Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Precision study of W bosons pair production in association with jets at High Energy Colliders (SAMURAI-APPS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2012-09-30
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 121352.5
EU funding (EUR): 121352.5
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

With the beginning of the experimental programs at the LHC, the need to describe multi-particle scattering events with high accuracy has become more pressing. On the theoretical side, perturbative calculation within leading order precision cannot be sufficient, therefore accounting for effects due to Next-to-Leading Order (NLO) corrections becomes mandatory. In the last few years, tremendous progress in the computation of one-loop virtual corrections for processes involving many particles has been observed. The new ideas based on the universal four-dimensional decomposition for the numerator of the integrand for any one-loop scattering amplitudes, the four-dimensional unitarity-cuts, detecting only the (poly)logarithmic structure of the amplitude, known as the cut-constructible part, and unitarity-cuts in $d$-dimension, yielding the complete determination of dimensionally regulated one-loop amplitudes, appear to give the possibility of developing an automated multi-process evaluator for scattering amplitudes at NLO. In this context, the researcher and his collaborators merged many of the new ideas to develop a new formalism encoded in a public computer program called SAMURAI. SAMURAI is a tool designed for the automated numerical evaluation of one-loop corrections to any scattering amplitudes within the dimensional-regularization scheme. The potential of SAMURAI will be exploited into all possible high energy physics applications.

Keywords: quantum field theory,computational physics,elementary particles,collider physics,precision calculation
Foams and Emulsions Stabilized by Saponins (F.E.S.S.)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-09-01
End date: 2013-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 177685.6
EU funding (EUR): 177685.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Surfactants are large class of substances with wide range of applications in flotation, detergency, food, cosmetic, pharma, and many other industries. Most of the surfactants used today are synthetic, their production being based on petrochemicals. There is another group of natural surfactants, such as proteins and polysaccharides, which are biodegradable and sustainable. Saponins are class of natural surfactants that have demonstrated in clinical studies a number of positive health effects: antiobesity, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antiviral. Saponins are already used in several industries and commercial products, but their properties as foam and emulsion stabilizers are not studied systematically. If saponin properties are understood better, this would open the door for their wide application, especially in foods, beverages, and cosmetics, where their unique properties provide strongest benefits. This will have a positive impact on society and nature, because of their positive health effects and sustainable sourcing. The project has two interrelated research parts: (1) Study of the surface properties of the saponin solutions (surface rhelogy, kinetics of adsorption etc.); (2) Study of the bulk properties of foams and emulsions, stabilized with these solutions (bulk rheology, stability etc.). The major aim is to analyze the complex relation between the surface properties of the saponin solutions with the bulk properties of their foams and emulsions. Based on this knowledge, recommendations will be formulated on how to prepare dispersions with desired properties (high stability, optimal rheology, etc.). The project is collaboration between Wageningen University and Unilever R&D, Vlaardingen, both located in The Netherlands. The research group 'Physical Chemistry and Colloid Science' (Wageningen) has a world reputation in its field. Unilever is an innovative multinational company with consumers, employees, business partners on every continent.

Keywords: soft matter and polymer physics,natural surfactants,saponins,proteins,foams,emulsions,surface rheology,bulk rheology,foam stability,emulsion stability
DNA extraction from ancient and modern maize samples and biochemical characterization of genes with key roles in domestication (MAIZEKEY)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Denmark
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IEF, 2010)
Start date: 2011-06-01
End date: 2013-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 220590.4
EU funding (EUR): 220590.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The domestication of maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) occurred through the selection of a suite of phenotypic characteristics over the last 7,000 years, ultimately resulting in the classic cob-heavy crop that we today recognize as modern maize, markedly different from its grass-like ancestor, teosinte. This project involves the extraction of genetic information from archaeological maize samples spanning its domestication history followed by the selection of interesting targets for further biochemical characterization. I intend to look at key molecular switches that resulted in the sequential improvement of modern maize from the ancestral varieties. Such information is of highest interest for agricultural research as the ancient plants, including those disregarded by early farmers, can be the carriers of interesting molecular and phenotypic features for modern times. Of particular interest will be extinct protein isoforms with biochemical and/or cathartic properties that may be relevant for nutrition, resistance to pathogens or stress, or even involvement in metabolic pathways leading to the production of valuable metabolites of commercial interest. The spatiotemporal mapping of the samples can also potentially reveal important traits, such as the ability to adapt to environmental changes like climate change or water scarcity. This project is an example of truly multidisciplinary research: by combining the use of the latest sequencing technology with excellent biochemical expertise to explore invaluable collection of archeobiological material, this work will generate results that will have an impact in fields as disparate as archaeology and agricultural sciences. Furthermore, this IEF will allow me to complement my multidisciplinary theoretical training, based on computational approaches, with hands-on learning of the most cutting edge wetlab techniques in world-class facilities guided by experts with excellent scientific records.

