Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
SPACE Universal Serial Bus (SPACE USB)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Space
Destination: Open Strategic Autonomy in Developing, Deploying and Using Global Space-Based Infrastructures, Services, Applications and Data
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: France,Spain,Germany,Belgium
Call: Future Space Ecosystem and Enabling Technologies (HORIZON-CL4-2023-SPACE-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2672786.47
EU funding (EUR): 1904715.53
Participants: 6
Project status: SIGNED

Orbital modular robotic is a key factor to support sustainability in Space. It is then possible to combine modular components to either create a satellite or, in the event of malfunction, to replace a module. To connect such modules, standard interconnects with multifunctional features are required. The standards provide the laws to connect the space along different functional lines including among those mechanical, electrical, thermal, data and fluidic. For the On-Orbit Servicing market, these standards play a key role to enable space connectors to mate two spacecrafts in a universal and serial way. Several European solutions are already available with a reasonable level of maturity to mechanically connect two space elements and provide data and power transfer. However, there is not a set of common recommendations agreed on by representative European users of space connectors. Considering the huge impact of these multifunctional interconnects at system level, it seems critical to first foster cooperation among them to enable a higher level of standardization to assemble future elements coming from different sources. The main objective of this project is to pave the way for a more flexible, universal and serial interface (USB-type) leveraging the existing standard interconnects for On-Orbit Servicing and assembly applications. After the definition of a standardization level, the design of a universal and serial standard interface will be proposed and demonstrated orienting its features towards compactness, docking symmetry, large docking misalignment tolerances, large loads transfer, data/power transfer redundancy and especially interoperability with other interfaces. Currently interoperability is the only remaining requirement which is not met by any existing space connector/interface. The project will then perform a dedicated experimental benchmark to confirm the achievement of this specific requirement as well as its prospective industrial exploitation.

Keywords: standard interconnect,interface,orbital robotics,benchmark,interoperability
Verse and metre in Bantu languages: poetry in its historical development and connections (BantuVerse)

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: France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 226420.56
EU funding (EUR): 226420.56
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

In Bantu studies, versification has rarely been investigated. Except in the rare cases where a metrical theory was already locally established, the Bantu poetic traditions have been described as having only approximate verse patterns, not regular enough to be metres. Moreover, the scarce attention given to Bantu versification has prevented any attempt at a comparative investigation of their history. This project aims at filling all these gaps. The research will focus on a subset of Bantu languages, which share the linguistic trait of penultimate lengthening (PL). A concise definition of PL is the lengthening of the penultimate syllable of a prosodic unit. The starting hypothesis of this research is that PL is the basic linguistic device used for versification in several Bantu languages. To verify this, the researcher will analyse how PL interacts with the construction of the poetic line in Chewa poetry: this research will include some periods of fieldwork carried out in Malawi, where Chewa is the majoritarian language. The Chewa language serves as the main focus because it has already been the object of extensive research on suprasegmental phonology. Moreover, the Chewa people have deep historical bonds with other Bantu cultural foyers. The Chewa area is close to two zones with important poetic traditions, Great Lakes and Southern Bantu, and had strong trade bonds with the Indian Ocean and the Swahili world. This project will look at Chewa versification in comparison with Sena, another Bantu language of the Zambezi River valley, and with archaic Swahili poetry. In fact, due to the history of language contacts that has taken place in this zone, understanding Chewa versification opens the door to further, large-scale research on Bantu versification. This would rewrite our understanding of Bantu poetry, both in the past (mutual influences between cognate literatures) and in the present (how literary tradition is felt today and which role it plays in society).

Keywords: african studies,african poetry,bantu linguistics,prosody,metre,oral literature,philology of orality
MAUVE - A UV satellite for space science (MAUVE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Space
Destination: Open Strategic Autonomy in Developing, Deploying and Using Global Space-Based Infrastructures, Services, Applications and Data
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Hungary,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Italy
Call: Space science and exploration technologies (HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01, 2022)
Start date: 2022-11-01
End date: 2025-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1185905.0
EU funding (EUR): 1185905.0
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

We propose building a ready to launch Cubesat (MAUVE) optimised for the observation of stars in the Ultra Violet (UV) spectral window. MAUVE will be designed and built by a consortium of space focused SMEs, and will be capable of observing over tens of different stars during its expected lifetime of 3 years, enabling studies of stellar flaring activity and exoplanet habitability. The MAUVE program will demonstrate the potential for cubesats to deliver data to the astronomical and planetary community that complement and enhance the outputs of science satellites built by ESA and other space agencies. Our Cubesat will move from TRL3 to TRL 6 within this project and will prove a 16U configuration for delivering excellent science data, while developing the key technologies in the interface with the detector, the thermal design and high performance pointing accuracy. The project and its subsequent development is based on the basic philosophy underpinning delivery of Space 4.0 capabilities in Europe, the establishment of private-public partnerships, with a unique commercial approach to space science data delivery, building a global community of scientists with European leadership. The delivery of such a complete system on such a condensed timescale will be a breakthrough in the technology available to the space community, enabling a new era of space research and exploration.

