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Revolutionary next-generation platinum-alloy Catalyst solutions with the mission to optimize the usage of precious metals to accelerate the mass adoption of hydrogen technology (ReCatalyst)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Slovenia
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499999.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

As mandated by initiatives like the EU Green Deal, the global imperative to decarbonize the energy and transport sectors by 2050 demands urgent solutions. Hydrogen as an energy carrier and proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) as the technology can bridge this gap, offering a sustainable solution for heavy transport decarbonization. ReCatalyst, a Slovenian deep-tech startup, pioneered in developing and commercializing next-generation platinum-based catalyst composites for hydrogen fuel cells. The catalysts use fewer precious metals while delivering superior performance, including enhanced durability against metal dissolution. ReCatalyst’s technology facilitates a remarkable 60% reduction in Pt usage in the PEMFC stack, concurrently leading to a 30% lower total electrode area and a substantial 45% reduction in the PEMFC stack costs for heavy-duty vehicle applications (HDVs). Also, Pt-alloys use results in higher hydrogen fuel efficiency, positively affecting the total cost of ownership of HDVs. ReCatalyst possesses two patents, two exclusive licensing agreements, and proprietary technical know-how, which grant the company full control over the entire production process, from raw materials to the finished product. The company has developed market traction with 20 leading companies in the fuel cell sector across four continents in five major G7 economies. The collaborations span the entire fuel cell value chain, from Catalyst-Coated Membrane producers to end-product manufacturers. ReCatalyst currently stands at TRL 5, with a transition to TRL 6 anticipated in the fall of 2024. The EIC grant would be strategically used for R&D and testing activities, including pilot production scale-up and further validation within the automotive industry spanning full fuel cell stacks. Starting in 2027, ReCatalyst will transition to the industrialization phase. ReCatalyst estimates to reach 90M EUR from catalyst sales by 2030 from a 2-ton catalyst annual production capability.

Keywords: hydrogen,proton exchange membrane fuel cell,decarbonization,automotive industry,platinum alloy catalyst,heavy duty vehicles,platinum use optimization
A Radical Solution for the Treatment of Food Waste in Small Settings (MyGug)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Ireland
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 950000.0
EU funding (EUR): 950000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

MyGug is a pioneering company in sustainable waste management seeking to propel its innovative anaerobic digester technology to the forefront of the market. With 61% of households currently disposing of their waste, there is a critical need for efficient and eco-friendly solutions. MyGug's solution offers a transformative approach to food waste disposal, addressing the pressing environmental challenges associated with traditional waste management methods, presenting a significant opportunity in Europe where sustainable practices are gaining traction. By combining cutting-edge technology with a user-friendly design, MyGug provides households, food businesses, and educational settings with a cost-effective, efficient, and eco-friendly alternative to composting and aerobic digestion. With a strong focus on scalability, sustainability, and customer impact, MyGug aims to revolutionise the way food waste is managed, contributing significantly to the circular economy and the fight against climate change. The EIC funding will enable MyGug to accelerate its growth, expand its market reach, and solidify its position as a leader in decentralised anaerobic digestion technology, driving positive environmental and social change on a global scale.

Keywords: micro scale anaerobic digestion,household food waste management,domestic food waste to fertilizer,food waste to energy
REmote-working Multiple impacts in the Age of disruptions: socioeconomic transformations, territorial rethinKING, and policy actions (REMAKING)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Theme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Destination: Innovative Research on Social and Economic Transformations
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Portugal,Greece,Germany,France,Ireland,Ukraine,Lithuania,Czechia,Spain
Call: Remote working arrangements and their economic, social and spatial effects (HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-02-01
End date: 2027-07-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2999322.5
EU funding (EUR): 2999322.5
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

