Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Innovative fluorescent Nanodiamonds as bright permanent markers for diagnostics and anti-counterfeiting (BRIGHT NANO-DIAMONDS)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Nanotechnologies, Advanced Materials, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing, and Biotechnology
Theme: Nanotechnologies
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: France
Call: Accelerating the uptake of nanotechnologies, advanced materials or advanced manufacturing and processing technologies by SMEs (H2020-SMEINST-1-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2014-12-01
End date: 2015-05-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

DiamLite is a French company devoted to the commercialization of innovative fluorescent NanoDiamonds (fNDs) as bright permanent markers for a wide range of applications, in biology and diagnostics or for marking objects (anti-counterfeiting) and fluids (probing reservoir for oil prospection). DiamLite’s markers made of fNDs have key advantages over competitive solutions: their intense and indefinite fluorescence, their stability over time and in extreme conditions, their small size, their biocompatibility and the possibility to functionalise them, as well as the ability to produce them at a large-scale, and consequently to sell them at a competitive price. There is currently no commercial source of fNDs having all these exceptional properties. DiamLite perfectly controls the production process of these fNDs. Future challenges and objectives of the BRIGHT NANODIAMONDS project through the SME Instrument call are: 1) The scale-up optimisation for large-scale production of brighter fNDs; 2) The business development for the two targeted applications. Therefore, the SME Instrument Phase 1 will include: 1) A technical study on the identification of best parameters and conditions for a large-scale production of bright fNDs ; 2) The selection of the best partners and equipment able to carry out this production in the SME call Phase 2, as well as customer prospection with an intensification of contacts and identification of new business opportunities. DiamLite will start co-developments to implement specific applications (for research in life sciences, diagnostics, object marking for anti-counterfeiting). Then, the company will sell fNDs for these applications.

Keywords: fluorescent nanodiamonds,markers,industrial production,bio imaging,marking object and fluid,diagnostic,anticounterfeiting,scale up
Innovatiing textile-based heating system for technical applicatiions with a special focus on Electric Vehicles (MAXITHERM)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Smart, green and integrated transport
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Germany,Germany
Call: Small business innovation research for Transport and Smart Cities Mobility (H2020-SMEINST-2-2016-2017, 2016)
Start date: 2016-09-01
End date: 2018-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2185094.25
EU funding (EUR): 1529565.98
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of MAXITHERM is to contribute to the expansion of Electric mobility in Europe by extending Electric Vehicles (EV) autonomy. We propose a heating system for EV that reduces electricity demand of heating systems in by 30% while maitaining passenger comfort. MAXITHERM is a heating system based on a technical fabric composed by a blend of electrically conductive and non-electrically conductive fibres that is integrated within the structure of the vehicles. It provides direct and fast heat to passangers and is more cost efficient than current solutions. The final development stages of Maxitherm will be carried out by three European SMEs, MaxiTex (DE) (coordinator and IPR owner), Metron (SI) a CHMüller (DE). The sales of Maxitherm will boost the growth of the three companies involved and will provide them with a strategic position in the Electric Vehicle industry, a highly interesting growing market.

Keywords: automotive,hvca,green transport,non woven,electric vehicle
Determining the drivers and importance of scavenging behaviors in a changing world using agent based modeling approaches. (SCAVENGER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2017-09-25
End date: 2019-09-24
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183454.8
EU funding (EUR): 183454.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

