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Community-Led Creation of Living Spaces in Shifting Landscapes for Climate-Resilient Land Use Management and Supporting the New European Bauhaus (LandShift)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Land, ocean and water for climate action
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Cyprus,Netherlands,Italy,France,Poland,Ukraine,Greece,Belgium,Switzerland
Call: Land use change and local / regional climate (HORIZON-CL6-2024-CLIMATE-01, 2024)
Start date: 2024-11-01
End date: 2027-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5996281.25
EU funding (EUR): 5996281.25
Participants: 26
Project status: SIGNED

LandShift is a groundbreaking initiative aimed at addressing the urgent challenges of climate change, biodiversity loss, and unsustainable land management practices. With a focus on the EU's land-use sector, LandShift seeks to develop innovative solutions that not only mitigate biogenic emissions but also enhance ecosystem resilience and promote sustainable resource management. LandShift aims to support the EU's ambitious climate goals by maximizing net removals from LULUCF, while minimizing biogenic emissions from agriculture. By strategically utilizing Living Earths, integrating FAO LCCS with optimized EO data, and Data Cubes as centralized data hubs, the project aims to implement tailored strategies for local and regional contexts, fostering stakeholder engagement and collaboration. Central to LandShift's approach is the integration of NBS aligned with the principles of the New European Bauhaus. These solutions leverage natural processes and ecosystems to enhance carbon sequestration, improve biodiversity, and strengthen ecosystem services. By harnessing the power of NBS, LandShift aims to create synergies between climate mitigation, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable land management. Furthermore, LandShift recognizes the importance of data-driven decision-making and monitoring to track progress and inform policy development. The project will establish robust MRV systems to ensure the effectiveness of implemented strategies and measure their impact on biogenic emissions, biodiversity, and ecosystem health. In addition to technical solutions, LandShift places a strong emphasis on policy influence and capacity building. Through targeted outreach and engagement activities, the project aims to raise awareness, build capacity, and foster collaboration among stakeholders at all levels. By empowering policymakers, land managers, and local communities, LandShift seeks to create an enabling environment for sustainable land use sector and management practices.

Keywords: living earth,carbon sequestration,lulucf,land use planning,balanced objectives,biogenic emissions,new european bauhaus,data cubes,earth observation,climate neutral land use sector
Cryptographic Foundation for Secure and Scalable Distributed Systems (CRYPTOSYSTEMS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Computer Science and Informatics
Panel description: Informatics and information systems, computer science, scientific computing, intelligent systems
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1416204.0
EU funding (EUR): 1416204.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Many of today’s criticaMany of today’s critical infrastructures such as power grids or cellular networks are distributed systems which are comprised of autonomous nodes connected over a network. To avoid single points of failure, a central goal in distributed systems is to implement such systems in a fault-tolerant manner. Fault-tolerant systems remain secure and available even if some minority of nodes crash or spread incorrect information. To improve robustness and scalability, cutting-edge systems frequently rely on cryptography. In spite of its benefits, careless use of cryptography can incur performance penalties or lead to vulnerabilities. Both of these aspects significantly complicate its use in practice. As a result, many real-world systems use cryptography sparingly and therefore lack both robustness and scalability. To improve this unsatisfying state of affairs, the objectives of CRYPTOSYSTEMS are as follows: • New Formal Models. Established formal models from cryptography and distributed systems pursue independent security goals and therefore lack compatibility. CRYPTOSYSTEMS will develop new, more appropriate formal models for analyzing the security of cryptographic distributed systems. • Efficient and Robust Distributed Algorithms. The use of cryptography is currently underexplored in distributed systems. CRYPTOSYSTEMS will present exciting new applications of cryptography that will lead to the development of more robust and scalable distributed systems. • Cryptography for Distributed Algorithms. Cryptography is seldom developed with distributed algorithms as its primary use-case in mind. This results in inefficient or unwieldy cryptography which hampers the efficiency of distributed algorithms. To counteract this, CRYPTOSYSTEMS will develop cutting-edge cryptography such as compact signatures and communication efficient distributed randomness generation routines. Importantly, these tools will be specifically geared toward use in distributed algorithms.
Mixed Augmented and eXtended Reality media pipeline (MAX-R)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: A human-centred and ethical development of digital and industrial technologies
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,United Kingdom,Ireland,Germany,Belgium
Call: Innovation for Media, including eXtended Reality (IA) (HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2025-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 7468158.75
EU funding (EUR): 6176036.0
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

