Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Mediterranean Intermittent River Management (MIRAGE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Sustainable management of resources
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Netherlands,Greece,European organisations area,Italy,Spain,Spain,Spain,France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Germany,Portugal,Greece,Morocco,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2009-01-01
End date: 2011-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5595890.4
EU funding (EUR): 3498479.0
Participants: 17
Project status: CLOSED

The implementation of the WFD in catchments with temporary rivers presents a significant challenge for watershed managers. The MIRAGE project will, for the first time, comprehensively investigate the applicability of specific management options under the characteristic flush and drought conditions of temporary streams. Through investigations in seven basins, MIRAGE will provide a framework for managing the many Mediterranean water bodies dominated by temporary waters. MIRAGE will deploy a multi-scale approach to improve understanding of temporary river responses to hydrologic, biogeochemical and sediment transport events. The principal research and project objectives of MIRAGE are to (1) provide an applicable and transferable set of reference conditions for temporary streams, specifically linking terrestrial and aquatic ecology; (2) determine effects of dry periods on accumulation and transformation of nutrients, sediments and hazardous substances on land and in river channels, at selected sites with test catchments. (3) specify and test measures to support achieving good ecological and water quality status including the integration of up- and downstream management. This will be done initially for the two mirror basins Candelaro (Italy) and Evrotas (Greece) in close cooperation with local water management organisations; (4) support the implementation of the WFD and the development of strategies for integrated water resources management for Mediterranean river basins, generalising from the Mirror Basins on the basis of modern ecohydrology concepts, in the context of characterising runoff regimes and flood responses on a regional basis. Five other Mediterranean catchments, including one in Morocco, will be used as the primary focus for this work; The transfer of experience and the establishment of common guidelines is then seen as a significant support for WFD implementation across the region.

Keywords: temporary rivers,pom,river basin management plans,iwrm,terrestrial and aquatic ecology,ecohydrology,reference conditions
Einstein gravitational-wave Telescope (ET)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to new research infrastructures
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Italy,Germany,France,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-05-05
End date: 2011-07-04
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3995466.2
EU funding (EUR): 2990075.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

This project concerns the study and the conceptual design for a new infrastructure that will bring Europe to the forefront of the most promising new development in our quest to understand the history and future of the Universe, the emergence of the field of Gravitational Wave Astronomy. We are proposing to study the conceptual design of a new European infrastructure, a GW observatory that could cover the complete frequency range from about 1 Hz to 10 kHz that is potentially observable from ground. We are aiming at the identification of the possible technologies and design characteristics that could lead to an amplitude sensitivity more than a hundred times that of the existing first generation devices. This will increase the observable volume of the universe and, correspondingly, the event rate by a factor of more than one million. This formidable task will be achieved by combining all presently known scientific breakthroughs of measurement science in a single observatory. In fact, to realize such a third generation gravitational wave detector a formidable, but possible, progress in non-classical light, advanced lasers emitting hundreds of Watt of continuous power, novel signal enhancing techniques, interferometry by using diffractive optics, cryogenic cooling of critical optical components, vibration isolation techniques, monolithic suspensions for the optical components is required.

Keywords: gravitational observatory,gravitational wave detector
INtegrating MainSTREAM Economic Indicators with those of Sustainable Development (IN-STREAM)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Environment (including Climate Change)
Destination: Earth observation and assessment tools for sustainable development
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Germany,United Kingdom,Italy,Czechia,United Kingdom,Germany,Austria,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ENV-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-10-01
End date: 2011-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1509035.0
EU funding (EUR): 1208536.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

Though mainstream economic measures such as GDP are useful measures with great influence on both public and private decisions, they are flawed as measures of human welfare. In addition, they give little information as to whether the market is helping Europe make progress on its environmental goals and its commitment to sustainable development. There is a critical need in Europe for indicators and measurement systems that—working in conjunction with mainstream economic indicators—provide a useful measure of progress toward economic success, human well-being, environmental protection and long-term sustainability. There is now a growing interest and momentum on the part of policy makers and researchers in developing these complementary headline indicators to better assess progress. The IN-STREAM project will undertake the qualitative and quantitative assessments necessary for linking mainstream economic indicators with key well-being and sustainability indicators, providing needed insight into the synergies and trade-offs implicit in Europe’s simultaneous pursuit of economic growth and environmental sustainability. Based on qualitative and quantitative analyses, recommendations for new indicator approaches will be proposed. Recommended indicators (and sets of indicators) will those that perform best in terms of their robustness, feasibility and suitability to EU policy objectives. Strategies for implementing these approaches will be identified and developed in consultation with stakeholders.

