Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Trans-disciplinary approaches for systemic economic, ecological and climate change transitions (Agroecology-TRANSECT)

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: France,Belgium,Hungary,Netherlands,Romania,Slovenia,Denmark,Germany,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Spain,Bulgaria
Call: Agroecological approaches for climate change mitigation, resilient agricultural production and enhanced biodiversity (HORIZON-CL6-2021-CLIMATE-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6398587.5
EU funding (EUR): 6398587.5
Participants: 19
Project status: SIGNED

Agroecology-TRANSECT aims to contribute to releasing the full potential of agroecology for European agriculture by strengthening the knowledge base for farmers and advisors and supporting decision makers. It aims to deliver robust evidence of the benefits of agroecology on climate change mitigation, biodiversity and farm socio-economic resilience. To achieve these objectives, Agroecology-TRANSECTsupports the transition to agroecology through co-innovation dynamics including a transdisciplinary collaboration between researchers (agronomy, animal sciences, ecology, sustainability sciences, socio-economics and political sciences) and stakeholders and mobilisation of knowledge and expertise in 11 multi-actor Innovation Hubs (IHs) which have been engaged in agroecological transition for several years. The selected IHs reflect a diverse range of crop, animal and integrated crop-livestock systems, biogeographical areas and socio-economic European landscapes. Agroecology-TRANSECT will: i) deliver a tool to better quantify benefits of agroecology for climate, biodiversity and farm resilience; ii) identify drivers, barriers - including social norms - opportunities and solutions to enhance adoption of agroecological principles; and, iii) launch a toolbox to deliver pragmatic recommendations for the implementation and expansion of agroecological practices by farmers, advisors, policy makers and other actors along the value chain. Finally, Agroecology-TRANSECT will assess how policy instruments facilitate or limit the expansion of agroecology, and will provides a comprehensive set of scale-specific policy recommendations for unfolding the potential of agroecology from regional to EU levels. By overcoming current bio-technical, social and political lock-ins, Agroecology-TRANSECT will support the achievement of relevant targets of key EU policies as the Common Agricultural Policy, the Green Deal and the Farm to Fork Strategy.

Keywords: agroecology biodiversity climate co innovation innovation hubs monitoring multiperformance resilience scale specific policy support sociopolitical transitions sustainability trade offs
Digital technologies for plant health, early detection, territory surveillance and phytosanitary measures (STELLA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Greece,Italy,Belgium,Austria,France,Lithuania,New Zealand
Call: Digital technologies supporting plant health early detection, territory surveillance and phytosanitary measures (HORIZON-CL6-2023-GOVERNANCE-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4998037.5
EU funding (EUR): 4998037.5
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

STELLA will develop a real time pest surveillance system. The system will consist of 3 subsystems: 1) an early warning system using novel forecasting models and IoT sensors, 2) a pest detection system using drones, satellites, and a smartphone application, and 3) a pest response system providing data-driven recommendations for containment and counteractive measures. The system will be tested in 6 Use Case Pilots across 5 countries, covering 8 various diseases of importance to the EU. Capacity building activities will be developed with a focus on providing training, education, and resources to farmers, agronomists, and other stakeholders involved in crop protection. These activities will aim to equip stakeholders with the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively use the STELLA system and implement environmentally friendly crop protection alternatives. Policy recommendations generated by the project will aim to support the European Commission's goals of reducing pesticide use and managing priority plant pest outbreaks. The recommendations will be based on the data and insights gathered through the early warning, detection, and response system. A networking strategy will be developed to leverage existing knowledge and enable links with relevant organisations, networks, projects, and initiatives. Collaborating with stakeholders as well as other projects will provide opportunities to exchange ideas and learn from others' experiences.

