Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Actively learning experimental designs in terrestrial climate science (ACTIVATE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Earth System Science
Panel description: Physical geography, geo logy, geophysics, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, climatology, cryology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemical cycles, natural resources management
Countries involved: Norway
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499738.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499738.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

While land-atmosphere exchanges of carbon, water, and energy are key to understanding changes in the Earth system, we still fundamentally lack a methodology to obtain representative estimates of these surface fluxes at the scale of a single grid cell of an Earth System Model (typically 10-100 km), let alone for a wider region. ACTIVATE combines an observing system consisting of a swarm of drones carrying meteorological sensors and gas analyzers, mobile and stationary flux towers, as well as satellites, and fuses their observations with different land-atmosphere models using data assimilation methods. ACTIVATE will develop an adaptive Bayesian Experimental Design framework to generate maximally informative observation strategies for expensive data collection, and adaptively reposition drone swarms during a flight as new observations become available to optimally infer surface fluxes in the landscape. We will demonstrate the framework (i) in idealized synthetic experiments, (ii) at managed and industrial sites with known flux hotspots, and (iii) in targeted high-resolution simulations in poorly represented regions with expensive models that explicitly resolve subgrid-scale processes in Earth System models. We will apply the ACTIVATE framework around existing observatories in vulnerable arctic regions, where the lack of strong observational constraints from state-of-the-art observing systems is particularly apparent and problematic. ACTIVATE will produce: unprecedented observational datasets for new model developments in some of the most data-sparse regions on Earth, uncertainty-aware parameter estimates for critically unconstrained processes, and a pioneering active experimental design framework for terrestrial observing systems. The broader vision of ACTIVATE is to develop active learning capabilities for improved data assimilation in models to elevate our understanding of land-atmosphere interactions across spatio-temporal scales.

Keywords: surface gas fluxes,energy exchange,observing systems,data assimilation,active learning
Innovative bio/geo-sourced, re-used and recycled Products coupled with BIM-based digital platform for very low carbon construction, circular economy, energy and resource efficiency (INBUILT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Efficient, sustainable and inclusive energy use
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: B4P (co-programmed)
Countries involved: France,Germany,Spain,Latvia,Belgium,Portugal,Luxembourg,United Kingdom
Call: More sustainable buildings with reduced embodied energy / carbon, high life-cycle performance and reduced life-cycle costs (Built4People) (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D4-02, 2022)
Start date: 2023-12-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9397578.74
EU funding (EUR): 7270540.74
Participants: 19
Project status: SIGNED

The built environment and related construction processes are together responsible for up to half of Europe’s greenhouse gas emissions. The circular principles can contribute in important ways to achieving the 2050 carbon neutrality target in addition to the zero emissions 2030 target. INBUILT proposes and develops (1) a set of innovative design, retrofit and construction techniques for both existing and new buildings based on the use and/or reuse of locally sourced bio- and geo-materials along with reused and recycled components coupled with (2) a digital platform, as a multi-objective decision-support tool, for the optimisation of the integration such materials in buildings. This can build an integrated strategy in which sustainability and digitalization are embedded into the construction sector. This set of products includes Larged-sized rammed earth blocks, recycled fired and non-fired bricks (with/without bio-sourced insulation), hybrid straw-clay boards, recycled concrete blocks, prefabricated waste wood external and internal wall elements, smart windows with recycled glass and bio-PUR frames, bio-based prefabricated curtain walls, recycled waste paper and textile fibre insulation mats, bio-based recycled insulation sheet panels/infill, and second life PV panels. These solution techniques, already validated at the lab scale and designed following circularity principles, will be up-scaled, demonstrated and tested in real buildings and optimised using the digital platform in a solid life-cycle-based (and social LCA) perspective. A multidisciplinary consortium will support these objectives. Outcomes will positively impact i) European competitiveness of the construction sector in the field of “green” construction technologies ii) decarbonisation of the building stock, iii) increased digitalisation, iv) raise resilience thanks to circular economy, resource efficiency, eco-design and digitization of the INBUILT innovative systems.

