Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
SoluTions foR mItiGatinG climate-induced hEalth tReaths (TRIGGER)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Health
Theme: Health
Destination: Living and working in a health promoting environment
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Finland,Germany,United Kingdom,Ireland,Spain,Sweden,Cyprus,Denmark,Austria,Hungary,Slovakia,Netherlands,Switzerland,Greece
Call: Health impacts of climate change, costs and benefits of action and inaction (HORIZON-HLTH-2021-ENVHLTH-02, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 54.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9996777.0
EU funding (EUR): 9996777.0
Participants: 23
Project status: SIGNED

In spite of the ambitious mitigation efforts set out globally and addressed by initiatives of the European Commission, climate change is under way and intensifying (IPCC, 2021). According to WHO estimates, the direct damage by impacts of climate change on human health is between 1.7 and 4 billion ? by 2030. The aim and ambition of TRIGGER are to deepen current understanding of the linkage between climate, health and ecosystems (exposome framework) and to use this knowledge to advance society uptake at personal and policy level. To meet the ambition, TRIGGER will commit an interdisciplinary consortium of 22 partners in 15 countries that will develop an outreaching clinical study composed by a multi-dimensional approach that capitalizes also on existing retrospective studies and will build an international climate service for global health protection, in line with COPERNICUS initiatives. TRIGGER strategy is grounded on three pillars: i) trans-disciplinary investigations to build up systemic knowledge ii) integration and usability of research results and iii) development of practical know-how and workable tools to monitor, predict and mitigate risks for human health connected to climate change. The proposal is designed around the creation of 5 newly conceived Climate-Health Connection Labs in Europe that engage citizens, practitioners and policy-makers in a co-creation process. The approach will target areas exposed to adverse impacts of climate change, such as increased heat waves, air pollution and droughts, and will address key health issues such as cardio-vascular diseases, respiratory diseases and UV exposure. By overcoming heterogeneous technological and methodological challenges, TRIGGER will provide exploitable tools to strengthen surveillance mechanisms and risk assessment, to translate robust evidence of climate-environment-health relationships into actionable information and guidelines, to identify and prioritise cost-effective policies and actions.

Keywords: exposome,living labs,cardiovascular deaseases,respiratory deaseases
An AI powered Paraphraser based in Europe: disrupting linguistic barriers in English writing (EUPHRASER)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: European innovation ecosystems
Theme: Elevating the scalability potential of European business
Destination: Elevating the scalability potential of European business
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy
Call: Women TechEU (HORIZON-EIE-2022-SCALEUP-02, 2022)
Start date: 2023-07-01
End date: 2024-03-31
Duration (months): 9.0
Total project cost (EUR): 107142.86
EU funding (EUR): 75000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

My co-founders and I started Ludwig with a mission: to help everyone write better English and be more confident about it. To achieve the ambitious goal of making English writing more democratic, we have been working with the most cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence technologies in the field of Natural Language Processing (NLP) for the last 8 years. in 2021 we conducted a market survey with ~1000 users and discovered that 60% of them needed a paraphraser. Based on this, we decided to design and develop one. A paraphraser is a software that, given an input sentence, can generate several alternative phrases that maximize the –terminological, grammatical, and syntactical– transformation of the original sentence, while minimizing the semantic difference. The problem was that to have a competitive paraphraser model based on neural networks you have to train models made of billions of parameters, which would cost millions of dollars. Based on new cutting-edge technology we adapted a method named Prompt Tuning to our case study and built a process able to train billion parameter models for hundreds of € instead of millions. This opens up a whole new world of technological and market opportunities. We will be able to train more models and hence develop more tools quickly and with a 1/1000th of the cost of our competitors while having the same quality. The goal of this project is to help us bring our TRL7- Paraphraser to the market (TRL9), with a compelling product market fit. Most of the tasks are business-related and being as Chief of Business Development, this project is the perfect match for my skills. We will complete the project in 9 months during which we will establish KPIs, analyze UI interactions, design and launch marketing experiments, to make product iterations and modifications based on insights. We will complete the deployment of our paraphraser in all the touchpoints and release it to the public.