Keywords: indicators,sustainable development,economics,gdp,econometric analysis,environmental policy
Enlargement Network for Agripolicy Analysis (AGRIPOLICY)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Sustainable production and management of biological resources from land, forest, and aquatic environment
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,United Kingdom,Germany,Bulgaria,Czechia,Estonia,Hungary,Lithuania,Poland,Romania,Slovenia,Türkiye,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia,Serbia,Slovakia,North Macedonia,Montenegro,Netherlands,Latvia,Cyprus
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-06-01
End date: 2010-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1141128.28
EU funding (EUR): 998219.0
Participants: 22
Project status: CLOSED

AgriPolicy builds on the results of the previous FP6 project “CEEC AGRI POLICY” (www.agripolicy.net) which was awarded financial support by DG Research in 2004 following the call FP6-2003-SSP-3. The overall objective of the proposal is to support the formulation of Community agricultural policies. AgriPolicy has 4 specific objectives: 1. Networking and information sharing The objective is to stimulate the networking and the sharing of information between organisations involved in agri-economics analysis. The networking will be stimulated through the organisation of 3 symposia and 6 workshops and the development of a dynamic web site including an up-dated directories of experts and organisations. 2. Provide scientific input for policy making The objective is to provide analyses on a number of specific topics (8-monthly as well as “report on demand”). 3. Prepare future analysis The objective is to prepare for future policy and sectoral analyses and research by collecting quantitative and qualitative information. In the NMS, 3 monitoring reports of agricultural and rural will be prepared. In the WBC, a study on the existing availability of key agricultural and rural statistics will be prepared. 4. Develop analytical capacities The objective is to strengthen the analytical capabilities of the research organisations involved in the project in the field of policy evaluation and foresight analysis. This will be achieved by implementing training sessions as well as conducting pilot studies. AgriPolicy will be implemented by a team of experts from 24 organisations from 24 countries. The team is composed of the partners of the former project, augmented with new competencies from the “old Member States » (IAMO in Germany and LEI in the Netherlands), from Malta and from Albania, FYROM, Kosovo and Montenegro.

Keywords: new member states,candidate countries,pre candidate countries,agricultural policy,rural development.
The European Polar Research Icebreaker Consortium AURORA BOREALIS (ERICON-AB)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Research Infrastructures
Destination: Support to new research infrastructures
Action type: Combination of CP & CSA
Countries involved: France,Germany,Italy,France,Russian Federation,France,Netherlands,Norway,Germany,Belgium,Finland,Denmark,Bulgaria,Romania
Call:  (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-03-01
End date: 2012-05-31
Duration (months): 51.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5319407.25
EU funding (EUR): 4498243.0
Participants: 21
Project status: CLOSED

The ERICON-AB project will generate the strategic, legal, financial and organisational frameworks required from National Governments and the European Commission to commit financial resources to the construction and running of the European Polar Research Icebreaker AURORA BOREALIS. Scientific management frameworks will be assessed including mechanisms to handle dedicated large-scale multi-year or special mission specific research programmes. The strategic integration of the facility into the fabric of the European Research Area shall be achieved by connecting the national research priorities and the demand of ship time of the stakeholder countries with a European level facility. The relevance of the facility in promoting science and technology cooperation with EU strategic partner countries such as the Russian Federation will be specifically analysed. Deliverables will focus on moving the project from the preparatory phase to the construction phase by addressing key barriers especially in relation to engineering financial models that allow the mixed participation of EU member states and Non-EU partner countries. Consortium partners and legal experts will develop the legal/political frameworks for joint ownership and operation of a multi-country research facility. A dedicated legal implementation structure for managing and operating the AURORA BOREALIS will be proposed and its connection with other existing research assets such as Polar Stations, air support and supporting satellite assets will be analysed. The final deliverables of this project will be concerned with reaching a decision point and agreement with nations ready to move forward with the construction phase. It is anticipated that a series of natural decision points for agencies/governments to pass on their individual degree of integration into the project will be programmed in to the ERICON - AB Stakeholder councils meetings.

