's environmental impact. To address these issues, we need to rethink the very fabric of bed linen. The core problem lies in the materials and processes used in traditional textile manufacturing. Our solution is a groundbreaking fabric that surpasses what is available today, introducing Meryl Regency Fabric. We've developed this fabric to be more durable, sustainable, and comfortable than anything currently available. Meryl Fabrics are designed with both the end user and the planet in mind, offering superior comfort, extended lifespan, and minimal environmental impact, all without compromising quality. What makes Meryl truly innovative are three major components: the fabric itself, the yarn, and the dyeing process. Each element is meticulously engineered to ensure high quality and sustainability. Our fabric is crafted to meet the rigorous demands of the hospitality sector, providing unparalleled endurance and comfort, directly enhancing the guest experience and reducing the total cost of ownership for hotels. Our targeted market of bed linen is vast, it a substantial part of the global textile market that will be worth €110.2 Billion by 2030, and growing at a CAGR of 7.4% with our addressable market worth of more than €30 Billion. We are going to address the hospitality segment where we can make a significant positive impact now. We deal with the large customers in this segment, streamlining our sales process. It is where we can make fabric recycling feasible in the short term. Bed linen (fabric) can be easily collected in bulk, and new ones can be supplied. It is a segment where the total cost of ownership of bed linen is one of the priorities. Last but not least, our solution can become truly impactful in this industry within a relatively short timeframe.
Understanding the morphology of public open space accessibility: Towards an integrative framework for objective measures and user perceptions (Morpho-POS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Türkiye
Call: ERA Fellowships (HORIZON-WIDERA-2024-TALENTS-02, 2024)
Start date: 2026-07-01
End date: 2028-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 149365.2
EU funding (EUR): 149365.2
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Public open spaces (POS) offer multifaceted social and ecological benefits for public health and environmental sustainability. Urban form conditions, namely the arrangement of buildings and streets, significantly influence POS accessibility, necessitating a shift from simple metrics to a holistic understanding of how morphology promotes or hinders POS access. This project investigates the influence of urban morphology on POS accessibility and the alignment between objectively measured accessibility and the perceptions of various users. Despite growing research on POS, significant knowledge gaps remain: 1)lack of morphological focus on POS, 2)limited integration of objectively measured and perceived accessibility, and 3)scarcity of research in developing cities. To address these, this study aims to: 1)explore how urban form qualities influence POS accessibility, 2)investigate alignment between objectively measured and perceived POS accessibility across user groups, and 3)develop policy recommendations for equitable POS-oriented retrofitting strategies in rapidly developing urban contexts, using Turkey's capital Ankara as a case study. The project employs an innovative mixed-methods approach, integrating cutting-edge urban morphometrics, GIS-based accessibility analysis, and qualitative go-along interviews. Advanced machine learning techniques and statistical analysis will identify distinct urban form types (UFT) and their relationship to POS accessibility. This data-driven analysis will be complemented by nuanced insights into users’ perceived accessibility, bridging quantitative measurements with lived experiences.The project offers a novel integrative framework to understand POS accessibility and evidence-based policy recommendations for POS-oriented urban retrofitting. The project contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goal 11.7, emphasizing inclusive and accessible public spaces, and offers valuable insights for urban planning practices across EU and globally.

Keywords: public open space,accessibility,urban morphology,urban form typology,morphometrics,machine learning clustering,spatial analysis,perceived accessibility,equitable accessibility,urban policy
Easy Floor Robotics develops autonomous robotic technology that automates the process of coating floors (Easy Floor Robotics)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Israel
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1200000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1200000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Easy Floor Robotics provides a revolutionary opportunity to disrupt the flooring market in the commercial and industrial sectors. In these sectors seamless floors based on epoxy or resin are very common; in addition, this type of floor is very common in parking lots. These types of floors are typically coated by builders using liquid and powdery materials on a target surface. Our vision is to develop autonomous robotic technology that automates the process of coating floors, specializing in epoxy, resinous and eco-friendly floors. Our solution is the development of technology similar to the famous iRobot / Roomba but for the flooring market with a docking station. Our team includes the CTO and three experts in flooring, robotics, and polymer materials fields. In May 2023 our startup finished the development of the world's first autonomous robot capable of applying epoxy floors (seamless floors) and reached TRL 5. In 2022 we raised over 200,000€ via a crowdfunding campaign, after the CEO participated in The Israeli Shark Tank (Dragons' Den) show . In 2021 the Built-Worlds magazine ranked us as one of the top 50 world leading companies in the landscape of robotic solutions for the construction industry. In 2024 our goal is to raise over 2.4M€ in the seed round in order to complete our robotic system and begin pilots in Europe in 8 months. This funding is to advance our robotic system from TRL 5, where it is currently capable of covering 40 square meters per session, to the sales and revenue phase, where the robot will be able to cover 1,000 square meters in one session. The innovative Easy Floor Robotics system has been designed to provide solutions in four key areas - Resistance, Speed, Innovation, and Safety. Our startup will bring the floor coating market into the 21st century in the same way that the floor cleaning market was revolutionized by the iRobot. The world of construction is changing - now we have a great opportunity to join the robotic revolution.

