Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Development of advanced BIOREFinery schemes to be INTEGrated into existing industrial fuel producing complexes (BIOREF-INTEG)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Energy
Destination: Renewable fuel production
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Netherlands,Spain,Belgium,Sweden,Finland,United Kingdom,Spain,Netherlands,Sweden,Netherlands,Belgium,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-ENERGY-2007-1-RTD, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2010-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1452929.83
EU funding (EUR): 995082.24
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

The overall aim of BIOREF-INTEG is to develop advanced biorefinery schemes to be integrated into existing industrial fuel producing complexes. S&T project objectives are: to make the production of biofuels more competitive, to identify and develop the optimal integrated biorefinery schemes for the production of best suited "building blocks" in terms of processes and bioproducts, and to identify opportunities of various biomass-based sectors to produce fuels while increasing their market competitiveness by co-producing added-value products. Sectors dealt with are: sugar/starch (bioethanol), biodiesel, pulp/paper, conventional oil refinery, power production, food industry, agrosector. The project is performed by 7 separate but strongly interrelated workpackages dealing with: mapping of existing industrial fuel complexes in Europe (reference-cases); definition most promising added-value bioproducts; knowledge import from outside the EC; integral technical, economic and ecological system assessments to select most promising market specific integrated biorefineries; technology deployment; knowledge dissemination and training, and project management. The project is co-ordinated by ECN (The Netherlands). Other participants involved: 4 SMEs (ETC, TK, VFT, Bioro), 3 industries (Greencell, Cehave, Repsol), 2 universities (Aston, UGent) and 3 RTD institutes (VTT, WUR A&F, STFI). Project duration: 24 months. Total requested EC-grant: 995 kEuro.

Keywords: biorefineries
European Research Infrastructures Network of National Contact Points (EURORIS-NET)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to policy development and Programme implementation
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Greece,Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,Cyprus,Czechia,Denmark,France,Germany,Hungary,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Serbia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Türkiye,Russian Federation,South Africa,Iceland,Slovakia,Montenegro,Estonia,Latvia,Lithuania,Canada
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2007-11-01
End date: 2011-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2118670.51
EU funding (EUR): 1799971.74
Participants: 37
Project status: CLOSED

The term “Research Infrastructures (RIs)” refers to facilities and resources that provide to the scientific community essential services needed for the performance of leading edge research in both an academic and/or industrial environment. Research Infrastructures should be open to researchers, to the scientific community and to the Industry and cover the whole range of scientific and technological fields. The Research Infrastructures are of high importance in order to strengthen the knowledge base of Scientifc Communities and the technological know-how of Industrial sector across Europe. The overall objective of the proposed project is: To support the efficient implementation of the Research Infrastructures Programme and to promote the benefities offered by the RIs in order to enhance the Research Excellence, the competitiveness and the growth of Europe. Within this framework the project aims to improve the effectiveness of the Research Infrastructures (RIs) NCPs network through the upgrade of the level of the transnational cooperation which will result in more consistent services provided to the customers/clients across Europe. Coordination activities and synergies with other EU Networks will promote a coherent approach towards the Research Infrastructures and their utilization for the benefits of the European Scientific Community and Industry. The NCPs within each particular country represent different administrative and organisational schemes and patterns. The lack of coordination activities between NCPs frequently leads to obstacles both for the NCPs and the Researchers and requires more efforts by the European Commission for the effective implementation of the Programme itself. The project will focus on the establishment of a unified approach to RIs NCPs services across EU, will support the trasnational collaboration, will raise awareness at European level and will promote RIs as a base for a coherent development of the enlarged Union.