Keywords: space technology,cubesat,uv optics,space 4 0,commercial space,newspace
The Next Generation of Automotive Electric Motor (eMONIC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: Green Deal innovations for the Economic Recovery (HORIZON-EIC-2021-ACCELERATORCHALLENGES-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-07-01
End date: 2024-12-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2765043.16
EU funding (EUR): 1935530.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

SciMo developed an innovative winding technology, which will revolutionize and disrupt the electric motor market. This unique technology tackles the core problems of modern electric motors that are material efficiency, power density, efficiency and cost. The SciMo motors have superior properties: • 60% higher copper density, • 90% higher cooling efficiency, • 75% higher power density, • 75% higher material efficiency, • price advantage of over 30%. So far, the winding technology has been successfully demonstrated by manufacturing over 70 motor prototypes for a variety of highly challenging applications in aerospace and motor sport where higher prices could be charged. However, the full price advantage of these motors can only be realized in a fully automated and high-volume production (>100.000 motors/year). Hence, SciMo will focus on the biggest markets, the automotive sector. The transformation to electric vehicle generates a huge market.

Keywords: efficiency,material,winding,series production,automation,e mobility,motor
Scaling up the market uptake of Renewable Energy Systems by unlocking the biogas potential of Agriculture and Livestock FArming (ALFA)

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: Greece,Italy,Denmark,Spain,Belgium,Slovakia,Germany
Call: Market Uptake Measures of renewable energy systems (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02, 2021)
Start date: 2022-11-01
End date: 2025-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999982.5
EU funding (EUR): 1999982.5
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

Europe could double the biogas and biomethane production by 2030 by utilising the massive amounts of animal waste available. However, despite the technological maturity and commercial availability of relevant technologies, this promising potential is still largely untapped. In this context, ALFA supports at least 50 livestock farmers in 6 EU counties (IT, DK, DE, BE, SK, EL, ES) to overcome existing barriers and viably take up biogas systems. We start by establishing regional Hubs that analyse the local framework conditions and livestock value chains, and help engage local stakeholders in co-designing our approach. Then, we enhance selected livestock farmers’ business and technical capacity by providing them with a series of demand-driven financial, business, and technical support services and organising dedicated capacity-building seminars. In parallel, we develop an Engagement Platform hosting tools that facilitate collaboration and knowledge exchange among industry actors and provide credible estimations of each farm’s biogas potential, prospect profits, environmental and social impacts. Also, we improve the societal acceptance of biogas facilities amongst citizens by 25% (or above) through well-tailored awareness-raising campaigns. At the same time, we trigger the development of an enabling environment for the market uptake of biogas by formulating relevant policy recommendations and widely disseminating them to more than 60 policymakers. Finally, a monitoring and evaluation framework evaluates the performance and impact of all the above, providing us with the intel required to catalyse mutual learning across regions and contribute to creating a guide for replicating our results. Therefore, we expect a power output of 30 MWel by our supported cases / projects, leading to an increased share of renewable energy in the final energy consumption in the target countries and ultimately, saving 270,000tn CO2 and 330,000tn CO2-eq from manure management per year.

Keywords: biogas,anaerobic digestion,bioenergy,manure,market uptake,livestock farming industry,biomethane,sustainability
Curvature aspects of rigidity and flexibility of complex manifolds (CURV-FLEX-RIG)

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: Mathematics
Countries involved: Slovenia
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 171399.36
EU funding (EUR): 171399.36
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This research program will address the curvature properties of two important classes of complex manifolds: Kobayashi hyperbolic manifolds and Oka manifolds. These manifolds are characterized by a degree of holomorphic rigidity and flexibility, respectively, and have appeared in many branches of mathematics, from number theory to algebraic and differential geometry. A grasp of the curvature properties of these manifolds will offer valuable insights into their geometry, facilitate the generation of examples, and elucidate their relationship to important classes of manifolds---for instance, rationally connected manifolds, which play a central role in algebraic geometry. The experienced researcher (ER) has established major improvements in the main techniques that are used in the differential geometric study of Kobayashi hyperbolic manifolds, namely the Schwarz lemma. On the other hand, the field of Oka manifolds has seen tremendous growth primarily from the work of the host supervisor, who is the world leader in the subject, and a world leader in complex analysis more generally. The research program will not only merge these areas of expertise but also merge the complex analysis and differential geometry communities. The action will consist of a high transfer of knowledge to the ER, the host supervisor, and the host organization. The results of the action will be disseminated through online video platforms within which the ER has established himself as an experienced and proficient member.