Today, RW is mostly conceived as an arrangement enabling flexible work organization. However, REMAKING contends that RW can be more than that. If the multiple effects induced by RW on individuals, business models and the socio-economic sphere are properly understood and addressed by policymakers, it might become a lever contributing to shaping ongoing social, economic, and spatial structural changes. At the basis of REMAKING there is a profound consideration of the ongoing megatrends (i.e., digital transformation, flexibilization of production models) that have initiated RW and of the recent shocks (i.e., the pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine) that have consolidated the diffusion of different forms of RW. Through this angle, the multiple effects induced by RW call for rigorous analyses to support decision-makers in balancing opportunities and problems linked to RW for a potential rethinking of territories, namely in rural areas. REMAKING aims at delivering a policy-oriented framework reflecting the new and multi-faceted realities of RW, facilitating policymakers to adopt place-based policies balancing the opportunities and risks of RW and sharing practices to foster mutual learning on RW in the novel scenario of megatrends and shocks. These objectives will be achieved through participatory research activities across 4 case studies, each addressing a different form of RW (digital nomadism, post-pandemic, high-skilled in hi-tech sectors and enforced remote workers). The 4 case studies encompass overall 7 countries(Italy, Greece, Portugal, Germany, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Ireland): for each country, 1 second-tier city and 1 rural area will be studied. REMAKING generates an impact on socio-spatial transformation processes across second-tier cities and rural areas in terms of improved planning, design and implementation of multi-level policy, promotion of territorial socio-economic resilience and development, and advanced understanding of RW multiple impacts.

Keywords: socio economic structural change,territory,rural areas,policy,digital transition,shocks,disruptions,workers wellbeing
Medium-range hybrid low-pollution flexi-fuel/hydrogen sustainable engine (MYTHOS)

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
Countries involved: Germany,Italy,Sweden
Call: Towards a silent and ultra-low local air pollution aircraft (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3135145.0
EU funding (EUR): 3135144.0
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

MYTHOS proposes to develop a demonstrated innovative and disruptive design methodology for future short/medium range civil engines capable of using a wide range of liquid and gaseous fuels including SAFs and, ultimately, pure hydrogen, thus aiming at fulfilling the objective of decarbonize civil aviation as fore-seen by the ACARE SRIA short, mid and long-term Goals by 2050. To achieve these, the MYTHOS consor-tium develops and adopts a multidisciplinary multi-fidelity modelling approach for the characterization of the relevant engine components deploying the full power of the method of machine learning. The latter will lead through hidden-physics discovery to advance data-driven reduced models which will be embedded in a holistic tool for the prediction of the environmental footprint of the civil aviation of all speeds. A unique aspect of the project is the high-fidelity experimental validation of the numerical approaches. MYTHOS consortium through this approach will contribute to reduce time-to-market for engines designed and engi-neered to burn various types of environmentally friendly fuels, such as SAF, in the short and medium term, and hydrogen, in the long term. The proposed work responds to the needs and objectives of the HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01-12: Towards a silent and ultra-low local air pollution aircrafts Call as described in detail below.

Keywords: flexi fuel engine design methodology chemical kinetics high performance numerical simulations advanced numerical methods for high fidelity multi physics modelling high fidelity experimental measur
ECOLOOP (ECOLOOP)

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,Slovenia,Estonia,Bulgaria
Call: Renewable energy incorporation in agriculture and forestry (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9095000.04
EU funding (EUR): 7325300.0
Participants: 15
Project status: SIGNED

