Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Smart release of biocides in finishing materials for the sector of construction (AXIOMA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Integration
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Germany,Spain,Spain,Belgium,Italy,Greece,Italy,Netherlands,Netherlands,Italy
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-SME-2, 2008)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2013-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4518583.6
EU funding (EUR): 3162416.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

Bioresistancy of building and finishing materials usually requires addition of dedicated bioactive chemicals, so-called biocides. The usual increase in biocide concentration only results in a minor prolongation of the material service-life. For example, coatings usually exhibit biocidal functionality between 0.5 and 2 years – depending on environmental loads –, whereas the desired service life in building practice is at least 10 years. This relatively short service life results in early replacement and a high impact on the environment. In this proposal we will therefore focus on extending the service-life of bio-active agents in finishing materials by the introduction of a ‘smart’ concept of bio-inhibitor release. This smart release mechanism will consists of an induced response on external stimuli. Our aim is to increase the activity of the bio-inhibitors with at least a factor of 5. Within this project we will focus on applying the concepts in several materials for construction such as paints and plasters for indoor use. The applied technologies will be selected based on their market impact and broad applications in other products for the construction sector.

Keywords: biocides,smart materials,release,paints,plasters
Researchers' Night 2008 Szczecin time (NIGHTCLAB)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Poland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-NIGHT-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2008-06-13
End date: 2008-11-12
Duration (months): 5.0
Total project cost (EUR): 46736.0
EU funding (EUR): 45000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Europe needs researchers and innovations to continue to be a knowledge-based society. General public is often oblivious of how important the profession of researcher is. Hence, the main aims of the following project are: 1) to bring researchers closer to the public and show the impact of their job on the quality of our daily life, 2) to change the false stereotype of a reserved and unsociable researcher and show them as “ordinary people”, 3) to convince young people to embark on this career 4) to hold a photo competition titled “Researchers are among us”, and finally 5) to provide festive and relaxing atmosphere for the event on 26th September sustaining European visibility. These aims will be achieved by intensive promotional campaign before the event, engaging general public into hands-on experiments so they ‘touch and feel science’ on the very day of 26th September and disseminating project results afterwards. NIGHTcLAB will cover the West Pomeranian Region of Poland and Euroregion “Pomerania”. The promotional campaign will mainly be targeted at kindergartens, primary and secondary schools. The event will be open to people of all ages with researchers, students, state universities and science clubs as main actors. The City Hall and Marshal’s Office will also support the event so that it develops a truly regional character. Researchers’ Night is planned to be the final event of the Science Festival. Attractions of the NIGHT will be divided into 4 blocks combined into one logical “map of science”: 1) visiting laboratories and taking part in experiments, 2) visiting the “academic campus” where experiments and achievements of science grouped in 6 themes will be shown (Multimedia, Experiments, Technology, Fine Arts, Medicine, Researchers’ Night Fever with the Internet), 3) participating in the photo competition, sporting events, visiting our Crazy Zoo and Researchers’ Kitchen 4) dancing to music played by researchers and having lots of fun in many competitions.

Keywords: hands-on experiments,researchers,science,entertainment,promotion of research career,regional cooperation,european visibility
Modelling of interfaces for high performance solar cell materials (HIPERSOL)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Norway,Netherlands,Germany,Austria,United Kingdom,Sweden,Spain
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2, 2008)
Start date: 2009-12-01
End date: 2012-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4548295.0
EU funding (EUR): 3399990.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The resistance at the metal contact-semiconductor interface and recombination at the passivating layer-semiconductor interface are two important bottlenecks for improving the performance of current solar cells. These processes are quantum mechanical by nature, but so far most studies and attempts to improve the properties of solar cells have been at the device scale. A main reason for this is the great challenges faced by theoretical modelling. Accurate descriptions of the geometric and electronic structures are required, which necessitate the use of highly sophisticated methodologies based on first principles. At the same time, the interfaces extend in many cases well beyond the size limit of first principles methods, creating the need for more efficient methods, which can operate at larger time and size scales. HiperSol aims to fill this knowledge gap by developing and implementing a multi-scale modelling environment. The physics at the various scales will be treated by a multitude of techniques, and the boundaries between these techniques are of utmost importance for the success of this project. Hence, considerable emphasis will be laid on integrating different methods seamlessly and consistently, with many possibilities to update and improve the different tools. An important development will be the implementation of semi-empirical pseudo-potentials, which can calculate the accurate electronic structure of large structures with up to millions of non-equivalent atoms as well as methods for calculating the lifetime of charge carriers. The multi-scale environment will involve construction of reliable inter-atomic potentials for empirical molecular dynamics, providing input to first principles calculations that in a following stage will be integrated into finite element method (FEM) calculations, reaching the size and time scales of real devices. The modelling will focus on real interfaces and be used to investigate enhancements to present solar cell technology.

