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Probing how value comes to matter in the energy transition: Good-by-Devicing? (Good-by-Devicing)

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-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1475751.0
EU funding (EUR): 1475751.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

While the climate crisis accentuates the need to decouple economies from fossil fuels, local opposition in Europe increasingly delays the transition to renewable energy. Arguing that the energy transition has been organised as an expert issue pursued by design tools based in techno-economic valuation, Good-by-Devicing proposes that resistance to renewable energy cannot be solved when opposition has already solidified in the phase of project planning and development. Instead, this project seeks to accommodate broader social concerns over the impacts of the energy transition much earlier, by inquiring into the design phase where experts develop and use critical design tools such as energy scenarios, digital simulations, and procurement schemes. These devices incorporate expert decisions on what concerns to include and exclude in the design of the energy transition. Hypothesising that rising opposition has roots in colliding valuations of the value of energy transition and what concerns should be accounted for in devices, Good-by-Devicing probes a position where renewable energy can be deployed with sufficient pace, but where broader social values are encompassed in the design tools that shape our energy future. To shed light on how value comes to matter in the energy transition, the project uses the case of the contested development of the world's first 'energy islands' in Denmark. The natural island of Bornholm is used as a strategic research site to ask how the energy transition could be valued otherwise, encompassing broader social concerns. Combining perspectives in Science & Technology Studies of Valuation Studies and the Sociology of Expertise, the project provides a new understanding of local opposition to renewables, contributing to the Social Acceptance literature, as well as to Valuation Studies and its new notion of the good economy, exploring how the ‘good fossil-free society’ could be re-devised to account for social concerns, thereby reducing conflict.

Keywords: valuation studies,sociology of expertise,the good economy,energy islands,renewable energy,power to x,energy transition,living lab experiments
Data Process & Technological Bricks for expanding digital value creation in European Data Spaces (DataBri-X)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: World-leading Data and Computing Technologies
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: AI-DATA-ROBOTICS (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Greece,Cyprus,Germany,Austria,Spain,Estonia,United Kingdom
Call: Technologies for data management (AI, Data and Robotics Partnership) (IA) (HORIZON-CL4-2021-DATA-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5720924.0
EU funding (EUR): 4687489.99
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

The emergent European Data Economy relies on the availability of data as a basis for further innovation and exponential development of technologies, especially the development of trustworthy ‘made in Europe’ AI that reflects European values. Data Spaces, platforms and marketplaces are enablers, key to unleash the potential of such data. However, data sharing and data interoperability are still at their infancy. Through DataBri-X, European Data Spaces, platforms and marketplaces and their wide range of business, governmental and public, research and civil society stakeholders will be equipped with a holistic and flexible data governance process and a seamless integrated standards based toolbox for data- and metadata management which can be assembled along relevant requirements, provides open source as well as commercial tools (the bricks / bri-X), and mechanisms to load 3rd party resources like language resources or AI models, and can be easily deployed into Data Spaces and thereby will contribute to make Europe the most successful area in the world in terms of data sharing and data re-use, to gain the full benefit from the value of data, while respecting the legal framework relating to security and privacy. The project's objective is to provide a holistic, energy-efficient and user-friendly toolbox of practical, robust and scalable bricks/Bri-X (processes, technologies and tools) that improve the interoperability, usability, discoverability, quality, and integrity of data and metadata, with the aim of making data sets ready for expanded digital value creation in the context of European Data Spaces. The DataBri-X toolbox will be offered in compliance with accountability, fairness, privacy, and confidentiality regulations as well as FAIR principles and will build on existing and emerging initiatives. The DataBri-X consortium comprises 14 partners from 6 EU members and 1 associated country (UK), that together form a complete value chain of actors.

