Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Deep Learning Based Interpretable Pediatric Brain Tumors Segmentation and Classification (DL-I-PBraTSC)

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: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Ireland,Türkiye
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 269418.0
EU funding (EUR): 269418.0
Participants: 4
Project status: SIGNED

The DL-I-PBraTSC project aims to address the significant impact of pediatric brain tumors (PBTs) as the leading cause of cancer death in children and adolescents. Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are increasingly being explored to assist doctors in detecting and diagnosing through clinical decision support systems (CDSS). However, They face the challenges in successfully segmenting PBTs due to the scarcity of available medical image datasets. Additionally, the lack of transparency in black-box AI models has raised concerns among doctors, hindering the adoption of AI in CDSS. To tackle these challenges, the project will develop a state-of-the-art interpretable AI-based framework to classify PBTs including tumor segmentation. DL-I-PBraTSC will identify the location of PBTs, classify of PBT types, and enable quantitative analysis of sub-region of PBT parameters helping clinicians in diagnosis, treatment planning, monitoring disease progression, and predicting patient outcomes. The project will start with collecting and preparing sufficiently large, balanced PBT medical images from secondment institution with the assistance of medical experts. An online test platform will be implemented for clinicians to use the model, gathering feedback for further validation and improvements. The non-academic placement will provide real-world clinical validation of the model's efficacy. The project findings will be shared in conferences or journals targeting both neuroscience and informatics. DL-I-PBraTSC can help healthcare providers make more informed decisions about diagnosis and treatment planning of PBTs and contribute to early detection and intervention. These can lead to better patient outcomes, improved overall healthcare delivery and public health outcomes, and reduced healthcare costs, aligning with the EU's objectives of providing ensuring the safety and well-being of its citizens and one of the Irish national research priorities areas, Health and Wellbeing.

Keywords: explainable artificial intelligence,model interpretability,brain tumor classification,image segmentation,magnetic resonance imaging
UpSCALing Efficient alternatives for contentious InpuTs in organic farming (SCALE-it)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems from primary production to consumption
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Belgium,France,Hungary,Poland,Denmark,United Kingdom,Germany,Spain,Türkiye,Italy,Greece,Switzerland,Australia,Estonia,Bulgaria,Sweden
Call: Increasing the availability and use of non-contentious inputs in organic farming (HORIZON-CL6-2024-FARM2FORK-02, 2024)
Start date: 2025-05-01
End date: 2029-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6193216.25
EU funding (EUR): 6066056.76
Participants: 36
Project status: SIGNED

The objective of SCALE-it is to increase the availability, accessibility and adoption of cost-effective alternatives to contentious inputs and thus reduce the dependency of organic farming on (a) critical plant protection products, (b) manure from conventional farms, (c) antibiotics and anthelmintics, and (d) synthetic and GMO derived vitamins. SCALE-it follows a multi-actor approach involving partners from the whole organic value chain (farmers, farmers' associations, advisors, veterinarians, researchers, industry, consumers). It builds on previous projects and takes forward most alternatives (products, tools, holistic methods) to TRL7-9. Less advanced alternatives are developed further by (i) reviewing information and (ii) testing experimentally before including them in demonstration trials under organic conditions. Local Ambassadors with an outstanding outreach capacity in the organic farming community lead over 65 trials across Europe, organising local dissemination events, and generating novel data for the environmental and economic impact assessments. SCALE-it supports companies to establish roadmaps for upscaling alternatives, registration and IP protection. Farmers’ and consumers’ acceptance of alternatives is analysed. SCALE-it is well placed to moderate the development of implementable rules on the use of inputs in organic farming and provide support to policy development via national and international multi-actor activities. Targeted dissemination materials and training packages will be developed. SCALE-it results will reduce the use of contentious inputs and increase the use of their alternatives in organic (and non-organic) production by (a) increasing the availability and knowledge on best use of alternatives, (b) creating decision making and (c) advisory tools and (d) showcasing the alternatives. It supports the transition to sustainable farming systems in line with the F2F strategy, promoting fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food systems.

