Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
HVDC-based grid architectures for reliable and resilient WIdeSprEad hybrid AC/DC transmission systems (HVDC-WISE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: France,Germany,Denmark,Norway,United Kingdom,Spain,Ireland,Netherlands,Belgium,Cyprus,Italy
Call: Electricity system reliability and resilience by design: High-Voltage, Direct Current (HVDC)-based systems and solutions (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2026-03-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6868313.75
EU funding (EUR): 6565970.75
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

HVDC-Wise project explores concepts and proposes solutions to foster the development of large HVDC based transmission grid infrastructures, able to bring benefits in terms of resilience and reliability to the existing electrical system and capable of integrating the forthcoming large amount of renewable energy. To do so, 5 ambitious specific objectives in line with the HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-08 call expectations were selected: -Develop a complete reliability-&-resilience-oriented planning toolset (metrics, methodology, tools) with appropriate representation of future HVDC-based grid architecture concepts to fulfil TSOs’ resilience and reliability needs. -Propose and compare on generic cases, different HVDC-based grid architecture concepts fulfilling functional requirements relative to TSO’s resilience needs for the widespread AC/DC system. -Validate resilience-oriented planning toolset and the HVDC-based grid architecture concepts on three realistic use cases. -Identify, assess, and model emerging technologies for HVDC-based grid architecture concepts needed for the deployment of widespread AC/DC transmission grids. -Prepare for the adoption and deployment of the proposed solutions by the industry. HVDC-Wise is a multidisciplinary project engaging 14 partners from 11 countries covering the academic (5), TSOs (4) and industrial worlds (5). An implementation plan is presented in the form of 8 work packages, 6 of which are technical in nature. Synergy in communication and dissemination by the several partners and stakeholders will permit to maximize the HVDC-Wise project impact. Solutions to overcome the fundamental technological barriers as well as appropriate deliverables, tasks, milestones, and risks to complete the project objectives in due time are presented. HVDC-Wise proposes, designs, and validates HVDC-based grid architecture concepts enabling the deployment of reliable, resilient widespread AC/DC transmission grids to achieve the European energy transition.

Keywords: hvdc transmission grid infrastructures renewable energy planning reliability resilience tsos real time simulation control protection hvdc technologies
Life is Science in a Digital World (LiS-Dig)

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: Austria
Call: European Researchers' Night 2022-2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-CITIZENS-01, 2022)
Start date: 2022-04-01
End date: 2024-03-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 274862.0
EU funding (EUR): 274862.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

For the third and fourth edition of “Life is Science” the Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology plans to extend its thematic focus on life sciences to the topic of digitization and has initiated a cooperation with St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences. Together, an open event for the general public in the frame of the European Researchers’ Night is planned in Austria: Life is Science in a Digital World (LiS-Dig). Visitors will gain insights into the every-day work of researchers in the disciplines of life sciences and digitization and their impacts on our daily life. The event offers the participants to discover scientific contents along the following dedicated story lines: Health & Food, Climate & Environment, Culture & Community and Digital Transformation. Visiting laboratories and organizations, putting hands on, discussing with scientists, contributing to open innovation and citizen science and watching demonstrations, the participants will dive into recent scientific discoveries. The "Researchers at School" activities (workshops in school classes) will provide an increased flexibility for schools to attend the event independently from the main events in 2022 and 2023. The envisaged activities aim to allow visitors to identify the connection between research and our daily life. To drive participants’ motivation to be active at LiS-Dig, they will have the possibility to win some gifts (hotel vouchers, book vouchers, experimental kits etc). In this way, some may discover their passion for science and their preference for a research career.