Keywords: multi-scale,modelling,ab initio,molecular dynamics,envelope functions,interfaces,solar cells,metallisation,passivation,contacting,layers,first principle
"Malopolska Researchers' Night 2008" (RESEARCHERSAFTERDARK)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Poland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-NIGHT-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2008-10-31
Duration (months): 5.0
Total project cost (EUR): 91374.0
EU funding (EUR): 49966.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Want to see an actual researcher in action? Want to delve into the secrets of scientific laboratories? This is your second chance in as many years to meet face-to-face with researchers! On this particular night, researchers will come out of the confines of their laboratories and lecture halls, to show their other–“human”–face. They will present themselves as ordinary people with great passions. The public will have the opportunity to meet researchers in unusual situations and in out-of-the-ordinary places, while researchers will be given the chance to overcome stereotypes by casting themselves in new roles: as theatre actors, painters, movie makers, directors, collectors or history lovers. Become a researcher! This unique night will provide you with an opportunity to turn your dreams into reality! On 26 September 2008 best laboratories will, as they did last year, open their doors to the public. Each participant in Malopolska Researchers’ Night 2008 will have the opportunity to carry out exciting demonstrations and experiments, participate in workshops and competitions and attend fascinating lectures; in a word, to step for a moment into the shoes of a researcher. Researchers’ Night 2008 will feature many new events compared to last year in order to attract an even larger audience. There will be enough variety for everyone to find something interesting to do. This year’s Researchers’ Night will also feature a new venue (“Researchers' Stop”) – the city of Tarnow, a new but rapidly growing research centre in Malopolska Voivodeship. Researchers’ Night is becoming a regular fixture on Malopolska’s calendar of events. The event corresponds well to Krakow’s character and that of the entire region which functions as the academic and scientific heartland of southern Poland. The region owes its allure not only to splendid monuments and charming atmosphere but also to the presence of internationally renowned researchers. So prepare yourself for a night full of surprises!

Keywords: malopolska researchers' night 2008. become a researcher! this unique night dreams come true!
Researchers’ Night 2008 in Poznan as a response to the high demand of the general public (RESNITERS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Poland,Poland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-NIGHT-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2008-11-30
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 72554.1
EU funding (EUR): 60000.0
Participants: 4
Project status: CLOSED

RESNITERS project main objective is to change the image of scientists in the society by means of the European Researchers’ Night. On 26th Sept. 2008 - during the event researchers will be the active participants and animators showing themselves not only as laboratory people but mainly as ordinary ones – playing with kids, talking to youngsters etc. RESNITERS will bring researchers closer to the society by presenting in a practical way how important is the science in a daily life. Shows and workshops will be the ideal means for reaching the audience of all ages with the message of attractiveness of science. The usual image of a researcher is based on stereotypes. They are usually considered as a closed group dealing with issues having not much in common with a real world. As a consequence, becoming a researcher is not a dream career for young people, who prefer open professions with almost a guarantee to self-development in the evolving global context. Showing the possibilities for researchers in the European Research Area and initialising the idea for such a career makes RESNITERS role even more significant. The best way of fighting against the stereotypes is bringing together the abovementioned groups in scope of an initiative showing serious things in an eye-catching and festive way. There is a great interest in such an event in Poznan. On the basis of previous edition RESNITERS estimates that around 10.000 people will take part in the Researchers’ Night 2008. Two project partners involved in last year activities long after the event still received a lot of requests for another Researchers’ Night in Poznan, to be organised as soon as possible. RESNITERES responds both to the general public needs and interest in science and of researchers finding themselves at a right place as reachable stars of the Night. As a result scientific career will no longer be the great unknown and last and least option to choose for life, it will become a fascinating adventure.