Keywords: inputs,plant pests,organic fertilizers,animal nutrition,on farm trials
Inclusive & aligned INNovation Agendas across Europe (INNAXE)

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: Spain,Germany,Bulgaria,Denmark,Belgium,France,Norway,Italy
Call: Preparatory action for setting up joint programmes among innovation ecosystems actors (HORIZON-EIE-2021-CONNECT-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-07-01
End date: 2024-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 540049.52
EU funding (EUR): 500620.95
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

INNAXE aims at strengthening the interconnection and fostering the dialog among European Life Sciences and Healthtech innovation ecosystems, to increase their efficiency and innovation capacities, with the focus on the twin transformation that ecosystems’ stakeholders are already experiencing. INNAXE intends to define and prepare a joint actionable plan towards more interconnected, inclusive, sustainable, dynamic and competitive Life Sciences and Healthcare innovation ecosystems across the EU and Associated countries, to overcome the current fragmentation when it comes to innovation capabilities. The consortium is composed of 6 leading cluster organisations that bring together, connect, coordinate, dynamise, and accelerate the Life Sciences and Healthtech innovation ecosystems’ community at regional level in Catalonia (Biocat, ES), Île de France (Medicen, FR), Rhine-Neckar (BioRN, DE); at national level in Bulgaria (HLSC, BG) and Denmark (DLSC, DK) and at EU level and Associated Countries (CEBR, BE). The regional/national ecosystems in this consortium cover all the innovation levels of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) and Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS) , from emerging innovators to innovation leaders. The Joint Action Plan will specifically address performance gaps of emerging and moderate innovator regions, with the help of strong innovator and innovation leader regions. The project will broaden its scope to include ecosystems from other EU and Associated countries through the Council of European BioRegions (CEBR), a partner in this project. INNAXE intends to align the project outcomes to the diverse policies in the EU agenda for innovation, EC Work Programs, and regional, local and national agendas, as well as other EU-funded projects, exploring complementarities and synergies to draft an optimal Joint Action Plan (JAP).

Keywords: life sciences clusters innovation assess connect scale impact
Streamlining the optimisation of Sustainable Thermal Energy systems and Prototype technologies in process industries (StreamSTEP)

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: Processes4Planet (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Norway,Greece,Spain,United Kingdom,Lithuania,Finland,Italy,Türkiye,Switzerland
Call: Optimisation of thermal energy flows in the process industry (Processes4Planet partnership) (IA) (HORIZON-CL4-2024-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, 2024)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2028-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 17536675.74
EU funding (EUR): 14999977.0
Participants: 32
Project status: SIGNED

European process industries face significant challenges in a changing geopolitical landscape, under the threat of climate change and against fierce international competition. In this context, boosting the resilience and competitiveness of process industries, while taking surefooted steps towards climate neutrality is of existential importance. StreamSTEP is the vision of 31 organisations across EU, Switzerland, Norway and UK, aspiring to trigger significant improvements of how heating energy is managed within industrial processes. The project will address processes that generate waste heat across all temperature grades, from 135oC to over 1400oC, deploying five innovative heat exchanger prototypes for challenging applications and achieving flexible operation across multiple heat sinks. Heat upgrade will be managed through high temperature heat pumps, achieving outlet temperatures at 150oC and at 215oC, with improved performance through ejector technology and the capacity to operate dynamically across a range of required temperatures. Enablers of these innovations are advanced manufacturing techniques, achieving superior material performance through novel material alloys. The system will be demonstrated across five sectors: non-ferrous metals, ceramics, minerals, plastics and refining. The demonstrators will be supported by impact boosting resources, de-risking the investment and accelerating commercialisation. A holistic process digital twinning pipeline will be integral to these advancements, as it will provide the infrastructure to deploy powerful optimisation agents, addressing energy balance, intermediary storage, GHG avoidance and data-driven LCA. The effects of the StreamSTEP project will be significant, as the recovery and efficient reutilisation of the majority of waste heat (50%-over 90%) will be achieved, with systems boasting a payback below 3 years, with the added effects of increasing productivity in selected processes, as well as energy flexibility.

