Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Integrated Internet-Based Environment for Social Inclusion of Children with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC) (ASC-INCLUSION)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: ICT for Health, Ageing Well, Inclusion and Governance
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom,Israel,Italy,Sweden,Türkiye,Belgium,Poland
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2011-7, 2011)
Start date: 2011-11-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3265771.0
EU funding (EUR): 2498760.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC, frequently defined as ASD - Autism Spectrum Disorders) are neurodevelopmental conditions, characterized by social communication difficulties and restricted and repetitive behaviour patterns. Current studies suggest 1% of the population might fit an ASC diagnosis. Alongside their difficulties individuals with ASC tend to have intact and sometimes superior abilities to comprehend and manipulate closed, rule-based, predictable systems, such as computerized environment. Their affinity for the computerized environment has led to several attempts to teach emotion recognition and expression, and social problem solving to individuals with ASC, using computer-based training. In the last decade, web applications have been increasingly used for social interaction, forming online communities and social networks. Anecdotal reports of the emergence of online autistic communities, and the use of forums and virtual-worlds, show the great promise the internet holds for better inclusion and social skills training for users/people with ASC. Since intervention into ASC has been shown to be more effective when provided early in life, using the internet as a platform for the support of younger individuals with ASC could significantly promote their social inclusion. The proposed project aims to create and evaluate the effectiveness of such an internet-based platform, directed for children with ASC (and other groups like ADHD and socially-neglected children) and those interested in their inclusion. This platform will combine several state-of-the art technologies in one comprehensive virtual world, including analysis of users’ gestures, facial and vocal expressions using standard microphone and webcam, training through games, text communication with peers and smart agents, animation, video and audio clips. User’s environment will be personalized, according to individual profile & sensory requirements, as well as motivational. Carers will be offered their own supportive environment, including professional information, reports of child’s progress and use of the system and forums for parents and therapists.

Keywords: autism,spectrum,conditions,inclusion,virtual worlds,computerized environment,emotion recognition
Development of a SOftware tool for Prediction of ready-to-eat food product sHelf life, quality and safetY (SOPHY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well being
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Greece,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Netherlands,Germany,United Kingdom,Germany
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2011-5, 2011)
Start date: 2012-02-01
End date: 2015-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3806364.86
EU funding (EUR): 2879156.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

The SOPHY project aims to develop a web-based software tool for prediction of product safety, quality and shelf life of ready-to-eat products. Fresh cut salads, fruit salads and deli salads were chosen as model food system. Food producers will be able to optimise their raw material selection, product formulation and processing steps virtually. The software estimates the effect of each production step on the safety (growth or survival of relevant pathogens) and shelf life (growth of specific spoilage organisms and/or formation of undesirable by-products) while considering quality (organoleptic characteristics and other quality parameters). The predictive and probabilistic models are based on existing data sets of bacterial growth and quality changes under various conditions generated during previous studies (where available) and data generated during the project. Users will also have the possibility to insert own data, e.g. initial bacterial contamination. The web-based software can be continuously expanded – even after project end - by inserting new data sets (e.g. other food products, different environmental conditions, etc.). Furthermore, the project aims not only to develop predictive and probabilistic models, but also to compile information about different processing techniques, product formulations (e.g. clean label), environmental conditions (e.g. modified atmosphere packaging) as well as hygiene, quality and safety management. These information sheets aim to educate food producers, as they should not only see the effect of different factors on shelf life and pathogen growth calculated by the models, but also understand why. This increased awareness is crucial in improving overall food safety and quality. Information of this nature is essential for small businesses with limited technical resources.

Keywords: predictice and probablistic models,food quality,safety and shelf life,salads,product and process optimisation
Sea For Society (SFS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: A more dynamic governance of the science and society relationship
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Portugal,Poland,Ireland,Sweden,Spain,Italy,Ireland,Greece,Norway,Belgium,Belgium,France,France,Spain
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-06-01
End date: 2015-11-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4894787.58
EU funding (EUR): 4259077.19
Participants: 21
Project status: CLOSED