Keywords: kobayashi hyperbolic manifolds,oka manifolds,k hler manifolds,hermitian manifolds,schwarz lemma,wu yau theorem,canonical bundle,gromov s homotopy principle
Building a European Community of Practice of Hubs for Circularity (H4C EUROPE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Climate neutral, Circular and Digitised Production
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Partnership: Processes4Planet (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Belgium,Spain,Norway,Netherlands
Call: Hubs for Circularity European Community of Practice (ECoP) platform (Processes4Planet Partnership) (CSA) (HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-06-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999830.63
EU funding (EUR): 1999829.12
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

H4C Europe project will create a European Community of Practice (ECoP). It will provide a community, knowledge platform, and exchange structures that will help the existing and future hubs in creation, management, and growth, by overcoming barriers to IS/I-US/C. The ECoP is set up to be self-sustaining. 10 existing Hubs have committed to join as ECoP Founding Members. The ECoP will preserve the findings of IS/I-US/C research and innovation projects, especially those funded by the EC and member states. It will organize a continuous exchange of ideas and best practices and facilitate in-depth exchanges between experts to identify bottlenecks, evaluate the outcomes of related projects, and propose innovative approaches to overcome bottlenecks. Possible topics include the financing and operation of IS infrastructures, matching demand and supply in IS and I-US, sharing benefits, cross-border exchange of materials, water, and waste-water systems, regulatory issues in the use of secondary raw materials, the tension between re-use and use of waste as feedstock, to name a few. Digitalization is a transversal enabling aspect of IS/I-US/C and the usage of digital tools will be an important aspect of each expert group. In line with the call and to achieve its vision, the CSA will work along four axes: 1) Sustainable Community building and establishment of an IT knowledge platform as a tool, 2) Consolidation and creation of available knowledge by analysis of the state of the art, in-depth discussions of leading experts, and field trials of business models and financial strategies a.o. for large-scale demonstrators, 3) Development of a KPI toolkit for the assessment of the maturity of IS/I-US/C regional initiatives towards H4C and independent evaluation of H4Cs as candidates for lighthouse projects, as well as the elaboration of policy recommendations, 4) Promotion of the H4C concept, societal engagement, and policy recommendations.

Keywords: hubs for circularity circular economy urban symbiosis industrial urban symbiosis knowledge platform
Investigating the Impact of Risk of Automation on Health Outcomes of Employees: Evidence from Germany (HealthDeterminants)

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: Economic Sciences
Countries involved: Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173847.36
EU funding (EUR): 173847.36
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The proposed research project aims at contributing to the literature on work-related determinants of health, and innovates previous studies by investigating the impact of risk of automation (proxied by a percentage of routine tasks in the occupation) on both subjective and objective measures of health of employees. By merging survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) with expert data from BERUFENET and adopting the methodology proposed by Dengler et al. (2014), the project addresses the following research questions: i) to which extend does risk of automation affect health outcomes of German employees; ii) what are possible transmission mechanisms behind the health differences of German employees related to risk of automation; iii) is selection into occupations at a higher risk of automation determined by a health status of individuals. The project will have a meaningful impact on society. To begin with, the scientific community can benefit due to promoting gender specific multidisciplinary research which adopts methodologies from social sciences (e.g. mediation analysis, structural equation modeling) and implements them innovatively in the field of economics. In addition, the project shows how to use different types of data (e.g. surveys, expert databases) to properly address modern challenges and enrich evidence on established topics. Furthermore, the project serves as a “testing ground” for a novel methodology of measuring the risk of automation for a variety of occupations. From the economic and societal perspective, the project estimates the magnitude of the “social costs of digitalization” and provides guidance to policy-makers and companies to decrease negative spill-over effects of technological change on population health. Last but not least, the social impact of the project is related to analysing new trends in the development of society and assessing actual threats for public health due to ongoing digital transformation.

Keywords: health outcomes,digitalization,risk of automation,routine tasks,panel data,gsoep,berufenet
STEM AND EQUALITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION: an open dialogue for research enhancement in Portugal (STEP)

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
Countries involved: Portugal,Italy,Spain,Sweden,France
Call: Twinning (HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-03, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1449125.0
EU funding (EUR): 1449125.0
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

The STEP project aims to enhance the scientific capacity and innovation of the consortium partners, with a principal focus on the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB, Portugal), and to raise its research profile in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) throughout the cross-fertilisation with the Social Sciences and Humanities, in particular by introducing in the STEM domain the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) principles, that have considerable potential in terms of solving the global challenges for wellbeing and the quality of life. The 4 internationally research-intensive leading partners in the project will accompany and guide IPB. Resources and competencies will be shared and advanced across strategic plans for improving and empowering the IPBs capacity-building focus areas. The activities targeting the researchers and administrative and managerial staff will strengthen the scientific excellence, innovation capacity (non-academia/academia collaboration), and skills for research communication and societal acceptance (social sciences and humanities, SSH involvement, in the STEM area). Activities for researchers will include mobility rounds, master classes, training, industry and SSH mentoring, attendance at conferences and workshops. This project will lead to an increased number of high-impact articles, research grants, EU projects, service contracts to the international and non-academic sectors (respectful of the EDI principles), new research topics and wide-scale impact. The Twinning Programme will gradually shift focus from research to innovation-driven implementation of the promising research outcomes. Altogether, the EU-funded STEP project will help the IPB become a regional actor for EDI/STEM innovation studies.

Keywords: stem,edi,equality,inclusion,diversity,randi enhancement