Keywords: energy efficiency,thermal energy flow,heat pump,heat exchanger,heat pipe,life cycle assessment,techno economic,steam,prototype technology,process industry
Advancing holistic understanding of community RESILIence and heritAGE drivers through community-based methodologies (RESILIAGE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Civil Security for Society
Theme: Civil Security for Society
Destination: Disaster-Resilient Society for Europe
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,France,Norway,Austria,Portugal,Türkiye,Spain,Netherlands,Greece,Belgium
Call: Better understanding of citizens’ behavioural and psychological reactions in the event of a disaster or crisis situation (HORIZON-CL3-2022-DRS-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4968177.5
EU funding (EUR): 4968177.5
Participants: 19
Project status: SIGNED

RESILIAGE’s mission is to provide novel knowledge and impactful solutions for exploiting Europe´s hidden and unused resource: community resilience. RESILIAGE will enable a step-change in Disaster Risk Management and in the way research and practice deal with variation in aspects of society like culture, risk awareness, inclusion, socio-economic and geographical conditions by co-creating resilient communities through digital tools and soft solutions consolidated in a holistic and systemic approach. RESILIAGE aims to improve understanding of the behaviour and psychological reactions of diverse society groups affected by a natural and man-made disaster and enhance community resilience. Indeed, with the proactive and participatory involvement of all the relevant stakeholders and end users, RESILIAGE will co-shape and develop a set of digital tools and soft solutions to support first responders and public authorities, empower citizens, share more accurate and accessible information prior, during and after a natural and man-made disaster or crisis situation. These will be integrated in a digital platform, the Resource Ecosystem for Community Resilience, and validated through a holistic systemic Disaster Risk Management and multi-hazards approach in five Community Resilience labs and their networks. Results and lessons learned will provide guidelines and policy recommendations to enhance preparedness plans, SENDAI framework and strategies for Climate Change Adaptation.

Keywords: large scale exercises,cultural aspects,data driven platform
Lacewing venom: Linking the molecular and phenotypic evolution of adaptive traits (VenomEvolvability)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Environmental B iology, Ecology  and E volution
Panel description: For all organisms : Ecology, biodiversity, environmental change , evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, microbial ecology , marine biology, ecophysiology, theoretical developments and mod elling
Countries involved: Norway
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-03-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499971.25
EU funding (EUR): 1499971.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Understanding the ability of species to adapt to their environment, or their evolvability, is central to evolutionary biology. Most traits are complex in that their phenotype results from the contributions of many genes with small, sometimes non-additive effects. While quantitative genetics has been instrumental in showing that short term evolvability depends on additive genetic variation, it ignores details of the molecular underpinnings of phenotypic characters that are crucial for the production and maintenance of additive genetic variation, and therefore evolvability at longer time scale. This impacts our understanding of evolvability and calls for model traits that enable the integration of quantitative and molecular genetics. Venoms are great model systems for this purpose. They are convergent sets of traits well-suited for comparative studies, and their phenotypes result from the combined actions of a relatively small number of secreted, functionally repurposed proteins, or toxins, that can be identified, characterised, and quantified. This project focuses on the venoms of Neuroptera, which venoms remain unstudied despite providing a unique opportunity among venomous animals to combine omics techniques, and comparative molecular and morphological evolution with evolutionary quantitative genetics. This multidisciplinary approach will elucidate the genetic and evolutionary mechanisms that underlie the emergence of venoms as complex evolutionary novelties and identify the molecular properties that facilitate or constrain their evolution across micro- and macroevolutionary timescales. Thus, the project will test central hypotheses about venom evolvability, but it is also likely to yield novel bioactive molecules with potential use as molecular tools and agrochemical leads. It will also establish venom as model systems that enable integration of quantitative and molecular genetics, thereby addressing a major methodological challenge in evolutionary biology.

