Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Key Technologies of Thermal Management – Optimisation of heat transfer performance and manufacturing process of ultra-thinned sintered heat pipes (KTTM-OPPUP)

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: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF, 2012)
Start date: 2014-01-21
End date: 2016-01-20
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 309235.2
EU funding (EUR): 309235.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The applied fellowship aims to bring an active and leading researcher to the UK to develop and transfer the key and novel technologies of thermal management for high efficient power electronic systems. Efficient cooling and thermal management have become a critical issue of developing high efficient power electronic system for a variety of applications such as micro-electronic system, low carbon (pure electric) cars, multi-electronic airplanes, high power laser and radar systems, etc. The development of ultra thinned heat pipes based on phase change heat transfer modes could be an effective solution of these. The research programme of the fellowship will be concerned with the optimisation of the heat transfer performance and the manufacturing process of ultra-thinned sintered heat pipes. Dr Yong Li (an associate Professor from South China University of Technology)’s expertise in advanced heat pipe techniques will complement the existing knowledge at the University of Nottingham and contribute to the further development in this area through the fellowship and international collaborations. The project will bring the University of Nottingham, the South China University of Technology where the applicant researcher is, and other EU-China companies together to generate new business to explore the market potential of the proposed technology in both EU and China. The collaboration will encourage knowledge transfer between academia and industry in terms of simulation and development of the innovative technology of designing and precision manufacturing ultra-thinned heat pipes for thermal management of power electric systems including low carbon vehicles and multi electric aeroplanes. The collaboration will be mutually beneficial to both Europe and China in terms of energy saving, thermal management, environmental protection, national economy and quality of life, which will be detailed as follows.

Keywords: g202 electrical and electronic engineering,g306 energy systems,g313 micro(system) engineering
Mathematical Finance beyond NFLVR: weak no-arbitrage-type conditions, information and credit risk (MATHFI BEYOND NFLVR)

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: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF, 2012)
Start date: 2013-11-01
End date: 2015-10-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 202405.8
EU funding (EUR): 202405.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The present research proposal deals with applications of the theory of stochastic processes to foundational issues in mathematical finance. We plan to investigate non-classical no-arbitrage-type conditions, which in particular allow to go beyond the usual risk-neutral paradigm of quantitative finance, by relaxing the classical No Free Lunch with Vanishing Risk (NFLVR) condition. To this effect, we shall make use of deep results from the general theory of stochastic processes. By relying on the theory of the enlargement of filtrations, we shall also study the behavior of weak no-arbitrage-type conditions with respect to changes of the information available to market participants, thus allowing the study of insider trading and limited information phenomena in relation with non-classical no-arbitrage-type conditions. We shall apply these results to the specific context of credit risk modelling. This analysis will provide guidance towards the development of a new generation of financial models which can overcome some of the limitations of the existing ones. The research activity will be carried out at the Department of Mathematics of the University of Evry (France, Paris area), within the research group coordinated by Prof. Monique Jeanblanc. By its own nature, the present research project has a strong inter-disciplinary character, being at the intersection between stochastic analysis, finance and economic theory.

Keywords: m114 probability and statistics,e104 financial markets,mathematical finance,stochastic processes,arbitrage,martingale theory,credit risk,enlargement of filtration
Noble gases in ocean sediments as proxies for fluid transport at subduction zones and past climate conditions (NOGOS)

