Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Automatics in Space Exploration (ASAP)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Space
Destination: Open Strategic Autonomy in Developing, Deploying and Using Global Space-Based Infrastructures, Services, Applications and Data
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Italy,France,Sweden
Call: Space science and exploration technologies (HORIZON-CL4-2022-SPACE-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2026-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499831.25
EU funding (EUR): 1499831.0
Participants: 6
Project status: SIGNED

A critical need for the future of space exploration is the ability to run artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms in situ under the harsh conditions of space. In recent years AI has been revolutionising industrial processes and everyday activities primarily because the computing power has reached a level that enables these algorithms to function. On the ground this is primarily due to the enormous investments in the development of high-performance graphical processing units (GPU) and of the optimised software needed for them. These are delicate devices that cannot be deployed in the harsh conditions of space and the transistor density of the components of a GPU would be too extreme to resist the radiations present in space. ASAP takes on the task of using processors that can sustain the radiation environment of space to transfer to space operation AI algorithms that so far could only be run on the ground. ASAP will use the most advanced space-hardiness proven processors and develop the software needed to run AI algorithms on them. ASAP will show proof of principle functionality and will reach TRL-4. ASAP focuses on five goals: 1) Working towards the identification and implementation of Machine Learning algorithms for the next generation space applications: a suite of candidate algorithms has been identified and will be evaluated during the project for their possible deployment to space; 2) Identification and development of a computing platform for ML algorithms producing a prototype hardware using only components that can operate under space conditions; 3) Definition of a validation plan and its execution in a laboratory validation campaign reaching TRL-4; 4) Implementation of a virtual environment to provide support to the development of ML algorithms; 5) Transforming the future development of technologies and scientific instrumentation for space science and exploration missions bringing artificial intelligence to space missions.

Keywords: space exploration,artificial intelligence ai in space,space ready computing processors for ai
Deployable Decision-Making: Embracing Semantics for Robotic Safety in Everyday Scenarios (SSDM)

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: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Germany
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173847.36
EU funding (EUR): 173847.36
Participants: 1
Project status: TERMINATED

Recent breakthroughs in machine learning have opened up opportunities for robots to build a semantic understanding of their operating environment and interact with humans in more natural ways. While machine learning has unlocked new potentials for robot autonomy, as robots venture into the real world, physical interactions with the surrounding environment pose additional challenges. One typical challenge in practical applications is providing safety guarantees in robot decision-making. Much of the safe robot decision-making literature today focuses on explicit safety constraints defined in the robot state and input space. However, in practical applications, robots are often required to infer semantics-grounded safe actions from perception input. While recent machine learning techniques are increasingly capable of distilling semantic information from perception, translating the semantic understanding to explicit safety constraints is non-trivial. In this proposed project, we aim to close the perception-action loop and develop mathematical foundations and algorithmic tools that enable robots to make intelligent and semantically safe decisions.
Ductility and Fracture Toughness analysis of functionally graded materials. (DIAGONAL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Staff Exchanges
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Spain,Poland,Italy,United States,Australia,Brazil
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-SE-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-03-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 184000.0
EU funding (EUR): 184000.0
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

In this project, we aim to build an intercontinental and inter-multidisciplinary research network to unravel what is referred to as a pending challenge of Continuum Mechanics, Material Science, Aerospace Engineering and Civil Engineering: analysis and optimization and design of new functionally graded materials with unprecedented combinations of mechanical properties and functionalities, such as stiffness, strength, ductility, toughness, and formability, with minimal weight and cost. The rational solution to this problem is to adapt the local properties of different materials to fit specific requirements, by locating optimized compositions and architectures in appropriate regions, and generating multiple advantages within a single material to create improved global properties. The network is an international consortium composed by 10 research organizations, (4 European beneficiaries and 4 American, 1 Australian and 1 Brazilian associated partners) who will exchange and share skills and knowledge with the view to understand and optimize the ductile and toughness behavior of brittle and ductile functionally graded materials. Breakthroughs in this field will allow functionally graded materials fabricated by additive manufacturing to replace traditional composites with sharp transition between dissimilar components commonly used in critical applications in construction of civil infrastructures and in aerospace, security and transportation industries, all sectors of crucial importance for the European economy and society, as stated in clusters (iii) Civil Security for Society, (iv) Digital, Industry and Space and (v) Climate, Energy and Mobility of Horizon Europe. The staff members who participate in the project will be exposed to new research environments and develop new skills, thus contributing to their increased employability and supporting top-class research in Europe. The 10 organizations will strengthen their knowledge base and develop lasting collaborations.