Keywords: biodiversity characterisation,biochemistry,structural biology,molecular biology,evolutionary biology,genomics,plant genetics
Climate Impact Research & Response Coordination for a Larger Europe - 2nd Generation ERA-Net -Science meets Policy (CIRCLE-2)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Climate change, pollution, and risks
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Partnership: CIRCLE-2 (ERA-NET)
Countries involved: Portugal,Austria,Italy,France,Spain,Sweden,Finland,Sweden,Ireland,Germany,Türkiye,Estonia,Israel,United Kingdom,Hungary,Netherlands,Greece,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-ERANET-2009-RTD, 2009)
Start date: 2010-05-01
End date: 2014-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2271877.3
EU funding (EUR): 1999331.0
Participants: 22
Project status: CLOSED

Climate Change is one of the most important issues facing the world in the 21st century and challenges all four (ecological, economical, social and cultural) dimensions of sustainable development. Europe takes a leading role in the necessary response to these challenges. Severe impacts are unavoidable and European adaptation strategies must be supported by a coherent base of knowledge on its key vulnerabilities and response options. Such a base can only be generated by European, national and regional policy-relevant research. It is CIRCLE-2 ERA-Net prime objective to contribute to those efforts by aligning and networking national and regional research funding and managing organisations as well as their respective programmes. CIRCLE-2 will support a common research agenda and share good practices on adaptation with national and European decision makers, thus contributing to the envisaged EU Clearing House on Climate Change Impacts Vulnerability and Adaptation (CCIVA). CIRCLE-2 (CSA-CA) builds on the experience of previous coordinating and support actions (i.e. CIRCLE CA and SSA) and will develop its activities through a now enlarged network of 23 countries and 3 regions. A flexible work plan will LEAD the consortium to identify common policy-relevant CCIVA research needs. Those needs will serve to DESIGN a joint research agenda and deepen the networking and cooperation activities of the consortium. CIRCLE-2 will FUND transnational joint research initiatives including joint calls for projects on CCIVA. The outcomes of these initiatives and projects will provide the consortium with an updated knowledge base on European, National and Regional CCIVA research and CIRCLE-2 will SHARE this knowledge base with decision-makers at all relevant scales. CIRCLE-2 will thus contribute to the development of both European and national Climate Change response frameworks (e.g. Adaptation Strategies) by facilitating research outputs tailor-made to common needs. International cooperation with non-European countries (e.g. developing countries) as well as the involvement of new EU Member States and candidate countries will be particularly encouraged throughout CIRCLE-2 lifetime.

Keywords: climate change,impacts,adaptation,vulnerability,climate policy,climate science,era,research funding,era-net,research coordination and collaboration,transnational cooperation
Harmonizing, Integrating and Vitalizing European Research on hiv/Aids (HIVERA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Health
Destination: Translating research for human health
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Partnership: HIVERA (ERA-NET)
Countries involved: France,Germany,Belgium,Portugal,Italy,Romania,Estonia,Türkiye,Germany,Hungary,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-ERANET-2009-RTD, 2009)
Start date: 2010-05-01
End date: 2015-04-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2434321.25
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

