Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
From Credit Crunch to Austerity Europe: how news narratives on the financial crisis are continually shifting and what this means for democracy (NEWS FLOW)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-10-01
End date: 2016-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 221606.4
EU funding (EUR): 221606.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

News narratives on the financial crisis are continually shifting. In the UK, emphasis seems to have moved from a “credit crunch” to a “banking crisis” to a “sovereign debt crisis” to a “Eurozone crisis”, all since 2007. Indeed, one of the defining features of the news is its “flow”. The thousands of individual news items on particular topics being produced at every moment interact to form overarching dominant news narratives, which are in a constant state of flux. However, while news “flow” is referred to in media and journalism studies as a matter of course, the nature of flow itself and how it affects the news media’s ability to perform its democratic function are little understood. Using a combination of digital methods and discourse analysis to investigate UK online news coverage, this project aims to contribute to the understanding of news flow by discovering how news narratives about the financial crisis have developed over the past six years. In doing so, it will focus on three core aspects of the crisis coverage: how the range of voices offered has changed over time; how the past of the crisis has been reconfigured over time; and how the transnationality of the crisis has been addressed over time. It will thereby bring together key debates taking place within journalism and media studies on plurality, cultural memory and transnationality. Ultimately, the study seeks to contribute to the wider, essential question of the role of news within democratic societies, asking how the dynamic, flow aspect of news affects its ability to inform citizens. It will address the key European Commission concerns of media plurality, transnationality and literacy, as well as its interest in online news platforms, with regards to a crisis which is dramatically affecting Europe now and most likely for years to come.

Keywords: news flow,news narratives,journalism,financial crisis,digital humanities,discourse analysis,media plurality,cultural memory,transnationality
Smart multi Stimuli-responsive Supports for controlled cell growth (THREE-S)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Austria
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-05-01
End date: 2016-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 179137.2
EU funding (EUR): 179137.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

This project deals with the development of Smart multi Stimuli-responsive Supports for controlled cell growth. Multi-stimuli responsive materials have not been widely investigated because they require fine tuning of the chemistry and precise control over the response to multi-stimuli. We propose to combine the initiated Chemical Vapor Deposition (iCVD) to synthetize the materials and the use of x-ray based reflectivity techniques to control the response. iCVD can be used to obtain polymer thin film with high chemical groups specificity. Cells respond differently to substrates with different stiffnesses. One extremely innovative use of this material will be that a single substrate can be used to control the cell growth instead of different substrates with different stiffness. The response of temperature, humidity and light irradiation of a light-responsive hydrogel will be deeply investigated. The envisioned outcome will be that the water uptake of the hydrogel changes with the afore-mentioned stimuli, resulting in stiffness change. The structural changes in the film will be monitored by X-ray scattering and the water uptake changes by X-ray reflectivity (XRR) using humidity controlled cells and temperature-controlled stage. Nowadays XRR is considered the most precise tool for thin film characterization. The structural changes will be monitored before, during and after irradiation. iCVD was invented at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Boston and is very widespread in Europe. The fellow will transfer the knowledge acquired at MIT, on the iCVD process, to the Graz University of Technology (TUGraz). This will certainly help creating a long-term collaboration between MIT and TU Graz and will contribute to the development of excellence in Europe.

Keywords: multi stimuli-responsive material,thin film deposition,initiated chemical vapor deposition,x-ray reflectivity,surface science,polymerization,material characterization,biomaterials.
Studying the Higgs boson from the top and understanding fermion mass generation (TOP AND HIGGS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF, 2013)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 199317.6
EU funding (EUR): 199317.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Understanding the origin of mass is one of the primary goals of elementary particle physics. In the Standard Model (SM) of particle physics the fundamental particles obtain mass by the Higgs mechanism, which predicts the existence of the Higgs boson. The discovery of the Higgs boson at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) marks the start of a programme of experimental studies to determine if the Higgs boson has the properties predicted by the SM. This proposal aims to measure the production of the Higgs boson in association with top quark pairs (ttH). This process gives direct access to the coupling between the Higgs boson and the heaviest known fundamental particle, the top quark, and hence will provide fundamental information on the origin of fermion masses. The fellowship is a staged project, where the first part of the project uses the existing ATLAS data to make precise measurements of additional jet radiation in high transverse momentum top events. These measurements will provide the essential understanding of the main background to the ttH process and will also be of significant scientific interest in their own right. The second part of the project focusses on preparing the ATLAS data for the upcoming high energy LHC run, in particular commissioning the tracking detector that is undergoing a significant upgrade. This detector is essential to the successful detection of the ttH process. The final stage of the project will use state-of-the-art techniques to select the decay products of boosted top and Higgs particles. This will rely on the precise calibration of the techniques, which will be done in situ using the ATLAS data. The final outcome will be a search for ttH production, with the potential for a first direct measurement of the coupling between the Higgs boson and the top quark. This would be a significant step in understanding the Higgs boson and the origin of fermion masses.