Keywords: ductile,fracture toughness,functionally graded materials,micro and macro approach,interfaces,additive manufactured materials
First In class oliGo THerapy for Myotonic Dystrophy type 1 (DM1) (fight-dm1)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: EIC Accelerator Challenge: Technologies for Open Strategic Autonomy (HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2025-06-30
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 20074282.53
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disorder with more than 1 million diagnosed patients worldwide, making it the most common adult muscular dystrophy. Available treatments only relief symptoms. Given this need, we offer ATX-01, a first in class miRNA therapy that inhibits miR-23b without changing the DNA, which rescues DM1 pathogenic mis-splicing. We have demonstrated improved target engagement effects in skeletal and respiratory muscle in in-vitro and in-vivo studies, granting us an FDA pre-IND approval and orphan drug designation. Our approach, antimiRs conjugated to fatty acids, constitutes the ENTRY platform, which guarantees efficient drug delivery to target muscular and extra-muscular tissue at low doses. This patented technology will be validated through a Phase I/IIa clinical trial and chronic preclinical studies, to then be extended to applications as other myotonic dystrophies, Fuchs dystrophy, cachexia, among other opportunities.

Keywords: antisense oligonucleotide,microrna,rna therapy,myotonic dystrophy type 1,biotechnology
Affective Vélomobilities of Care: a Gender-Sensitive Approach to Sustainable Mobility (VELOCARE)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Estonia
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-02-03
End date: 2027-02-02
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 167741.76
EU funding (EUR): 167741.76
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Within Europe, women spend up to twice as much time on unpaid care work as men do and mobility related to care tasks represents a significant part of women’s daily travel. Escorting children tends to be unequally distributed amongst parents and they are much more likely to travel with their mothers than with their fathers. By introducing the novel concept of affective vélomobilities of care that focuses on the use of bicycle for accompanying children to their everyday activities, VELOCARE addresses a critical research question that is often ignored in most cities: how does the urban environment either contribute to or exacerbate gender disparities by facilitating or impeding the mobility of women who escort their children? Through the implementation of a policy-oriented interdisciplinary approach and innovative methodology that builds on sensory data, the research examines the broader implications of these dynamics on the emotional bonding of the mother and child, and on women’s choice to adapt cycling as an environmentally sustainable mode of transportation in Tallinn, Estonia. Putting emphasis on the ‘soft’ aspects of everyday travel, the research will advance knowledge that will help put affect and care at the centre of mobilities planning and make cities more inclusive of the needs of women and children.

Keywords: mobility of care,affective atmospheres,gender sensitive planning
Entrepreneurial Organizing in the Platform Society (PAY4PLAY)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Soci al World and Its Interactions
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, education  sciences , communication  studies
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2030-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Digital platforms increasingly integrate financial transactions into social interactions, facilitating new ways of coming together and creating value. PAY4PLAY sets out to develop a new theory of organizing that grapples with the intersection of sociotechnical systems and socioeconomic relations that characterizes public life in the platform society. I focus on creator communities, defined as primarily platform-based associations formed around media personas with (1) hierarchal structures, (2) monetized interactions, and (3) asymmetrical relationships. I approach the project’s overarching question—How do people form communities around media personas and with what consequences?—from three perspectives: culture, infrastructure, and policy. Across each perspective, I compare three types of creators (gamers, VTubers, and adult content creators) working in three languages (English, Spanish, and Japanese) to understand how factors such as occupational stigma, gender, technology, and geography shape opportunities for organizing. PAY4PLAY employs distinct methodological approaches and disciplinary toolkits drawn from media and communication, information science, and economic sociology best suited to engage with each perspective, investigating culture with multi-sited ethnography, infrastructure with digital methods, and policy with controversy mapping and stakeholder interviews. Through an integrative analysis of these methods, this project will conceptualize creator communities on their own terms, mapping the value they provide to those involved and their broader influence. PAY4PLAY will thus offer the first large-scale comparison of the industry conditions of monetized content creation, develop a new theory of organizing and platform power, create methodological tools for future comparative research within the creator economy, and offer new policy recommendations for integrating creators into platform governance at the state and corporate levels.

