Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
KAMINLER – KAM and Innovation services for SMEs in Lombardia and Emilia Romagna (KAMINLER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Italy
Call: INNOSUP (H2020-Adhoc-2014-20, 2014)
Start date: 2014-06-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 7.0
Total project cost (EUR): 130612.5
EU funding (EUR): 104490.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of the proposal is to provide a new Enterprise Europe Network service to enhance the innovation management capacity of SMEs in Lombardy and in Emilia-Romagna. EEN partners in the two regions will deliver Key Account Mangement services to the beneficiaries of the SME Instrument of Horizon 2020 and will support particularly promising SMEs to improve their capacity to manage innovation processes. Therefore the new service will be provided to two target groups of companies: - Beneficiaries of the SME Instrument - SMEs with significant innovation activities and a high potential for internationalisation The new service will be incorporated into basic EEN services starting from 01/01/2015 and possibly further extended with the support of other partners of the future consortium.

Keywords: innovation,sme instrument,internationalization
Financing Ambitious Local Climate Objectives (FALCO)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Theme: Reducing energy consumption and carbon foorpint by smart and sustainable use
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Belgium,Belgium,Belgium,Belgium,Belgium,Belgium
Call: Project Development Assistance (H2020-EE-2016-CSA, 2016)
Start date: 2017-06-01
End date: 2022-02-28
Duration (months): 57.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1172451.25
EU funding (EUR): 1172451.25
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Implementing ambitious local climate action plans is paramount in the fight against climate change. Moreover, the sheer aggregated investment volume contained in these plans holds the promise of a powerful longlasting economic recovery. Unfortunately, the lack of a comprehensive funding solution undermines the realisation of these plans. FALCO addresses this problem by developing a financing solution for ambitious local climate plans of over 180 Flemish signatories to the Covenant of Mayors (“FLC Solution”). This solution builds on the results of several previous projects, integrates state of the art knowledge on sustainable energy financing, and was tested at the conceptual level. Unlike other solutions, the FLC solution 1) looks at the climate action plans as a whole (potential for piggybacking) instead of adopting a project-per-project view (risk of cherry picking); 2) focuses on lifting financial and non-financial investment barriers; and 3) uses private capital instead of public budgets for its financing operations. In addition, FALCO will develop accompanying (policy) measures that will induce demand for investments. FALCO is designed as a scalable pilot that allows real-life testing of the FLC solution. FALCO will: • Develop the theoretical FLC solution into a fully operational financial solution (WP2); • Develop a project portfolio (ca. 50 mio €) w.r.t. energy efficiency in SMEs and energy renovation of public and private buildings (WP3); • Have an independent party due diligence validate the proposed financial solution and project portfolio (WP4); • Contract investments for at ca. 17.6 mio € resulting in an estimated 27.7 GWh primary energy savings and the creation of 250 sustainable jobs (WP5); • Monitor the investments and document lessons learnt (WP6); • Disseminate the results in Flanders and in the EU, investigate its replication in other EU member states /regions (WP7).

