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ATTOsecond Photochemistry: controlling chemical reactions with electrons (ATTOP)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences
Panel description: Analytical chemistry, chemical theory, physical chemistry/chemical physics
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1496142.5
EU funding (EUR): 1496142.5
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

ATTOP is a theoretical chemistry project that will explore the synergy between the two fields of attoscience and photochemistry. Chemical processes initiated by light are extremely widespread and their applications cover vital molecular research fields from medicine to computer science and energy conversion. However, photochemical reactions are limited by the nature and finite number of molecular electronic excited states. To overcome this fundamental limitation, ATTOP proposes to bring very recent technological progress in extreme ultrashort light pulses - attosecond science - to the field of photochemistry and to launch the unprecedented field of "atto-photochemistry". Indeed, light pulses of such short duration have a large spectral bandwidth and excite multiple electronic excited states in a simultaneous and coherent manner. This superposition, called an "electronic wavepacket", has a new electronic distribution and is thus expected to lead to a new reactivity. The following questions remain for now unresolved: what would be the reactivity of a molecule in these new types of electronic states that are becoming accessible experimentally? To what extent will the manipulation of an electronic wavepacket produced by an attosecond domain pulse transform the outcome of chemical reactions? As an emerging field, atto-photochemistry requires theoretical support right from the start. Thanks to the PI's unique combination of expertise in both theoretical attoscience and photochemistry, the ATTOP team will describe accurately chemical reactions induced by electronic wavepackets via attosecond domain pulses. The final aim of ATTOP is to develop a general know-how to design molecular systems, electronic wavepackets and attosecond experiments that transform the outcome of photochemical reactions for diverse applications. By doing so, atto-photochemistry will revolutionize photochemistry, with direct impact onto many other domains of molecular science.

Keywords: attosecond science non adiabatic dynamics
innovAtive ENErgy storage systems onboArd vesselS (AENEAS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Mobility
Destination: Clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: ZEWT (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Belgium,France,Finland,Austria,Italy,Romania,Spain,Greece
Call: Innovative energy storage systems on-board vessels (ZEWT Partnership) (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-02-01
End date: 2026-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4987277.25
EU funding (EUR): 4987277.25
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

AENEAS aims to contribute towards climate-neutral and environmental friendly water transport through three new next generation clean energy storage solutions. Eventual impact is an increase of the global competitiveness of the EU waterborne transport sector by European technology leadership for energy storage solutions for diverse waterborne applications. It will focus on increased and early deployment of climate neutral energy storage solutions and significant electrification of shipping. AENEAS will provide solutions to improve overall energy efficiency and drastically lower energy consumption of waterborne transport vessels, founded upon innovative electric energy storage, which is safe and cost competitiveness compared to traditional batteries. To achieve this, AENEAS will develop three innovative electric Energy Storage Solutions (ESS) for waterborne transport, which are advanced beyond the traditional battery systems: - Solid-state batteries (SSB) for constant load waterborne transport applications. - Supercapacitors (SC) for water-borne transport applications for shaving of power peak demands and peaks during loading. - Hybrid system, which combines SSB and SC for waterborne transport applications requiring high energy and power density energy storage solutions The solutions enable (partial or full) electric shipping, taking into account conditions specific ships might encounter, including adverse conditions outside sheltered waters or going upstream on rivers. AENEAS will evaluate them for a range of applications and end uses in short-sea shipping and in-land waterways. For each of these three ESSs, one use-case will be demonstrated at TRL 5. At the same time AENEAS will define the pathway for the three ESSs for application in different ship types, achieving a comprehensive understanding of the ESSs and their applicability for diverse waterborne transport. Finally AENEAS will define a roadmap for full scale on-board demonstrators of two ESSs by 2027.