Keywords: venom,toxin,evolvability
INNOVAtive DEmocracy through digitalisation (INNOVADE)

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 Democracy and Governance
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Germany,Spain,Italy
Call: Digital democracy (HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2976860.0
EU funding (EUR): 2976860.0
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

Digital transformation of democracy has become an irreversible process. Yet, digital democracy platforms bear risks and challenges. INNOVADE's ambitious and disruptive results will drive transformation in how democracy and civic participation are facilitated by advanced digital technologies, while ensuring equal participation irrespective of socio-economic background and other factors. By fostering a thriving digitally enhanced public sphere, INNOVADE contributes to policymakers, citizens and researchers' better understanding of digital democracy dynamics. Leveraging existing knowledge, INNOVADE investigates recent developments in e-participation solutions. Through historical analysis and transnational cooperation, INNOVADE delves into the wide and long-term impacts and provide scalable and replicable solutions for e-participation. To advance digital democracy, INNOVADE will a) build an interdisciplinary knowledge base on digital democracy to improve knowledge on the current state of the art, future trends, and emerging next practices; b) help decisionmakers better understand frameworks, structures and settings required for inclusive digital governance; c) provide a toolkit that allows governments to make informed decisions on how to advance the transition to optimum digital democracies; d) build a “Digital Democracy App” in conformance with the principles of data protection, data security, and ethics; and finally e) develop a conceptual framework, platform and the educational materials needed for democratising access to digital tools for citizens across different backgrounds. The project’s co-operation with public administrations, citizens, civil society, and the private sector will ensure dialogue and foster impact. Over the longer term, the project will contribute to strengthening democratic governance, improving the accountability, transparency, efficacy, and trustworthiness of governments, and expanding active and inclusive citizenship.

Keywords: digital democracy,civic participation,open government,innovation,
#NitRecerCat: The Catalan European Researchers' Night (NitRecerCat2425)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: European Researchers' Night
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: European Researchers' Night and Researchers at Schools 2024-2025 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-CITIZENS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-07-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 300000.0
EU funding (EUR): 300000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

The Catalan European Researchers’ Night project consists in a two years proposal for 2024 and 2025. The overall proposal is centred on two main activities: The European Researchers’ Night (ERN) and Researchers at Schools (R@S). The well-known ERN will be held on 27 September 2024 and on 26 September 2025. During two years, nine partners will bring research and researchers closer to more than 30,000 people and, 10000 students with nearly 500 activities which will be performed all throughout Catalonia. A part of ERN, Researchers at Schools (R@S) are designed, adding a much better and longer interaction of pupils with the research from the Catalan institutions. 15 schools will become #NitEduCat Schools, with two-years of stable collaboration between a team of researchers and the schools. The proposal aims at making the public aware about the present mission-oriented program of European Commission, mainly in the idea of how Researchers can help to change the world to a better one. #NitRecerCat is divided in two activities: • Catalan European Researchers’ Night (Nit Europea de la Recerca, ERN) o “La Nit Catalana de la Recerca” – More than 250 activities for each edition are programmed during Friday evening/night. A common “El Racó d’Europa” will be allocated in each location together with Women in Science exhibition. o “Ensopega’t amb la Recerca” – During Friday/Saturday morning, research will be found in everyday locations, from markets, to museums, malls, bars, etc, • Researchers at School – (R@S) o NitEduCat Schools –Development of 5-medium-long-term projects that promote stable collaboration between a team of researchers and primary/secondary school. o “La Recerca va a l’Escola” – Special campaigns will be done for Research visiting School. Researcher will encourage students to follow a scientific career. o “Tenim Experts!” – A list of experts will be offered to primary schools, in order to have pupils interacting with researchers in their school project.

Keywords: research communication,scientific education,scientific method,scientific culture,public engagement,workshops,divulgation talks