Keywords: atlas,higgs boson,top quark
Social media and resurgent ethno-nationalism in Greece (SMARTETHIC)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF, 2013)
Start date: 2015-02-02
End date: 2017-11-01
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 221606.4
EU funding (EUR): 221606.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The role of the media in the rise of political extremism is a critical issue for European societies in the current political and economic crisis, the persistence of which seems to foster euroscepticism, nationalism and right-wing populism. Greece is a highly emblematic case in this context, since the spread of anti-European sentiment, in addition to high poverty levels and the unprecedented rise of political extremism, pose a threat to the very survival of democracy. Since the beginning of the crisis, news stories in printed and electronic media in Greece have been dominated by negative emotional connotations: rage, fear, distrust, depression. The 2012 elections came to confirm these tendencies, the most disturbing of which is the electoral result achieved by the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn. In less than three years the right-wing extremists managed to increase their vote by more than twenty times, despite their anti-parliamentarian, racist and nationalist stances and violent means of action. This wave of political extremism is an important phenomenon, yet there seems to be a significant knowledge gap in the field. Perhaps the least analyzed aspect is how the influence of the media determines its course. This project brings together a talented, young political researcher, experienced in political organizations and media communication, to work with an international team of experts in media studies and sociopsychology, in a two-fold study. At a macro level, we seek to examine the way that Greek media and public debates have formed negative emotions and perceptions on how democracy works, and to decode the mechanism through which such emotional stocks might have functioned to create a political opportunity for extremists in the context of the crisis. At micro level, we aim to profile the repertoire of emotions of the Greek right-wing extremists through the new social media, and to establish whether and how this interactive communication has favoured the Golden Dawn.

Keywords: golden dawn,emotions,mass media,social media,political sociology of emotions,psychosocial approach,greek crisis,discourse and content analysis,qualitative,quantitative,experiment
Prioritization of non-coding somatic mutations in cancer (NOCOSMIC)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Ireland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-05-01
End date: 2016-04-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 254637.8
EU funding (EUR): 254637.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The purpose of this fellowship application is to allow me to achieve research independence in the field of cancer genomics. To achieve this I believe that I need to develop a niche area of expertise and to enhance my research management and dissemination skills. This fellowship would enable me to realize these ambitions through five main objectives: (i) To obtain greater experience in research project management by managing the financial and research aspects of the fellowship, with advice from the Scientist in charge, and by attending career development courses run by the host institution. (ii) To conduct the proposed research project to understand the role of non-coding mutations in cancer. The consequences of mutations in non-coding regions of the genome are not well understood in comparison to coding sequences. At present, there are no methods available for the prioritization of somatic non-coding variants in tumour genomes. Therefore I propose to develop and validate a method to prioritize non-coding somatic mutations that could contribute to tumourigenesis. My approach will be to use data from multiple tumour genomes to estimate somatic mutations rates across the non-coding genome, adjusting for confounding effects, and to prioritize regions with a high somatic mutation rate and with high evolutionary conservation. My hypothesis is that regions of the genome that are recurrently mutated in tumours and under evolutionary constraint are likely to be functionally relevant in cancer. (iii) To acquire a deeper understanding of the processes involved in genomic evolution by working with the Scientist in Charge. (iv) To develop my dissemination and outreach skills and activities by lecturing, supervising students and engaging with the public. (v) To apply for independent funding focusing in the niche of cancer evolution. I believe that as a Marie Curie Fellow I can accomplish these goals thus allowing me to embark on a successful independent research career.

Keywords: cancer,whole genome sequencing,non coding dna,somatic mutations,priotitization,bioinformatics,genomics
Drug Legalization of Cannabis in a developing Country. The Uruguayan Model (DRUG LEGALIZATION)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IOF, 2013)
Start date: 2015-06-01
End date: 2018-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 334372.8
EU funding (EUR): 334372.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Analysis and systematization of the process of Cannabis Legalization in Uruguay. Uruguayan government proposed the legal treatment of Cannabis, passing from prohibition to a legal monopoly of its production and supply by the State. This proposal has found detractors in the UNODC. The focus of my proposal lies in identify and characterize the possible effects that the approval of this bill will bring for the Uruguayan people, for the uruguayan international relationships and also to raise lessons for other developing countries. The possibility to systematize and evaluate the Uruguayan experience is an invaluable opportunity to assess the effects that more lenient policies towards drugs use can have in three specific areas: 1. Criminal Policy: Public security, focusing in the rates of drug-related crime, the cost of its control and prosecution and the relationship between people and police. 2. Political Governance: Drug markets, focusing in the effects that the State as a provider of drugs might have in terms of product supply and financial performance (revenue and market share), 3. Public health: focusing in the rates of drug use and the demand of public health services in drug-related events (for instance, overdosing) and The research question that guides this proposal are: what are the effects-legal, economic, social- of Cannabis Legalization in a developing country? And, what can we learn in a comparative research from the Uruguayan experience? The overall aim of the project is to evaluate how criminal policy, state governance and public health are brought together in the implementation of the proposed model for the legalization of the commercialization of cannabis"

