Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
X-Ray Fluorescence, Shape recognition & Machine Learning for Efficient and Economic Recycling of Mixed Metals from Co-mingled Waste. (OMR)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: SME instrument (H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020-3, 2019)
Start date: 2020-04-01
End date: 2022-12-31
Duration (months): 33.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3002468.75
EU funding (EUR): 2101728.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Recycling is a key battleground in combating climate change. By reducing the volume of materials that need to be removed from the ground and then processed significant emissions reductions can be achieved. Metals such as Copper, Tin, Aluminium, Gold, Silver and Zinc are infinitely recyclable if properly separated and are key elements in the global economy. Currently these metals cannot be economically recovered from mixed recycling as most recyclers do not have a sustainable solution for separation and recovery of these valuable resources. Therefore, these mixed metals currently either end up being exported to be manually sorted, sent to landfill or lost in the sorting process. As a result, recycling rates for these crucial materials are far lower than they need to be if the EU is to meet its recycling targets and kickstart the circular economy. The OMR project will create a unique combination of X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF), shape recognition and Machine Learning (ML) techniques to enable efficient and economic recycling of mixed non-ferrous metals from co-mingled waste. This will turn a low value feedstock into several high value output streams which will further increase the advantages of co-mingled collection and allow it to be rapidly rolled out across the EU to help meet the EU’s ambitious 65% recycling target. Furthermore the project will deliver a sustainable market for mixed metals, provide aerospace and automotive manufacturers with a new source of guaranteed quality non-ferrous metals, divert material from landfill, preserve natural resources, increase recycling rates and create employment opportunities as new facilities are rolled out across the EU. Recresco aim to operate 3 new sorting facilities by year 4 post project, generating €12.1m in additional turnover and creating 106 new direct jobs over the same time period. The OMR project will therefore transform the recyclability of the non-ferrous metal containing products.

Keywords: recycling,emissions reductions,copper,aluminium,gold,silver and zinc
Structural mechanism coupling the reduction of oxygen to proton pumping in living cells (ProtonPump)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Physical and analytical chemical sciences
Panel description: Analytical chemistry, chemical theory, physical chemistry/chemical physics
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2017-ADG, 2017)
Start date: 2019-01-01
End date: 2024-12-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Every breath you take delivers oxygen to mitochondria within the cells of your body. Mitochondria are energy transducing organelles that accept electrons liberated from the food that you eat in order to generate a transmembrane proton concentration gradient. Cytochrome c oxidase is an integral membrane protein complex in the mitochondria that accepts four electrons and reduces molecular oxygen to two water molecules while simultaneously pumping protons against a transmembrane potential. Cytochrome c oxidase homologues are found in almost all living organisms. Because oxygen is the final destination of the transferred electrons, this enzyme family is referred to as the terminal oxidases. Crystal structures of terminal oxidases have been known for more than two decades and these enzymes have been studied with virtually all biophysical and biochemical methods. Despite this scrutiny, it is unknown how redox reactions at the enzyme’s active site are coupled to proton pumping. Here I aim to create a three dimensional movie that reveals how proton exchange between key amino acid residues is controlled by the movements of electrons within the enzyme. This work will utilize state-of-the-art methods of time-resolved serial crystallography, time-resolved wide angle X-ray scattering and time-resolved X-ray emission spectroscopy at European X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) and synchrotron radiation facilities to observe structural changes in terminal oxidases with time. I will develop new approaches for rapidly delivering oxygen or electrons into the protein’s active site in order to initiate the catalytic cycle in microcrystals and in solution. This project will yield completely new insight into one of the most important chemical reactions in biology while opening up the field of time-resolved structural studies of proteins beyond a handful of naturally occurring light-driven systems.