MAX-R is a 30-month IA that will define, develop and demonstrate a complete pipeline of tools for making, processing and delivering maximum-quality XR content in real time. The pipeline will be based on open APIs, open file and data transfer formats to encourage development and support the integration of new open source and proprietary tools. MAX-R builds on recent research and advances in Virtual Production technologies to develop real-time processes to deliver better quality, greater efficiency, enhanced interactivity, and novel content based on XR media data. The interdisciplinary Consortium of eleven partners from five countries covers the chain from technology development and product innovation to creative experiment and demonstration, and from XR media creation to delivery to the final consumer. It is built around Europe’s leading media technology developers, together with creative organisations operating in AR/VR/MR, Virtual Production, interactive games, new media, TV, video and news, multimedia and immersive performance.

Keywords: virtual reality,augmented reality,mixed reality,extended reality,real time virtual production,open apis,open source
TWINNING EXCELLENCE IN MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH FOR GREEN ENERGY AND CHEMICALS USING SINGLE-ATOM CATALYSIS (MERGE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Panel: Chemistry
Countries involved: Czechia,Italy,Netherlands,Greece
Call: Twinning Bottom-Up (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-02, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1623749.35
EU funding (EUR): 1499972.56
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

Our reliance on depleting fossil fuel reserves for energy, carbon feedstock, and chemicals poses significant threats to both our energy security and the environment. In response, there is a growing interest in seeking alternative, eco-friendly, and sustainable resources. Thus, international agreements and sustainable development goals set by the European Union and United Nations underscore the urgent need for a transition to a fossil fuel-independent and diversified carbon and energy economy. The MERGE project is dedicated to the valorisation of renewable carbon feedstocks ¬that do not compete with food and land resources–such as waste lignocellulose biomass derivatives. This valorisation is achieved through electro- or photo-catalytic reforming processes, resulting in the production of industrially essential chemicals and fuels. To address this challenge, MERGE project is focused on the development of environmentally friendly, recyclable, low-cost, and efficient cooperative and tailored single-atom catalysts. This endeavour leverages knowledge transfer between the research unit in Czechia and the top-class partners of the consortium. The ultimate goal of MERGE project is to cultivate a culture of excellence in research, strategy, management, and technology transfer to the widening-country partner. At the same time, MERGE will position the widening-country partner and all Twinning Partners as prominent contributors in the European landscape in the field of advanced and sustainable catalysts for green and technologically important chemicals, via a committed and deep alliance towards excellence, permeating all facets of research.

Keywords: biomass valorisation single atom catalysis green chemicals sustainable fuels bio fuels research culture excellence capacity building in czech republic
Revealing and Exploiting Moiré Interface Dynamics via Optical Spectroscopy (REMIDOS)

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: United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-04-01
End date: 2027-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 260347.92
EU funding (EUR): 260347.92
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Understanding the arrangement of atoms when individual atomic sheets are combined is crucial for unlocking their unique optical and electronic properties. Recent advances in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides, such as sliding ferroelectricity, have opened new avenues for exploring these properties under varying electric fields. My project, Revealing and Exploiting Moiré Interface Dynamics via Optical Spectroscopy (REMIDOS), aims to investigate and control how atomic arrangements influence the optical and electronic behaviors in moiré heterostructures – materials in which atomic layers are stacked with a slight relative twist or lattice mismatch. To achieve this, I will develop a novel technique called oblique incidence second-harmonic generation, which enables precise probing of the atomic configurations at twisted interfaces. By studying how electric fields alter these configurations and the resulting changes in optical and electronic properties, my research will provide deeper insights into the fundamental mechanisms governing these materials. This fellowship will significantly advance my expertise in cutting-edge 2D material systems and optical measurement techniques, enhancing my publication record and positioning me as a leading researcher poised for an independent career. In addition, I will gain valuable transferable skills, including project management, supervision, and effective scientific communication, through interdisciplinary collaborations and structured training programs. The outcomes of this project are expected to offer transformative insights into atomic registries in moiré materials and potentially identify an electronic switch, paving the way for innovative applications in quantum devices and optoelectronics. Moreover, the development of this non-destructive probing technique could become a standard tool for researchers in the field, broadening the impact across condensed matter physics, materials science, and photonics.