Keywords: research career,scientists,personal development,educator,research fellow,scholar,mobility
Technology for Wafer-scale Carbon Nanotube Applications (TECHNOTUBES)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Integration
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,Germany,Belgium,France,France,Germany,Germany,Denmark,Switzerland,Italy
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-LARGE-2, 2008)
Start date: 2009-05-01
End date: 2012-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8350500.54
EU funding (EUR): 5300000.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Carbon nanotubes are materials with a set of unique electrical, mechanical, surface and thermal properties. Yet their adoption in mainstream applications has been limited by mass production and device integration. This project develops the first 300mm wafer-scale equipment for production of carbon nanotubes on surfaces. The project will cover the design, engineering, process control, quality assurance, qualification and process development. It will develop applications in cathodes for time resolved X-ray sources for X-ray tomography, cathodes for high power microwave amplifiers, interconnects for VLSI, thermal management surfaces, low stiction surfaces for micro-fluidic channels and filters, wafer scale fabrication of spin valve devices, and sensor surfaces for integrated sensors on CMOS.

Keywords: carbon nanotube,equipment,micro-electronics,x-ray imagers,sensors,thermal management
Advanced NAno-Structured TApeS for electrotechnical high power Insulating Applications (ANASTASIA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies - NMP
Destination: Materials
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Switzerland,Canada,Belgium,Italy,France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-NMP-2008-SMALL-2, 2008)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4677813.0
EU funding (EUR): 3134676.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The objective is to develop radically innovative electrical insulating tapes and process to improve the energy conversion efficiency of electrotechnical systems. It mainly addresses the electric power generation issue. Today, the energy conversion efficiency of generators is restricted by (i) thermal as well as (ii) electrical strength limitations due to the electrical insulator tapes themselves. The concepts of these multifunctional tapes are far behind the electrical insulating state of the art. The project aims to develop a new process chain leading to a drastic improvement of insulating tape structure homogeneity. The today’s limitations of tape come from its heterogeneous multilayer structure bringing together very different materials like glass fibre fabric, mica flakes and polymers. Enabling this homogenisation requires higher performance materials, which will be obtained by adjunct of inorganic nanofillers according to two proposed development routes: nanodielectrics polymer or inorganic polymers (sol-gel). This will lead to a more robust process chain with a better productivity (+50%) and an insulating tape with enhanced performances like a higher field strength (+40%), a better thermal conduction (+60%). At the end, a much thinner tape (-30%) enabling the design of more compact generators is expected. This project can strongly impact the energy production field. For instance at the European scale, a +0.2% gain in generator conversion efficiency could save the equivalent of one nuclear power plant of 1000 MW (1.5 billions €), or nearly 10 fossil fuel power plants and related reduction in CO2 emission. It will also affect other very large markets like the industrial motor field using similar insulation tapes. The consortium of ANASTASIA project is equally composed of industrials and research laboratories, namely two manufacturers (tape and power generator), two generator end-users, four academic laboratories and the CEA research institute as coordinator.