Keywords: life sciences,open event,science communication,digitization
The role of neuropeptides in host-parasite interactions: From molecular signaling to behavioral responses (NeuroHost-IntAct)

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 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-15
End date: 2026-09-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173847.36
EU funding (EUR): 173847.36
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Parasites can be found everywhere, playing crucial roles in ecological, economical, and evolutionary contexts. Despite this, host-parasite interactions, particularly those involving parasites that manipulate their hosts’ behavior to enhance transmission, are severely understudied. We therefore lack the knowledge to fully understand parasite evolution, ecology, and ecosystem impact. To begin uncovering the molecular basis of host manipulation, I aim to study the parasitic horsehair worm Gordionus violaceus, known for its ability to force its arthropod host into drowning itself. I will analyze the neuropeptide (NP) complement, binding affinities, and behavioral consequences of host manipulation. To do so, I will identify NPs and receptors in G. violaceus and its host, the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus, via a bioinformatics survey and validate my results via Mass Spectrometry. Next, I will assess the binding affinity between candidate parasite NPs and host receptors by transfecting cells and measuring their luminescence response. Lastly, I will validate the functionality of the candidate NPs and receptors in a behavioral assay, exploring water-seeking, suicidal and predator avoidance behavior in crickets exposed to the candidate NPs as well as crickets infected with G. violaceus. Introducing single and multiple injections will allow me to discern dose-response relationships. This proposal integrates cutting-edge techniques in bioinformatics, molecular biology, and behavioral analysis, offering a holistic approach to untangle the intricate NP dynamics within a host-parasite system. As we start to understand host-parasite interactions and manipulation we can gain crucial insights into the delicate balance of co-existence between organisms, shedding light on the ecological dynamics and the remarkable strategies that parasites have evolved to ensure their survival and transmission within complex ecosystems.

Keywords: nematomorph,neuropeptides,g protein coupled receptors,host parasite interaction,behavior,
Investigation of phosphorus dynamics and microbial linkages for managed soil development (DYNA-MIC-P)

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: Denmark,Switzerland
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2026-06-30
Duration (months): 34.0
Total project cost (EUR): 230774.4
EU funding (EUR): 230774.4
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Low P-availability in soils, soil degradation, over-application of P fertiliser and gradual depletion of P-resources are a threat for the sustainability of future agricultural production. Within soils, microorganisms play an active role in the cycling of P by: 1) storing P within their biomass, 2) mineralising non-plant available organic P, and 3) solubilising inorganic P forms . They are thus a key driver in the cycling of P in soil, both in shortterm (e.g. over a growing season), and in longer term, governing changes in soil P pools as soils develop. Greater insights in soil microorganisms’ role in cycling P in soil as a function of soil age, properties and management would create new opportunities for developing more sustainable agricultural systems that make better use of P, whilst simultaneously preventing losses to the environment. In this project I will investigate the interactions between soil P, soil microorganisms, and soil characteristics that promote microbial P cycling and P availability to plants along a managed soil chronosequence (Industrial partner: Inden mine, RWE Power AG, Germany (RWE)). The site represents a unique opportunity to study P dynamics under the effect of management practices and microbial processes over time. I will use state-of-the-art methods (e.g. isotopic and spectromicroscopic techniques) to deliver a better understanding of how soil microorganisms can regulate P availability in soil. I will address the following scientific question: How do soil properties, management and time affect P dynamics driven by soil microorganisms? I will carry out the research at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark) at the Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management (IGN), under the guidance of Assoc. Prof. Carsten Müller; and I will undertake a secondment to with the group of Plant Nutrition at ETH Zürich (Switzerland) under the supervision of Dr. Federica Tamburini.

Keywords: phosphorus,soil microorganisms,chronosequence,plant available phosphorus,isotope,nanosims,nutrient balance
Sustainable materials and manufacturing processes for the development of high efficiency, flexible, all-Perovskite Tandem photovoltaic modules with low CO2 footprint (SuPerTandem)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Sustainable, secure and competitive energy supply
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Netherlands,Germany,France,Poland,Denmark,Spain,Czechia,Switzerland
Call: Novel tandem, high efficiency Photovoltaic technologies targeting low cost production with earth abundant materials (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02, 2021)
Start date: 2022-10-01
End date: 2025-09-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4931446.25
EU funding (EUR): 4930196.25
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