Keywords: protein structural dynamics,x ray free electron laser,terminal oxidases,time resolved,serial femtosecond crystallography,time resolved wide angle x ray scattering
Earth Images Discovery Order Shop API. (EIDOS - API)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Space
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Spain
Call: Engaging SMEs in space research and development (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-03-01
End date: 2018-08-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

We, Geocento Spain S.L. (GEOCENTO) specialise in providing products and services to exploit satellite and drone imagery. After producing our first product, EarthImages, which currently receives over 90,000 image searches per year, we now aim at developing EIDOS-API, a complete API ecosystem that not only allows the creation of powerful imagery aggregator services, but also customise end-to-end discovery and acquisition funnels. Thanks to EIDOS, we aim at becoming the reference tool to build imagery marketplaces for SMEs: a hybrid between Amazon and Google Earth for imagery that will make us boost our growth, creating 12-16 new positions & achieving ~€8-million retained-earnings by 5th year of business. We aim at (1) building an ecosystem of imagery products & services that leverage the power of the swarm rather than a single constellation of set of supplier offerings; and (2) make it simple, as just selecting the right image can be a painful experience. EIDOS addresses these SMEs pains and simplifies the integration of imagery in their businesses. Current fragmentation and lack of consensus on a standard way to request and catalogue images makes our service of the utmost relevance for SMEs needing satellite/airborne imagery on their businesses. Now we aim to take a step forward by providing 3x unique selling points: 1. Effectiveness at creating imagery (meta) marketplaces. 2. Consolidation of a complete API ecosystem built with support and insights from relevant end-users (230+ clients, 60+ RFQs from 15+ markets and support of key players). 3. Collect anonymised data (from users accepting to share) on type of images, transformation and information of interest as per niche market and geography to provide cross-border/per-market statistics.

Keywords: image,imagery,space,drone,airborne
Innovation Denmark (Innovation Denmark)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Denmark,Denmark
Call: INNOSUP (H2020-Adhoc-2014-20, 2014)
Start date: 2014-07-01
End date: 2014-12-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 80500.0
EU funding (EUR): 64400.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The Danish EEN will provide skilled Innovation Management Capacity Building personnel to provide two services: Key Account Management Services to SMEs in the SME Instrument and Innovation Management Capacity Building services to potential high growth SMEs. A total of minimum 20 service packages will be implemented. Two tools will be used to carry out these tasks - Growthmapper for the KAM role, to provide a brief and simple feedback on the company's management ability and IMP3rove for all IMCB cases, to provide a thorough picture of the innovation management capacity of the SMEs. Companies in the IMBC work will be integrated with the wider Danish and European innovation support eco-system.

Keywords: innovation management,key account management
Open Researchers 2020 (OPENRESEARCHERS2020)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European researchers' Night
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Countries involved: Spain,Spain,Spain,Spain,Spain,Spain,Spain,Spain,Spain
Call: European Researchers' Night (H2020-MSCA-NIGHT-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2020-05-01
End date: 2021-02-28
Duration (months): 10.0
Total project cost (EUR): 294758.5
EU funding (EUR): 136494.61
Participants: 13
Project status: CLOSED

Open Researchers 2020 is the 9th Andalusian experience in the European Researchers’ Night designed to increase the awareness and perception of research as a solution to the huge challenges facing society. ‘A science open to citizenship: Facing the challenge of creating a sustainable future for all’ is the main idea of the project, which has been conceived in a time where becomes clearer that we must join efforts to find sustainable, equal, innovative and creative solutions to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and the societal challenges that we are facing in Europe. Understanding that science is present in our daily lives through many disciplines involved, it should be accompanied by a scientific culture that will prepare future citizens to a reality full of challenges. It is essential to promote youth interest in Science by opening it to the general public through researchers in an accessible way in order to implement public engagement in RRI. Fundación Descubre will coordinate this project, based on its experience through the last decade working with relevant projects and fundamentally in its consortium experience in the previous NIGHT projects. The consortium is composed of nine Andalusian universities, the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Andalusian Foundation Progress and Health, and the Royal Botanical Garden of Córdoba. The project's major strength is the numerous educational and entertainment activities taking place on main streets and squares, theatres, and historical buildings of the eight Andalusian cities, with a high mobilization of researchers. The European dimension will be underlined by the active involvement of researchers with European funds and Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellows, in the EU Corners and in the pre-events organized before the Night. Gender equality will be guaranteed in activities, researchers and organization members. The project includes an European collaboration to design a set of activities linked to the Agenda 2030.

