Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Flexible Laser-based manufacturing through precision photon distribution (FLASH)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Climate neutral, Circular and Digitised Production
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: Photonics (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Italy,Ireland,France,Türkiye,Germany,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Portugal,Bulgaria,Belgium,Spain
Call: High-precision OR complex product manufacturing – potentially including the use of photonics (Made in Europe and Photonics Partnerships) (IA) (HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5276528.04
EU funding (EUR): 4131800.25
Participants: 17
Project status: SIGNED

Thanks to emerging materials and digital technologies, the product design space is larger than ever. Despite this, EU manufacturers are struggling to innovate, with traditional tools presenting a major bottleneck. Existing machining tools were designed for a more stable world, when a single process flow would remain unchanged for years. To increase competitiveness and respond to new opportunities, the manufacturing industry now needs customisable tools, applicable to multiple processes, and rapidly reconfigurable in response to changing needs. FLASH is an industry driven project, led by global manufacturing leader PRIMA and supported by 6 large enterprises, 6 innovative SMEs, 2 Universities, 2 RTOs, and a manufacturing association, EWF, that represents >55k companies globally. FLASH will leverage the benefits of laser-based manufacturing, which is more flexible, more amenable to digital control, and generates less waste than traditional mechanical/chemical/thermal processes. Whilst state of the art laser-based machines are optimised for a single application, FLASH will develop a flexible platform with three built-in laser sources, allowing multi-wavelength emission, over a broad pulse length regime with dynamic beam shaping, in a flexible robotic/CNC cell with three different beam delivery heads. The result will be a futureproof system capable of at least 10 macro and micro production processes over all major material types, designed to enable flexible and customisable manufacturing of rapidly evolving products for a range of industries. The benefits of FLASH will be industrially demonstrated in the automotive (car cross beam), medical (hip implant), e-mobility (electric motor hairpins) and tooling (micro drills, super abrasive grinding wheels) industries, where significant process-time, -cost and -energy savings are expected, alongside unlocking product benefits through design modifications and material substitutions not possible using existing technologies.

Keywords: beam shaping,focus control,dual wavelength laser processing,customizable manufacturing,in process control,sensor fusion,process design,multi step processing,precision manufacturing
Advancing integrated risk assessments of cropping systems in sub-Saharan Africa (IRACS)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Germany,Austria
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-08-01
End date: 2026-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 189687.36
EU funding (EUR): 189687.36
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), attaining food security is crucial for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal of 'Zero Hunger'. Despite this, malnutrition rates of SSA in 2022 have deteriorated compared to 2010. Climate change further compounds this challenge, as it affects the SSA cropping system—the bedrock for the local food system but highly vulnerable to environmental shifts. The condition seems more severe here in the future: not only a higher frequency of extreme weather events occurring but also more outbreaks of pests and diseases. Surprisingly, most agricultural risk analyses on SSA have overlooked the impact of pests because few regional crop models can address its simulation. Moreover, most studies about SSA focused on quantifying yield loss risk but the overarching goal of agriculture risk assessment should be to elucidate the associated economic ramifications as a basis for policy responses. This project, IRACS, seeks to answer: "What is the integrated risk of crop failures in SSA under climate change, and what are its subsequent economic implications?" To tackle this, the IRACS will first develop a new pest model. This will be integrated with an enhanced crop model to better predict crop failure risks. Subsequently, applying future scenario datasets, this coupled model will assess potential yield loss in SSA. An integrated assessment model, GLOBIOM, will then be employed to assess the associated economic impacts. Ultimately, the IRACS initiative aims to not only deepen understanding of the interplay between climate change, cropping systems, and farmer livelihoods in SSA but also show how to combine biophysical models with economic models to investigate climate change impact effectively.

Keywords: agricultural risk,crop pests,crop model,climate change,integrated assessment modeling
Lowering transport envIronmentAl Impact along the whole life cycle of the future tranSpOrt iNfrastructure (LIAISON)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Mobility
Destination: Safe, Resilient Transport and Smart Mobility services for passengers and goods
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,France,Slovenia,Portugal,Ireland,Italy
Call: Smart and efficient ways to construct, maintain and decommission with zero emissions from transport infrastructure (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D6-02, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2026-04-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5734201.25
EU funding (EUR): 4999326.13
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

LIAISON provides knowledge and technical solutions to limit transport infrastructures (TI) emissions, both caused by transport infrastructure itself and to which transport infrastructure contributes. LIAISON covers the whole life cycle of TI to which extent TI design can influence and limit the overall emissions from construction, maintenance, operation and decommissioning of the infrastructure in a digital environment for next future TI. LIAISON adopts a holistic approach to tackle this challenge, because the development of particular technical solutions is not sufficient to achieve low environmental impact TI if they are not part of a broader strategy. The only effective way to ensure the implementation of paradigm-shifting technical solutions in the TI sector is to implement a governance framework (as the Dynamic Multi-Infrastructure Governance Framework -DMIGF) that activates, articulates and monitors compliance with circular economy principles throughout the life of the infrastructure when developing and implementing these solutions. LIAISON will develop a collection of innovative technological solutions to reduce the environmental impact of the TI (materials consumption, emissions and footprint), minimize their LCC and optimize energy management (becoming prosumers), which will based on in the industrialization of the construction process, circular economy and digitalization of the operation, maintenance and decomissioning tasks. Specifically, the solutions to be developed are smart and sustainable beams, rigid road pavements and improved ballast; bioasphalts and smart pavement inspection system; intelligent tunnels control system and photovoltaic guardrails. LIAISON developments will be demonstrated in different TI (roads and railways) and in different European countries (Spain, Poland, Slovenia and Italy).