ECOLOOP project develops and demonstrates a set of solutions to optimise the combination of different energy distributed sources (biogas, biomass, agri-PV, geothermal), meeting the local needs for electricity, heating, cooling, transport and waste and land management in rural areas, fostering regional development and creating benefits for farmers and foresters. The project solutions will focus on promoting the reduction of carbon footprint in rural areas by means of the higher penetration of distributed renewable energy sources, self-consumption and an optimal agricultural/forest waste management, while creating positive effects in biodiversity and soil health and reducing the risk on groundwater contamination. Following this approach, ECOLOOP objectives are: • To optimise the production of biogas from agriculture and forestry wastes in situ. • To combine in an efficient and sustainable way different distributed renewable energy sources (biogas, biomass, agri-PV, geothermal), meeting the local needs for electricity, heating, cooling, transport and waste and land management in rural areas. • To develop innovative renewable-based agricultural protocols and advance bioproducts to increase sustainability and circularity while creating positive effects on biodiversity and soil health and groundwater pollution. • To foster regional development in rural areas. ECOLOOP project will move towards a circular economy in rural areas, focusing on agriculture and forestry sectors, contributing to job creation, gender equality, biodiversity and climate resilience and adaptation. All the benefits provided by ECOLOOP solutions will be demonstrated in 4 pilot sites in Spain, Estonia, Bulgaria and Slovenia, involving different forest and agriculture natural conditions (climate, soils), size and types of crops trees, management techniques, degree of mechanisation, geographic location and socio-economic factors, and considering the interaction of different types of energy sources.

Keywords: distributed renewable energy sources,agricultural waste management,forest waste management,innovative technologies,business models,circular economy,rural areas,gender equality,biodiversity,
Female leadership in Medsensio, a digital health technology startup (WTEU-M)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: European innovation ecosystems
Theme: Elevating the scalability potential of European business
Destination: Elevating the scalability potential of European business
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Norway
Call: Women TechEU (HORIZON-EIE-2022-SCALEUP-02, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2024-02-29
Duration (months): 9.0
Total project cost (EUR): 107142.86
EU funding (EUR): 75000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Medsensio was founded in 2017 as a spinout from a research project in health data analysis at UiT the Arctic University of Norway, classifying lung and heart sounds and additional parameters from Norway's largest population study known as the Tromsø study. We saw an opportunity how AI and machine learning could be used to successfully analyze large amounts of data at expert-level performance. And we saw how remote patient monitoring of chronic lung and heart patients, producing large amounts of data, could benefit from technology like ours. Medsensio offers a digital care solution which brings AI into screening, monitoring and predictions in chronic lung and heart disease management for improving patient outcomes and reducing cost. Our product is now ready for regulatory compliance under MDR and we are preparing for market launch in 2023. WomenTechEU will provide access to mentoring and networks to support our female CEO in building a strong and gender balanced team, leading it through the early market phase. Furthermore, it will make Medsensio better prepared for realising its market and growth potential: • Boosting our expertise in handling negotiations and closing accounts for establishing partnerships, profiling potential customers for an efficient sales process, refining our marketing and sales tactics; • Expanding collaboration and streamlining communication in the team, with potential investors, customers, collaborators, our broader innovation community; • Reinforcing our capacity in attracting partners, broaden the prospect of new collaborations across Europe and worldwide, thereby strengthening our market position; • Exposing us to new investors within medtech and digital health, and helping to improve attractiveness of our investment case.

Keywords: digital health,remote monitoring,ai,healthtech,chronic diseases
Magnetic nanographenes: Synthesis and characterisation of structurally defined nanographene fragments containing paramagnetic metal ions (MAGNEPHENE)

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: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-07-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 181152.96
EU funding (EUR): 181152.96
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The development of tailored nanomaterials for quantum technologies is urgently needed. Currently, polydisperse materials (such as conducting polymers, graphene nanoribbons, carbon nanotubes, etc.), lead the research field of organic electronics, while non-discrete systems based on inorganic solids (as nitrogen–vacancy centers in diamond or certain defects in Si) are ahead in most applications in nanotechnology. These areas of research progress towards the creation of smaller and more functional devices, promoting the invention of more and more sophisticated methods to control them. One of the main barriers of this evolution is the lack of materials that offer reproducibility and scalability, as well as stability and functionality. With that regard, molecular materials provide promising prospects due to their defined chemical structure, high processability, and because they can be tuned in a rational way by chemical design. The preparation of molecular materials containing magnetic functionality (spin centers) and the ability to transport electrons (a π-conjugated organic framework) is still very limited due to the lack of synthetic protocols. Even though graphene is the most popular platform for organic electronics and magnetism, the insertion of spin centers in graphene-like materials has been scarcely explored. In this project I aim to develop an efficient protocol for the preparation of hybrid nanographenes that compete with non-discrete materials.

