Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Life Cycle Center for Power CABLE diaGNOSIS (CABLEGNOSIS)

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: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Greece,France,Netherlands,Cyprus,United Kingdom,Italy,Bulgaria,Hungary
Call: HVAC, HVDC and High-Power cable systems (HORIZON-CL5-2024-D3-01, 2024)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6416714.29
EU funding (EUR): 5364062.5
Participants: 17
Project status: SIGNED

The EU goals for the clean energy transition require at least a 55% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (from 1990 levels) by 2030, according to the ‘Fit for 55’ package. To achieve these goals, electricity grids will be required to operate in an overall context of 50% electricity production from RES of any scale by 2030. The huge rise in the share of solar PV and wind in total generation fundamentally reshapes the European power system and significantly increases the need to build new HVAC or HVDC cable connections. These will have a crucial role to link islands or offshore wind parks to mainland or to connect countries over long distances. The CABLEGNOSIS project aims to deliver innovative cable technologies that will support the clean energy transition era for the 2050 targets set at European level. CABLEGNOSIS project will develop innovative insulation and conductor design technologies, high performance and environmentally friendly cable insulation materials, ageing studies of superconducting cables, recyclability technologies for the materials used in power cables, as well as pre-fault condition, aging and remote monitoring AI-based tools. A feasibility assessment framework and detailed analysis for the use of superconducting cables for submarine connections. A respective feasibility analysis will be developed for the offshore wind parks in The Netherlands and Germany. The CABLEGNOSIS technologies will be validated in five European countries (Italy, UK, Greece, Hungary, Cyprus). CABLEGNOSIS will deliver a complete deployment plan for supporting the development and operation of efficient, reliable and environmentally friendly cable systems to support the energy transition. The deployment plan will provide the scalability and replicability framework of using the CABLEGNOSIS technologies in future cable development projects, with emphasis in the UK-Morocco interconnection, Cyprus-Israel interconnection, offshore developments in the Aegean Sea.

Keywords: insulation materials,hvdc cables,superconducting cables,condition monitoring,recyclability,aging,feasibility assessment
Danish EU Presidency Event for the Mission Restore our Oceans and Waters (DK2025OCEAN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Mission
Theme: Ocean, seas and waters
Destination: Ocean, seas and waters
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: Presidency event - Mission Ocean and Waters conference (HORIZON-MISS-2025-OCEAN-IBA, 2025)
Start date: 2025-08-01
End date: 2026-02-28
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 157750.0
EU funding (EUR): 157750.0
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

The Danish EU Presidency Event for the Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters aims to convene stakeholders from across Europe and sectors, spanning research, policy, funding, industry, and civil society, to share knowledge, exchange practical experiences, and inspire collaboration. The event will focus on the Mission’s core objectives, ecosystem restoration and protection, zero pollution, and the development of a sustainable, climate-resilient blue economy. This cross-sectoral dialogue is essential to unlocking integrated solutions and fostering a shared commitment to achieving the Mission’s goals. As a high-level platform, the event will support the deployment phase of the Mission by developing a Strategic Roadmap for the implementation and scaling of solutions that restore and protect both marine and freshwater ecosystems, while advancing the green transition in aquatic environments. It will serve as a knowledge transfer forum, facilitating the integration of results and insights into policy frameworks, by synthesising key actions, enabling conditions, and deployment pathways. Its outcomes will help align scientific expertise and local innovation with EU-level strategy and policy development.