Keywords: societal challenges,researchers,sustainable development goals sdgs,scientific vocations,understandable science,equal opportunities,responsible research and,innovation rri,scientific culture
Writing and editing of memories from acquisition to long-term consolidation (MemoryDynamics)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System
Panel description: Nervous system development, homeostasis and ageing, nervous system function and dysfunction, systems neuroscience and modelling, biological basis of cognitive processes and of behaviour, neurological and mental disorders
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-2015-AdG, 2015)
Start date: 2016-10-01
End date: 2021-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499604.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499604.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Nervous systems produce adaptive behavior, arguably their most important function, through learning and memory. Memories ensure that what is learned will be available for later retrieval. Upon the initial learning process, synaptic plasticity important for memory consolidation is triggered within minutes, but whether, and in which form memories will be retained more permanently can be influenced by information and insights gained after the initial trigger. Learning and memory have been studied extensively, but we still know very little about the mechanisms through which memories are shaped after acquisition. Here we hypothesize that instead of simply reflecting requirements to produce long-term memory traces, cascades of plasticity processes induced at the time of acquisition might also reflect systems requirements for updating of new relevant information, as well as selection of potentially useful memories that need to enter the process of long-term consolidation. Recent advances in neuroscience have provided powerful novel means to reveal, analyze and manipulate memory traces in the living brain, from single neurons to systems, and to interrogate their function. This research program will address the functional roles of learning-related plasticity processes unfolding subsequent to acquisition in learning and memory. We will investigate how hippocampal memories are shaped during several hours after acquisition through network activity and addition of new information through experience, and how these processes involve unique roles for dorsal hippocampus, and for dedicated neuronal circuits. Furthermore, we will study how shaped memories are then long-term consolidated, including the key role of ventral hippocampal circuitry, and how memories are further modified through subsequent learning. This research will produce fundamentally novel insights into how learning leads to adaptive behavior through writing and editing of memories.

Keywords: memory consolidation,plasticity,neuronal circuits,genetic control,cell identity,learning
Establishment, promotion and implementation of new support services aiming at enhancing the innovation management capacity and projects of SMEs based in the Nord – Pas de Calais region (EURACTE-INNOV II)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: Specific Grant agreement
Countries involved: France
Call: INNOVATION-02 for SGA EEN (H2020-EEN-SGA-2015-01-1, 2015)
Start date: 2015-07-01
End date: 2016-12-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 75000.0
EU funding (EUR): 75000.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The project EURACTE-INNOV II proposed by the consortium Enterprise Europe Network EURACTE aims at the establishment, promotion and implementation of two new support services aiming at enhancing the innovation management capacity and projects of SMEs based in the Nord – Pas de Calais region, thus generating growth and competitiveness among local actors : The first service will target successful applicants under the SME instrument scheme, i.e. “SME Instrument beneficiaries”. The aim of this service will be to detect weaknesses in the projects, help the SMEs identify a coach who is competent in the particular field in order to efficiently accompany the SME in finding solutions to the identified challenges, and follow up and facilitate the SME-coach relationship in order to maximize the probability of the project to access the targeted market successfully. The second support service, “Enhancing SME innovation management capacity”, will aim at helping regional SMEs with potential for international growth, to consolidate their innovation strategy and management, in order to generate more structured innovation projects and increase their chances of success on the European market. The overall objective is to allow those SMEs to reach the required capacities to access to funding under Horizon 2020 R&D programs.