Keywords: pest detection,disease modelling,remote sensing,pest surveillance,artificial intelligence
Synergies of Reducing Greenhouse Gases and Nitrogen Pollution in Europe (SynCAN)

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: Austria
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): 199440.96
EU funding (EUR): 199440.96
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Climate change and environmental degradation caused by greenhouse gases (GHGs) and reactive nitrogen (Nr) emissions threaten our future. Two urgent, interconnected goals in Europe and globally are reducing GHG emissions to address climate change and curbing Nr pollutants for food security and ecosystem protection. However, most current studies identify technologies and pathways for "GHG reduction" or "Nr mitigation" separately, and the policies focus on mitigating either GHGs or Nr in isolation, Such narrow approaches face high costs and social barriers, conflicting with the multidimensional needs of integrated environmental policies and cost-effective solutions. Coordinated efforts to simultaneously address GHGs and Nr (GHG-Nr) could promote synergies and cost savings through shared implementation costs while driving effective, efficient reductions. To enable synergistic and cost-effective mitigation policies, SynCAN will: (1) analyze interactions and drivers of GHG-Nr emissions in Europe; (2) identify feasible sectoral mitigation options and cost-effective pathways of coordinated GHG-Nr emissions, targeting efficiency gains and cost savings; and (3) Assess the systemic changes and national gaps associated with coordinated GHG-Nr mitigation efforts in Europe. To achieve this, SynCAN will employ interdisciplinary and intersectoral approaches that bridge natural science, environmental science, economics, and management. To ensure successful implementation, I will conduct this research at IIASA under the guidance of Prof. Wilfried Winiwarter, a leading scholar. This project will strengthen my academic profile to become a tenured scholar and obtain advanced funding, allowing me to establish my own research group. Funding SynCAN is crucial to develop solutions that address today's urgent, interlinked climate and environmental challenges efficiently and effectively.

Keywords: nitrogen pollution ghg mitigation synergies cost effectiveness mitigation pathway
Consolidating deep & inclusive social innovation ecosystems (Consolid8)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: European innovation ecosystems
Theme: Interconnected Innovation Ecosystems
Destination: Interconnected Innovation Ecosystems
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Romania,Greece,Italy,Germany,Ireland,Slovenia
Call: Integration of social innovation actors in innovation ecosystems (HORIZON-EIE-2022-CONNECT-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-02-01
End date: 2025-01-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 633035.71
EU funding (EUR): 499187.5
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Consolid8 is paving the way for the integration of social innovation actors in innovation networks in 15 European ecosystems using the quadruple helix collaboration. From the challenges we identified in 5 pioneering ecosystems with different innovation performances (strong innovator – Ireland, moderate innovators – Italy, Greece, Slovenia, emerging innovator – Romania) we developed 5 capacity building programs that we will deliver to cater to the needs of 5 target groups from both the social innovation landscape, and the classic innovation ecosystems. We will harvest the lessons learned in delivering the different pioneering programs and we will exploit them in a follow-up European accelerator targeting additional 10 ecosystems which we will support through a validated methodology for accelerating ecosystems (developed and implemented by DEEP Ecosystems). We will link the 5 pioneering programs & showcase their results during a European social innovation festival in Brașov, Romania, that will aim to interlink social innovation actors with innovation ecosystems. We will ensure widespread visibility for this event at European level and we will launch an open call for the ecosystem builders to register for the accelerator for ecosystem builders. The project proposes strong pathways towards achieving impact, including activities aimed at developing 3 crowdfunding campaigns for social innovators, 1 research on an alternative financing program for social innovation for local authorities or researching and testing and showcasing 12 social innovation models with potential of scaling up and replicability. For the achievement of the project’s results, 8 partners across the quadruple helix are collaborating.

Keywords: social innovation
Smart Complex Emulsions: A Versatile Approach to Opto-Electronics and Sensors (SMARTDROPS)

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: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2024-10-31
Duration (months): 26.0
Total project cost (EUR): 179089.04
EU funding (EUR): 179089.04
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