Keywords: tape process,multifunctional tape,nanodielectric,insulating tape,nanocomposite,high voltage field strength,electrotechnical
Neuroendocrine-immune interaction during inflammation - a phylogenetic study (NEUROINF)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Re-integration Grants
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Poland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-ERG-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-02-01
End date: 2012-05-01
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 45000.0
EU funding (EUR): 45000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The neuroendocrine and immune systems are linked through bidirectional communication pathways that enable modification and coordination of physiological, behavioural and immunological responses upon changing internal and external conditions. It is now realized that this delicate balance between neuroendocrine and immune systems is one of the most important factors conditioning homeostasis and as consequence animal health and welfare. Fish represent more than one-half of all extant vertebrate species and their ability to continuously adapt to altered and altering circumstances by co-ordinated neuroendocrine and immune responses must have contributed to this success. The present multi-disciplinary project, combining the knowledge from immunology, neurobiology, endocrinology and fish biology, will identify the phylogeny and functions of molecules involved in homeostasis. It will yield a fundamentally better understanding of the mechanisms underlying protective immune responses in fish and, will provide essential knowledge to improve aquaculture. The different types of adrenergic receptors will be characterised, and influence of neuroendocrine mediators on the immune response and vice versa, the effect of immunomediators on neuroendocrine system will be established. Accomplishment of the proposed project will guarantee transfer of knowledge and techniques to the host institution. An excellent molecular and proteomics laboratory, dedicated to immunology and neuroendocrinology will be made operational. The project will support complete reintegration of the fellow within the host institute and will assure her job stability and professional independence. Moreover, the reintegration grant will strengthen the fruitful and intensive collaboration with the Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen University and the Department of Physiology, Nijmegen University as initiated during the present Marie-Curie fellowship.

Keywords: neuroendocrine system,immune response,inflammation,adrenergic receptors,catecholamines,stress,fish
Researchers Careers and e-Motions (RE*CAME)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Bulgaria,Bulgaria,Bulgaria,Bulgaria,Bulgaria
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-NIGHT-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2008-12-31
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 91961.52
EU funding (EUR): 80000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The RE*CAME project main goal is to enhance public recognition of researchers and their role in society and to encourage young people in Bulgaria to embark on scientific career. It will also raise the awareness on the EU activities related to researchers’ jobs, services and rights. The following project objectives are defined:  to disclose to the public the hidden sides of life and work of researchers, and show them as professionals and at the same time as ordinary people;  to raise the public awareness on the contribution of researchers to society, to its progress and development;  to highlight the EU emphasis and large support to its researchers and the opportunities for them in the large European labour market;  to make science and the respective career attractive for young people. The target audience of the project will be first, young people – children, teen-agers and students, and second, their parents and the public at large. RE*CAME will provide various opportunities to Bulgarians to interact and have fun with researchers in 6 Bulgarian cities – Sofia, Plovdiv, Stara Zagora, Sliven, Varna region and Rousse:  national photo competition among young people on the topic ”Researchers in motion” - targeted at young people;  amusement programs ‘Researchers’ E-Motions’  ‘Cabinets of curiosity’  games with the public ’Live as Researcher”;  exhibitions of researchers own works and on environmental topics;  short movies on researchers’ in Biology, Chemistry and Ecology, booklet with researchers' own verses, exhibitions and newspapers and dedicated web materials on researchers profession and traditions.  EU stands ‘Researchers in motion’.

Keywords: image of researchers,science and society
Crete Center for Particle Physics and Cosmology (CRETEHEPCOSMO)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Potential
Destination: Unlocking and developing the Research Potential of research entities established in the EU�s Convergence regions and Outermost Regions
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Greece
Call:  (FP7-REGPOT-2008-1, 2008)
Start date: 2009-04-01
End date: 2012-08-31
Duration (months): 41.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1256147.2
EU funding (EUR): 1120660.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This proposal aims at enhancing the research capabilities of the Crete Center for Particle Physics and Cosmology, a small high-quality research group in Heraklion, Crete (LFR and at the outskirts of Europe) . This is expected to be done by (a) hiring qualified scientists that will enhance the research capacity, and be eventually integrated at the Center (b) Instituting a twining program with 9 top European groups in the field, including incoming and ougoing visits (c) Establishing a program of workshops and conferences that aim to improve the research directions and increasing the visibility of the Center (d) establishing an Advisory/Evaluation Comiittee composed of 3 top scientists that will advise the Center towards a successfull completion of the project, and will valuate the success of the project at the end.

Keywords: particle physics,cosmology