Keywords: edtech,artificial intelligence,natural language processing,writing enhancement software,paraphraser
INNOVATIVE MEDICAL SOFTWARE DESIGN FOR ORTHOTIC THERAPY (SoftDesign_Orthotic)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: European innovation ecosystems
Theme: Elevating the scalability potential of European business
Destination: Elevating the scalability potential of European business
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Austria
Call: Women TechEU (HORIZON-EIE-2021-SCALEUP-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-06-01
End date: 2023-05-31
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 107142.86
EU funding (EUR): 75000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Custom-made orthotic devices such as orthoses, shoes, insoles, and prosthesis shafts are a central feature of orthotic therapy. It is estimated that 1-2% of the whole population are at some time in need of such an orthotic device, and about 1% of the global healthcare budget is spent on orthotic therapy. Usually, an orthotic technician still produces these by hand and fits them by feel, visual inspection, and verbal feedback from the patient, if available. sendance offers a complete solution to manufacturers of custom-made orthotic devices that enables them to digitize their products. The three components of this solution are: sendance-grid: a thin, conformable and permeable sensor matrix called sendance-grid can be seamlessly integrated in the surface of the orthosis. This groundbreaking solution in the field of stretchable electronics enables for the first time a quantitative analysis of the fit of custom-made orthotic devices. sendance-cloud: sendance provides an integrated software solution called sendance-cloud for managing and visuaizing the data gathered by the sendance-grids. The data collection in the sendance-cloud is the basis for Big-Data-Analysis that can help to optimize orthotic therapy. sendance-services: the sendance-services provide assistance to patients, orthotic technicians and orthopedists with warnings and recommendations based on the data in the sendance-cloud. In the framework of the Women TechEU, the CTO Dr. Yana Vereshchaga with assistance of the COO Dr. Daniela Wirthl will head a project to - make a valid project plan for the sendance-cloud and sendance-service products - create mockup demonstrators - draft a roadmap for medical product regulations - set up a first implementation of a quality management system according to ISO13485 Additonally, they will improve their business, project management and leadership skills in order to support their move from university science into leading positions in a dynamic start-up environment.

Keywords: soft electronics,orthotics,digitalisation
Reliability assessment of safety systems (RASS)

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
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 199694.4
EU funding (EUR): 199694.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The appropriate management of major industrial risks requires the employment of advanced safety systems that can ensure an acceptable protection level for the workers, the surrounding population and the environment. Such an employment is practically an entire process that follows the lifecycle of those systems to ensure not only their ability to perform their intended functions but also to reduce the side effects of their integration into the system, which can be serious on many levels including safety itself. The main objectives of this project are: 1. Develop an adequate framework to handle the uncertainty involved in the quantification of the main measures in the reliability assessment of safety systems, with the proposition of a practical implementation tool that facilitates its application by the associated engineers. 2. Specify the nature of the systematic failures and their relationships with random failures and extract the contribution of the human and organizational factors, with an analysis of the possible differences between the different involved characteristics. 3. Propose and validate quantitative systematic safety integrity indicators that can be used in parallel and in consistency with those classical random-side measures to allocate the safety requirements and to assess the performance of the safety systems in a balanced manner. 4. Propose a coherent sub-phase in the overall safety lifecycle, which concerns the quantitative analysis aspects using a combination of the results of those treated points in addition to some other currently accepted practices in reliability assessments of safety systems. The main results and their places in the existing lifecycle models and safety management frameworks will be arranged as a sub-phase of the safety lifecycle, in particular those associated with the quantitative treatment of uncertainty and systematic failures aiming to contribute in enhancing assessment of the reliability of safety systems.

Keywords: quantitative risk assessment,expert elicitation,bayesian learning,functional safety
High-throughput synthesis and characterisation of metal-organic framework thin films for volatile compound sensing (LibMOF)