Keywords: solid state batteries,supercapacitors,hil simulation,digital twin,battery lca,electrified waterborne transport
Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity Reinforcement and System Resilience (AI4CYBER)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Civil Security for Society
Theme: Civil Security for Society
Destination: Increased Cybersecurity
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Greece,Portugal,France,Hungary,Belgium,Poland
Call: AI for cybersecurity reinforcement (HORIZON-CL3-2021-CS-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3998413.0
EU funding (EUR): 3998413.0
Participants: 15
Project status: SIGNED

Artificial intelligence (AI) has lately proved to be a coin with two sides. On the one hand, it can be leveraged as a powerful defensive mechanism to improve system preparedness and response against cyber incidents and attacks, and on the other hand, it can be a formidable weapon attackers can use to damage, compromise or manipulate systems. AI4CYBER ambitions to provide an Ecosystem Framework of next-generation trustworthy cybersecurity services that leverage AI and Big Data technologies to support system developers and operators in effectively managing robustness, resilience, and dynamic response against advanced and AI-powered cyberattacks. The project will deliver a new breed of AI-driven software robustness and security testing services that significantly facilitates the testing experts work, through smarter flaw identification and code fixing automation. Moreover, the project will provide cybersecurity services for comprehension, detection and analysis of AI-powered attacks to prepare the critical systems to be resilient against them. Incident response support by AI4CYBER will offload security operators from complex and tedious tasks offering them mechanisms to optimize the orchestration of the most appropriate combination of security protections, and continuously learn from system status and defences’ efficiency. The AI4CYBER framework will ensure fundamental rights and values-based AI technology in its services, through the integration of demonstrable explainability, fairness and technology robustness (security) capabilities in the AI4CYBER components. The ecosystem will be validated in three scenarios: i) Detection and Mitigation of AI-powered Attacks against the Energy Sector, ii) Robustness and autonomous adaptation of Banking applications to face AI-powered attacks and iii) Resilient hospital services against advanced and AI-powered cyber-physical attacks.

Keywords: cyber security,trustworthy ai,system resilience,ai powered attacks,cyber threat intelligence,federated deep anomaly detection,security orchestation and automation control,reinforcement learning
Computation for a new age of Resource AWare architecture: waste-sourced and fast-growing bio-based materials (RAW)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Denmark,Germany,Austria,Sweden,Norway,Netherlands,Estonia
Call: EIC Pathfinder Challenge: AEC digitalisation for a new triad of design, fabrication, and materials (HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDERCHALLENGES-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-11-01
End date: 2027-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4596970.0
EU funding (EUR): 4596970.0
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

This project proposes a breakthrough resource model for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) fostering a steep change in the way we design and fabricate our built environment, overcoming the fundamental limits that the natural variability sets within bio-based material streams for the green transformation of the industry. With a central focus on the alternative materials of waste-sourced and fast-growing materials, RAW assembles world-leading researchers and entrepreneurs in material sourcing (UIBK, LTU, OMTRE), non-destructive material characterisation (LTU, DTU), non-prescriptive computational design, and adaptive fabrication (KADK, USTUT) in a unique consortium to establish the foundation of a novel resource model for AEC linking design, analysis and fabrication through an innovative computational infrastructure and embracing the variability of resources, with the ambition to minimise waste, enable circularity, increase carbon storage in building, allow uptake of currently disregarded bio-based materials in AEC and pave the way for new aesthetic expressions and tectonics in architecture.

Keywords: alternative materials,bio based materials,non prescriptive design,digital fabrication,non destructive material characterisation,predictive material models
Neuroimaging the effects of oral contraceptives on the female brain (NEUROCONTRA)

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: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Austria,Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 214344.72
EU funding (EUR): 214344.72
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The contraceptive pill has been widely used for over six decades and is one of the most frequently used hormonal contraceptive methods, with approximately 151 million users worldwide. Despite its use, research into its effects on the female brain remains limited, primarily due to historical underfunding and the novelty nature of this research area. The NEUROCONTRA project aims to address this knowledge gap through an innovative, multidisciplinary approach that combines neuroimaging, theoretical neuroscience, neuroendocrinology, and machine learning. This research will pioneer applying advanced whole-brain dynamics analyses to a large-sample neuroimaging dataset, encompassing cross-sectional and longitudinal data from adolescent and adult women. By examining the effects of hormonal contraceptives on brain dynamics across multiple spatiotemporal scales, NEUROCONTRA aims to establish a unifying framework for understanding the changes in brain function induced by contraceptives. The findings could significantly enhance our understanding of the complex interactions between hormonal contraceptives and the female brain, with important implications for neuroscience, clinical practices, societal awareness, and women's rights.