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: Switzerland
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF, 2012)
Start date: 2014-01-01
End date: 2016-06-30
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 225352.2
EU funding (EUR): 225352.2
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In order to widen and further stimulate the use of noble-gas geochemistry in the sediment pore water the proposed research aims to systematically apply the analytical state-of-the-art to ocean sediments. On the one hand the researcher will study the fluid transport in forearc regions off shore Japan. A first sampling region is located close to the epicentre of the devastating Tohoku earthquake occurred in 2011 and the second sampling region close to the Nankai trough which is expected to hit by an earthquake in the future. The He isotopes should allow for the first time studying the release dynamics of deep fluids from solid earth close to these tectonically active regions and its relation to seismic activity. Moreover, the investigation of the noble-gas signature in the pore water will set a first data basis to interpret noble-gas anomalies in regions where major earthquakes occurred or are expected and will be a further step towards the use noble gases in terrestrial fluids as indicator of seismic activity. Further, although recently noble gases in pore water of lacustrine sediments allow the determination of lake level and salinity fluctuations, and the reconstruction of past environmental conditions and past eutrophic states in lakes, ocean sediments are still not fully assessable by present experimental techniques - in particular when considering the degassing affecting ICDP/IODP deep-drilling sediments. Based on the experience gained in the field of oceanography during this fellowship, the researcher's internationally acknowledged experimental skills will allow to overcome the restrictions that still limit the application of noble gases in deep sediments from the oceans (and from the continent) by developing a new in situ sampling technique. This technique, conceived, produced, and tested in collaboration with other international partners will allow climate reconstruction using noble gases dissolved in the pore water of deep-drilling ocean sediment cores.

Keywords: noble gases,terrigenic fluids,subduction,pore water,sediments
European Intersectoral Summit on Research and Innovation -second edition- "The Role of the Media in Responsible Research and Innovation" (EISRI II)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Science in Society
Destination: Science in Society
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Belgium
Call:  (FP7-Adhoc-2007-13, 2007)
Start date: 2012-10-01
End date: 2013-07-31
Duration (months): 10.0
Total project cost (EUR): 594605.0
EU funding (EUR): 400000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Under the auspices of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU, the Permanent Platform of AC will hold the second edition of the European Intersectoral Summit on Research and Innovation in February 2013. The Summit will be organised with the participation of the Irish Ministry for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and the actors engaged in AC in Ireland (Trinity College Dublin, Irish Times). The EISRI 2013 edition will focus on the influence of communication and media on Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) and is designed to create a unique opportunity for intersectoral and interdisciplinary discussions between leading stakeholders to: a. Continue the conversation initiated during the “Science in Dialogue” Conference held during the Danish presidency to develop a European model for Responsible Research and Innovation; b. Explore the role of media in the European model for Responsible Research and Innovation; c. Facilitate the formation of professional networks, knowledge sharing, and exchange of best practices. d. Come up with concrete recommendations on what has to be done in the short terms at a European level to reach the long term objectives; The conference will bring together leaders and key representatives of research institutions, businesses, media, NGOs, CSOs, policy makers and professional science communicators to discuss and reflect on the relationship between science and society. EISRI II will present high-level speakers including former heads of state and key representatives of the European institutions and national governments as well as leaders from leading research institutions, businesses and media. The dedicated workshops will be designed to reflect the key issues in this area and to promote “out of the box” thinking and participatory processes. The conference will take place at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, from February 25 to February 26 2013.

Keywords: media,dissemination,science in society,research,innovation,europe,citizen engagement,responsible research and innovation,knowledge society,growth and jobs,new media
Epigenetic transgenerational Effects of Parental Age on Fitness (PARENTAL AGE EFFECTS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG, 2012)
Start date: 2013-08-01
End date: 2017-07-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Why do organisms age? This is one of the big, unsolved questions in biology, because it is unclear how a process that decreases fitness can persist evolutionarily, and why species do not evolve to live longer. Many evolutionary theories have been suggested to explain, but it is likely that multiple factors contribute to the phenomenon. One potentially very important factor has been largely ignored: transgenerational epigenetic effects of senescence. Epigenetic effects can strongly affect the predictions of evolutionary models. One such epigenetic, trans-generational factor that affects fitness is parental age. It has been known for nearly a century that a mother's age can affect her offspring's, and even her grand- offspring's fitness. However, all studies have been done in the laboratory. Therefore, it is unknown whether the effect of parental age operates in wild populations, and how it contributes to our understanding of the evolution of longevity. We propose to study the effects of parental and grand-parental age on their offspring's lifespan, reproductive success, physiology and genetics in a wild population of house sparrows. We have data available from a long-term study of sparrows in which we will examine these topics in detail. Only a closed population such as the one that we is uniquely suited for this study, as we can accurately estimate lifespan, fitness and parentage, which are all prerequisites for the longitudinal study of longevity on individual fitness. Also, we will use focused experiments with captive birds to cement our hypotheses, and individual-based simulation models to explore the implications of parental age effects on the evolution of longevity.