Keywords: drugs-legalization-cannabis-uruguayan model-ilegal markets-criminal policy-drug trafficking control-international policies-comparative research-developing country-drugs consume
Nanomaterials for treatment of neurodegenerative disorders (NANONEUROPROTECTION)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-04-01
End date: 2016-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 299558.4
EU funding (EUR): 299558.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Development of new strategies to treat neurodegenerative diseases is one of the key priorities of the European Union. Their socioeconomic burden is rapidly growing due to the increasing lifespan and the decreasing percentage of working population, currently costing the EU €130 billion a year in care. Despite efforts put in development of treatments for neurodegeneration, the bench-to-bedside translation of neuroprotective strategies remains very low. Major factors contributing to this problem are incomplete understanding of the mechanisms behind neuronal injuries, lack of compounds affecting multiple protective pathways/cell types, and side effects caused by broad-spectrum neuroprotectants. A separate crucial problem is the limited blood–brain barrier (BBB) passage of most compounds. Therefore, identification of effective therapeutic targets in the brain and delivery of novel low-cost neuroprotectants with minimal side effects and high BBB passage is of paramount importance. The emergence of nanoneuroscience is revolutionizing treatment of CNS disorders. This approach uses nanometer-scale materials, which can interact with biological systems at a molecular level, bypass cellular barriers and induce desired physiological responses in cells with minimal side effects. The project proposed here combines advanced methods of nanoscience and neurobiology to (1) characterize novel therapeutic targets and neuroprotective pathways in the brain and (2) design novel efficient nanoprotectants against neurodegenerative conditions, such as stroke, epilepsy, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. The project will offer exemplary training for the Fellow in nanoneuroscience, as well as in project management skills, at Imperial College, ranked the 5th highest university internationally. These competencies will complement the already impressive range of the Fellow’s research and managing capabilities and will help her to develop as a leader in this frontier area of science.

Keywords: neuroprotection,nanoscience,nanoparticles,neurodegeneration,brain injury,parkinson's,peptide mimetics,s100,neuron,cell signalling
Role of Membrane Dynamics on Immunological Responses (MEMBRANE DYNAMICS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IEF, 2013)
Start date: 2015-01-13
End date: 2017-01-12
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 221606.4
EU funding (EUR): 221606.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The cellular plasma membrane is composed mainly of lipids and proteins. The bioactivity of the plasma membrane (such as the activation of receptors) is not only triggered and influenced by protein-protein or lipid-protein interactions, but also by bulk properties of the membrane such as the order or packing of lipids. In this project, I aim to understand how lipid packing influences membrane related processes in immunology such as T-cell signaling or antigen presentation. It is believed that lipid packing may have an important role in membrane-related immunological processes by concentrating various key molecules in a specific part of the membrane, thus constituting a catalytic platform to initiate signaling. However, numerous important questions remain, some of which I would like to pursue during my postdoctoral period using novel tools on model membranes and living cells: Is there any heterogeneity in lipid packing in the plasma membrane of T-cells or antigen-presenting (primary) cells? How does a variation in lipid packing effect the compartmentalization of key-proteins involved in T-cell signaling and antigen presentation, and how does this variation and compartmentalization effect functionality? Following that, I would like to develop an in-vitro lipid-protein vesicle system to model important characteristics of this aspect of immunology.

Keywords: biophysics,membrane,immunology,microscopy,optical nanoscopy,cellular signaling
Tools to aid coral reef managers in French Polynesia and other reef regions to build resilience to climate change into management and conservation planning (REEFMANAGERTOOLS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2013-IIF, 2013)
Start date: 2014-06-01
End date: 2016-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 202405.8
EU funding (EUR): 202405.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Assessing and reducing vulnerability to climate change is now the hallmark of many conservation programs and for coral reefs involves supporting the natural resilience of these biodiverse systems. Marine protected areas zoned for multiple use are the main tool used to support reef resilience. This project seeks to inform resilience-based coral reef management and conservation planning in French Polynesia in the first and second project phases, and in all reef regions in phase 3. We aim to identify critical areas that represent conservation priorities. These are sites that (1) are especially resilient due to local conditions - they resist disturbance and/or recover quickly, and (2) have historically been refugia from thermal stress events that cause coral bleaching and damaging waves from tropical cyclones. To identify these sites our collaboration combines researchers in France with specialist knowledge of the marine environments in French Polynesia and the candidate fellow. The fellow, Dr. Maynard, has worked in nearly all of the world’s reef regions to deliver tools for reef managers based on cutting edge analysis that uses remote sensing, climate model data, and ecological modelling to produce decision-support tools. Anticipated outputs include interactive tools that disseminate information on disturbance histories and habitat condition to reef managers and the public in French Polynesia. We will also produce two tools providing that same information for every coral reef site in the world based on 30 years of temperature and cyclone records. This is innovative leading work aspiring to meet some of the urgent and dire needs of coral reef managers faced with addressing the threat of climate change. The work will contribute to European excellence in this research area, and our work plan concludes with meetings in the France and US that can ensure this project results in an enduring extremely productive collaboration.

Keywords: coral reefs,climate change,ecology,vulnerability assessment,managers,coral bleaching,tropical cyclones,information tools,models,decision-support,remote sensing