Keywords: mission ocean,presidency event,eu presidency,conference,mission ocean and waters
Ships as an adaptive and resilience strategy to wide-scale crisis in the Mediterranean (c.1550-700 BC): an open-access digital museum database integrating 3D modeling and virtual reality. (ANCMED)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 189687.36
EU funding (EUR): 189687.36
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

ANCMED will investigate the role of ships as an adaptive and resilience strategy in the face of wide-scale crisis in the Mediterranean during the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age periods. Its primary outcome will be the first of its kind open-access virtual museum that integrates a database on ancient ship depictions, digital photogrammetry, and VR presentation. As such, the project will address some of the most pressing challenges of the Digital Age, namely the insidious loss of knowledge on the ancient world due to various causes that include climate change, political instability, and the lack of publication and preservation of primary archaeological and cultural heritage data. Important research gaps will be tackled by: charting longue durée Mediterranean-wide patterns; a contextually informed approach to ship representations viewing them as cultural artefacts; applying an innovative digital methodology that complements and enhances the archaeological analysis. Significant technical advances (performance, affordability, portability) coupled with a decade of experimentation (improved workflows, well-tested tools) have finally made my approach both timely and feasible. ANCMED is intended to become the principal online research tool on the topic of Mediterranean ships of the pre-classical period. Its broader impact will be to provide the framework and tools for scholars outside of the discipline to meaningfully use and integrate this dataset, to expand digital museum records and aid curators and conservators by providing a means to create cost-effective exact replicas. The project will develop and strengthen my profile as a multidisciplinary maritime archaeologist with expertise in the growing field of digital humanities. As an open-access virtual learning and public valorization platform, ANCMED aligns with several UN sustainable development goals: on quality education, on reduced inequalities, and on developing tools for the preservation of cultural heritage.

Keywords: maritime archaeology,nautical technology,shipbuilding cultures,east west mediterranean networks,database,digital photogrammetry,virtual museum,late bronze age,early iron age
Aril-fused Heptamethine Cyanine dyes, Synthesis, Photophysics, and Photochemistry (CoeusCy7)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: Czechia
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-05-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150438.72
EU funding (EUR): 150438.72
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

An unparalleled advantage of light as a control stimulus, such as tunability, high spatial and temporal precision, and orthogonality towards biochemical systems, is relatively well established. However, the application of light for phototherapy in living organisms is limited by the intrinsic properties of biological tissues, allowing for significant penetration depth only in the 650 – 900 nm range. This restriction calls for a careful design of the chromophore intended for phototherapy. Heptamethine cyanine dyes are well-suited to meet the wavelength requirements essential for modern bioimaging techniques and chemistry. The biocompatibility, photochemical, and photophysical parameters of these dyes can be adjusted by varying substituents at different positions along the heptamethine chain. The CoeusCy7 project aims to synthesize cyanine dyes with aryl groups fused in the various positions of the heptamethine chain and novel types of chain substitution. A notable feature of these novel dyes is the Z configuration of the C=C bond imposed by the aromatic ring. The objective is to investigate these cyanine dyes in terms of their photophysical and photochemical properties, focusing on absorption characteristics, chemical stability, and photostability. Novel cyanine dyes are expected to exhibit bathochromic shifts in their absorption and emission spectra and to modulate other photophysical properties, such as quantum yields of accompanied chemical processes, intersystem crossing efficiency, and affinity for or production of singlet oxygen. These novel cyanine dyes would be a valuable addition to the current repertoire, expanding the scope of their photophysical, (photo)chemical, and biological applications. Moreover, the CoeusCy7 project will contribute to an advanced mechanistic understanding of the Zincke reaction used for their synthesis and will provide deeper insights into their structure and photophysical/photochemical properties.

Keywords: cyanine dyes,photochemistry,organic synthesis,fluorescent tags,photoactivatable compounds
Polished stone tool biographies and their social and economic impact in the Aegean Neolithic (FROM STONE TO HOME)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Study of the Human Past
Panel description: Archaeology and history
Countries involved: Denmark,Austria,Greece,Italy
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2023-COG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2029-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