Keywords: transport infrastructures,green procurement,circular economy,lcca,industrialization,smart system,digital twin,tunnel,road,railway,photovoltaic,guardrail
United in Narrative Diversity? Cultural (Ex-)Change and Mutual Perceptions in Eastern and Western Europe at the threshold of the digital age (NARDIV)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Theme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Destination: Innovative Research on the European Cultural Heritage and the Cultural and Creative Industries
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: France,Netherlands,Germany,Slovakia,Poland,Romania
Call: The role of perceptions, formed by traditions, values and beliefs, in shaping European societies and politics in the 21st century (HORIZON-CL2-2022-HERITAGE-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2907245.65
EU funding (EUR): 2806156.0
Participants: 17
Project status: SIGNED

Europe experiences a relaunch of cultural and national stereotypes triggered by the migration crisis, Covid-19, democratic backslides and war against Ukraine. Four decades after the fall of the war, Eastern and Western Europe seem increasingly alienated, each having different perceptions on Europe, the EU and its principles. These trends manifest themselves in an alienation between Eastern and Western Europe, as well as in the perception of Europe in general. Intermittently they are, as we suggest, expressions of resilient post-colonial relationships within Europe. With a focus on the (clichéd binary) East-West confrontation, this project explores the future possibilities of building and managing transnational relationships in the fields of culture and heritage, one of the mainstays of customary cultural diplomacy. Taking six European countries as the basis of our exploration – France, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Romania – we critically examine mutual perceptions in Eastern and Western Europe through the prism of intercultural exchange. In the framework of the project, scholars, practitioners from culture-exchange institutes, artists and creative industries players join forces to scrutinise current difficulties, from diverging historical developments, emotional investments, to challenges of the digital media revolution. The objective is to develop new strategies to conceptualise and revitalise cultural encounters and exchange between East and West to discuss mutual perceptions and ideas. The findings of this collaboration aim at a) boosting the culture-diplomacy / exchange sector by strengthening their role as mediators of transnational European values; b) lay bare best and worst practices in order to develop recommendations for new approaches and (media) strategies. Thus, fostering a more inclusive concept of cultural diplomacy to counter populist, identity-based discourses and to promote the European narrative across different cultural heritages.

Keywords: east west,cultural exchange,mutual perception,digital challenge,cultural heritage,diversity,social media,inclusive narratives,memory politics,european values,crises,youth,gender
Deep Learning Air Quality Forecasts for Four Days (AQplus4)

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: Germany
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS2 (ERC-2022-POC2, 2022)
Start date: 2023-11-01
End date: 2025-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

AQplus4 will develop the first scientifically sound operational air quality forecasting system based on innovative deep learning and IT technology. Based on the successful development of AI air quality forecasting models in the IntelliAQ advanced grant, we will explore the combination of several deep learning models into one coherent concept, test the transferability to new air pollutant species and other world regions. Furthermore, the grant shall cover the necessary technical developments to prepare the data processing and deep learning software for operational use and we shall set-up a dialogue with two identified stakeholders (UBA Germany and NIER Korea) to discuss the data processing and forecasting requirements as well as the deployment and maintenance options. The stakeholder exchange will also include training activities including extended training of a Korean researcher. Timely and reliable air quality forecasts are important to issue health warnings and prepare mitigation measures. IntelliAQ has demonstrated higher accuracy forecasts compared to conventional chemistry transport model results. The AQplus4 system will therefore constitute an important breakthrough innovation that may later be adopted at several environmental monitoring agencies around the world.
Thermodynamics of synthetic biological circuits (TSBC)

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: Denmark
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2024-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 230774.4
EU funding (EUR): 230774.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The goal of this project will be to create a general theoretical framework to study the non-equilibrium thermodynamics of biological systems with particular focus on synthetic circuits in cell-free environments. To do this, we will rely on the recently developed theory of stochastic thermodynamics, which makes it possible to study the fluctuating thermodynamics of small-scaled systems arbitrary far from equilibrium. Firstly, we will construct a framework to determine the thermodynamic performance of any given synthetic biological circuits. This can be done by breaking the complicated circuits up into specific modules and derive general expressions for the thermodynamic properties of these individual modules. We will first look at cell-free translation-free nucleic-acid networks, and subsequently extend the results to transcription-translation systems and cellular implementations.Secondly, this framework will be used to optimize the thermodynamic performance of some of the most important biologically relevant circuits. We will first focus on simple network motives such as toggle-switches and oscillators, where we will study the optimal network structures leading to the correct behaviour. Subsequently, we will move to more complicated systems such as molecular amplifiers and absolute concentration robust sensors, where we will look at optimal designs, but also derive general trade-off relations between dissipation and robustness. We expect that our results will lead to new design principles for synthetic circuits and give a better understanding of what can and cannot be done using these synthetic networks, but we also believe that our results will lead to a better understanding of the motives behind the evolution of real gene-regulatory networks.