Keywords: second harmonic generation,moir superlattice,moir interface,nonlinear optics,exciton physics,strongly correlated states
A PATCH OF LAND: RE-CONSIDERING WORK AS A LIFE-SUSTAINING PRACTICE IN THE POST-SOCIALIST SEMI-PERIPHERY THROUGH INTERGENERATIONAL CHILDHOOD MEMORIES (PatchWORK)

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: Finland,Slovenia
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-05
End date: 2025-03-04
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 269418.0
EU funding (EUR): 269418.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

PatchWORK explores work in the context of sustainable land cultivation in the post-socialist semi-periphery as a life-sustaining practice embedded in more-than-human relationality, reciprocity and care through the lens of intergenerational childhood experiences. The project aims to open up alternative trajectories towards sustainable co-existence with our living environments through work, and to develop a theory of work that is not caught by mere economic rationality, but is embedded in a human and-more-than-human relationality. Three central approaches contributing to the retheorization of work underlie this project: 1) thinking through childhood memories approach enables to document and examine mundane intergenerational sustainable practices and human and more-than-human relationalities that fall outside of contemporary science's attention; 2) a post-socialist decolonial approach that seeks to bring into view those knowledges and practices that have been subjugated by Western environmentalism and contest 'necro-' and 'turbo-neoliberal capitalism' and its land practices; 3) an intersectional approach to age, gender and social class that allows for an analysis of gender relations and social class in relation to children's participation in sustainable practices. PatchWORK employs an innovative interdisciplinary methodology that includes sensory walks, collective biography workshops, citizen science and secondary analysis from previous ethnographic fieldwork. Retheorizing 'work' as the main outcome of PatchWORK will contribute to scientific advances across disciplines with two co-authored articles, an English-language monograph, and a museum exhibition. PatchWORK will contribute to re-theorization of work, to the inclusion of childhood in mainstream theory, and to the development of a knowledge base on traditional and sustainable land cultivation practices.

Keywords: childhood studies,intergenerational memories,sustainable land cultivation,work,post socialism,decolonial knowledge production
Mechanistic insight into immune control of cnidarian endosymbiosis (IMMSYM)

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: Life Sciences
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: SIGNED

Algae live inside corals and transfer valuable nutrients to them. This essential endosymbiotic relationship is the foundation of reef ecosystems. Elevated temperature, as a consequence of climate change, disrupts this symbiosis, resulting in the expulsion of algae, coral bleaching, and eventual reef destruction. Symbiosis establishment and bleaching significantly alters the expression of numerous host immune genes. This suggests that coral immunity regulates symbiosis, but the mechanisms remain elusive. I aim to understand the role of host immunity in coral-algal symbiosis using anemones as a model. In my host laboratory, we were able to generate immune mutants and transgenic lines to monitor distinct stages of symbiosis. Taking advantage of these lines, and the molecular tools established in the host laboratory such as quantitative phagocytosis assays, fluorescence microscopy, and transcriptomics, I will functionally determine how immunity regulates symbiosis. I will assay how immune activation and genetic mutation impacts symbiont uptake by anemone larvae, as this is the first step in symbiosis establishment. Subsequently, I will perform RNA sequencing to determine genes downstream of immunity that control symbiont uptake. Second, I will compare bleaching rates in anemones upon immune activation in both wild-type and immune mutants, perform RNA sequencing and identify genes altered in mutants to elucidate mechanisms of immune control of bleaching. Third, I will do comparative coral fieldwork to determine whether immune stimulation and mutation alters symbiosis establishment and bleaching in corals from their natural environment. Using novel functional tools this project will provide new insight into how evolutionarily ancient innate immune pathways have been co-opted to regulate coral symbiosis in health and what goes awry under environmental stress, providing valuable information to guide restoration efforts.