Sea for Society (SFS) has brought together a multidisciplinary partnership of 21 partners from 11 countries representing marine research institutes, funding agencies, science museums and aquaria, CSO’s, NGO’s, higher education institutes, business networks, to implement a MMLAP to address Specific Challenge 3: Marine Resources, inland activities & sustainable development. SFS will mobilise researchers, marine and terrestrial actors, CSO’s and individual citizens and youth in a mutual learning, open dialogue and joint action process to consider key questions, extract cross-cutting issues and propose challenge-driven solutions. Ten ‘geographical forums’ across Europe will involve economic stakeholders, environmental organisations, local authorities, the public-at-large, and youth in a participatory process to identify challenges and barriers of coastal and marine ecosystem services vis-à-vis societal needs. While these actors may have very different and even conflicting perspectives, collective reasoning sessions will lead to co-authored recommendations for facing up to the challenge. Key questions will be considered in the context of ‘ocean ecosystem services’ with an emphasis on relating complex biodiversity to ‘lived experiences’ in order to bridge how everyday human behaviour interplays with science. The open dialogue process will lead to further empowerment of stakeholders and citizens to take action at a local, national and European level to tackle marine societal challenges. Public Engagement in Research (PER) as it relates to European maritime policy is at the core of the process. Sustaining the MMLAP will be important in designing the SFS mechanisms: for partnership, interaction, PER, empowerment and redressing marine societal challenges. Face-to-face and web-based open dialogue will enrich the new concept of the “Blue Society” and improve the governance of research related to the oceans and seas.

Keywords: coordination,dialogue,mutual learning,knowledge transfer,citizen engagement,civil society mobilisation,empowerment,marine ecosystem services,blue society,marine and maritime science.
Strategies for Assessment of Inquiry Learning in Science (SAILS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: Strengthening potential, broadening horizons
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Ireland,Slovakia,Poland,Sweden,Denmark,Portugal,United Kingdom,Hungary,Greece,Türkiye,Germany,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2011-1, 2011)
Start date: 2012-01-01
End date: 2015-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4262629.4
EU funding (EUR): 3748689.0
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of this proposal is to support teachers in adopting inquiry based science education (IBSE) at second level (students aged 12-18 years) across Europe. This will be achieved by utilising existing resources and models for teacher education in IBSE both pre-service and in-service. In addition to SAILS partners adopting IBSE resources within their curricula and implementing teacher education in their countries, the SAILS proposal aims to develop appropriate strategies and frameworks for the assessment of IBSE skills and competences and prepare teachers not only to be able to teach through IBSE, but also to be confident and competent in the assessment of their students’ learning. Through this unified approach of implementing all the necessary components for transforming classroom practice, i.e. teacher education, curriculum and assessment around an IBSE pedagogy, a sustainable model for IBSE will be achieved. SAILS will provide teacher education workshops in IBSE across the twelve participating countries and promote a self-sustaining model encouraging teachers to share experiences and practice of inquiry approaches to teaching, learning and assessment by building a community of practice. The SAILS consortium of over 60 partners from 14 organisations, including universities, a small-medium enterprise and an international multinational organisation, will work together to promote and disseminate inquiry based approaches to science teaching, learning and assessment with national and international stakeholders.

Keywords: inquiry,teacher education,science education,assessment.
Towards the Sustainable Management of Forest Genetic Resources in Europe (FORGER)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Austria,Germany,France,Finland,Hungary,Italy,Italy,Poland
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2011-5, 2011)
Start date: 2012-03-01
End date: 2016-02-29
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3814877.1
EU funding (EUR): 2999918.0
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

Forest genetic resources (FGR) form the base for adaptation of European forests to future environmental conditions and societal demands. Appropriate use and sustainable management of FGR is therefore of utmost importance. Past decades have shown: (i) an immense progress in detecting patterns of genetic diversity, due to fast technological advances, (ii) increased knowledge on the modelling of responses of tree species to changing environmental conditions; (iii) increased awareness by policy makers across Europe, leading to increased efforts for the conservation of FGR in all European member states. E.g. by the establishment forest stands with the aim to conserve genetic diversity. However, currently there is no sound management on the sustainable use of FGR neither in these gene conservation units nor in production forests, to meet future changes. The FORGER project aims at integrating and extending existing knowledge to provide science-based recommendations on the management and sustainable use of FGR for EU-policy makers, national stakeholders, forest managers, and managers of natural areas. The project will galvanize around five interconnected objectives: 1) synthesise and further develop knowledge from European FGR inventories by linking and extending existing databases to provide the knowledge base to sustain FGR at the pan-European level for stakeholders; 2) deliver a general monitoring system of forest genetic diversity that can be efficiently and economically applied by all EU Member States; 3) assess current and future distribution of genetic diversity under a number of forest management scenarios and climate change; 4) provide an overview of past and current transfer of forest reproductive material across Europe and its consequences for local adaptation; 5) formulate guidelines and recommendations to sustain forest genetic resources in both gene conservation units and production forests to meet the challenge of a changing environment and societal needs.