Keywords: oral contraceptives,brain dynamics,fmri
Center of Excellence in Advanced Pharmaceutical Technologies (ExcellPharmTech)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Czechia
Call: ERA Chairs (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-03-01
End date: 2028-02-29
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499364.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499364.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Masaryk University (MU) is the second-largest university in the Czech Republic located in Brno. Thanks to the ESIF funding, MU was able to acquire top research infrastructure attracting talented researchers who gradually built the position of the MU as the top regional hub for education, research, and innovation. To further exploit this potential, the management structures and processes of the university must thoroughly implement the European Research Area (ERA) Priorities. As an outstanding researcher/innovator can have a decisive and positive impact on the culture and performance of any institution, MU will recruit a world-class research manager as an ERA Chair for its newly-established Faculty of Pharmacy. The Faculty of Pharmacy (MUNI Pharm) is, besides others, focused on the development of advanced drug formulations and molecular biology techniques. The ERA Chair will intensify the research and development of advanced drug formulation and nanotechnologies to open new opportunities to intensify MUNI Pharm research capacities in the field of pharmacy and develop strategic partnerships with the application sphere and public sector for faster translation of the advanced drugs into clinics. The recruitment of leading scientist will enforce the connection of the MUNI Pharm to research structures of MU, and the ERA Chair will make a bridge in the formation of unique education and research facility at one place titled MUNI BioPharma Hub, supported from National Recovery Plan (part of RRF – Recovery and Resilience Facility, NextGeneration EU). To solve the targeted delivery and transportation of nucleic acids into target cell environment, the MUNI Pharm will establish an interdisciplinary center of excellence (Pharma Center of Excellence in Advanced Technology) with prof. David Oupický as its leader. The creation of an international ERA Chair team will ensure a successful establishment of the center combining excellent research, high level education and top innovations.

Keywords: advanced technologies gene therapy modern therapy nanoparticles pharmacy tissue cultures tumor therapy
Hybrid services from advanced thermal energy storage sytems (HYSTORE)

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: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Italy,Sweden,Germany,Austria,Ireland,Romania,Belgium
Call: Thermal energy storage solutions (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 8769951.13
EU funding (EUR): 7313464.26
Participants: 19
Project status: SIGNED

The mission of HYSTORE is to develop and validate an innovative set of TES concepts, based on the combination of cutting-edge technology components: ALL-IN-ONE PCM solution, LOW-TEMP PCM HEATING&COOLING solution, PCM HEATING solution and TCM HEATING&COOLING solution. The four novel concepts attain different applications on heating/cooling (H/C), DHW configurations, and further set up optimal conditions for the provision of hybrid – meaning energy and power- services thanks to the development of a smart aggregator and an open-source multi-service platform. The main key features of HYSTORE are: • Technological advancement of thermal energy storage (TES) with up to +150% energy density and -50% CAPEX compared to state-of-art (SoA) • Significant lower design and installation effort thanks to pre-defined and standardized guidelines; • allow TES to be coupled and integrated with grid-level aggregators that can be federated in the context of both single buildings and local energy communities • 4 use case application in different climates both for District Heating/Cooling connected and non DHC-connected buildings with high-impact and replication potential. • LCOS in line with EU targets from IRENA annual reports and SET-plan. HYSTORE puts TES sytems in the path of 0,05€/kW/cycle over around 0,04 €/kWh by 2030, which is competitive with batteries. To reach these goals, HYSTORE leverages on a consortium of 18 entities from 8 different EU countries, highly qualified and leaders in their sectors of activity. This consortium covers the whole value chain of the thermal energy storage, technologies for its interconnection with the grid and its optimal operation by exploiting the flexibility resources. The final goal for HYSTORE is to realise the paradigmatic shift of thermal storage from an auxiliary service to the HVAC system to a service for the building to provide the needed comfort with high efficiency while supporting the grid for effective electric-thermal sector coupling.