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: Slovenia
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-04-01
End date: 2025-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 155559.36
EU funding (EUR): 155559.36
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) offer the possibility to tailor their nano-pore environment and capture only specific molecules, making them an ideal candidate as a receptor in gas sensors. In order to mimic human olfaction, several receptors with different selectivity toward volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are combined in an array of sensors to form a so-called electronic nose (e-nose). High-quality thin films of MOFs are required for their integration in these sensor arrays; however, their synthesis has proven challenging due to a large number of parameters that influence the film quality. In the LibMOF project, a high-throughput (HT) synthesis method will be developed to screen the synthesis conditions for MOF thin films. The HT approach will be about 25-times faster than conventional synthesis and produce about 100-times less chemical waste. In addition, with the developed method, it is possible to deposit multiple different MOF films on a single substrate, which enables the use of HT characterisation of the functional performance (dielectric properties, adsorption isotherm and diffusion measurements of volatile organic compounds, VOCs). The synthesis conditions of the selected MOFs and their functional properties will be gathered in so-called libraries. These libraries will also contain negative results and will be shared publicly to facilitate faster development of MOF-based electronics. Finally, an electronic nose composed of an array of chemically-diverse MOF sensor elements will be fabricated and evaluated for sensing of complex VOC mixtures in real-world applications (targeting indoor air quality monitoring and human breath analysis for disease diagnostics).

Keywords: metal organic frameworks
Quantum light-controlled topological phases of matter (Q-Light-Topo)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Condensed Matter Physics
Panel description: Structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2023-11-01
End date: 2028-10-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1274766.0
EU funding (EUR): 1274766.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Using quantum light to control material properties is an emergent field of research that is sparked by the recent experimental advances in controlling chemical reactions, enhancing transport in semiconductors or even inducing superconductivity in polymers. Inducing topological phases of matter with light is particularly interesting research direction due to their robustness and their possible application in quantum technologies. This theoretical proposal will focus specifically on using quantum nature of light to probe, control and engineer topological phases of matter arising in solid-state materials coupled to cavity photons. I will study semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures, which have been under intense experimental scrutiny recently in the context of topological superconductivity, coupled to cavity photons with the aim of distinguishing trivial from topological zero-energy bound states arising in such setups. Cavity response will be also investigated as a tool for probing corner states in second-order topological superconductors. This proposal will explore how to control topological phase transitions in various topological materials, including semiconductor-superconductor heterostructures, strongly coupled to light, and also focus on topological characterization of the hybrid polaritonic light-matter excitations arising in such systems. The overarching goal of this project is to propose a protocol for engineering topological states in initially trivial electronic materials with quantum light. The implementation of this proposal requires a study of various coupling regimes between a solid-state material and quantum light, and is based on my experience in mesoscopic physics and circuit quantum electrodynamics. Moreover, design of new topological systems will help to move forward the field of quantum technologies.

Keywords: circuit quantum electrodynamics,cavity resonators,topological phases of matter,topological superconductivity,majorana bound states
A pan-European Networked Acceleration Programme to expand acceleration ecosystems and foster the scalability potential of European business (AccelerAction)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: European innovation ecosystems
Theme: Elevating the scalability potential of European business
Destination: Elevating the scalability potential of European business
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,France,Portugal,Austria,Greece,Romania,Ireland
Call: Expanding Acceleration Ecosystems (HORIZON-EIE-2021-SCALEUP-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2025-02-28
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1327443.75
EU funding (EUR): 996243.75
Participants: 10
Project status: CLOSED

The European innovation landscape is still geographically unbalanced, negatively affecting more disadvantaged business ecosystems and creating in those areas weaker entrepreneurial activity, scarcer investments and lower employment opportunities. As a consequence, the diverse innovation landscape in Europe and the strong geographical gap among the better-connected innovation ecosystems (‘strong innovators’ and ‘innovation leaders’) and the less connected ones (‘moderate’ and ‘emerging’), leads the start-ups from better-connected ecosystems benefitting from more local accelerators with greater funding opportunities and more qualified business support services compared to their counterparts elsewhere. Starting from these premises, the mission of the AccelerAction project is to lay the foundations for a reversal trend, by contributing in making moderate and emerging innovation ecosystems more attractive to international companies interested in setting up their businesses outside the established centres and generating a more balanced business activity across Europe. To this end, AccelerAction aims to create more connected and efficient innovation ecosystems in the sector of advanced technologies, supporting the scaling of companies, encouraging innovation and stimulating cooperation among national, regional and local innovation actors through a pan-European Networked Acceleration Programme. These are the AccelerAction objectives in detail: i) improve the quality and outreach of business acceleration services in developing innovation ecosystems; ii) co-design programmes of activities proposed jointly by business acceleration entities located in less connected ecosystems and innovation hubs; iii) strengthening less connected ecosystems to increase their competitiveness & connectivity, and to keep more balanced the business activity across Europe; iv) accelerate gender equality in the innovation ecosystems.