Keywords: coral bleaching,symbiosis,innate immunity,algae,anemones,aiptasia,imaging,genetics,bioinformatics,cell biology
Protein-ligand data generation at scale to support computational hit finding and optimization (LIGAND-AI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Health
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Innovative Health Initiative
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: IHI (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Germany,Israel,Denmark,United States,Canada,Brazil,Spain,Ukraine,China,Sweden
Call: Boosting innovation through better integration of fragmented health R&I efforts (HORIZON-JU-IHI-2025-09-single-stage, 2025)
Start date: 2025-11-01
End date: 2030-10-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 61183298.75
EU funding (EUR): 29897910.0
Participants: 22
Project status: SIGNED

The ability to discover and optimize small-molecule ligands by using innovative physics-based, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) approaches would transform and democratize the discovery of new small molecule drugs and related research tools (chemical probes), with important implications for the development of new medicines for rare and pediatric diseases, cancer, and women’s health. The development of these methods is being held back by the lack of high-quality protein-ligand data in the public domain. To fill this gap, we have assembled a multi-sector public-private partnership that will generate high-quality, ML-ready, open protein-ligand data at scale and as a public good, and will engage with the research community to build, benchmark and test new machine learning models for small molecule discovery and optimization. Our ambition is to identify drug starting points for >500 human proteins and transform and democratize small molecule drug discovery.

Keywords: chemical probes,drug discovery,ai ml,community engagement
Air-Brayton cycle concentrated solar power future plants via redox oxides-based structured thermochemical heat exchangers/thermal boosters (ABraytCSPfuture)

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: Germany,Greece,Netherlands,Spain,Denmark
Call: Novel approaches to concentrated solar power (CSP) (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03, 2021)
Start date: 2022-11-01
End date: 2026-10-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2995457.5
EU funding (EUR): 2995457.5
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

ABraytCSPfuture sets forth an innovative, carbon-neutral way for implementing into future air-operated CSP plants the inherently much more efficient air-Brayton gas turbine power generation cycles in order to achieve higher solar-to-electricity efficiencies, vital for competitiveness of CSP and non-reachable by either PVs or molten salts and thermal oils, significantly increasing in parallel the plants’ storage capability. Both these functionalities will be made possible by developing and demonstrating the integrated operation of a first-of-its-kind, compact, dual-bed thermochemical reactor/heat exchanger design, comprised of non-moving, flow-through porous ceramic structures (honeycombs or foams) based on earth-abundant, inexpensive, non-toxic oxide materials, capable of performing simultaneously the following: • transferring heat from a non-pressurized air stream to a pressurized one, while operating simultaneously as a “thermal booster”, raising the temperature of the pressurized stream to levels required for gas turbine air-Brayton cycles. • Increasing significantly the volumetric solar energy storage density of such air-operated CSP plants by rendering their current sensible-only regenerative storage systems to hybrid sensible-thermochemical storage ones, within the same storage volume, Both these functionalities will be materialized by exploiting reversible reduction/oxidation reactions of such oxides in direct contact with air, accompanied by significant endothermic/exothermic heat effects. The first one in particular, will be achieved by performing the reduction of these oxides with solar-heated air streams under atmospheric pressure but their exothermic oxidation with pressurized air streams. The proposed technology is set forth by an interdisciplinary partnership spanning the entire CSP value chain, comprised of leading research centers, universities, innovative SMEs and large enterprises, including ancillary services providers and technology end-users.

Keywords: concentrated solar power brayton cycles,air operated solar thermal power plants,thermochemical energy storage,redox oxides,regenerative sensible heat storage
iZinga Assist – Restoring Trust and Maximising Impact in Sub-Saharan Philanthropy (iZinga Assist)

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 2025 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01, 2025)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

iZinga Assist is transforming how people give in sub-Saharan Africa by making charitable donations transparent, accountable, and impactful. Our platform verifies and rates non-profits through a rigorous process, while our Knowledge & Assistance Hub provides NPOs with expert guidance, resources, and collaboration tools to improve compliance and maximise their impact. Donors can confidently support verified organisations, knowing their contributions make a real difference. Building on our successful South African pilot, we are scaling across the region and launching in Europe, setting a new standard for simple, trustworthy, and effective philanthropy.

Keywords: digital verification,npo transparency,impact maximization,ai and blockchain compliance,donor engagement,sub saharan africa,governance and anti corruption