Dynamically reconfigurable complex emulsions are becoming increasingly important in pharmaceuticals, medical diagnostics, and sensing. The main objective of SMARTDROPS is to develop original Smart Complex Emulsions (SCEs) and unlock their extraordinary multifaceted potential by creating novel integrated devices. In particular, SMARTDROPS will be focused on exploring three potential applications of SCEs: (1) SCEs containing multifunctional liquid crystals to create new dynamically controlled lensing devices, (2) SCEs that can form complex nanostructures, which will be used as high-performance organic electronics devices, wherein the liquid crystal organization will facilitate the charge transport, and (3) SCEs-based sensors that will be incorporated into organs-on-chips for continuous monitoring of cell activity without the need for complex and specialized equipment. Our target materials and their properties are relevant to present and newly emerging technologies, including high-resolution micro-lenses, high-performance OPV/OFET devices, and inexpensive chemical sensors with extraordinary sensitivity and versatility. SMARTDROPS includes a strong transfer of knowledge between the host institution and me. The fellowship will advance my future independent research career in chemistry by providing me an interdisciplinary training in wide-range of skills, mentoring from leading experts in the field, and helping me to develop a new research line that has not yet been investigated at the hosting institution. The results emerging from SMARTDROPS will have a significant impact on the scientific community focused on the preparation of advanced functional materials. The proposed applications may contribute to advance future innovative technologies, and thus special attention will be given to the exploitation of the scientific results and their IP protection. This multidisciplinary project is in line with the MSCA strategy contributing to Europe's competitiveness and growth.

Keywords: liquid crystals
European Network to promote grazing and to support grazing-based farms on their economic and ecologic performances as well as on animal welfare (Grazing4AgroEcology)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Innovative governance, environmental observations and digital solutions in support of the Green Deal
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Germany,Ireland,Italy,France,Sweden,Portugal,Netherlands,Romania
Call: Thematic networks to compile and share knowledge ready for practice (HORIZON-CL6-2021-GOVERNANCE-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2026-02-28
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2999997.5
EU funding (EUR): 2999995.75
Participants: 19
Project status: SIGNED

Grazing-based production systems have the proven potential to produce high quality food, to be beneficial to the competitiveness of farmers and animal welfare, as well as for other ecosystem services and are widely apreciated by the society. However, for many reasons grazing is generally declining in Europe, which is a threat for many ecosystem services. In Grazing4AgroEcology (G4AE), grazing farmers are for the first time at the centre of a thematic network, complementing other thematic networks such as Inno4Grass, EuroDairy, SheepNet, BovINE, HNVLink, etc. in providing solutions for sustainable, integrated grazing-based animal production systems. G4AE has 18 partners including farmers organisations, extension services, education, and research in eight countries (France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, & Sweden). The Partner Farm Network of G4AE of 120 Partner farms (15 per country) will enable the capture and implementation of best-practices and innovations to promote grazing for agroecology. Our 3-tier multi-actor approach based on co-creation and knowledge sharing will actively involve all relevant actors of the grazing AKIS including farmers, industry, education, researchers, advisors, society, etc. This will improve the uptake of the innovation capital and significantly contribute to the improvement of the transferability of best practices and innovations and will also enable cross linkage of OGs. G4AE will innovate the grazing sector by strengthening the capacity of farmers to understand more objectively their own agroecological performance through an integrated self-assessment. This will trigger farmers to strive for innovation. G4AE will boost digitalization through webinars, digital interactions, videos and media training. G4AE will provide a rich set of practical hands-on knowledge and training material for a vast community of current and future grazing farmers, available in a Knowledge & Information Management System.

Keywords: grazing,innovation,knowedge sharing,multi actor,akis,
Structural basis of human U4atac/U6atac•U5 tri-snRNP assembly (Minor tri-snRNP)

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 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-02-01
End date: 2026-01-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 195914.88
EU funding (EUR): 195914.88
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Minor spliceosome is responsible for the removal of a rare class of introns that are present in many essential genes. Despite its fundamental importance, much information remains elusive for a comprehensive understanding of minor spliceosome assembly and the molecular basis of the diseases associated with its malfunctions in human. In this proposal, I will investigate the assembly process of U4atac/U6atac•U5 tri-snRNP (minor tri-snRNP) by isolating relevant complexes from human cells and determining their structures using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM). The U4atac/U6atac•U5 tri-snRNP is the largest pre-assembled building block of the minor spliceosome. By applying cryo-EM and proteomics, we will reveal the spatial organization and composition of the minor tri-snRNP, while the structures of its assembly intermediates will shed light on the role of assembly chaperones in the tri-snRNP maturation. Consequently, these findings will provide clues as to how minor spliceosome assembles to achieve its complex function. Recent advances in the field of cryo-EM have opened up the possibility to study large and dynamic spliceosomal complexes at a molecular level. With our lab’s expertise in pre-mRNA splicing, cryo-EM and mammalian cell culture, we are perfectly positioned to exploit these new technologies to gain mechanistic insights into the assembly of the minor spliceosome.