Keywords: acceleration,innovation ecosystems,gender equality,deeptech,scaleup,pan european network
Trailblazing Inclusive, Sustainable and Resilient Cities (InCITIES)

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
Countries involved: Portugal,France,Germany,Finland,Slovakia,Canada
Call: Capacity building to strengthen networks of higher education institutions and cooperation with surrounding ecosystems (HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ACCESS-05, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1964601.76
EU funding (EUR): 1964601.76
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

The InCITIES project aims to achieve the transformations of HEIs and their surrounding ecosystem centred around on cities’ needs of inclusion, sustainability and resilience. Its specific focus on widening countries (Portugal and Slovakia) will allow to overcome structural, sociocultural, economic, political and institutional barriers. Addressing the European-global challenges of cities, InCITIES has 4 objectives: 1) Map institutional transformation strategies towards research-based sustainable universities including open science and career opportunities. 2) Build a long-term network of participating HEIs and surrounding ecosystems based on integrated knowledge HUBs. 3) Increase scientific, technological and staff capacity by sharing the best pedagogical, research, management and administrative practices in the consortium, and piloting leverages to widening HEIs. 4) Promote digitally driven universities by creating an open and innovative education and training platform in synergy with the project research and innovation agenda on inclusive, sustainable and resilient cities. The 5 methods jointly developed will set the foundation for the consortium role model: 1) Method for a common research map, 2) Capacity building actions based on the Learning by Developing pedagogical model, 3) Capacity building in talent scout and career opportunity strategy (attractiveness of research careers, including open science incentives), 4) Capacity building on equality, diversity and inclusion, 5) Methods to address enablers and barriers to integration of the InCITIES Alliance. From knowledge co-creation to joint production between European HEIs, surrounding ecosystems and citizens’ involvement, integrated actions play a key-role in achieving the consortium objectives. Capacity building actions implemented are a step towards the submission to the European Universities Initiative; it will strengthen the ERA, the EEA, and Europe’s approach to cooperation in R&I.

Keywords: excellent research,climate neutrality,resilient and sustainable city,learning by developing,multidisciplinary challenge based education,inclusiveness,local partnership,tech and social innovation
Helicoid molecular devices for coupled motion (HeliCoM)

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: Netherlands
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 187624.32
EU funding (EUR): 187624.32
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The project HeliCoM (Helicoid molecular devices for coupled motion) is a 24-month postdoctoral research project to be conducted within Prof. B. Feringa’s group at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (Netherlands). This ambitious research aims at developing new molecular motors and switches based on an overcrowded alkene scaffold appended with an helical dibenzo[c,g]fluorene moiety. The chiral information resulting from the introduction of this axially chiral fragment will allow to control the rotational direction of molecular motors without the need of a stereogenic carbon. Oppositely by embedding such scaffold in a molecular switch design and lowering the helicity inversion barrier, we aim at inverting the helicity of the dibenzo[c,g]fluorene through a photoinduced coupled motion of both halves of the overcrowded alkene resulting in a remote control of the helicity. Achieving these goals will require to finely tune the racemization barrier of the dibenzofluorene core in order to produce the desired stimuli responsive compounds. All these objectives aim towards improving the level of function of molecular devices with a potential important scientific impact with numerous applications of the developed methodologies through transdisciplinary collaborations. Preliminary DFT modelling have been performed in order to assess the feasibility of this project and refine the design of the synthetic targets presented herein. The conduction of this project will drastically enhance the employability of the Researcher thanks to the development of new skills (scientific, technical and transversal) and give him the opportunity to perform high-impact research in a renowned group. The Researcher will be directly supervised by Prof. B. Feringa, who is the inventor of synthetic molecular motors and greatly contributed to the field of molecular switches. His experience, completed by the expertise of other members of his group will allow for the straightforward achievement of this project.

Keywords: molecular machines,coupled motion,dynamic stereochemistry,helicity,molecular motor,molecular switch,chiroptical switch,overcrowded alkene,dibenzo c,g fluorene