In the face of global change and a rapidly changing world ecologists must understand the fundamental components of ecological systems. Unsurprisingly, much research has focused on the trophic links of which ecosystems are constructed. However, despite this attention one particular type of trophic link, scavenging, has been relatively ignored. This is despite estimates showing that scavenging accounts for more energy transfer in comparison to predation, clearly demonstrating its crucial role in determining ecosystem dynamics. Yet scavenging is a still a poorly understood behavior as despite its prevalence across predators, little explanation is available for the enormous level of variation in the level of scavenging both across species and with them. SCAVENGER proposes to address this imbalance using a state of the art simulation approach recently developed by the fellow to test the ecological and physiological drivers of scavenging behaviors and explore the importance of this behavior in extinct, extant and potential future ecosystems. By using a combination of biomechanics, energetics and macroecology in an agent based modeling framework I will test the drivers of scavenging efficiency focusing on the roles of body size, locomotion, biomechanics, population dynamics and environmental factors such as temperature. After mapping out the drivers of scavenging this approach will be applied to both understanding the role of scavenging in an extinct system, were the role of scavenging in early Hominds will be explored, and in future scenarios, were systems of conservation and management importance will be identifies as part of a secondment at the Zoological Society of London. The SCAVENGER proposal will allow me to address a substantial gap in the understanding of an important ecological component, develop a novel approach to foraging ecology and apply it in multiple fields, and provide me with a vital stepping stone towards becoming a future leader within ecology.

Keywords: agent based modeling,scavenging,foraging,metabolic theory,trophic ecology
An EGNSS application providing an end-to-end solution based on the SAR/Galileo service and particularly using the Return-Link-Message (RLM), to improve the mobility and safety of citizens (SAT406M)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Space
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Israel,France
Call: Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) based EGNSS applications (H2020-Galileo-2014-1, 2014)
Start date: 2015-02-01
End date: 2018-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1426250.0
EU funding (EUR): 998375.0
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

Developing an improved Personal Locator Beacon (PLB), enhanced MEOLUT and physiological monitoring application providing an end-to-end solution based on the SAR/Galileo service and particularly the unique Return-Link-Service (RLS). The improved PLB is wrist-worn, integrating a 406MHz Cospas-Sarsat compatible beacon and a Digital Selective Calling (DSC) transceiver compatible with marine VHF radios. The enhanced MEOLUT supports increased uplink data throughput. The specific application monitors at the PLB and communicates to the Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC), via the MEOLUT, the user’s physiological status. The integrated PLB and the enhanced communication will enable operational advantages for increasing the rescue probability, by: 1. Detecting a mariner's distress call by SAR satellites, and by nearby ships equipped with a DSC radio. 2. Saving battery power by controlling the PLB transmission power and repetition rate, upon RLS and DSC acknowledgments. 3. Enabling the RCC and assisting ships to provide rescue suitable to the specific case. Increasing the data throughput will be achieved based on a mathematical method patented by Mobit and implemented in its present PLB (SAT406), and with the cooperation of a MEOLUT developer – Thales Alenia Space. This method could pave the way for an enhanced communication protocol between PLB and RCC, facilitating and improving the rescue operation. In the project, the specific application of monitoring and communicating the user's physiological status will be developed by GeoNumerics, an SME specialized in geomatic and navigation algorithms that has developed a “stochastic graph navigation” method for “qualitative navigation.” The project products are: an innovative PLB to be introduced to the marine market, and MEOLUT enhancing offering added value services for the SAR community and users, potentially becoming standard.

Keywords: cospas sarsat,beacon,meolut,meosar,gmdss
Bacteria-phage-antibiotic interactions in variable environments: a community ecology perspective (COEXIST)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2018-07-01
End date: 2020-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 187419.6
EU funding (EUR): 187419.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