Keywords: robotics,3d printing,construction,ai,green materials
Advanced GaN Power Solutions for High-Efficiency Applications (AGaPS-HE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: France
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Various markets, as consumer electronics, electric mobility, and data centers, are demanding more efficient and compact power supplies. While Si-power transistors are less efficient and generate more heat, GaN power transistors offer higher efficiency but require faster switching and digital control systems. Wise Integration leverages GaN technology for advanced power supply solutions, aiming to become a global leader in Digital GaN technologies within 5 years. With 23 team members, 15 patents, €2.7M in investments, and national funding, Wise's WiseGan power component and WiseWare digital controller provide 80% smaller size, four times fewer losses, and only an 8% increase in system costs, offset by significant energy savings and lower development costs. Having invested €12.7 million and reached TRL6, Wise Integration targets the high-power density market (30 to 300W) for products like fast chargers and e-mobility solutions. They have a commercial office in Taiwan, attracting interest from Samsung and LG, and sold 300,000 units since 2021, generating €220k. Future plans include expanding into the European market with high-value applications (300 to 3000W) and launching WiseWare 2 and 3. Seeking €2.1 million in grants and €5 million in equity, they aim to reach TRL8 by 2027. Projections estimate €32 million in revenue from 15 million units in the first year, reaching €96 million by the third year, positioning them as a European leader in GaN-based power supplies and competing globally with Navitas, creating 16 high-quality jobs. Their business model focuses on selling WiseGan/WiseWare products with a 40% gross margin to distributors, addressing a market projected to reach €33 billion by 2030. Their GaN-based power supplies enhance energy efficiency, aligning with EU energy goals and supporting global sustainability initiatives, fostering EU technological sovereignty and sustainable semiconductor industry development.

Keywords: power electronics gan technology wisegan wiseware digital controllers energy efficiency compact power supplies high frequency operation semiconductor innovation
Optitune's PFAS Free Coatings (PFAS Free Coatings)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Finland
Call: EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01, 2025)
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7156400.0
EU funding (EUR): 7156400.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Optitune is advancing its innovative coating technology in response to impending European Union legislation targeting PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) elimination by 2027. This ban, spurred by growing concerns over PFAS’s environmental persistence and health impacts, demands swift adaptation from industries relying on fluorine-based coatings. Optitune’s EIC project is focused on reaching Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 9, fully commercializing a 100% fluorine-free coating solution across its product lines. The project centers on achieving a viable, PFAS-free alternative without sacrificing performance, durability, or scalability, meeting the market's urgent demand for sustainable solutions. Key activities include Polymer Innovation to design fluoro-free polymers that maintain the high scratch resistance, optical clarity, and mechanical strength characteristic of Optitune’s siloxane-based technology. This effort also extends to Coating Formulation Innovation, where fluoro-free solvents will be developed, enabling a fully PFAS-free formulation adaptable to diverse application methods like spray and gravure coating. Next, Coating Process Development will focus on optimizing core technology, ensuring uniformity and repeatability on various substrates, and refining scalability, yield, and consumption for efficient mass production. The project will advance to Internal Testing and Certification, conducting rigorous tests on pilot lines to validate product performance against OEM standards. Once validated, Optitune will proceed with OEM Qualification and Market Introduction, engaging major clients for final certification on their production lines. Successfully meeting these standards will position Optitune’s fluorine-free coatings for widespread adoption, potentially capturing 80% of the global laptop market, 64% of the tablet market and 55% of the stainless steel sinks market within five years.

Keywords: pfas free coating,coatings,pfas,manufacturing,materials,qualifications,kitchens,sinks,stainless steel,laptops,mobile devices,siloxane polymer synthesis,formulations,production line
Extending Affect Detection AI To Detect Mental Health Disorders in a Clinical Setting (Pokamind)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The PokaMind Platform represents a leap forward in mental health assessment technology, leveraging advanced AI algorithms to synthesize multiple data streams for a comprehensive evaluation of mental status. What we are develop- ing is a novel diagnostic approach utilizing Mental Status Examination. This tool incorporates standardized questions from the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI), analyzing not only verbal responses but also facial expressions, vocal features, and gestures. The result is a comprehensive anamnesis report that supports practitioners in understanding their patients’ current mental status aiding in setting a diagnosis.