The SuPerTandem project aims to accelerate Europe’s transition to clean energy by developing innovative photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing technologies for 2-terminal tandem cells and monolithically connected modules on flexible foils using low cost solution-processed perovskite absorber layers. Such devices feature efficiencies above 30%, performance stability profiles comparable to c-Si technologies, and excellent sustainability profile. Important aspects are minimizing the use and impact of scarce and critical materials by employing sustainable, earth-abundant materials and applying encapsulation as well as recycling strategies to guarantee circularity. Application of scalable manufacturing processes on film substrates will enable low production cost (< 20 €/m2) and lower cost of electricity compared to current Si PV technology. This will be achieved by the partnership of leading European labs, industrial equipment makers and flexible PV module producing companies, building a coherent value chain of European innovation driven, cost competitive manufacturing to provide affordable innovative PV solutions. Dual use of land/surfaces will capitalize the application advantages of developed lightweight flexible free-form factor PV modules for integration into buildings, vehicles and agrivoltaics to facilitate net zero emission targets with affordable integrated systems. The overarching aim of SuPerTandem is to demonstrate technologies at TRL 5, while participating partners have interests to quickly implement the project outcomes for establishing roll-to-roll manufacturing plants in EU. The sustainability of the developed module technology will be validated from environmental and economic points of view by life-cycle and techno-economic assessments, highlighting its potential for low resource consumption and CO2 footprint and thus for salient contributions to a sustainable, secure, safe and affordable supply of renewable energy in Europe.

Keywords: perovskite solar cells,photovoltaic tandem technologies
Responsive classifiers against hate speech in low-resource settings (Respond2Hate)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS2 (ERC-2022-POC2, 2022)
Start date: 2023-11-01
End date: 2025-04-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Hate speech is a worldwide phenomenon that is increasingly pervading online spaces, creating an unsafe environment for users. While tech companies address this problem by server-side filtering using machine learning models trained on large datasets, these automatic methods cannot be applied to most languages due to lack of available training data. Based on recent results of the PI's ERC project on multilingual representation models in low-resource settings, Respond2Hate aims at developing a pilot browser extension that allows users to locally remove hateful content from their social media feeds themselves, without having to rely on the support of tech companies. Since hate speech is highly dependent on cultural context, responsive classifiers are needed that adapt to the individual environment. Commercial efforts focus on large-scale, general-purpose models which are often burdened with representation and bias problems, and therefore cope poorly with swiftly changing targets or information shift between regional contexts. In contrast, we seek to develop lightweight, adaptive models that require only a small dataset for initial fine-tuning by continuously enhancing model capabilities over time. This is achieved by applying state-of-the-art Natural Language Processing (NLP) and deep learning techniques for pre-trained language models like low-resource transfer of hate speech representations from high-resource languages and few-shot learning based on limited user feedback. We have already successfully applied these methods in low-resource multilingual settings, and will now validate their use for hate speech filtering. By making hate speech detection and reduction available in "low-resource" countries with little representation in current training datasets, which are currently not served well by governments, industry and NGOs, Respond2Hate will empower users to self-control their exposure to hate speech, fostering a healthier and safer online environment.
Unravelling the intertwined correlated states of matter in moiré superlattices (UNICOSMOS)

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: Italy
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): 172750.08
EU funding (EUR): 172750.08
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The recent observation of many quantum correlated phases, including superconductivity and correlated insulating states, in twisted bilayers of 2D materials, has sparked tremendous interest and boosted intense research activity to understand these phases. The ability of robustly engineering quantum states of matter with few tunable experimental knobs, e.g. the twist angle between the two 2D materials, represents a major breakthrough of these so-called moiré materials, which started the new field of twistronics. In particular, moiré materials made from transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), have gained significant momentum as a novel and robust platform for simulating quantum phases of matter on emergent 2D lattices. While it is widely accepted that these quantum phases are driven by enhanced electron-electron interactions in moiré materials, the quantum nature of many correlated phases is still poorly understood. Theoretical and computational first principles methods can be extremely powerful in helping to unravel the experimental signatures of the different quantum phases and also predict new ones. However, standard methods, like density functional theory, are computationally too costly for moiré systems (for which typical unit cells contain thousands of atoms) and generally unable to tackle the challenges posed by strongly correlated materials. A new approach is therefore required. In this fellowship, I will develop an efficient multi-scale framework, involving different theoretical and computational methods, for studying quantum phases of TMDs moiré superlattices. Specifically, I will combine classical force field calculations, machine-learning based tight-binding methods and many-body methods to overcome the limitations of conventional first-principles approaches while maintaining their predictive power. This framework will allow us to shed light on the nature of the quantum phases hosted in moiré materials, which can be harnessed in future technologies.