Keywords: l208 epigenetics and gene regulation,l207 quantitative genetics,l404 ageing,l802 population biology - population dynamics - population genetics
Geotechnical Performance and Climatic Effects (GEO-PACE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG, 2012)
Start date: 2013-06-01
End date: 2017-05-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Geotechnical infrastructure is pervasive around the world as a method of forming topographical change for highway embankments/cuttings, flooding defences, retaining walls. In general, it provides a cost effective way of producing topographical features. However, the maintenance costs of such pervasive infrastructure is high, for example over €800m per year is required to be invested in the Netherlands. Geomaterials are a porous, granular material which interact with their surroundings, in particular via, water interactions, through drying via evaporation, or wetting from rain or water courses, which effect their stability. Climate change will produce more extreme weather events: more intense rainfall/storm events, longer cold/warm periods, along with more slowly increasing sea levels. Therefore, significantly differing loads are placed upon existing geotechnical structures, and their behaviour in response to these loads should be assessed. This proposal aims to investigate the impact of climatic change on geotechnical infrastructure. This will involve an investigation of the effects of more extreme weather due to climate change and how this will affect the stability and reliability of geotechnical structures. The work aims to develop robust understanding of the processes and produce numerical computation models that can be used in the assessment and design of existing and new geotechnical infrastructure. The objectives are: 1) To investigate the likely loading scenarios and potential failure mechanisms on geotechnical structures from changing climate. 2) To investigate the impact of climate change loading on geotechnical structures through the development of numerical tools, supported with centrifuge experiments. 3) To assess the change in performance of geotechnical structures in a reliability based framework. 4) To provide practical guidance to industry and influence future code development.

Keywords: g111 modelling tools,g303 civil engineering - maritime/hydraulic engineering - geotechnics - waste treatment,g304 computational engineering,v101 environment and sustainability
C-H activation and carbonylation in continuous-microflow (FLACH)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG, 2012)
Start date: 2013-04-01
End date: 2017-03-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The aim of this research proposal is to employ microreactor technology in order to boost the palladium(II)-catalyzed C–H carbonylation reaction. In this way, the approach described in this proposal is conceptually different from the traditional batch strategies, which are currently published in the scientific literature. The ability to use elevated temperatures in a safe and reliable way may assist the deprotonation step, which is required to enable C–H functionalization. In addition, excellent interfacial contact between gaseous CO and the liquid phase can be expected in micro flow. This feature of microreactor technology allows for an enhancement of the mass-transfer from the gas to the liquid phase. Different flow regimes will be evaluated during this project in order to facilitate CO transfer. In addition, increasing the CO gas pressure leads to a further increase of the concentration of gaseous components in the liquid phase. Such reaction conditions need specialized equipment in batch processes, such as Parr bombs or autoclaves, but can be easily achieved in micro flow through combination of back pressure regulators and high pressure pumps. Consequently, by employing elevated temperatures and pressures, the applicant foresees that C–H carbonylation reactions can be accelerated significantly. Key objectives in this research proposal: 1. Development of a microfluidic setup for the C–H carbonylation chemistry. 2. Providing a comprehensive study on the influence of temperature and pressure on the C–H carbonylation reaction. 3. Investigating the influence of the flow regime on the C–H carbonylation reaction. 4. Exploiting the insights gained in objectives 1-3, the applicant expects to understand the key factors affecting the reactivity of the C–H carbonylation systems and this will allow us to broaden the reaction scope, leading to a myriad of novel compounds relevant for drug discovery and material science.