Keywords: strategic,legal,financial,governance,arctic,polar research facility,international cooperation
Structural Biology of Membrane Proteins (SBMPS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Initial Training Networks
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: France,Poland,Portugal,Switzerland,Germany,Germany,Germany,Germany,Netherlands,Netherlands
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-2007-1-1-ITN, 2007)
Start date: 2008-09-01
End date: 2012-08-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5800000.0
EU funding (EUR): 5800000.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

Membrane proteins (MPs) are known to be key molecules in cellular communications, from signal transduction to transport of ions, metabolites and other molecules. They also participate in the synthesis of ATP, the import of soluble or MPs from the cytosol, and they protect living organisms from toxic factors. The proposal consists in a joint training effort involving the major biophysical methods that are -or soon will be- the major techniques used in the field of structural biology of MPs. A collaborative effort is essential for the training of the future generation of biologists dedicated to membrane proteins. It will pave the way to an integrative approach for the study of structure-function relationships of membranes. It will therefore open new strategies for structure-based drug design, in particular toward G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR), which are major drug targets (GPCRs represent 30% of current drug targets). The training proposed in this program will not only form high-level academic researchers but will also largely contribute in forming the main actors of the future developments in biotechnology and personalized medicine. This network combines 12 academic research groups and 3 industrial companies interested in collaborating with these groups and involved in drug discovery or scientific equipment for SBMP. These groups are internationally recognized for analysing the structure and dynamics of membrane proteins by a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches: in vivo and in vitro expressions systems, functional/biochemical/biophysical characterisation, X-Ray diffraction, electron microscopy (EM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), single-molecule force spectroscopy (SMFS), liquid and solid state NMR, numerical simulations. Seven partners from 6 different countries are involved: France, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands.

Keywords: structural chemistry,mps,protein structure and dynamics,x-ray crystallography,liquid and solid state nmr,electron microscopy,atomic force microscopy,smfs,molecular dynamics simulations
Provision of a European training infrastructure (EUROTRAINING)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Information and Communication Technologies
Destination: Components, systems, engineering
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Denmark,Italy,Hungary,France
Call:  (FP7-ICT-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2007-11-01
End date: 2010-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1398009.0
EU funding (EUR): 1398009.0
Participants: 5
Project status: CLOSED

The objective of the EuroTraining proposal is to provide a European Training Infrastructure facilitating the provision of high calibre training across Europe. The structure will support professional advancement training as well as academic training. Professional course providers will get a central place for the presentation of their training offer while academics will get a course material exchange service targeting graduate nanoelectronics schools. The action will offer access to a comprehensive range of advanced training courses, course material and thematic SME employee training support. Special attention will be devoted to stimulate the development of new courses supporting the CMOS technology targeting digital components and complex digital SoCs ("More Moore"); to master diversification targeting non-digital applications, heterogeneous integration in SoCs or SiPs ("More than Moore") and to prepare for the technology generation beyond the CMOS scaling limits ("beyond CMOS"). The training offer will be based on proper market surveys and dedicated training roadmaps derived from e.g. ENIAC/ITRS. The initiative consists of: 1. A continuing training programme to offer high calibre quality labelled training in all Europe. Two very important EuroTraining assets are the European Course Directory containing more than 400 updated continuing training courses and the accredited Quality Labelling service. 2. An action to support graduate schools in micro- and nanoelectronics with courses, workshops and training material. 3. All services offered will be gathered in the European Training Infrastructure web site, promoting the training services and attracting participants. The website will contain updated information on as well graduate university courses, course material and continued training offers as well as bursary schemes, Train-the-Trainers programmes, Qualified Bank of Internet Links and training market intelligence.