There is increasing awareness that diversity in microbial communities likely plays a critical role in multiple biological processes, from regulating human health to sustaining ecosystem services. Along with advances in molecular technologies, this realisation has seen a rapid growth in efforts to catalogue microbial life, and yet we still have a surprisingly poor understanding of the mechanisms maintaining microbial diversity. With up to 1,000 different species in the human gut alone, classical ecological explanations for diversity maintenance appear unlikely to hold. A resolution to this coexistence paradox may lie in the dynamic nature of microbial environments. The goal of this project is to investigate whether recent theoretical advances in understanding coexistence in non-equilibrium systems can provide insights into microbial diversity in the presence of viral parasites and antimicrobial agents that naturally vary in concentration in space and time. To this end, I will conduct a series of innovative experiments on multi-strain communities of pathogenic and non-pathogenic Escherichia coli under spatial and temporal variability in nutrient resources, phages and antibiotics. The project is unique in community ecology in leveraging high-throughput methods in a model microbial system of significant human interest; and in its focus on the interaction between non-linear growth functions and environmental variability as a critical determinant of community dynamics. The results will i) enhance our understanding of the role of viral parasitism in regulating diversity; ii) provide insight into emerging theory on the operation of coexistence mechanisms at different spatial and temporal scales; and iii) inform evolutionary and epidemiological research into the combined effect of antibiotics and phages on bacterial performance.

Keywords: microbial ecology,bacteria,phage,antimicrobial resistance
Hyaluronic-Cisplatin Film for Implant in Malignant Mesothelioma Recurrence (Hyalcis)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Italy
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2019)
Start date: 2019-05-01
End date: 2019-10-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Hyalcis is a novel medicinal product, based on an innovative biodegradable film technology, for the prevention of the recurrence after surgery of malignant pleural mesothelioma. The proposing company, PlumeStars s.r.l., has successfully applied to the European Medical Agency, obtaining in 2016 the orphan designation for Hyalcis. This entitles PlumeStars as unique provider of the product, i.e, a polymeric film to treat pleura mesothelioma, for which there are no satisfactory curative methods. To capture this unique business opportunity, the Phase 1 project will develop a detailed Business Plan achievable within 6 months, including technical feasibility assessment based on qualified feedback and requirements from users, detailed market analysis, competitors analysis, industrialization planning, key partnerships preparation, knowledge protection and financial planning. Mesothelioma is a very aggressive form of cancer linked to asbestos use in construction and industry. It is difficult to diagnose, highly resistant to treatment and full recovery is extremely rare. Over 43,000 people die every year worldwide for the disease and that 10,000 new cases of mesothelioma combined in Europe, North America, Japan and Australia occur each year. The solution developed by PlumeStars is a hydrophilic, thin and flexible film, sufficiently resistant to be applied intrapleural or in other districts, adhering to the mesothelial or epithelial surfaces. The cisplatin release from the film is prolonged providing high local concentrations of anticancer drug, precisely in situ where the residual tumor could develop. This introduces significant benefits in terms of effectiveness, limiting tumor recurrence, low toxicity and increased safety and efficiency. This benefits have been confirmed in the tests already carried out on animals. PlumeStars aims at reaching 25% of the 200M€/year target market in 5 years, including 2 years for industrialization and registration.

Keywords: hyaluronic cisplatin film,anticancer drug,malignant mesothelioma,orphan designation
Low-Bandgap Fused Ring Electron Acceptors towards High-Efficiency Organic Solar Cells (WONDER)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Standard European Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2019-06-01
End date: 2021-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 203852.16
EU funding (EUR): 203852.16
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Organic solar cells (OSCs) based on fused ring electron acceptors (FREAs) attract significant attention recently and exhibit great potential to achieve high efficiency, due to the FREA’s merits of high absorption coefficients in visible region, easily tunable energy levels, relatively high electron mobility, and proper miscibility with donors for fine phase separation. Despite of the great advance in FREAs over the past few years, the power conversion efficiency (PCE) of FREA based OSCs is still lower than those of other solar cells so far. It is limited by two major problems: large bandgap of FREAs and large energy loss (Eloss) in devices. In this project, I aim to address these issues and develop high-efficiency OSCs from three aspects: 1) to develop novel FREAs with low bandgap, matching energy levels and high electron mobility via designing novel large fused ring donor units, 2) To reduce Eloss via adjusting and matching the energy levels of polymer donors and FREAs for high-efficiency OSCs, 3) to formulate key rules of designing FREAs to achieve low Eloss with high short-circuit current density (JSC) and fill factor (FF) via exploring the relationship between Eloss in OSCs and the intrinsic properties of FREAs. The expected outcomes of this project include new FREA materials and high-efficiency OSCs, as well as fundamental knowledge concerning Eloss in OSCs. In addition to the scientific achievements, the fellow will obtain new interdisciplinary knowledge and skills, and achieve professional maturity by training during the project. Successful implementation of this project will also promote the international competitiveness of the host organization in OSCs. Potential commercialization of the new FREA materials and OSC products will contribute to economic growth and afford new job opportunities for the European society.