Keywords: mental status examination,diagnostic tools,ai
Unraveling the molecular mechanisms underlying intracellular crystal formation (CRYSTALCELL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Cell Biology, Development, Stem Cells and R egeneration
Panel description: For all organisms : Structure and function of the cell, cell -cell communication, embryogenesis, tissue differentiation, organogenesis, growth, development, evolution of development, organoids, stem cells, regeneration, therapeutic approaches
Countries involved: Israel
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2022-STG, 2022)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2027-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

From vision in teleost fish to the spectacular colors reflected from reptiles and crustaceans, intracellular molecular crystals play vital roles in the function of cells and the ecology of organisms. These crystals are formed in specialized cellular vesicles termed iridosomes, where their properties are controlled in ways that cannot be matched by modern technology. Failure to control crystal formation can be deleterious to organisms, obstructing fundamental abilities, such as vision, body temperature regulation, camouflage, and kin recognition, and underlying pathologies such as gout and kidney stones in humans. Exploring the fascinating ability of iridosomes to perform such elaborate chemical and biological processes has thus far been limited by the technical inability to study this complex organelle. To obtain a mechanistic understating of the processes and principles underlying the controlled formation of intracellular crystals, we will harness our unique interdisciplinary set of skills, merging chemistry and cell biology, as well as new approaches combining state-of-the-art imaging and spectroscopy we recently developed. We will use this synergetic experimental platform to identify the molecular players, ultrastructural events (Aim 1) and intracellular mechanisms (Aim 2) underlying intracellular crystal formation in the zebrafish, and then generalize the discoveries to other crystal-forming organisms (Aim 3). Our project will provide a holistic view of the iridosome mechanism of action, the strategies organisms use to form and control bio-molecular crystals, and the biological processes, intracellular organelles, proteins and regulatory mechanisms involved. The obtained mechanistic insight into these processes will advance the understanding of the effect of ocean acidification on crystal formation in marine organisms, and pave the way for developing new biomaterials and much needed therapeutics for pathological crystallization.

Keywords: cell and developmental biology,molecular crystals,nucleobases,bio photonics,bio materials,zebrafish,medaka,uric acid,pathological crystallization,cytoskeleton,
Bioprocesses for metabolite production from marine invertebrate cell lines (BLUES)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Other Bio-environnement destinations
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Netherlands,Norway,Israel,Iceland,Portugal,Italy,Hungary,Australia
Call: Novel culturing of aquatic organisms for blue biotechnology applications (HORIZON-CL6-2023-CIRCBIO-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3994977.5
EU funding (EUR): 3994977.5
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

The objective of BLUES is to expand the potential to produce valuable and unique bioactive compounds from marine invertebrates by developing novel cultivation systems of cell lines from 4 phyla of marine invertebrates (Porifera, Cnidaria, Echinodermata, Chordata) and optimizing production yield as an alternative to wild harvesting. For many years, research has been done to derive continuous cell lines from invertebrates. Only recently, BLUES partners reached a breakthrough and created the first continuous marine sponge cell line. Results demonstrated that sponge cells of several species can divide extremely rapidly. The ambition is to design the pathway towards industrial bioprocesses using marine invertebrate cell lines of different phyla as a chassis towards the production of unique high-value marine bio-based compounds, an environmentally sustainable alternative to wild harvesting. The novel bioprocesses that will be developed are not only an alternative for wild harvesting, solving the stock production bottleneck for increased availability of the bioactive compounds, but also for a higher level of sustainable alternative, contributing to the development of circular processing and circular economy. The technology that will be developed in BLUES will make it possible that valuable marine-natural products are produced in bioprocesses and with that contribute to the Blue Bioeconomy.

Keywords: sponges,ascidians,corals,sea cucumber,green solvents,cell culture
Formal verification and neural lossless compression (FVNLC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 40.0
Total project cost (EUR): 187624.32
EU funding (EUR): 187624.32
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Techniques based on neural networks (NNs), the study of which is often referred to as ‘deep learning’, have recently been shown to be extremely effective as a basis for data compression systems. I will develop the new field of ‘neural compression’, which has emerged around these ideas, focussing primarily on lossless compression in the two directions which I believe are most important: Scale: NNs go hand in hand with parallel hardware, and I will investigate new parallel compression algorithms for efficiently compressing huge quantities of data. Specifically, I will develop two entirely new compression paradigms: Firstly, compression of volumetric images using generative models based on 3D convolutions, applied to medical imaging, where teleradiology and new cloud-based analysis make the need for efficient compression particularly acute. And secondly, compression of audio and video using time-series latent variable models, known as ‘state space models’, which offer uniquely efficient utilization of parallel hardware. Systems: I will research, design and implement a domain specific language (DSL) for concisely expressing codecs which are guaranteed to be lossless by construction. Until now, implementations of compression systems always separate the implementation of the encoder from the decoder, and rely on an ad-hoc debugging and testing process to ensure that data are recovered correctly. During my PhD, I discovered that it is sometimes possible for a computer to automatically convert an encoder function into a decoder, and vice versa, potentially halving the amount of code. I will explore the limits, in terms of flexibility and efficiency, of this novel idea, using insights from ‘automatic differentiation’, a related functional transformation, on which I am a leading expert.

Keywords: learned data compression probabilistic generative models probabilistic machine learning lossless data compression