Keywords: c136 homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis
Role of genome merger and redundancy in plant evolution and adaptation (GENOMERGE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG, 2012)
Start date: 2013-03-01
End date: 2017-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Genome merger has played a central role in the origin, evolution and diversification of eukaryotes with critical impact on species ecology and adaptation. The GENOMERGE project will explore the consequences of genome merger in two contexts that played a major role in angiosperm evolution: lateral gene transfer through endosymbiosis and allopolyploid speciation. While the merging of two lineages through endosymbiosis or allopolyploidy results in the combination of two genetic repertoires, it also creates many opportunities for evolutionary novelties and new phenotypes. This increased dynamics derives mainly from the diverse evolutionary fates of the duplicated genes. GENOMERGE will integrate various dimensions of the evolutionary consequences of genome merger on biodiversity, from molecular mechanisms to functions of adaptive interests. The first part aims at characterizing the immediate evolution of genes duplicated by endosymbiosis or polyploidy via an innovative experimental method using transgenic lines. The second part corresponds to the analyses of the evolution of duplicated genes in natural allopolyploids from genus Spartina (Poaceae) that contains a textbook example of recent allopolyploid speciation and invasiveness (S. anglica). This evolution of gene expression will be analysed in natural and various ecological conditions via transcriptome analyses involving Next Generation Sequencing. The genes associated with new biochemical pathways or with phenotypic features that have facilitated the invasiveness of S. anglica will be identified. Finally, particular attention will be paid to a physiological trait that evolved with hexaploidy in Spartina, namely the rare ability in angiosperms to produce an osmoprotectant and ecologically important molecule: Dimethyl Sulfopropionate (DMSP). As a Career Integration Grant project, GENOMERGE will considerably improve the prospects for the permanent integration of its principal investigator in the European research area.

Keywords: l201 genomics - comparative genomics - functional genomics,l202 transcriptomics,l804 biodiversity - comparative biology,polyploidy,hybridization,evolution,biological adaptation
DYNAMICS OF ORGANIC MATTER IN ESTUARIES IMPACTED BY AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES (DYNAMITE)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Life-long training and career development
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2012-CIG, 2012)
Start date: 2014-02-18
End date: 2018-02-17
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 100000.0
EU funding (EUR): 100000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

During the European's FP7, 19 European research projects focused on eutrophication, have been funded over 377 of the environment section, showing the relevance of the topic, which was recently listed as one of the most severe threat to human water security and biodiversity causing severe damages to the economies. Despite mitigation measures reducing the nutrients loads, harmful algal blooms still occur, possibly due to changes in fertilizer uses. Indeed organic matter (OM) and particularly N-containing organic matter like urea which is the most widely used fertilizer, is an important source of N for a large variety of marine phytoplankton, ranking often in importance greater than inorganic N like nitrate. Despite its lower concentration compared to nitrate, organic N (ON), a fraction of organic matter, could sustain the primary productivity due to its very fast regeneration by micro-heterotrophs. Hence, the DYNAMITE project will focus on the agricultural impact on the biogeochemical cycle of organic matter from land to ocean given that: (i) agricultural activities are obviously one of the major environmental pressures, (ii) the composition of organic matter is still poorly characterized and (iii) its behaviour in aquatic system is far to be understood. Thus DYNAMITE requires the following tasks: (1) to characterize the fine composition of riverine and estuarine OM considering the whole OM by transferring a water treatment technology in the field of marine chemistry, (2) to quantify the spatial and temporal release of OM from agricultural activities and relate the OM changes to specific land-use, (3) and to determine the dynamics of OM through temperate estuaries under strong agricultural activities and quantify the flux of OM and ON from the river to the ocean. DYNAMITE will be focused on Brittany region since in 2006 it was classified in Europe as a sensitive area to eutrophication with the highest threat to human water security and biodiversity.

Keywords: env - v201 - biogeochemistry - biogeochemical cycles - environmental and analytical chemistry - human impact - agriculture - organic matter - eutrophication - estuaries - land-use - organic nitrogen