Keywords: bio based geo sourced reuse recycle low carbon construction,circular economy
Quantum Probes for High-Pressure Superconductivity (QPRESSE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Condensed Matter Physics
Panel description: Structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2023-ADG, 2023)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2493372.5
EU funding (EUR): 2493372.5
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

Materials under high pressure exhibit exciting topics such as the superconductivity (SC) of hydrogen-rich molecular compounds (super-hydrides) in the long standing search of room-temperature SC. While pressures above 100 GPa can be routinely created in a diamond anvil cell (DAC), the tiny sample volume almost precludes the use of non-optical detection schemes to probe the sample properties. The project idea is to integrate nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in the DAC and use the optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) of the NV electronic spin to image the Meissner effect. The project relies on our first results where we engineered NV centers on the tip of a diamond anvil and adapted quantum sensing methods to detect pressure-induced magnetic and SC transitions under tens of GPa. By controlling the stress distribution to achieve hydrostatic conditions that preserve the NV symmetry, we have extended this method above 100 GPa, reaching the pressure range of existence of SC in super-hydrides. These materials need to be synthetized at high pressure by laser heating which induces strong inhomogeneities with micron scale. We will use of widefield NV magnetometry to locally image the Meissner effect and the flux trapping in the SC grains whereas the conventional measurements average over the entire DAC geometry and therefore discard all local information. By operating NV sensing on a synchrotron beamline, we will determine the crystal structure of the super-hydrides after the synthesis in the DAC. We will finally couple the spatial detection with noise spectroscopy to measure the temporal current fluctuations in the SC. These methods will be implemented in parallel on Hg-doped cuprates as testbed systems. In a complementary task we will investigate the implementation of NV-based microscale nuclear magnetic resonance in the DAC. Our goal will be to exploit the sensitivity of a dense ensemble of NV centers to detect the chemical shift of the nuclear spins in the sample.

Keywords: superconductivity,high pressure,diamond,nv center,quantum sensing
Boosting the market deployment of safe, effective and sustainable innovations for soil improvement from bio-waste, towards regenerative soil systems (BIN2BEAN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Mission
Theme: Soil health and food
Destination: Soil health and food
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Finland,Denmark,Netherlands,Greece,France
Call: Innovations for soil improvement from bio-waste (HORIZON-MISS-2022-SOIL-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3279086.25
EU funding (EUR): 2997766.88
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

BIN2BEAN will support cities in their transition towards regenerative soil systems by promoting innovations for soil improvement from bio-waste with a value-based approach. The project will implement 3 Living Labs, as pilot city-regions, to follow a multi-actor and participative approach. In each LL, after mapping local contexts in terms of material and monetary flows, a tailored evaluation framework to demonstrate the safety, environmental and socio-economic performance of soil improvers will be co-designed and implemented, through field testing on experimental sites, feasibility studies and choice experiments. The data obtained will feed into a pilot scoring system, that will be co-developed and validated during the project, to help cities selecting the most effective solutions adapted to the geo-spatial context, i.e. inner city, urban-rural fringe and the wider market. The highest scored solutions will be selected for the development of innovative and tailored business models. The latter will match to stakeholders’ willingness-to-adopt (circular) implementation packages, e.g. collection schemes, cooperation networks, infrastructures and fee structures. The pre-market processes will be monitored through Techno-Economic Assessment (TEA). Finally, based on all previous results, local, national and EU policy roadmaps will be drafted, including waste charging policies and citizen awareness campaigns in the city-region, that will be piloted in LLs. All this will feed into a PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) approach, enabling cities to create a continuous value-based improvement loop towards regenerative soil systems. BIN2BEAN will support local waste management with the creation of 40 start-ups specialising in the soil improvers value chains. This will help to reach Europe's 2035 objectives of reducing landfill to 10% of total waste while reinjecting nearly 135,000 tonnes of nitrogen and 45,000 tonnes of phosphorus into soils in an environmental, human and sustainable way.
TRANSITion to sustainable future through training and education (TRANSIT)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Malta,Spain,United Kingdom,North Macedonia,Croatia,Montenegro,Serbia,Cyprus
Call: Sustainability and educational aspects for renewable energy and renewable fuel technologies (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2025-11-30
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1990265.0
EU funding (EUR): 1990265.0
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