HIV infection is a major worldwide epidemic threatening public health in all affected countries. Although a wide range of financial support has been successfully dedicated to HIV through national and/or EC-funded programmes, there is still little cooperation between national funding programmes in Europe, while this field is highly international, operationally as well as competitively, in all disciplines of basic, clinical, epidemiology and social sciences. The absence of programme coordination in a context of economic crisis is an important hurdle to confront the emergence of major new questions. Therefore, HIVERA is proposed as a dedicated ERA-NET paving the way for the coordination and cooperation of national programmes, starting first in 8 countries (BE, DE, EE, FR, IT, PT, RO, TR), but flexible enough to integrate new Member States by the end of the Grant duration. During the lifetime of HIVERA, the following actions are intended: exchange of information about participants and programmes, identification of common needs, thorough analyses of synergies and complementarities (data collection, workshops, exchange of programme managers); Preparation and implementation of two joint calls for future joint funding activities and programme opening, with emerging issues in HIV/AIDS as thematic priority; strengthening collaboration between partners of the ERA-Net, including the exchange of researchers and access to facilities; quality assurance for the implementation of common calls and the evaluation of funded research programmes (development of standards); creation of a platform for programme managers and researchers as an interface between science and funding policy to feed into future national and European funding programmes. Duplicating existing European activities will be avoided by actively linking up HIVERA with ongoing existing networks and the EDCTP, and by concentrating pilot joint calls on emerging issues in HIV/AIDS.

Keywords: aids,era-net,hivera,best practices,coordination,quality assurance,joint calls,funding,ageing,transnational,emerging issues,prevention,treatment,epidemic,young investigators
Montenegrin Researchers' Mobility Network (EURAXESS MONTENEGRO)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: MSCA other
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Montenegro
Call:  (FP7-Adhoc-2007-13, 2007)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 187881.62
EU funding (EUR): 168611.11
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The European Research Area is positioning the mobility of researchers and circulation of knowledge at its core, in order to ensure abundant and sufficient human resources for research in Europe. Many initiatives at regional and European levels have been undertaken in order to stimulate the movement of researchers, their shorter or longer stays within grant or fellowship schemes and numerous coordination actions, Euraxess being the most important. Montenegro, as a small country, with limited number of researchers in absolute terms – around 1500 (although high as a % of employed – 8.8), needs to optimise the benefits of its association to the Seventh Framework Programme and other international research cooperation opportunities if it is to achieve the level of technological development that is required for a modern, more specialised and competitive economy, and economy that fulfils the EU standards. On the other hand, Montenegro needs to keep developing a wide spectrum of tertiary education opportunities in order to ensure the development of its human capital. In this view, Montenegro also should optimise the benefits resulting from mobility of its students and researchers. Objectives of the project Euraxess Montenegro are to: 1. Structure the existing national capacities for mobility by forming the National Researchers’ Mobility Network. 2. Develop quality service of informing and providing proximity assistance to mobile researchers 3. Provide training facilities to officials and administrators dealing with mobility 4. Promote the services offered within the Montenegrin society and wider,

Keywords: researchers' mobility,structure mobility services,networking,euraxess,assistance to researchers
Development of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Network of Mobility Centres (BAMONET)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: MSCA other
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Call:  (FP7-Adhoc-2007-13, 2007)
Start date: 2010-05-01
End date: 2013-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 219435.0
EU funding (EUR): 199999.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of this project is to establish network of mobility centres in Bosnia and Herzegovina in line with EURAXESS efforts. This project should streamline existing efforts in research mobility and provide institutional infrastructure for encouraging and facilitation of mobility of reasearchers in all directions and at all levels through Bosnia and Herzegovina mobility network. Main project objectives are: a) to establish structured network of service and information providers, enabling practical assistance to researchers in all issues related to their experience of mobility; b) to develop organizational framework, comprised of organizational structure, communication strategies, data requirements and procedures for providing of best performance in information and services delivery; and c) to promote EURAXESS values through the awareness campaign, including promotional events, dissemination of printed material with valuable information and delivery of information and services through the national researchers’ mobility portal, linked to pan- European Mobility Portal. The fulfillment of the above objectives, in accordance with European standards and values, will be ensured by a four-level organizational structure of the network, consisting of the steering, coordination, operational and beneficiary (contact points) layer. As such, B&amp;H mobility network will provide a backbone for involvement and concentration of all relevant actors – policy stakeholders, industry, public and private university representatives and researchers’ community. The network is guided by the steering committee, providing high-level support and concentration of all relevant actors – policy stakeholders, industry, public and private university representatives and researchers’ community.