Keywords: minor spliceosome u4atac u6atac u5 tri snrnp cryo electron microscopy assembly
Towards no-drift sensors with on-chip self-calibration (0-drift)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and Communication Engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: Türkiye
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2028-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1650000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1650000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Sensor drift is a major problem for inertial sensors and limits their usage in autonomous navigation applications. Inertial sensor data is integrated to find the position and drift leads to error accumulation. A common drift suppression approach is temperature calibration, but ovenized state of the art sensors still exhibit drift. Instead of using temperature as a drift indicator, I have pursued a non-conventional approach and measured on-chip stress that directly correlates with drift. The device interacts with its surroundings through the anchors and on-chip stress accurately estimates drift. I am the leading researcher in the stress compensation field, and I have recently demonstrated that MEMS gyroscope drift could be eliminated with stress compensation. My long-term stability results at 2 days of averaging are unrivaled, but the calibration algorithm is not practical. Different from temperature calibration, stress calibrating a device is difficult. I propose a sensor system that would convert my proof of concept work into a practical 0-drift sensor with self-calibration. The proposed system consists of a circular MEMS sensor with multiple (~100) distributed stress sensors and piezoelectric stress transducers, a machine learning supported analytical calibration model, a custom ASIC for superior noise, and an FPGA for system control and self-calibration. If successful, the proposed approach would improve the MEMS gyroscope stability by >100X to the levels of 10-4 – 10-5°/h, enabling error-free, only gravity-referenced inertial navigation. Unlike GPS or camera, inertial navigation works under all weather, light, and location conditions providing a stable reference to navigation algorithms. With further miniaturization, 0-drift sensors could fit into smartphones, and reliable indoor navigation would become a reality. The compact, low-cost sensor could also disrupt the precision inertial market dominated by bulky and expensive fiber-optic and laser sensors.

Keywords: mems,inertial sensors,stress sensing,gyroscope,stress calibration,drift compensation
Uncovering hidden structures in protein crystallization with coherent X-rays (CRYSTAL-X)

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: Sweden
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-10-20
End date: 2026-10-19
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 222727.68
EU funding (EUR): 222727.68
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Diffraction and serial crystallography serve as essential tools for comprehending the functions and dynamics of proteins. However, a significant limitation to their application lies in the consistent generation of protein crystals. Thus, it becomes imperative to explore novel avenues that can facilitate and regulate protein crystallization. Classical nucleation theory does not encompass the crystallization pathway for numerous protein solutions. This proposal seeks to offer fresh experimental insights into hidden intermediate metastable structures that are hypothesized to occur during the observed anomalous crystallization mechanism. Our objective is to explore in a non-equilibrium manner the anomalous crystallization of ferritin solutions in microdroplets and characterize its time evolution. The latter is going to be accessed via X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy (XPCS), which will reveal the dynamic properties of both proteins and the amorphous phase that precedes crystal formation. Additionally, we aim to quantitatively assess the role of water in this system, pertaining to protein-protein interactions, hypothesized to depend on the water structuring in the vicinity of the interacting surface. Capturing the desolvation process is crucial for the understanding of the molecular mechanism underlying the different crystallization pathways, since it has been hypothesized that the efficiency and directionality of the desolvation leads to a higher (‘classical’) or lower (‘nonclassical’) degree of protein ordering in the initial aggregates. The candidate has a strong background in experimental methods sensitive to protein dynamics and joins the host group which specializes in water experiments with microdroplets. The project utilizes the unique coherent properties of European large scale facilities, such as the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) and European X-ray Free Electron Laser (Eu-XFEL).

Keywords: protein crystallization,protein diffusion,coherent x ray scattering