TRANSIT aims to provide sustainable training and reskilling programmes for current and future generations on a multidisciplinary approach in renewable energy and fuel technologies, identifying global and local challenges to realise the large deployment ambitions, covering European level and all different stakeholders' levels. Specifically, through support measures and activities TRANSIT will dedicate its resources and educational materials to target groups of policymakers, regulators, innovators, industry, trade associations, universities and local communities, covering the various sectorial strategies under the European Green Deal. Therefore, the TRANSIT framework establishes (i) success stories and practices that are catalogued, retained and promoted in terms of circularity and sustainable aspects, (ii) develop a hands-on training approach to revamp industry-academic curricula, and (iii) establish a web-enabled platform for the innovative and interactive multidisciplinary programme from educational campaigns to hands-on courses. Validation of TRANSIT resources, tools, and materials including challenges, competitions and awards will pass through rigorous quality assurance that ensures that each material also takes into consideration gender balance, societal impact, and employment competencies. TRANSIT developed framework will ensure post-project life is addressed through scalability and replicability, including the deployment of the programme in partners countries through appropriate stakeholders and open access practices.

Keywords: education,sustainability,circularity approaches
The Wide-Field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Research infrastructures
Theme: Research infrastructures
Destination: Development and infrastructures
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: France,Italy,Germany,Poland,Austria,Portugal,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Switzerland,Australia
Call: Research infrastructure concept development (HORIZON-INFRA-2024-DEV-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2028-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2999942.5
EU funding (EUR): 2999942.5
Participants: 19
Project status: SIGNED

We propose a conceptual design study for a 12-metre wide-field spectroscopic survey telescope (WST) with simultaneous operation of a large field-of-view (3 sq. degree), high-multiplex (20,000) multi-object spectrograph (MOS) and a giant 3x3 arcmin integral field spectrograph (IFS). In scientific capability these specifications place WST far ahead of existing and planned facilities. In only 5 years of operation, the MOS would target 250 million galaxies and 25 million stars at low spectral resolution plus 2 million stars at high resolution. Without need for pre-imaged targets, the IFS would deliver 4 billion spectra offering many serendipitous discoveries. Given the current investment in deep imaging surveys and noting the diagnostic power of spectroscopy, WST will fill a crucial gap in astronomical capability and work in synergy with future ground and space-based facilities. We show how it can address outstanding scientific questions in the areas of cosmology; galaxy assembly, evolution, and enrichment, including our own Milky Way; the origin of stars and planets; and time domain and multi-messenger astrophysics. WST’s uniquely rich dataset may yield unforeseen discoveries in many of these areas. The study will deliver telescope and instrument designs, cost estimates, an updated science white paper and survey plan, concept studies for data management, and a facility operation concept. The telescope and instruments will be designed as an integrated system and will mostly use existing technology, with the aim to minimise the carbon footprint and environmental impact. We will propose WST as the next ESO project after completion of the 39-metre ELT. Our consortium includes institutes from Australia, which has a strategic partnership with ESO and aims to apply shortly for full membership. Together with ESO and institutes in 9 European countries, our team has the necessary technical and scientific expertise, and brings 70 years of in-kind effort to the proposed study.