Keywords: public private partnership,revolving fund,covenant of mayors,project bundling,program financing,piggy backing,issue driven support,accompanying policy measures,replication potential
PTX3 in Humoral Innate Immunity (PHII)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Immunity, Infection and Immunotherapy
Panel description: The immune system, related disorders and their mechanisms, biology of infectious agents and infection, biological basis of prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, innovative immunological tools and approaches, including therapies
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2014-ADG, 2014)
Start date: 2015-09-01
End date: 2020-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2497081.0
EU funding (EUR): 2497081.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The innate immune system includes a cellular and a humoral arm. Structural diversity is a characteristic of humoral fluid phase pattern recognition molecules. These include complement components, collectins, ficolins, and pentraxins. We have used the long pentraxin PTX3, identified by the applicant (cDNA and genomic, mouse and human), as a prototypic fluid phase pattern recognition molecule to dissect its function, as well as to define general properties of humoral innate immunity and its interplay with the cellular arm. The general objective of this application is to explore unexpected vistas on humoral innate immunity, using PTX3 as a molecular tool. Specifically two hypothesis will be tested based on preliminary data. First the applicant will test the hypothesis that matrix and microbe recognition are related functions of PTX3 and that a microenvironmental signal (acidic pH) sets PTX3 in a matrix recognition, tissue repair mode. A second related line of work will focus on inflammation as a key component of the tumor microenvironment. The applicant will test the hypothesis that PTX3 and elements of the humoral innate immune system are essential components of cancer related inflammation. In particular, based on preliminary data, the hypothesis will be tested that PTX3 acts as an extrinsic oncosuppressor in murine carcinogenesis and in selected human cancers by suppressing the recruitment of tumor-promoting inflammatory cells. These studies are expected to provide new unexpected vistas on the humoral arm of the innate immune system.
Developing high-performance recycled carbon fibre reinforced plastics with tailored mechanical, fracture and fatigue properties using state-of-the-art nano-modification technology (d-CFRPs)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-09-02
End date: 2021-09-01
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 187572.48
EU funding (EUR): 187572.48
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project aims to develop high-performance RECYCLED/discontinuous carbon fiber reinforced plastics (d-CFRPs) with tailored mechanical, fracture and fatigue properties using state-of-the-art nano-modification technology. Moreover, a significant side benefit of this research is a further development and validation of a fatigue test method for CFRPs towards standardization. The project involves: (1) formulate and characterize a series of epoxies modified by different nano-additives, i.e. rubber, silica, carbon nanotubes and graphene; (2) produce a series of d-CFPRs based on selected nano-modified epoxies and recycled carbon fibres; (3) characterize the mechanical properties, fracture toughness and fatigue resistance of the d-CFRPs; (4) investigate the fracture mechanisms and quantify the fracture features of d-CFRPs for both quasi-static and fatigue failure to build the correlation between fracture features and energy dissipation; (5) further develop and validate a fatigue test approach for CFRPs towards standardisation, together with other world-leading researchers from ESIS-TC4 (European Structural Integrity Society Technical Committee 4). Turning CFRP waste into a valuable resource and closing the loop in the CFRP life-cycle is vital for the sustainable use of carbon fibres. The research outcomes of this project (turning CFRP waste into high-performance d-CFRPs) will fit neatly with the big priority of Horizon 2020 Work Programme 2018-2020 in ‘Increased investment in sustainable development and climate related R&I’, and the new ‘From Waste to Resource (VANG)’ programme developed by Dutch government. The successful development of high-performance d-CFRPs will facilitate the recycling of CFRP waste and promote the applications of recycled d-CFRPs, hence to make contributions to ‘From Waste to Resource’. Moreover, the contribution to the development of a reliable standard for fatigue test of CFRPs will significantly benefit the research and industrial communities.

Keywords: nano modified polymers and polymer composites,mechanical properties,fracture toughness and fatigue resistance of cfrps carbon fibre reinforced plastics,fatigue assessment strategy of cfrps
Sustainable Approach to Drug Discovery (SusDrug)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting 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 Starting Grant (ERC-2018-STG, 2018)
Start date: 2019-07-01
End date: 2024-06-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1400000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1400000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Modern drug discovery is facing critical challenges. Rapid advances in human biology are revealing new biomolecular targets and processes, for which existing chemical compound libraries can provide only limited success in the identification of novel bioactive agents. This deficiency has been attributed primarily to the relative lack of structural diversity within the libraries. The three-dimensional world of biological macromolecules has been continuously interrogated with generally similar planar, aromatic, and structurally simple compounds. Contemporary diversity-generating methods have never been implemented for the preparation of large libraries, as an increase in the number of diverse members requires a corresponding increase in the number of synthetic steps, or a continuous supply of different staring materials. This proposal details a strategy for developing a chemically sustainable diversification method, by tapping into our largest source of organic compounds: arenes. The proposed research aims to develop new methods that can rapidly convert simple aromatic entities into highly functionalized, complex small molecules. By integration of this strategy with many different chemical operations, numerous distinctive and independent dearomative programs will generate a diverse set of multiplex small molecules. This simplicity-to-complexity approach will provide a practical platform for the rapid, controlled access to a functionally diverse set of compounds, ranging from anticancer to anti-infective agents. This research will also deliver methods for dearomative diversification of existing aromatic compound libraries to provide new members with unique physiochemical properties. Given the broad scope of possible dearomative programs that will be developed, and the vast amount of aromatic compounds accessible, this will ultimately provide a sustainable source of diverse molecules for the next generation of compound libraries.