Keywords: training,microelectronics,nanoelectronics,graduate schools,professional advancement
Biomarkers for post market monitoring of short and long-term effects of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on animal and human health (GMSAFOOD)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechnology
Destination: Fork to farm: Food (including seafood), health and well being
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Austria,Australia,Norway,Ireland,Hungary,Türkiye
Call:  (FP7-KBBE-2007-1, 2007)
Start date: 2008-08-01
End date: 2012-03-31
Duration (months): 44.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3424810.58
EU funding (EUR): 2606622.0
Participants: 8
Project status: CLOSED

The function of post market monitoring is to further assess possible nutritional and health effects of authorized GM foods on a mixed population of human and animal consumers. Currently, however, little is known about exposure levels, whether adverse effects are predictable, and the occurrence of any unexpected effects following market release of GM foods. Our objective is to identify a panel of anatomic, physiologic, biochemical, molecular, allergenic, and immunogenic biomarkers, which could be used to predict harmful GMO effects after product authorization. Using a prototype allergenic α-amylase inhibitor GM-pea, we will extrapolate multiple biomarker databases that correlate GMO effects during gestation, growth, maturation in various animal models with humans. We will establish biomarkers in GMO-fed pigs, salmon, rats, and mice, in addition to indirect effects of GM feeding in the food chain and GMO influence during an underlying allergic disorder. These experiments will yield data on general health with a specific focus on allergy and immunology. To extrapolate our data to humans, we will establish a comparative database with antigenic epitopes and antibody crossreactivity in legume allergic patients and human-mouse chimera in which a human immune system is transplanted into a mouse lacking an immune system. Taken together, these results will yield databases from multiple biological systems that will be used in a mathematical modeling strategy for biomarker discovery and validation. Our consortium consists of partners from Austria, Turkey, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, and Australia and constitutes a diverse interdisciplinary team from veterinary medicine, nutrition, agriculture, immunology, and medicine that is dedicated to the development and validation of biomarkers to be used for post market monitoring of animals and humans consuming newly authorized GMOs.

Keywords: genetically modified organisms,allergenic,alpha amylase inhibitor peas,cowpeas,chickpeas,pigs,salmon,rats,mice,hu-scid chimera,allergic disease,epitopes,crossreactive antibody,immune
Heterojunction Solar Cells based on a-Si c-Si (HETSI)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Energy
Destination: Renewable electricity generation
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Netherlands,Netherlands,Italy,Belgium,Switzerland,Germany,France,France,Germany
Call:  (FP7-ENERGY-2007-1-RTD, 2007)
Start date: 2008-02-01
End date: 2011-01-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5051116.0
EU funding (EUR): 3399564.0
Participants: 12
Project status: CLOSED

The Photovoltaic (PV) industry needs to find new approaches to make solar cells competitive. Crystalline silicon (c-Si) wafer-based technology has a real potential to achieve significant cost reduction if the R&D effort is made on the most critical issues. These issues are the reduction of silicon material consumption, the increase of solar cell efficiency and an improved integration into modules. In this context, silicon heterojunction solar cells, the active part of which is basically produced by a low temperature growth of ultra-thin layers of silicon onto both sides of a thin crystalline silicon wafer-base, represent clearly one of the most promising options. The HETSI project aims to design, develop and test novel aSi-cSi Heterojunction solar cell structure concepts with high efficiency. This project covers all aspects of the value chain, from upstream research of layer growth and deposition, to module process and cell interconnection, down to upscaling and cost assessment of heterojunction concept. The Consortium is a balanced team of 12 partners from 6 European countries with a wide range of expertise in the field of silicon for PV covering various aspects from the deposition of thin silicon films, passivation of interfaces, through characterization and modelling, down to technological implementation and industrial achievement capabilities. The cooperation of Europe’s leading research institutes in the field of heterojunction solar cells (HMI, ECN, CEA-INES, IMEC, UNINE, UU, ENEA and CNRS) will generate synergy effects that will help to provide the know-how needed to reach the optimum relation of cell efficiency and cost. The presence in the consortium of 3 industrial partners, Q-Cells, Photowatt and Solon, which are among the leading European solar cell and module producers, will insure a rapid and efficient economic exploitation of HETSI results.

Keywords: heterojunction solar cells,amorphous silicon,crystalline silicon,ribbon,module,interface passivation,cost reduction