Keywords: artificial intelligence data interoperability data lifecycle data quality data security,privacy and integrity data spaces data sharing energy efficiency fair data knowledge graphs metadata
Colonial Soldiers in Decolonization Wars. The Moroccan soldiers in Indochina (1946-1954) (ColsolDecol)

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: Belgium
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-07-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 95880.0
EU funding (EUR): 95880.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The Moroccan soldiers in Indochina (Vietnam) between 1946 -1954 were a specimen of soldiers who fought a decolinization war in a third country (not in the European metropole or in their own country of origin). This project seeks to examine to what extent the French, in a context of political tension in the Maghreb managed to retain the integrity and loyalty of their Moroccan military structures, despite the struggle with the nationalists in Morocco. It will also examine to what extent there was continuity, from the pre-1946 era, in the political and cultural policies that the French carried out towards their Moroccan soldiers in Indochina and the reception of the Moroccans of these policies, particularly the French army's Islamic policy. It will also look at the interactions of the Moroccans with their Indochinese cultural and human environment and the effect these interactions had on their attitude towards the people in Indochina, as well as the long term cultural social and cultrual effect of the struggle of these soldiers back in Morocco, especially in connection with marital unions and the families the Moroccans established in Indochina and later took them back home. The project sees this group of military men as as an example of temporary migrants and will also seek to compare the difference and similarities between the Indochinese case and other Moroccan migratory-military experiences that took place in Europe during and between the two World Wars. The project makes use of both archival material and exclusive interviews with Moroccan veterans.

Keywords: moroccan soldiers colonial soldiers decolonization indochina war vietnam islam in european armies
Evolution of Biomolecular Condensates (CONDEVO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Molecules of Life: B iological  Mechanisms , Structures  and Functions
Panel description: For all organisms : Molecular biology , biochemistry, structural biology, molecular biophysics , synthetic and chemical biology, drug design, innovative methods and modelling
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2029-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1494150.0
EU funding (EUR): 1494150.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Cells organize billions of protein molecules into membrane-bound and membrane-less compartments, called biomolecular condensates. Previous research on condensates focused on identifying their components, material properties, and function in homeostasis and disease. In contrast to our relatively precise understanding of membrane-bound compartments, we lack a comprehensive picture of the mechanisms that target proteins into condensates and how condensates emerged during evolution. I hypothesize that localization into condensate is encoded in protein sequences, and that functional condensates are under selection pressure and therefore conserved. I propose a comprehensive research program including both theoretical and experimental approaches to reveal how and when protein condensates emerged during evolution. I propose to: 1. Map proteomes of condensates across the tree of life, 2. Reconstruct the history of condensates, 3. Follow trajectories of condensate evolution. Specifically, I will: 1. Investigate what conserved sequence features drive localization to condensates by developing computational tools to predict the proteome of specific condensates across the tree of life; and by testing partitioning of proteins into condensates experimentally. 2. Reconstruct the evolutionary history of the protein components of conserved condensates, and thereby trace their evolutionary origin. Analogous to protein families, we will define condensate families based on shared properties of their proteins and function by developing similarity metrics. We will reconstruct the phylogeny of condensate families and compare to organism and organelle evolution. 3. Perform directed evolution of ancestral non-condensate-forming proteins towards condensate partitioning and follow their mutational trajectories. Building on our already developed tools and the new algorithms proposed here combined with experiments, we will be able to map the molecular history of condensates on the Tree of Life.

Keywords: molecular evolution,biomolecular condensates,protein localization,phylogenetics,motif evolution,machine learning,directed evolution
Biomimetic Membranes for Organ Support (BioMembrOS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Austria,Portugal,Italy,Germany,South Africa
Call: EIC Pathfinder Open (HORIZON-EIC-2023-PATHFINDEROPEN-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2897578.75
EU funding (EUR): 2897578.0
Participants: 6
Project status: SIGNED