This project explores the emergence of value and wealth as a concept in human history. Social and economic changes accelerated during the Neolithic, but until now it remains unclear what triggered inequality in these communities. Thus, the project aims to nuance how inequality evolved in human history. To approach this key question the study will investigate social and economic transformations initiated by the appearance of polished stone tools (axes, adzes, chisels and wedges) recovered from Neolithic sites, burials, households and quarries from the 7th to the 4th millennium BC in the Aegean. The project hypothesis is linking the Neolithic human awareness of raw material availability and biographies of polished stone tool assemblages with the abstract concepts of the different kinds of value and wealth in these communities. The project will pursue its objectives by initiating four work packages which will, for the first time, document and compare polished stone tools made of rare (jadeitite, nephrite, omphacitite or eclogite) and common (serpentinite, andesite, basalt, gabbro and hematite) raw materials from sites, burials and households in selected synchronic and diachronic case studies. By revealing the location of previously unknown raw material sources and quarry sites of polished stone tools, the project will be able to discover the interrelations between local, regional and superregional exchange networks. Through techno-morphological, use-wear and contextual analysis of polished stone tools, it will be possible to qualify and quantify the different stages of the studied objects, from procurement, manufacture and usage to the final deposition. The data from the polished stone tool assemblages will be related to other materials (lithics, ceramics, bones, shells, obsidian, flint, copper and gold) from the studied sites, burials and households, in order to identify new aspects related to the value of objects and fluctuations in wealth and inequality.

Keywords: neolithic,stone tools,aegean,value,wealth
Excellence in Galaxies - Twinning the IAC (ExGal-Twin)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Spain,Netherlands,France,United Kingdom
Call: Twinning Bottom-Up (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02, 2023)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1259000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1259000.0
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

With this Twinning With this Twinning action we aim to strengthen the research and networking capacity, profile and impact of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) in the area of galaxies through the development of strategic alliances of this regionally leading institute in an Outermost Region of the EU (OR), with three excellent European partners. An initial SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats) analysis of the galaxies group has revealed that it is strong and internationally relevant in the area of optical observational research in galaxies, but that, in order to remain competitive and increase its national and international impact, it needs to strengthen in the areas of numerical modelling, radio astronomy, the exploitation of the most modern observational surveys, as well as European proposal preparation and management. We therefore team up with three very important European partners, the University of Groningen (RUG) in particular for radio astronomy, the University of Durham (ICC) for numerical modelling, and the CNRS - Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg (ObAS) for exploitation of modern observational surveys. Each of these partners has a long history of world-leading excellence, performed by teams built around prize-winning scientists. We aim to perform joint research, develop strategies for increased competitiveness, and ensure sustainable improvements as well as lasting collaborations in world-class science. In parallel, we will enhance the capacities within the IAC in top-level project management, administration and strategic skills, and share the new-found excellence and best practice with academic and industry partners in the region. Our project contains a research pilot aimed at using the most modern opportunities achievable through our partners to increase the IAC's expertise in numerical modelling, radio astronomy, and modern survey exploitation, studying galaxies within and outside the Local Group.

Keywords: extragalactic astronomy,local group studies,numerical modelling of galaxies,radio astronomy,optical astronomy,astronomical instrumentation
Upgrade Team Formation in Game Development (GameDevUp)

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,Portugal,Malta
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-02-01
End date: 2026-07-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 234530.4
EU funding (EUR): 234530.4
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

This project draws a pathway to understanding the game industry's team formation and collaboration process, pursuing solutions to empower game creators to form collectives based on their team dynamics - allowing creative talent to coordinate more efficiently. The main objective is to create a methodology for helping game devs and game incubators to develop and foster more prosperous and diverse grassroots coalitions across geographic, social, and economic boundaries. Gathering knowledge on how game devs collaborate based on specific characteristics, this study will provide a more precise, quantifiable way to understand why each person teams with one another. This research is added to the emerging literature on how game developers work together and which criteria lead to more successful teams, disruptive mindsets, and collaborative environments. Observing how teams collaborate and how algorithms can help teams better collaborate, the research outcome is to create models to help developers connect more efficiently during game jams and incubation programs. A method that facilitates and scales matchmaking can be groundbreaking for game creators. The project gives reasons to expect development of a novel algorithm-mediated matchmaking system for game developers, which can further be developed as a start-up.