Keywords: drug discovery,drug design,chemical diversity,sustainability,medicinal chemistry,organic synthesis,dearomatization
Applying Machine Learning to Cyber Risk Analysis and Mitigation (MALAGA)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Ireland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-09-01
End date: 2021-10-06
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 196590.72
EU funding (EUR): 196590.72
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Increasing connectivity and automation presents many opportunities and challenges for society. Emerging technology can benefit all citizens with better communication, increased environmental sustainability, autonomous transport, safer roads,, the list is almost inexhaustible. These emerging technologies will disrupt existing business models including underwriting and risk transfer. This disruption can stifle venture capital, innovation and risk taking in key emerging technologies and can inhibit regulatory development and societal acceptance. My research will examine Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) cybersecurity risks and mitigation using Machine Learning (ML) techniques to predict future risks, price insurance policies and and thereby foster innovation and entrepreneurial activity in Europe. My research will go beyond the SoA and implement models in ML like ensemble models and deep learning to forecast the risks of CAV technology. A network model of interactions will be trained and evaluated to study cascading of risks and threats in the CAV environment. My host team at the University of Limerick have members with machine learning skills, actuarial skills, ethical skills and underwriting experience. I will have access to staff development programmes, training courses, workshops, online courses and internal meetings. My host team are directly connected to a large variety of colleagues in other EU locations in both academic and industry positions. I will work with my host and partners to develop my research and increase my skillsets. My research directly contributes to several UN sustainable development goals. On a personal level, the impact of my fellowship and collaborations will expand my set of skills, both research-related and transferable ones, leading to greatly improved career prospects both in and outside academia. My new abilities will include enhanced machine learning capabilities, cyber risk expertise and risk engineering skills.

Keywords: autonomous vehicles,cyber security,insurance
TRULY EXTENDED EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE (TEAR)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — 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, geology, geophysics, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, climatology, cryology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemical cycles, natural resources management
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC Starting Grant (ERC-2019-STG, 2019)
Start date: 2019-10-01
End date: 2024-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499750.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499750.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

We live on an active planet enveloped by ever shifting tectonic plates. The strain induced by these movements is accommodated by faults – thin zones of highly localized shear deformation. Faults deform, interact and fail via multiple physical processes (brittle, plastic, viscous) and across extremely large spatial (<1mm to >100km) and temporal (<0.001s to >10.000yr) scales. While increasingly dense observational networks and advanced laboratory experiments reveal a broad range of fault slip behaviour, the most useful thing seismologists could do - predict earthquakes – remains what we are least able to. The aim of TEAR is to comprehensively study, for the first time, the full complexity of fault system behaviour throughout the seismic cycle revealing how faults slip. Truly multi-scale and multi-physics computational models are validated against laboratory friction experiments, dense fault zone observations and analysis of induced seismicity. Conventionally, earthquakes are modelled as displacement discontinuity across a simplified surface of zero thickness based on linear elastodynamics. In contrast, TEAR will harness novel continuum phase-field theory and cutting-edge numerical techniques to develop, verify and validate a generalized visco-elasto-plastic framework including 1) visco-elastic rheologies suitable for short and long time scales, 2) spatial discretizations which capture localization phenomena (fault evolution), 3) time integrators which adapt dynamically to capture seismic events, 4) scalable high performance computing software to enable high resolution 3D simulations. By utilizing the extensive experience of the PI in earthquake modelling and high-performance computing, including the management of large-scale infrastructural projects, TEAR will not only fundamentally renew our understanding of fault slip and fault zone evolution, but provide key tools for the fast, reliable, efficient and physics-based seismic hazard assessment of the future.