Keywords: nanographene,polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon,quantum technology,magnetism,electrocatalysis
Fast Proofs for Verifying Computations (FASTPROOF)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Computer Science and Informatics
Panel description: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems
Countries involved: Israel
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-04-01
End date: 2027-03-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1435000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1435000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SUSPENDED

A proof-system is a protocol that enables a powerful prover to convince a weaker verifier of the validity of a computational statement. Proof-systems have been central to the theory of computing since its inception. Some of the most important results, concepts and open problems in this field revolve around notions of efficient proof-systems. In recent years, due to the surging need for large scale computation coupled with advances such as cloud computing and blockchains, these computational proof-systems, which originated in the theory literature, are now being implemented and deployed also in practice. However, their widespread deployment is impeded by key bottlenecks on the theory side. The goal of the FASTPROOF project is to identify, study and mainly to resolve these bottlenecks: 1. Minimizing the amount of back and forth interaction between the prover and the verifier, aiming at proofs that are non-interactive. Non-interactive proofs offer game-changing advantages: in contrast to their interactive counterparts, such proofs can simply be posted online and shared between different clients. 2. In current proof-systems the time that it takes for a prover to prove correctness of a computation is significantly longer than the time that it takes to simply perform the computation. The second major challenge is to reduce the complexity of proving correctness to be linear in the computation time. 3. Making the memory, or space complexity, needed to generate the proof be proportional to the space requirements of the computation, in contrast to most protocols in the literature in which the space required to prove correctness is proportional to the running time of the computation. The goal of the FASTPROOF project is to resolve these key challenges while relying on well-founded cryptographic assumptions. While the focus of this project is theoretical, we believe that it stands to have an important impact also on the future development of practical proof-systems.

Keywords: proof systems,interactive proofs,zero knowledge
Mesoscale organisation of tropical convection (MAESTRO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Earth System Science
Panel description: Physical geography, geo logy, geophysics, atmospheric sciences, oceanography, climatology, cryology, ecology, global environmental change, biogeochemical cycles, natural resources management
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2022-ADG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-07-01
End date: 2028-06-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2994634.0
EU funding (EUR): 2994634.0
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

Recent research has shown that the spatial organisation of convection (and hence clouds) at the mesoscale (20-200km) dramatically affects the Earth’s energy balance and hydrological cycle. This raises the question as to how the organisation of convection will change with warming, and how it will influence the climate. A poor understanding of the physical drivers of the mesoscale organisation of convection, compounded by an inability to simulate and observe such processes, has hampered our ability to articulate this challenging question, let alone answer it. In MAESTRO I propose to develop observational approaches and analysis frameworks specifically designed to test mechanisms hypothesized to control the mesoscale organisation of both shallow and deep convective clouds. Advances in airborne remote sensing will be exploited to map the spatial structures of clouds and water vapor, to interpret their coupling through the analysis of coherent structures within the clear-air environment around clouds, and to understand their dependence on environmental conditions. This will help understand why and how convective clouds organise at the mesoscale, why the organisation co-varies with water vapor, clouds and radiation locally and remotely, and why it co-varies with climate conditions. By connecting observations from the airborne measurements to satellite observations and meteorological analyses, the generality of the insights from the field measurements will be tested and tempered. Finally, observational insights will be used to assess the new and emerging generation of climate models whose resolution is fine enough to represent the mesoscale organisation of convection and its interaction with climate. MAESTRO will lead to new experimental techniques for studying atmospheric processes, to an improved conceptualization of the interplay between convective organisation and climate, and to a critical assessment of the new generation of climate models for climate change studies.

Keywords: tropical convection,mesoscale organisation,clouds,water vapor,radiation budget,atmospheric processes,convective aggregation,field campaign,climate models