Keywords: research infrastructures,transnational cooperation among ris ncps,coordination activities
AIRCRAFT INTEGRATED STRUCTURAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT II (AISHA II)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,Germany,France,France,Latvia,Spain,Denmark,Belgium,Germany,Germany,Belgium,Spain,Germany
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2007-RTD-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-05-01
End date: 2011-10-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5694304.38
EU funding (EUR): 4133731.0
Participants: 14
Project status: CLOSED

The safe use of complex engineering structures such as aircrafts can only be guaranteed when efficient means of damage assessment are in place. Whereas the design of civil structures is nowadays based on a damage tolerance approach and time based inspection cycles, it is envisaged that the large cost associated with this approach can be drastically reduced by switching to a condition based maintenance schedule. Structural health monitoring is a technology where integrated sensors are used to enable continuous monitoring of the structural integrity. In the last years there is an increasing interest in structural health monitoring systems for aircraft. Beside the expected enhancement of safety and maintenance performance, also economic aspects play an important role. This regards on the one hand the reduction of unnecessary inspection costs and on the other hand, the possible weight reduction of aircraft part at the designing phase of an aircraft. This project wants to continue the project "Aircraft Integrated Structural Health Assessment (AISHA) – EU-FP6, priority 4 - STREP project nr. 502907) which was dedicated to the establishment of the basic elements of a health monitoring systems based on ultrasonic Lamb waves. Lamb waves are guided waves propagating in plate-like structures. Experiments on lab-scale and on selected full-scale parts showed the ability of Lamb-waves to give indications of correlations between acoustic parameters and damage in structural parts. The consortium is aware of the fact that a 42-month project is not sufficient to make the final step for a ready-to-use system. Thus, based on the rich experiences obtained in the running AISHA project which will be finished in June 2007, we want propose a new project with an adapted work plan and additional new partners.

Keywords: aircraft,structural health monitoring,lamb waves,rayleigh waves,ultrasonic sensors,optical fibre sensors,sensor integration and protection,fatigue,impact,corrosion,principal component ana
European Transport NCP Alliance (ETNA)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: HORIZONTAL ACTIVITIES for implementation of the TRANSPORT PROGRAMME
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,France,Spain,Poland,Greece,Italy,Israel,Türkiye,France,Hungary,Portugal,Cyprus,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-TPT-2007-RTD-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-04-01
End date: 2012-11-30
Duration (months): 56.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2073048.99
EU funding (EUR): 1934525.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

The project proposal "European Transport NCP Alliance" (ETNA) aims at the development and implementation of a coordination mechanism for stimulating closer cooperation among National Contact Points for the theme “Transport” in the Seventh Framework Programme. ETNA will facilitate the improvement of the overall quality of NCP services across Europe in the area of transport – thereby making future calls more accessible for all stakeholders and contributing to an improvement in the average quality of proposals submitted. This will be accomplished by carrying out a series of well-coordinated tasks and measures. The project will benchmark the activities of the Transport NCPs with the goal of identifying best practice and pinpointing existing weaknesses within the NCP network. Identified weaknesses will then be addressed by a multifaceted training programme aiming at efficient eradication of deficits and an overall improvement of the performance of NCPs – on both the individual and network levels. ETNA will also develop effective tools and activities for the entire Transport NCP network aimed at raising awareness about the network and the services it offers as well as increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of efforts to support potential participants in their search for qualified partners. Finally, the project will work to improve contacts and communication with other networks and organisations with the ultimate goal of securing a sustainable flow of information of benefit to the European transport research community. All of these efforts will contribute to achieving a greater coherence of approach to NCP work and to the achievement of a high level of service in all countries participating in the Framework Programme.

Keywords: national contact points
Network of the INCO-NCPs (INCONTACT)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Activities of International Cooperation
Destination: Supporting the awareness raising of Horizon 2020 in third countries
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Greece,Germany,South Africa,Sweden,Italy,Russian Federation,Mexico,Türkiye
Call:  (FP7-INCO-2007-4, 2007)
Start date: 2008-01-01
End date: 2009-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 486783.84
EU funding (EUR): 369821.74
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The INCONTACT project aims at the development of platform for stimulating closer cooperation among INCO National Contact Points. Within the framework of this closer cooperation, INCO NCPs will work together to effect a substantial improvement in the overall quality of NCP services in the field of International Cooperation. The positive effect of these efforts will not be limited to the NCP network alone. The international research community will ultimately benefit from the heightened level of service offered by the network. Individual researchers will profit from higher quality services and information, and the establishment of a more consistent level of NCP services across Europe will contribute to greater transparency of the research funding for ICP participants. Activities including 3 awareness and training workshops in ICPC countries (Mexico, Russia, South Africa), exchange of experience, good practice, training for inexperienced European NCPs will strengthen the overall capacity of INCO NCPs and provide for more coherence of the support activities offered. In addition an Online Encyclopaedia on International Cooperation compiling all relevant information on International Cooperation activities in FP7 will be developed. The online encyclopaedia will work according to the principles of the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia allowing the interaction and the collection of best practices from all the INCO NCPs.