Keywords: earthquake physics,fault mechanics,seismic cycle,dynamic rupture,high performance computing,phase field theory,physics based seismic hazard assessment,fault friction experiments,induced seismicity,dense fault observation
Manure-to-energy and organic fertilizers solution: smart eco-technology for efficient and sustainable farming, through valorisation of manure (SUSTAINABLEFARM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: European SME innovation Associate - pilot (H2020-INNOSUP-2020-02, 2020)
Start date: 2020-10-04
End date: 2022-10-03
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 139642.86
EU funding (EUR): 97750.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The livestock sector currently constitutes the world’s largest user of natural resources: with 80% of all agricultural land used for grazing or animal feed production and 8% of the global water use, primarily for irrigation of feed crops. Livestock farming contributes 18% of human produced greenhouse gas emissions worldwide including agricultural waste products accounting for 10% of greenhouse gas emissions. The EU alone produces 1.4 billion tonnes of manure per year. Yes, most of the farmers have no access to robust solutions to manage manure in a sustainable and cost effective way. Further, there is an increasing pressure on land use and environmental regulations aimed at ensuring good agricultural and environmental agricultural practices. The SustainableFarm innovative solution aims to reduce environmental impact of livestock farming through providing farmers solutions to operate sustainably by using integrated affordable, modular and scalable waste-to-energy platform, able to able to convert manure into biogas and organic fertilizers, with the right nutritional properties for their farms (unlike manure which brings a number of disadvantages). The developed solution and opportunities provided through this project will allow us to acquire an innovation associate able to address some of the existing technical challenges of our SustainableFarm innovative disruptive solution in livestock farming market worth around €27bn in EU. EcoNomad Solutions aims to reduce environmental impact of livestock farming through providing farmers with eco-technological solutions for agricultural waste reduction and sustainable resource management. SustainableFarm will contribute to our innovation capacity enhancement and resourcefulness to deliver our latest proprietary manure-to-energy and manure-to-organic fertilizer solution.

Keywords: waste to energy,agritech,livestock farming,solar energy,organic fertilizers,solar pasteurizer,anaerobic digestion,agricultural waste,sustainable resource management
A novel process for manufacturing complex shaped Fe-Al intermetallic parts resistant to extreme environments (EQUINOX)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Climate action, environment,  resource efficiency and raw materials
Theme: Ensuring the sustainable supply of non-energy and non-agricultural raw materials
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Ukraine,Germany,Italy,Germany,Spain,Germany,Norway,Belgium,Greece,Czechia,United Kingdom
Call: Materials under extreme conditions (H2020-SC5-2015-one-stage, 2015)
Start date: 2016-02-01
End date: 2019-07-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4678345.0
EU funding (EUR): 4678345.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

There is a need to find solutions to replace Critical Raw Materials (CRMs) such as Chromium, Nickel, Molybdenium and Vanadium in high volume end consumer products. Steels and superalloys with considerable amounts of these CRMs are widely used in many industrial applications, particularly under extreme conditions where corrosion and wear resistance are needed. It is generally accepted, that intermetallics in particular low cost FeAl offer outstanding material properties. Unfortunately it is difficult to translate their properties to real products, as intermetallics suffer from low ductility at ambient temperature and poor machinability. The impact of FeAl intermetallics as a low cost Cr-free alternative for stainless steel would therefore be much higher if a cost effective industrial process would be available, that allows to manufacture complex 3-D geometries of almost unlimited shapes from small grain size (0.1-5 µm) high ductility material. The main objective of EQUINOX is to develop a novel process that allows to substitute Cr/Ni based (stainless) steel parts used in high volume end consumer products such as in the lock industry, electronics, process industry and automotive industry with a novel near net shape production technology for a new class of highly advanced ductile Fe-Al based intermetallics. Ductility at low to medium temperatures, while maintaining good tensile strength and optimum level of residual stress will be based on a radical new production process that use abundant raw material Fe3O4 and Al2O3.

Keywords: infiltration,phase formation,flow simulation,thermodynamic back up,post heat treatment