Keywords: climatic adaptation,dynamic gene conservation unit,environmental response,forest inventory,genetic diversity,genetic monitoring,molecular tool,national forest programs,european forest policy
BIO knowLEDGe Extractor and Modeller for Protein Production (BIOLEDGE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Finland,Spain,Germany,United Kingdom,Spain,Finland
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2011-5, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2015-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3911989.74
EU funding (EUR): 2995862.0
Participants: 9
Project status: CLOSED

Better bioinformatics tools are needed to capitalize on vast amounts of data becoming accessible in biotechnology applications. The theme of this collaborative project is protein production for biotechnology applications. The concept is that (1) protein production is an important topic in biotechnology, with application ranging from production of therapeutic proteins for the pharmaceutical industry to uses in industrial biotechnology and in biorefineries, (2) vast amounts of genomic and post-genomic data from industrial microorganisms and mutants are being generated using new technologies such as next-generation sequencing, (3) tools and computational platforms which could capitalize on such new data in the context of protein production for biotechnology applications are lacking, and (4) advanced systems biology modelling tools exist or are being developed which aim to reconstruct biological networks from the genomic and post-genomic data, opening new opportunities in biotechnology applications. The overall objective is to develop bioinformatics and related modelling and computing platforms to support biotechnology application in the domain of protein production. The expected impact is that the development of bioinformatics tools and platforms to better exploit the currently available and newly generated data in specific industrial biotechnology application will (1) open new opportunities in industrial biotechnology applications and (2) benefit the participating SMEs as tool/platform providers or end users. The project has brought together scientists and industry partners in domains of bioinformatics, high-performance computing, systems biology, knowledge management, and industrial biotechnology. The individual participants are highly experienced scientists with excellent publication records and most of them also have experience in the participation in EU programmes. Each individual participant contributes relevant experiences to the project.

Keywords: protein production,systems biology,bioinformatics,data mining,text mining,network reconstruction
Robustness of Yeast Strains and Bioprocesses for Industrial Production of Novel Compounds (ROBOYEAST)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Life sciences, biotechnology and biochemistry for sustainable non-food products and processes
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,Netherlands,Denmark
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2011-5, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2678632.8
EU funding (EUR): 2071347.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

Fast developments in synthetic biology now enable introduction of entire novel-to-nature pathways into industrial microorganisms, thus opening the door to a novel bio-based industry. However, successful scale-up of novel-to-market products from bench-top proof-of-principle to full-scale processes requires a profound understanding of cellular and sub-cellular mechanisms and their interaction with industrial process conditions. In particular, successful industrial production requires optimal performance of engineered strains under the dynamic, slow-growth process conditions that occur in large-scale industrial bioreactors. These differ strongly from the conditions in conventional laboratory analysis. The RoBoYeast project aims to reduce time-to-market and to improve productivity of microbial synthetic pathways by identifying key physiological and molecular determinants of performance under industrially relevant conditions and to integrate these at an early stage in strain development programs. The project is characterized by multi-scale analysis and integration of results from industrial-scale into lab-scale studies. RoBoYeast aims to improve productivity and cellular robustness in large-scale fermentations of the novel-to-nature production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae of arachidonic and eicosapentaenoic acid, two health-promoting poly-unsaturated fatty acids with excellent market perspectives as nutraceuticals. Biosynthetic pathways of these compounds are energy (ATP) intensive, which adds on the challenge of constructing robust strains that withstand typical production stresses without loss of productivity and product yield. To accelerate project progress, key findings of a likewise challenging resveratrol progress, already developed by the SME partner, can be used. RoBoYeast intends to identify and improve robustness mechanism not only for the benefit of this project but also as a blueprint for optimization of the production of other ATP-intensive products.