Keywords: innovation management capacity enhancement,key account manager,sme instrument
Optical Microresonator Stabilization Module – Creating Frequency Stabilized Lasers (OPTIMISM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Novel ideas for radically new technologies
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: FET Innovation Launchpad (H2020-FETOPEN-4-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-05-01
End date: 2019-10-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Laser systems are ubiquitous now, but advancing technology is always pushing the limits requiring smaller and more stable lasers. An optical microresonator is a tiny device that can act as a miniature compact optical reference system, enabling tighter frequency control in laser systems. This will enable the creation of compact narrow linewidth lasers in a variety wavelength ranges. Such systems are currently needed in a diverse array of market segments: timekeeping, LIDAR, gas sensing, oil well monitoring, and scientific laboratories. This proposal combines optical microresonators with microfabricated optical waveguide technology developed during the FET-Open iQUOEMS program to create a robustly packaged system that is resistant to strong temperature and vibrational perturbations. The result will be successfully demonstrated prototype that will open up new markets for a start-up company being developed at EPFL.

Keywords: optical frequency comb,optical microresonator,microfabrication
A theoretical, experimental and numerical study of the formation of coarse dry granular fronts and spontaneously self-channelizing levees in debris flows (GraFrontLev)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-11-01
End date: 2021-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183454.8
EU funding (EUR): 183454.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of the GraFrontLev project is to investigate coarse dry granular fronts and self-channelizing levees in debris flows by virtue of a combined study of theory, numerical computation and the experiment. Precisely, the applicant will collaborate with Prof. Gray who is an expert in the field of grain-size segregation of dry granular flows to develop a mathematical model. Analogous to the way in which large grains are segregated to the surface and preferentially transported to flow fronts by velocity shear, the core of this model is to derive a transport equation for the dry layer that forms at the surface of a debris flow, as the granular mixture undergoes shear-induced dilation and the liquid is sucked into the expanded pore space between the grains. This surface dry layer, together with large grains, which also rise to the top of the flow, are then sheared towards the flow forwards to create a highly resistive large rich dry front and shouldered aside to form coarse-grain-enriched levees. These two kinds of contributions can be captured in the proposal by combining a dilatancy law of the granular physics that describes the relation between shear and dilatancy and segregation theory developed by Prof. Gray. To validate the proposed model, numerical simulation will be performed by employing a high-resolution shock-capturing scheme and an experiment will be designed, in which the collected data will be used to inspect the obtained numerical results. It is expected that the research results of this project will have an impact on fluid dynamists, civil engineers and geologist working on debris flows’ prevention by providing them with deep insights into the physics of debris flows and helping to improve predictions of run-out dynamics of debris flows. Additionally, this research is expected to significantly expand the applicant’s knowledge of granular physics under Prof. Gray’s help, and extend the research field of Prof. Gray’s group into multiphase flows.

Keywords: debris flows,granular fronts,channelized levees
Evolutionary diversification across scales (DISC)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Global Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Denmark,Canada
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-12-03
End date: 2021-12-02
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 245719.8
EU funding (EUR): 245719.8
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The dynamics of global diversity remain controversial. It has been suggested that the dynamics are expansionary, such that the number of species across regions and continents increases constantly over time. However, some have argued the opposite, namely that species numbers stay largely unchanged most of the time, and the dynamics are therefore equilibrial. This classic controversy has attracted much attention recently because of the new evidence generated by the explosion of molecular data, remote sensing, computing power, and complex statistics. I will use these state-of-the-art resources to formalize and empirically evaluate the theory of scale-dependent diversification. The theory may resolve the controversy, proposing that diversity dynamics and the factors that govern these dynamics vary systematically across spatial, temporal, and phylogenetic scales. To empirically test the theory, I will combine molecular, geographic, climatic, and trait data for birds and mammals, using cutting-edge statistics implemented at supercomputers. The results of the proposed project will not only address the controversy, but also enrich our understanding of global diversity dynamics in general. They will produce numerous implications for evolutionary theory and for the conservation and management of biodiversity.

Keywords: macroevolution,macroecology,diversification,community ecology,biodiversity,phylogeny