Keywords: inco-ncp,network,better participation of icpc in fp7,awaireness raising,exchange of experience
Real-Time database for high resolution Neutron Monitor measurements (NMDB)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to existing research infrastructures
Action type: Combination of CP & CSA
Countries involved: Germany,Slovakia,Finland,Switzerland,Belgium,Russian Federation,France,Greece,Armenia,Italy,Israel,Spain,Kazakhstan
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-01-01
End date: 2009-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 669888.0
EU funding (EUR): 500000.0
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

We propose to set up a European digital repository for cosmic ray data by pooling existing data archives and by developing a real-time database with the data of as many European neutron monitor stations as possible. The data will be available through internet. Cosmic rays provide a diagnostic tool to analyze processes in interplanetary space and at the Sun. Cosmic rays also directly affect the terrestrial environment and serve as indicators of solar variability and non-anthropogenic climate changes on Earth. In the fifties of the last century a worldwide network of standardized neutron monitors was developed to examine temporal and spatial variations in our space environment. Despite decades of tradition, neutron monitors remain the state-of-the-art instrumentation for measuring GeV cosmic rays that cannot be measured by space experiments. Therefore the worldwide network, which presently consists of about 50 stations, ideally complements cosmic ray observations in space. Since the beginning of the coordinated neutron monitor measurements the data have been collected in world data centers. A big shortcoming of these data centers for today's demands is the fact that the data are not available in real-time and only with a time resolution of one hour. Cosmic ray applications, e.g. space weather warnings (geomagnetic storms, solar energetic particle events) need access to neutron monitor measurements in real-time and with high time resolution. Reliable forecasts of geomagnetic storms are important in many technical areas (radio communication, electric power lines, etc.). Confident alert prediction of solar energetic particle events is highly important for manned space missions and for airline crews and passengers. The proposal unifies for the first time the cosmic ray community of the European neutron monitor network in a coordinated effort to advance the use of cosmic ray data in cutting-edge applications, as e.g. space weather.

Keywords: real-time,database,space weather,cosmic rays
Deploying and unifying the NMR e-Infrastructure in System Biology (E-NMR)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to existing research infrastructures
Action type: Combination of CP & CSA
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Netherlands,Germany
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2007-11-01
End date: 2010-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2766751.0
EU funding (EUR): 2050000.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

NMR plays an important role in life sciences (bio-NMR), and structural biology in particular, at both European and international levels. An I3 initiative is operative in the field, which provides access to NMR instrumentation and pursues technical advancement (EU-NMR). In addition, the EC has funded a Coordination action (NMR-Life) aimed at the establishment of common experimental approaches and at the spreading of best experimental practices across Europe. Altogether, these two initiatives provide a reference point for the large majority of European scientists with an interest in bio-NMR. In parallel, European developments in the area of Research Infrastructures in the past years resulted in a leading edge high-speed research network covering all Europe and in a overlaying production Grid infrastructure, realized by projects as EGEE/EGEE II. This integrated network and processing/storage environment – e-Infrastructure - provides a platform for new methods of global collaborative research – e-Science. The main objective of this project is to optimise and extend the use of the NMR Research Infrastructures of EU-NMR through the implementation of an e-Infrastructure in order to provide the European bio-NMR user community with a platform integrating and streamlining the computational approaches necessary for bio-NMR data analysis (e-NMR). The e-NMR infrastructure will be based on the Grid infrastructure. The project will also tackle the following objectives: i) establish a human collaboration network between the bio-NMR and the e-Infrastructure scientific communities; ii) assess the state-of-the-art of the computational aspects of bio-NMR; iii) implement and make available state-of-the-art computational methods. A broad range of networking activities will focus on monitoring, dissemination and outreach, training, hands-on workshops. The development and enforcement of operational and organizational schemes and policies will also be addressed.