Keywords: creator economy cultural production digital labor livestreaming media industries monetization platform governance platform studies online communities organizing pornography relational work social media user generated content valuation video games vtubers
Novel plant-based HMO production processes. (OptiHMO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

This proposal relates to the further development of two proprietary innovations: 1) A plant-based process for lactose production. This 4-enzyme reaction cycle followed by refining, converts sugar beet-based sucrose into high-grade lactose. This breakthrough process can be an environmentally safe alternative to current lactose production, coming nowadays from dairy farming. Our solution provides a ~300-fold reduction in the use of agricultural land and outstanding reductions in CO2 and CH4 emissions, nitrogen contamination, and freshwater use compared to dairy farming. Plant-based lactose production will also make HMO synthesis more sustainable. 2) An optimised route for HMO production in a single host cell organism. Our current portfolio of the 6 main HMOs in human mothers’ milk by weight percentage (2’FL, 3FL, LNT, LNnT, 3’SL, 6’SL) will be expanded to enable replicating the structural diversity of HMOs found in mothers’ milk (>100 structures). In order to provide the full range of benefits to developing infants, we are in the process of creating single cells capable of synthesising multiple HMOs in different ratios. This disruptive innovation will greatly reduce R&D costs compared to engineering biosynthetic pathways for each single HMO. Through meticulous, deep-tech R&D we have demonstrated both solutions on a 5 and 30 litre scale fermentation process (TRL 5, patents pending). These inventions that can find use in infant formula and several other markets, come to the market at the right time - a time of uncertainty, volatile prices, environmental concerns, and dubious food security. European Innovation Council Accelerator support will enable us to: 1) up-scale production; and 2) obtain regulatory approval for our new products. Ultimately, the maturation of these projects will allow us to remain committed to staying on the forefront of research in food technology and providing solutions for infant nutrition.

Keywords: precision glycans production hosts infant nutrition novel food food decarbonization glycobiotechnology synthetic biology precision fermentation human milk oligosaccharides non animal lactose
AI-powered platform that enables SMEs to seamlessly integrate their proprietary data and content with Generative AI (Maybe AI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2450000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2450000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

In the dynamic digital landscape, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) across Europe face a critical challenge: a significant AI adoption gap. Despite the clear advantages of AI, such as enhanced customer engagement and improved decision-making, SMEs struggle to access these benefits due to high implementation costs, limited access to tailored solutions, data security concerns, and technical complexities. According to the European Commission's 2023 Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), only 8% of EU enterprises use AI technologies, with a stark disparity between large enterprises (28%) and SMEs (6%). This gap threatens the competitiveness and sustainability of the 25 million SMEs that form the backbone of the European economy. Maybe Solutions Ltd, tackles this pressing issue with its innovative Maybe* AI SDK, a human-centric generative AI platform crafted to empower SMEs by integrating advanced AI capabilities into their digital marketing strategies. The Maybe* AI SDK simplifies AI adoption with its unique "walled garden" approach, ensuring data security and privacy by creating isolated environments for each client's data. The platform customises pre-trained AI models using the client's unique data, enabling continuous learning and adaptation to specific business needs. Maybe Solutions Ltd has already collaborated with over 25,000 businesses, highlighting the technological adoption gap between SMEs and larger enterprises. The Maybe* AI SDK aims to bridge this gap by reducing the cost of AI implementation, ensuring GDPR compliance, and increasing operational efficiency. Strategic partnerships with the UK Government High Streets Task Force and the Centre for Sociodigital Futures at Bristol University further strengthen our position to drive meaningful change in the European SME landscape. Through this project, Maybe* is poised to play a pivotal role in shaping a more equitable, innovative, and competitive digital economy in Europe.