Keywords: metabolic engineering,synthetic biology,novel compounds,yeast,process development
Agriculture and Energy Efficiency (AGREE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Other activities
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Netherlands,Poland,Greece,Portugal,Finland,Denmark
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2011-5, 2011)
Start date: 2011-10-01
End date: 2013-10-31
Duration (months): 25.0
Total project cost (EUR): 614551.2
EU funding (EUR): 499709.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Until now energy efficiency in agriculture has received little attention, except for energy use in greenhouses. Nevertheless, it is considerable, especially when indirect energy use is taken into account. AGREE has the objective of showing the potential of short term energy efficiency gains and the promise of the long term potential. Environmental effects of savings on direct and indirect energy use in agriculture are integrally considered, as energy use efficiency also implies reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Because energy savings in agriculture depend highly on the agri-environment (climate), AGREE will bring together south-eastern, south-western, north-eastern and north-western agroproduction systems. Evidence from energy saving potential and corresponding environmental and economical effects on country level are brought to the transnational level to identify an agenda for transnational collaboration to increase the learning curve on energy use efficiency. AGREE will set up a participatory process for two reasons. 1. Stakeholders will be involved in the set-up of the agenda which will facilitate the implementation of the results. 2. AGREE needs the opinions and views of stakeholders to produce an agenda that reflects the needs of and opportunities by practice. To ensure implementation, a link has been created with a European network of researchers committed to adopt the issue. This network (ENGAGE) is closely associated with the European Society of Agricultural Engineers (EuAgEng). This link will facilitate the adoption process. To ensure that the results will create relevant and effective R&D programmes, AGREE has established a close link with the Collaborative Working Group on Agriculture and Energy. This group is embedded in SCAR and the KBBE-Net and is thus positioned to translate the AGREE agenda, into commitment for effective R&D on energy efficiency. To this end, it is important that AGREE provides evidence of the added value of such research.

Keywords: agriculture,energy efficiency,energy efficiency in agriculture,transnational research and development agenda,energy saving potentials,scar,kbbe-net,european society of agricultural engineers
OSTEOIMMUNE - Unraveling the Interactions between the Immune System and Bone (OSTEOIMMUNE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany,Germany,Germany,Sweden,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Greece,Netherlands,Spain,Israel
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2011-ITN, 2011)
Start date: 2012-06-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3227975.0
EU funding (EUR): 3227975.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Inflammatory rheumatic diseases affect millions of European citizens causing chronic pain, disability and premature death. Curative treatments are lacking. Conventional research often focuses on one single organ system such as the bone or the immune system and. ignores interactions between organ systems. OSTEOIMMUNE is a supra-disciplinary training network that targets this gap by providing comprehensive, structured and coherent training. The scientific training within OSTEOIMMUNE reflects the participants‘ common research programme aiming to unravel the interactions between the immune system and the skeleton. A group of outstanding European scientists in genetics, (osteo-) immunology, rheumatology and drug development has joined to form OSTEOIMMUNE to provide 12 ESRs and 2 ERs with training in a broad range of laboratory and complementary skills and capacities. OSTEOIMMUNE participants represent 7 of Europe's most active academic centres in arthritis research and 3 highly innovative biotech and pharmaceutical companies. All have contributed important concepts to the field, five groups have earned the title „Centre of excellence“. OSTEOIMMUNE participants have an outstanding history of successful collaboration which is reflected in numerous influential joint papers and common efforts in national and European networks (e.g. DFG: IMMUNOBONE, BMBF: IMMUNOPAIN, FP6: EURO-RA, AUTO-CURE, FP7: MASTER-SWITCH) and have trained numerous highly successful ESRs and ERs. Our young investigators will leave the network after successful completion of their training with a set of aptitudes that will enable them to be instrumental in developing curative therapies towards rheumatic diseases, be it in an academic, clinical or industrial setting. Moreover, OSTEOIMMUNE will establish a long-lasting consortium for cutting edge research in the field of osteoimmunology, leading to accelerated and integrated discoveries, which can become commercially exploitable first by European industry.

Keywords: osteoimmunology,arthritis,immunology,osteoclasts,fibroblasts,lymphocytes,memory,cytokines,tlrs,genetics,mirna,therapeutic targets,novel treatments,rheumatoid arthritis,mouse models