Keywords: integration of nmr into an electronic grid infrastructure
An Interoperability Service Utility for Collaborative Supply Chain Planning across Multiple Domains Supported by RFID Devices (ISURF)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Pervasive and Trustworthy network and service infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Türkiye,Italy,Germany,Portugal,Italy,Ireland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-02-01
End date: 2010-07-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3129337.0
EU funding (EUR): 1997340.0
Participants: 7
Project status: CLOSED

Today’s competitive and demanding world of business requires new networked applications and services capable of interoperation across variety of business domains and organizations of all sizes. iSURF will provide an intelligent collaborative supply chain planning network that will: 1.Realize a knowledge-oriented inter-enterprise collaboration environment in which distributed intelligence of multiple trading partners will be exploited in the planning and fulfillment of customer demand in the supply chain. 2.Develop a Semantic Interoperability Service Utility for achieving the semantic reconciliation of the planning and forecasting business documents exchanged between the companies according to different standards. 3.Provide an open source smart product infrastructure for SMEs in order to enhance their capabilities of gathering product information through RFID devices, filtering and aggregating the collected data and putting them into a business context. 4.Enable the definition and execution of inter-enterprise collaboration across wide variety of business domains through the Service Oriented Collaborative Supply Chain Planning Process Definition and Execution Platform. 5.Wrap the existing legacy applications with semantically enriched web services to solve the technical interoperability problem during interaction with the underlying legacy business processes. 6.Facilitate establishing transitory supply chain planning collaborations in case of exceptions. Dynamic visibility information will enable the European SMEs to be more agile, sustainable and responsive to the changes in the supply chain dynamics. 7.Provide a Global Data Synchronization Service Utility in order to ensure the accuracy and reliability of master data used in the supply chain by developing standards based open platform for SMEs. 8.Ensure the security and privacy of the real time visibility data gathered through RFID devices, the planning and forecasting messages exchanged across enterprise

Keywords: knowledge-oriented inter-enterprise collaboration environment across domains,semantic interoperability service utility,open source smart product infrastructure for smes
IMproving Protein Annotation and Co-ordination through Technology (IMPACT)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to existing research infrastructures
Action type: Combination of CP & CSA
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom,Switzerland,United Kingdom,France,South Africa
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-01-01
End date: 2010-12-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3776219.0
EU funding (EUR): 3000000.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

New DNA sequencing and metagenomics projects are increasing the flow of poorly annotated raw sequence data into public databases with limited annotation. At the same time, users are imposing increasing demands on databases to include functional and contextual information, and to facilitate linking to other databases. Recent advances in technologies for achieving this and enabling complex querying and analysis are now well established, including services such as DAS and Web services. Of the traditional protein functional classification resources, arguably the best known and most used is the InterPro database and its accompanying software, InterProScan. InterPro is an integrated documentation resource for protein families, domains and functional sites, which unifies data from 10 major signature databases into a single resource. It provides a means of small- and large-scale protein functional classification and annotation, adding value through its cross-references to GO, 3D structure data, and specialized protein family information. Despite the success of InterPro and its contributing databases, however, lack of funding recently has limited our collective ability to keep up with the ever-increasing flood of new data and emergence of new function-related data sources, and to fully embrace technologies such as DAS. This proposal aims to address these limitations and drive InterPro and its member databases into a sustainable future. This will be achieved through improved coordination of Consortium activities and infrastructures; by better interaction with our users, and increased functionality to better meet the needs of existing users, and to embrace more advanced users. Our focus for the future is on new protein signatures to increase coverage and depth of protein space, faster turn-around in providing data to the public, interoperability with new protein function and pathway databases, and increased functionality of our interface to cater for beginner and expert users.

Keywords: protein annotation,interpro,protein signature,function prediction,das,web services