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is currently seen in huge numbers of patients worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but also before that, respiratory diseases were the third largest cause of death in the EU. Current therapy for respiratory failure includes mechanical ventilation and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) both associated with high morbidity and mortality. In ECMO devices the functionality of the lungs tissue membranes that are responsible for gas exchange during breathing is usually taken over by bundles of synthetic cylindrical hollow fiber membranes. Geometries and transport characteristics of standard hollow fiber membranes are not suitable for re-building the structurally complex and dynamic contracting microstructure of the mammalian lung and consequently, artificial devices to assist/replace respiration still face major limitations in size, flow characteristics and hemocompatibility that impede the development of efficient intracorporeal devices. In BioMembrOS, we want to follow a groundbreaking new biomimetic approach, and replicate main characteristics of the most effective respiration found in vertebrates, mainly birds and fish, in order to develop membrane structures that will serve as key elements for a novel generation of artificial respiration devices. To reach this goal, we will a) optimize geometry of the membrane structure by mimicking microstructure of the gills of fish to increase outer surface per membrane area, mimicking globular shape of the gas transporting inner lumen and interconnected arrangement of membrane fibers of avian respiration; b) design and control flow characteristics and boundary layer applying Î¼PIV experimental flow investigations and structural design optimization; c) design and synthesize bi-soft segment polyurethane membranes with increased hemocompatibility and gas permeability with phase inversion; and d) verify and benchmark the boosted mass transfer capabilities by in-vitro blood tests

Keywords: artificial respiration biomimetics membrane oxygenation
Building innovation procurement capabilities in Big Science (INPROCAP)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: European innovation ecosystems
Theme: Interconnected Innovation Ecosystems
Destination: Interconnected Innovation Ecosystems
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Denmark,Netherlands,Spain,Poland,Slovakia,Germany,Sweden
Call: Specialist Advisory Services to build capacities on innovation procurement (HORIZON-EIE-2023-CONNECT-02, 2023)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1085156.07
EU funding (EUR): 998852.5
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

Innovation procurement is a largely underused mechanism in the publicly funded Big Science Organisations (BSOs), such as CERN (CH), EuXFEL (DE), European Spallation Source (ESS-Sweden), Fusion4Energy/F4E/ITER. BSOs represent huge European public investments, estimated at €38.7 Bn for the coming years. BSOs are recognized as drivers for innovation with a huge impact on society in fields such as energy, health, materials, environment and IT. INPROCAP will establish co-designed innovative procurement practices in BSOs. Through INPROCAP, a fragmented network of Industrial Liaison Offices (ILOs) will be able to provide Advisory Services, and involve their huge network of national and international SMEs and deep connections to the innovation ecosystem. More than 200 companies will be engaged in innovative procurement for BSOs through INPROCAP. The INPROCAP consortium is uniquely positioned to potentiate innovation procurement opportunities for BSOs, by involving four ILO networks (DTI/DK, NWO/NL, CDTI/ES, NCBJ/PL) covering the entire European region – the ILOs will co-create and receive training on innovation procurement (developed with and provided by an SME with vast experience in innovation procurement – PEDAL/SK). INPROCAP partners will engage their wider network of start-ups and innovative companies, while ensuring that BSOs are capable and prepared to embark on innovation procurement processes. BSOs are directly involved in INPROCAP through EuXFEL/DE and EISCAT/SE, who will identify their innovation procurement needs that will be presented to SMEs for co-design. Through INPROCAP, innovation procurement will become a standard tool in the BSO toolbox. The potential of SMEs to increase their supply of innovations to the public sector BSOs will be widely disseminated, and the innovation procurement cases developed in INPROCAP will serve as examples for BSOs across the world, contributing to overcome the current dispersion observed in innovation procurement.

Keywords: big science large science infrastructures
Rescue Pacing for Congenital Complete Heart Block (RescuePace)

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: Netherlands
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS2 (ERC-2022-POC2, 2022)
Start date: 2022-08-01
End date: 2024-01-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Congenital heart block is the most commonly observed type of foetal bradycardia, occurring in one in 15.000 live births. A significant subset of foetuses develops towards congenital complete heart block (CCHB), i.e., complete failure of the electrical excitation wavefront to be conducted over the atrioventricular (AV) node. CCHB is the most severe and life-threatening cardiac arrhythmia in utero. Current medicinal treatments cannot significantly alter the cause of CCHB and therapeutic attempts at human foetal cardiac pacing have been unsuccessful. For CCHB patients at high risk for life-threatening disease progression and death due to severe bradycardia before 34 weeks of gestation, this project develops a gene therapy medicinal product (GTMP) that is based on adenoviral vector-mediated ion channel overexpression, to transiently increase heart rates over the course of several months. When successful, such a GTMP would rescue these patients and allow for permanent pacemaker implantation in the first months after birth.
Quantum simulation of Jet Evolution and Parton Structure (Q-JEPS)