Keywords: thermal energy storage tes,thermochemical storage systems tcm,phase change materials pcm,all in one pcm,plug and play tes
Harnessing the vast potential of RES for sustainable farming (HarvRESt)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Land, ocean and water for climate action
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Norway,Italy,Belgium,Cyprus,Denmark,Netherlands,France
Call: Enhancing the sustainable production of renewable energy at farm-level (HORIZON-CL6-2023-CLIMATE-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4998685.0
EU funding (EUR): 4998684.5
Participants: 18
Project status: SIGNED

Competitive conflicts for land use between the energy and food sectors have appeared, which could be mitigated by the vertical integration of RES in farms through new circular business models. By this approach, farms will become climate neutral, optimising their production and reducing their impact on natural resources and biodiversity, on top of providing energy services to communities and diversifying their economic income. However, there is a need to identify, understand and overcome major existing barriers perceived by agricultural communities. Moreover, current initiatives do not to effectively consider and address the complex interactions and factors from the farming and RES context, thus missing to support decision making based on accurate projections, estimations and forecasts. HarvRESt will work on these needs by improving the existing knowledge and its fragmented status, which will be feed to an Agricultural Virtual Power Plant able to run different scenarios and farm configurations to determine the best operation procedures for a given RES solution. This data will be then provided to a decision support system able to weight trade-offs and key indicators to provide ad-hoc recommendations to farmers and policy makers, thus enabling the consecution of improved production rates on renewable energy, food & feed within agro communities. For the successful execution of HarvRESt and implementation of recommendations, a multi-actor approach fostering co-creation sessions together with the provision of training materials for farmers empowerment will be implemented. The full approach of HarvRESt will be supported and executed at 4 use cases representing different topologies of farms, a diversity of stakeholders and organizational structures, distinct geographical conditions and a wide variety of RES technologies. Together with HarvRESt community and mapped initiatives, the project will act as a hub for knowledge and best-practices on RES integration at farm level.

Keywords: sustainable agriculture,artificial intelligence,multi actor approach,business models,regulation,hybrid technologies,energy management,co creation,livestock
The SESAR 3 Knowledge Transfer Network (Engage 2)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Partnership: SESAR (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,Serbia,Spain,Austria,Belgium,United Kingdom
Call: Knowledge Transfer Network (HORIZON-SESAR-2022-DES-ER-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3801645.0
EU funding (EUR): 3346287.5
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

Based on the experience of the previous Engage Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), it will support the SESAR 3 Joint Undertaking (S3JU) and contribute to the development and implementation of the SESAR Digital Academy (SDA), created by SESAR 2020 Joint Undertaking in order to train and inspire the next generation aviation workforce in anticipation of the digital economy. In particular, the consortium will build on the platform of Engage KTN (“Engage”), taking forward the success story of its previous 4.5 years of work, drawing on lessons learned, and complementing the partnership with invaluable new partners. “Engage 2” will build on the existing brand and awareness of the Engage KTN, to deliver excellence across the elements of the expected outcomes, as delineated task-by-task through this proposal. Lean and efficient implementation from a tightly knit and highly effective consortium, whilst ensuring experienced and competent delivery, has enabled Engage 2 to maximise its potential and outreach into the ATM community and beyond, both directly through maximised ‘externalised’ budget (e.g., through PhD funding and catalyst funds) and indirectly (e.g., through continued development of the Engage knowledge hub, or wiki, and its multiple resources). Engage 2 will deliver cross-fertilisation of knowledge from other disciplines to stimulate inputs from innovative, future-scoping and unconventional research into the domain of ATM: a focal point here is the ATM concepts roadmap, which will be developed further as a core element of the Engage wiki. The KTN will continue to forge strong links between research at the leading edge of apposite fields and establish alignment and synergies with the operational challenges facing SESAR.This will be achieved across multiple activities and underpinned by the ‘thematic challenges’ – a key success story of the Engage KTN.

Keywords: ktn,knowledge transfer network,wiki,sesar digital academy,phd,catalyst funding