Keywords: 2d materials,moir superlattices,tight binding,machine learning,density functional theory
Manufacturing Processes and Digital Tools for More Sustainable Composite Aerostructures (TOSCA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Mobility
Destination: Clean and competitive solutions for all transport modes
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Austria,Spain,France,Ireland,Finland
Call: Competitiveness and digital transformation in aviation – advancing further composite aerostructures (HORIZON-CL5-2024-D5-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5264512.86
EU funding (EUR): 4518370.0
Participants: 8
Project status: SIGNED

Lightweight components made from composite materials are a key element to increase the efficiency of aircraft. However, there are persistent problems with the recycling of such materials. The TOSCA project thus aims at the development of a processing chain for new epoxy vitrimer resins, which have the mechanical performance of conventional thermoset resins, but allow the more efficient recycling. This type of resin is already taking the first steps towards certification and there is a need to develop the related production processes. The TOSCA project will investigate a whole processing chain, including lay-up by automated fibre placement, curing, re-work, maintenance and repair. This processing chain will be supported by digital tools to acquire data through integrated inspection systems and through sensors for structural health monitoring, that are embedded in critical areas of the part. All these data will be used to iteratively improve production, aiming at a zero-defect manufacturing process. The consortium consists of research partners and industry covering all the processing steps. All of the research organisations are linked to industrial partners to ensure a proper take-up of the results by industry after the end of the project. About 2000 companies including OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers in Europe in the field of composite parts manufacturing (mainly structural parts) as well as machine building companies will benefit from the results. Interaction with Clean Aviation has taken place and will continue in TOSCA to ensure that the developments fit into the long-term roadmaps of the European aviation industry.

Keywords: automated fibre placement,zero defect manufacturing,epoxy vitrimer,digital models
Validation of a novel device for real-time, long-term measurement of cellular forces (CELL-FORCE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Proof of concept grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS2 (ERC-2022-POC2, 2022)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2025-06-30
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The conventional thinking in cell biology, which often assumes that cells communicate mostly via bio-chemical signalling, has recently been challenged with several examples where mechanical rather than chemical cues play an important role in development, physiology and disease. Biological cells continually exert forces on their environment, which can vary substantially in magnitude, spatial distribution and temporal evolution. These forces are key to many processes including cell growth, tissue formation, wound healing and the invasion of cancer cells into healthy tissue. Understanding how cellular forces affect the micro-environment hinges on our ability to image them with sufficient local and temporal resolution (e.g. continuously over several days with subcellular spatial resolution), adequate field of view (e.g. to study cell sheets) and relevant sensitivity (typical forces are in the pico to nano Newton range). Despite significant advances made in this area of functional bioimaging over the last years, existing methods still struggle to meet the requirements, thus precluding new commercial opportunities in cell biomechanics. CELL-FORCE will demonstrate Elastic Resonator Interference Stress Microscopy (ERISM) as a new microscopy method that allows direct, robust and non-destructive imaging of forces associated with various mechanical cell-substrate interactions, and validate its commercial feasibility. The greatly increased sensitivity offered by ERISM over other methods allows for accurate measurements of vertical forces and of cells exerting only weak force. Moreover, with a low light intensity requirement and no need to detach cells after a measurement, using ERISM makes it possible to take long-term measurements of multiple cells without photodamage and facilitates downstream applications such as immunostaining. This will open up new commercial opportunities in fundamental research, drug development and (long-term) in diagnostics.