Keywords: generative ai ai demoncratisation secure data integration ai driven business intelligence ai accessibility natural language processing walled garden approach multi modal ai outputs
Pneu-Haptics: Unlocking the Potential of a Haptic Cueing System for Driver Communication, Collaboration and Control with (Semi-) Autonomous Vehicles (Pneu-Haptics)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2024-POC, 2024)
Start date: 2025-05-01
End date: 2026-10-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

There is an on-going societal shift from manual vehicles to semi-autonomous vehicles, which will fundamentally alter the practical, emotional and somatic experience of driving cars, trucks, trains, and even tractors. At the same time, innovations in strategies for communicating with the driver have not advanced beyond the utilization of visual and audio modalities. As the driving experience becomes more complex this has led to an overwhelming cognitive experience consisting of excessive blinking and beeping. Pneu-Haptics is a new approach to this problem of communication with the driver. Making use of pneumatically powered haptic cues embedded within the seat, Pneu-Haptics utilises the intelligence that resides in our bodies by touching and gently moving larger body parts in ways which can somatically and intuitively create conditions for action or emotion. For example, by dynamically changing the support of a driver’s back area, the driver’s posture can be altered from a slouched and more relaxed position to an erect and alert postural state that readies the driver for taking back control of the vehicle. This ERC PoC project will evaluate whether such an approach can improve the passive safety of the driver by moving beyond approaches which rely on pure symbolic meaning and cognitive reasoning. While at the same time make the driving a smoother and non-disruptive experience. The goal of the Pneu-Haptics PoC project is to demonstrate the effectiveness and value of Pneu-Haptics as a new modality for enabling communication and collaboration between a driver and a vehicle in a way which is a dignified aesthetic experience. Together the research team will produce a robust demonstrator for testing and demonstrating to Pneu-Haptics to relevant industries, establish a ‘killer’ app and industry for Pneu-Haptics and develop a business plan for bringing Pneu-Haptics to market.
Innovative High Temperature Heat Pump for Flexible Industrial Systems (I-UPS)

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: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Sweden,Norway,Italy,Spain,Poland
Call: Innovative components and configurations for heat pumps (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-02, 2023)
Start date: 2024-05-01
End date: 2027-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2446978.75
EU funding (EUR): 2446978.5
Participants: 6
Project status: SIGNED

I-UPS aims to develop and validate a first-of-a-kind (FOAK), cost-effective and reliable high-temperature industrial heat pump fully integrated in a flexible energy system for industrial medium temperature (~400°C) heat decarbonisation. I-UPS validate up to TRL 5 a first-of-a-kind high-temperature heat pump (HTHP), based on Stirling cycles and exploiting a non-toxic, inert, zero ozone depletion potential (ODP) and zero global warming potential (GWP) fluid, able to deliver decarbonized heat up to 400°C. No other commercial alternatives are available achieving this heat delivery temperature at efficiencies higher than 100%. The developed heat pump provides enhanced performance thanks to the optimization of key subcomponents, such as optimized static and dynamic sealing solutions and compact heat exchangers enabled by genetic algorithm based design optimization and additive manufacturing techniques. I-UPS provides also a seamless integration of the developed high temperature heat pump in flexible energy systems including molten salts based thermal energy storage (TES) for on-demand decarbonized industrial heat based on RES electricity. This effective integration will be attained thanks to the design and development of purposely-optimized compact heat exchangers (pressurized gas to molten salts) which will ensure reliable high temperature operation and fast ‘plug-and-play’ installation. The integrated heat pump configuration proposed by I-UPS will enable higher modularity, flexibility, and efficiency for heating decarbonisation also leveraging waste heat recovery and contributing to the circularity of the industrial sector. I-UPS will contribute to heating flexible electrification, permitting a broader penetration of RES and facilitating and maximizing the market penetration of heat pumps in industrial contexts.

Keywords: heat pump,high temperature,industrial decarbonization,thermal energy storage