Keywords: euraxess,researchers' mobility,incoming mobility,outgoing mobility,inter-sectoral mobility,mobility center
Cyclic-di-GMP: New Concepts in Second Messenger Signaling and Bacterial Biofilm Formation (SECMESSBIOFILM)

Framework: FP7 — Ideas
Programme: European Research Council
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: Support for frontier research (ERC)
Panel: Immunity and infection
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (ERC-2009-AdG, 2009)
Start date: 2010-06-01
End date: 2015-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1998000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1998000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Biofilms represent a multicellular lifestyle of bacteria that causes serious biomedical and technological problems. Biofilm developmental involves an inhibition of motility and an induction of adhesins at the cell surface and culminates in complex structures, in which bacteria are embedded in an extracellular matrix, which renders them resistant against antibiotics and host immune systems. The overall objective of the proposed project is to clarify nature and nurture in bacterial biofilm formation, i.e. to reveal the underlying genetic control network and its integration with environmentally responsive pathways that influence biofilm composition and architecture. The major working hypothesis of this proposal is that the ubiquitously biofilm-stimulating second messenger c-di-GMP and the many proteins associated with its synthesis, degradation and action are mainly responsible for this integration (i) by providing the molecular switches that establish the metastable states characteristic for biofilm development, and (ii) by integrating many of the environmental signals that modulate biofilm composition and architecture. Even in single species, c-di-GMP is produced and degraded by multiple diguanylate cyclases (GGDEF domain proteins) and phosphodiesterases (EAL domain proteins), respectively. This project will elucidate the regulation, function, cooperation and targets of all 29 GGDEF/EAL domain proteins during the entire series of molecular events that generates a biofilm of the model organism Escherichia coli, which includes commensals as well as important pathogens. As c-di-GMP is used by virtually all bacteria, understanding its production and mode of action will open new and general perspectives for interference with bacterial biofilm formation.

Keywords: bacterial development,diguanylate cyclase,c-di-gmp,ggdef,eal,protein degradation
DEMONSTRATION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE PROCESSES AND EQUIPMENTS FOR THIN FILM SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES PRODUCED WITH LOWER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND REDUCED COST AND MATERIAL USE (PEPPER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Energy
Destination: Renewable electricity generation
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Greece,Switzerland,Germany,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ENERGY-2009-2, 2009)
Start date: 2010-09-01
End date: 2013-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 10047809.22
EU funding (EUR): 6001749.01
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Improving the cost-competitiveness and approaching grid-parity are the major challenges for micromorph thin-film photovoltaics. This project tackles major factors relating to micromorph module efficiency and production cost by assessing the influences of glass, TCO and silicon deposition (including in-situ cleaning). The project bridges the gap between research and industrial application by executing new developments and improvements in the field of TCO and PECVD reactors and processes and transferring them to production plants where the full impact on module efficiency and costs can be evaluated. On the other hand it also takes some innovations already used in other applications like different glass types and F2 as cleaning gas and transfers these improvements into the photovoltaic application. While different glass types have a high impact on production cost of solar modules, the utilisation of F2 as cleaning gas also has high impact on cost by increasing cleaning rates and decreasing gas cost and also has a strong environmental impact by replacing cleaning gases with a higher global warming potential. All these approaches will not only be developed in parallel but this project will ensure a strong interlink between these activities, e. g. the impact of narrow gap reactors on the F2 cleaning rate. The joint goal of the different work packages is the demonstration of a 157Wp micromorph module with a cost of ownersip (CoO) reduced to 0.5€/Wp. Succeeding in this project will ensure the competitiveness of the micromorph technology and further approach the final goal of grid parity. Having European companies jointly engaged in this project will ensure key players in this important technology branch in Europe, therefore strengthening the European economy. The consortium is comprised of seven partners from four European countries and includes 3 Universities and 4 industrial companies (1 equipment supplier, 1 gas supplier and 2 producers of solar modules).

Keywords: micromorph,thin film,silicon,solar,photovoltaics,equipment,low cost,material usage,high efficiency