Keywords: stochastic thermodynamics
Gamma-Neutron Vision aimed at improved cancer treatments in Hadron Therapy (GNVISION)

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: Spain
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS2 (ERC-2022-POC2, 2022)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Proton therapy represents one of the most recent and adavanced tools in cancer treatment, especially for complex cases and pediatric patients. Despite its exponential deployment worldwide, hadron therapy still faces two main limitations, which are related to: i) accurate ion-range verification and ii) assessment of the secondary (unwanted) neutron dose. The present proposal presents an innovative tool, that can help to improve this situation and thus increase the potential benefits of hadron therapy. This project focuses on a portable device, that can simultaneously image both gamma-rays and thermal neutrons, which are ineluctably produced during the treatment. On one hand, imaging thermal neutrons may help to quantify more reliably the secondary neutron dose received by the patient during therapy. Complementary gamma-ray imaging is accomplished with the same apparatus by means of electronic collimation, thus enabling real-time assessment of the ion-range. In terms of gamma-vision, the system has been recently tested in pre-clinical conditions at CNA-Seville and HIT-Heidelberg. This POC project aims therefore at demonstrating the additional neutron-vision capability, thereby elevating the full GNVision system to TRL6, and addressing its commercial viability in the health-sector.
Centre of Excellence for Safety Research (CESAR)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Panel: Physics
Countries involved: Czechia
Call: ERA Chairs (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2030-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499875.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499875.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The use of hydrogen and other alternative energy sources as a clean and sustainable source have been gaining momentum worldwide due to their potential of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy. To map, analyze and understand the safety risks of the widespread deployment of hydrogen and other alternative energy technologies, a new multidisciplinary research group has been established at the Faculty of Safety Engineering (FSE), VSB-Technical University of Ostrava (VSB-TUO) to reflect the requirements and needs of industry, public authorities, and other stakeholders, to help them establish a safe environment, promote public acceptance of these technologies, and build a critical mass of knowledge for their further development. SafeEnergy project will use scientific potential in the field of hydrogen and alternative energy sources safety, and support FSE in international networking, projects, and other initiatives on an international level. This will be achieved through the leadership of the ERA Chair holder – experienced researcher and manager Prof. Salzano from the University of Bologna, creation of a “pocket of excellence” – Centre for Research on the Safety of Alternative Energy Sources and through building capacity in the field of research management and administration at the Faculty of Safety Engineering, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava. Scientific collaboration will be established and developed through networking activities and joint research with industrial partners and international partners from Europe and worldwide to increase excellence in energy safety with a focus on hydrogen cities and valleys. The project will especially support young scientists - postdocs and PhD students. To step up and stimulate scientific excellence and innovation capacity in hydrogen and alternative energy infrastructure safety, the project proposes a comprehensive set of activities.

Keywords: safety,hydrogen,alternative energy sources,capacity building,research management
Enabling Incompatible Tandem Reactions through Spatial Separation of Reaction Layers (ReLay)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: Germany,France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 189687.36
EU funding (EUR): 189687.36
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Today’s technology for the biocatalytic production of base chemicals is fossil-fuel based. Moving away from non-renewable and carbon-based energy feedstocks towards renewable hydrogen is a key challenge for current chemical processes. However, biocatalysis has yet to see H2 implemented as a energy source, simply because such H2-consuming reactions are sensitive to O2, whereas many enzymatic reactions driving product formation require O2 as a cosubstrate. H2-driven biocatalysis is not realized today on a large scale because of this need for both O2-sensitive and O2-dependent reactions to operate in tandem. The goal of this Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship project is to deliver the theoretical framework and experimental validation for novel biohybrid catalytic microdisks capable of carrying out seemingly incompatible tandem reactions by controlling the spatial separation of reaction layers (ReLay). Driven by both theory and simulation, the optimal conditions will be found to create both anaerobic and aerobic domains allowing O2-sensitive and O2-dependent reactions to take place within a single particle. This will be accomplished by, first, building a reaction-diffusion model and simulation toolbox to establish the theoretical framework of spatially separated reaction layers in these catalytic micodisks. Second, the parameter space will be explored using the model and simulations to find the best performing components and conditions. Finally, these predictions will be validated with an experimental case-study, comparing the expected output from the model with the actual reaction rates and concentrations gradients measured experimentally for an O2-dependent oxyfunctionalization driven by H2 within the catalytic microdisks. These actions will create a universal platform for H2-driven biocatalysis, which can be implemented directly in current bioreactors.

Keywords: reaction diffusion modeling,biocatalysis,hydrogenase enzymes