Keywords: organic solar cells,semiconductor,optoelectronics,fused ring electron acceptors,energy loss
Culture Aware Music Technologies (CAMUT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: ERC Proof of Concept Grant (ERC-2015-PoC, 2015)
Start date: 2015-11-01
End date: 2017-04-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The gap between the current capabilities of the music technologies used in commercial services and the needs of our culturally diverse world is still immense, e.g. in the several music traditions of culturally rich and diverse India. The existing technologies fall short of utilizing even the basic musical characteristics and hence they limit our music listening experience. The consumption practices of services and products for Indian music vary to a large extent from those of other popular music genres and they need to be addressed. An emerging market for digital music distribution in India will need music intelligence technologies that are adapted to local needs and music tastes. Hence, India is a natural venue to assess the market potential and needs for culturally adapted information and communication technologies (ICTs) for music. Culture Aware Music Technologies (CAMUT) aims at bringing closer to market, the results of new research carried out to address such a need. Building on the technology outcomes of the CompMusic project, we propose to develop two specific prototype products tailored to suit India’s economic and sociocultural context, and formulate a business plan based on their potential for commercialization: 1) An application that addresses the large and varied private music collections providing innovative means to organize/archive, retrieve, discover and explore music collections, and 2) A platform to provide our technologies as service, addressing the needs of content owners who cater to the public for a cost. For testing and early adoption, we have partnered with major institutions, record labels and content owners such as the All India Radio and Music Academy Madras. CAMUT will use their large music archives for mutual benefit to develop the prototype products, providing enriched access to music to hundreds of millions of users, which will provide valuable feedback on the need and utility of such ICTs.

Keywords: techtransfer,innovation,music technology,cultural diversity,indian art music,software application,application programming interface,culture aware technology,karnatik music,hindustani music
Hastlayer - turning software into hardware for faster computing (Hastlayer)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Hungary
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2019)
Start date: 2020-01-01
End date: 2020-06-30
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

High-level synthesis (HLS) is increasingly popular for the design of high-performance and energy-efficient heterogeneous systems, shortening time-to-market and addressing today’s system complexity. HLS allows designers to work at a higher-level of abstraction by using a software program to specify the hardware functionality. Additionally, HLS is particularly interesting for designing field-programmable gate array circuits (FPGA), where hardware implementations can be easily refined and replaced in the target device. Recent years have seen much activity in the HLS research community, with a plethora of HLS tool offerings, from both industry and academia, but none of these solutions are widespread for industrial use. FPGA Programming requires certain skills, specific knowledge and specialised hardware. Gathering these are expensive and due to this limitation can only be achieved by a small fraction of software developers, which makes access to FPGA equally limited. With our solution we aim to give access to those software engineers who lack this specific knowledge. Hastlayer a provides an HLS service consisting of multiple tools that allows desktop, web and mobile software developers to increase the performance of their computationally intensive and resource demanding applications by executing critical parts of their software on a specialised hardware architecture remotely or locally (FPGA) without having the in-depth knowledge of such platforms. This solution results in lower development cost when it comes to optimisation, cheaper hardware when it comes to speeding up a slow program but most importantly makes continuous development exceptionally fast. Before we can turn Hastlayer into a product we need to carry out a feasibility study in order to define use cases tackle security issues and develop the most suitable business mode to maximize market penetration.

Keywords: fpga,high level synthesis,net,parallelized computing,high efficiency computing