Keywords: collaborative and social computing,computer supported cooperative work,video games industry,creative industries,
Redirect Innovation to foster Positive tipping Points and prevent Lock-ins in the clean Energy transition. (RIPPLE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Human Mobility, Environment, and Space
Panel description: Human geography, demography, health, susta inability science, territorial planning, spatial analysis
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1496994.0
EU funding (EUR): 1496994.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The climate is approaching dangerous points of no return, yet national climate commitments are lagging. One, and possibly the only, way for a timely transition to a green economy is through positive tipping points, i.e. rapid, large and irreversible shifts towards clean energy technologies due to strategic interventions and momentum buildup above critical thresholds. The current generation of coupled climate-energy-economic models, which guide climate mitigation strategies, is highly inadequate to represent and leverage these shifts properly. Current models overestimate technological costs, underestimate feasibility concerns, and oversimplify the decision-making process. The RIPPLE project aims to challenge these limitations and advance the empirical and modelling foundations of positive tipping points. First, it explores how innovation and diffusion of key green technologies can drive costs down and enable a swift transition away from fossil fuels. Novel economic approaches are integrated into a climate-energy-economic model to comprehensively map the space of alternative non-linear transitions of key technologies and their interdependencies. Second, the project investigates material and financial feasibility concerns. It augments a climate-energy-economic model to study lock-ins due to scarcity of critical materials, insufficient funds and fragile international dependencies. Third, the project elaborates on new ways of identifying early signals of positive tipping and generating policies that respond to those signals. Interpretable machine learning is used to turn noisy techno-economic data into actionable green energy tipping interventions, while exploratory modelling highlights the trade-offs between costs, speed, feasibility, fairness and robustness to uncertainties. The ultimate outcome is the first quantitative integrated framework to understand how to redirect innovation for the green economy to tip before the climate does.

Keywords: coupled climate energy economic modelling,integrated assessment modelling,socio technical tipping points,technological innovation,clean energy transition pathways,feasibility analysis,exploratory modelling,adaptive policymaking
Timing cell cycles in multicellular development (DevCycle)

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: Netherlands
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-06-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Animal development depends on precisely timed cell divisions, which ensure the formation of tissues and organs with specific architectures and functions. As cells differentiate and mature, they need to modify the expression of cell-cycle regulators in order to achieve tissue-specific division patterns. It is largely unknown how cells coordinate cell-cycle gene expression changes with developmental timing and how cell cycles can be altered to give rise to different tissue architectures and organ sizes. DevCycle will address these questions by studying intestinal cell cycles in nematodes. I have recently pioneered tools to measure mRNA expression changes and chromatin modifications in purified intestinal cells from C. elegans, which we will use to uncover how the expression of cell-cycle genes is changing during development and to identify novel regulators that control stage-specific gene expression. Moreover, I will implement a novel microfluidics platform for long-term imaging of larval development to identify the mechanisms that allow temporal coupling of cell cycle and development. This system will allow us to visualize and manipulate transcription factor gradients that direct intestinal cell cycles, providing unprecedented insights into how cell cycles are timed. Finally, I will analyse the mechanisms that control cell-cycle behaviour in P. redivivus, a related nematode in which intestinal cells undergo a slightly different cell-cycle pattern. Expanding our analyses to this species will empower us to investigate how cell-cycle patterns can diversify to generate phenotypic variability. Together, this research program will develop a mechanistic understanding of the temporal control of cell cycles in development, revealing new paradigms on how tissue-specific division patterns arise. This knowledge will open up future avenues to modulate cell cycles for tissue engineering purposes, as well as to control cell divisions in disease.

Keywords: tissue patterning,developmental timing,heterochronic factors