Keywords: astrophysics,galaxies,cosmology,milky way,telescope,multi object spectroscopy,integral field spectroscopy,survey,sustainable technology,eso,australia
Developing the supply chains for industrial hemp fibre and bio-based resins towards high performance circular bio-based composites (SSUCHY-Next)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Circular Bio-based Europe
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: CBE (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: Belgium,France,Italy,Denmark,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call: High performance, circular-by design, biobased composites (HORIZON-JU-CBE-2023, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8036953.75
EU funding (EUR): 6735747.25
Participants: 20
Project status: SIGNED

SSUCHY-Next builds further where previous BBI SSUCHY stopped in 2022. Ambition is to bring different parts of the hemp fibre supply chain to TRL 7, through production at scale of various fibre products, covering the complete value chain from field to composite. Two value chains are further developed. Fibres are extracted by either scutching or by breaking roller/card, linking into different geographical regions. Hackled and carded slivers are further processed into high quality preforms for composites: woven and quasi-UD fabrics and purely UD hemp tape. The appearance at industrial scale of high quality hemp fibres would give a boost to plant fibre composites in competition with glass fibre composites, offering both an environmentally sound and cost effective alternative, especially with less expensive medium length fibres. With hemp fibres which are largely circular, one of the major bottlenecks for a further breakthrough of bio-based composites has been the lack of (fully) bio-based, environmentally sound and as well cost efficient polymer matrices. Hence, our ambition in SSUCHY-Next to work on 3 bio-based resins: bio-based acrylic polymer (“Elium®”) with very high bio-content, and fully bio-based benzoxazine and BG-epoxy, building upon developments in SSUCHY. All systems developed to TRL 6 or 7. To demonstrate the viability of the materials, various inspiring applications are developed to TRL7. We demonstrate the design, production, testing and certification of a 12.6 meter long wind turbine blade, made from hemp and bio-based acrylic. Wood-based products are developed, based on infiltrated wood scaffolds, in first instance with fluid acrylic; also a hybrid wood-based product with hemp reinforcement is included to produce a high performance construction material. Large scale building applications are demonstrated, based on shorter fibres and benzoxazine. For each developed product we demonstrate its recyclability. All developments are monitored and adjusted by means of LCA.

Keywords: natural fibre composites bio based resins
Nanoscale Epitaxial Heterostructures Involving Metal Halides (NEHA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Synthetic Chemistry and Materials
Panel description: New materials and new synthetic approaches, structure -properties relations, solid state chemistry, molecular architecture, organic chemistry
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2022-ADG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-11-01
End date: 2028-10-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499375.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499375.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Building epitaxial interfaces between two materials that match each other with atomic precision is key to control the flow of electrons in many technological devices spanning electronics, optics and catalysis. Today, these interfaces are realized also with colloidal nanocrystals, for example in the strongly light emitting core/shell quantum dots used in TV displays. For nanocrystals, the synthesis of epitaxial interfaces based on traditional semiconductors (metal chalcogenides/pnictides, etc.) is well consolidated, while it has been much more challenging with metal halides (including the popular halide perovskites), for two reasons: (i) the attempt of coupling materials that are structurally very different from each other; (ii) the high reactivity of metal halide nanocrystals that defies conventional approaches to make heterostructures. This is regretful, considering that many applications (in lighting, energy conversion, catalysis, etc.) would greatly benefit from the ability to grow heterostructures, also considering the variety of materials belonging to the metal halide family. In NEHA, I will turn the intrinsic reactivity of metal halide nanocrystals into an opportunity to re-design synthetic strategies of nanoscale epitaxial nano-heterostructures in which at least one component is a metal halide. I will leverage on our recent discovery that these heterostructures can form when there is a continuity of ionic sublattices, ensuring that the local coordination of ions at the interface is similar in both components. My aims are to: i) identify materials that can be coupled to form epitaxial heterostructures; ii) uncover the synthesis conditions to make these nano-heterostructures; iii) study their properties, also with advanced techniques and modelling, and transformative behaviour; iv) exploit them in proof-of-concept applications that will benefit from the presence of metal halide interfaces. These will include photocatalysis, photoharvesting and photonic devices.

Keywords: nanocrystals,semiconductors,heterostructures,metal halides,halide perovskites,interfaces