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: Physics
Countries involved: Spain,United States
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2025-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 181152.96
EU funding (EUR): 181152.96
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Quantum computing has emerged as a new method to simulate many-body quantum systems, especially in nuclear and high energy physics. The goal of this proposal is to develop the first quantum computing framework for multi-particle jet evolution using the light-front Hamiltonian approach and parton structure functions related to core high energy experiments using available noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) computers. The fruition of this 24-month project will provide an alternative “quantum” perspective to jet physics, which complements current classical models. By using qubit, a two-level quantum state, quantum simulation triumphs over its classical counterpart by taking asymptotically fewer computational resources, especially when quantum processors become available in the next few years. To this end, I propose to spend the first 16 months at my main host, the Galician Institute of High Energy Physics (IGFAE) of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), under supervisor Professor Carlos Salgado on jet physics and quantum simulations. Here, I will develop an efficient Hamiltonian and state encoding scheme for the quantum simulation of composite jets in a dense background field to extract useful observables such as the jet quenching parameter. In the next 4 months, I will work at the second host, the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), with supervisor Professor Zhongbo Kang on parton structure functions. I will study different quantum algorithms, especially quantum imaginary time evolution, to obtain various parton structure functions with quantum computing. In the final 4 months, I will return to USC to build and publish the first open-source quantum simulation software in high energy physics for jet evolution and parton structure calculations. My project will answer some of the most challenging research questions in jet phenomenologies and quantum simulation algorithms, and lay the groundwork for future quantum applications.

Keywords: quantum simulation,jet physics,quark gluon plasma,heavy ion collisions
Agile uLtra Low EnerGy secuRe netwOrks (ALLEGRO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: Digital & Emerging Technologies for Competitiveness and Fit for the Green Deal
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Greece,Portugal,Spain,Israel,Netherlands,Italy,France,Switzerland,United Kingdom
Call: Ultra low energy and secure networks (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2022-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 11829201.25
EU funding (EUR): 11829201.25
Participants: 28
Project status: SIGNED

ALLEGRO aims at designing and validating a novel end-to-end sliceable, reliable, and secure architecture for next-generation optical networks, achieving high transmission/switching capacity -- with 10 Tb/s for optoelectronic devices and 1 Pbt/s for optical fiber systems --; low power consumption/cost -- with > 25% savings -- and secure infrastructures and data transfers. The architecture relies on key enabling innovations: i) smart, coherent transceivers exploiting multi-band & multi-fiber technologies for P2P and P2MP applications, based on e.g., high-speed plasmonic modulators/photodetectors and programmable silicon photonic integrated waveguide meshes; ii) loss-less, energy-efficient transparent photonic integrated optical switches, eliminating OEO conversions, e.g., with on-chip amplification in the O-band for datacom applications; iii) a consistent approach to security, in terms of functional/protocol architectures and communications, further improving QKD systems, enabling optical channel co-existence and researching on quantum-resistant (post-quantum) cryptography, developing systems based on physically unclonable functions; and iv) a scalable AI/ML assisted control and orchestration system, responsible for autonomous networking, dynamic and constrained service provisioning, function placement and resource allocation, leveraging devices increasing programmability and overall network softwarization. To achieve the target objectives and KPIs, ALLEGRO has defined a clear methodology ending in ambitious demonstrators. The consortium includes a good balance of industry and research/academia with know-how in complementary fields. The results of ALLEGRO will be disseminated in leading conferences, events, and high-impact journals. They will have a concrete and measurable economic and social impact, contributing towards achieving key European objectives, reinforcing European leadership and digital sovereignty in the ongoing digital and green transition.