Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Rebuilding an Inclusive, Value-based Europe of Solidarity and Trust through Social Investments (RE-InVEST)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Europe in a changing world - inclusive, innovative and reflective societies
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Italy,Italy,Ireland,Austria,Germany,Belgium,Romania,Switzerland,Belgium,Belgium,Latvia,France,France,Netherlands,Netherlands,United Kingdom,Portugal,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: European societies after the crisis (H2020-EURO-SOCIETY-2014, 2014)
Start date: 2015-03-01
End date: 2019-04-30
Duration (months): 50.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499600.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499600.0
Participants: 21
Project status: CLOSED

In 2013, as a response to rising inequalities, poverty and distrust in the EU, the Commission launched a major endeavour to rebalance economic and social policies with the Social Investment Package (SIP). RE-InVEST aims to strengthen the philosophical, institutional and empirical underpinnings of the SIP, based on social investment in human rights and capabilities. Our consortium is embedded in the ‘Alliances to Fight Poverty’. We will actively involve European citizens severely affected by the crisis in the co-construction of a more powerful and effective social investment agenda with policy recommendations. This translates into the following specific objectives: 1. Development of innovative methodological tools for participative research, involving mixed teams of researchers, NGO workers and people from vulnerable groups in the co-construction of knowledge on social policy issues; 2. Diagnosis of the social damage of the crisis in terms of (erosion of) human rights, social (dis)investment, loss of (collective) capabilities; 3. Analysis of the relationships between the rise of poverty and social exclusion, the decline of social cohesion and trust, and the threats to democracy and solidarity in the EU; 4. Development of a theoretical model of social investment, with a focus on the promotion of human rights and capabilities; 5. Application of this model to active labour market policies and social protection: evaluation of policy innovations through qualitative and quantitative analyses; 6. Application of the same model to public intervention in five selected basic service markets: water provision, housing, early childhood education, health care and financial services, through qualitative and quantitative analyses; 7. Analysis of the macro-level boundary conditions for successful implementation of the SIP; 8. Capacity building in civil society organisations for the promotion of the European social investment agenda, through networking and policy recommendations.

Keywords: social investment,human rights,capabilities,social vulnerability,social inclusion,participative research,co construction of knowledge,social minimum standards,social movements
Realizing a development platform for sustainable sun powered production of intermediates for chemical industry. (cTerF)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Society and Enterprise panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Life Sciences
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2016, 2016)
Start date: 2018-01-02
End date: 2020-01-01
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 177598.8
EU funding (EUR): 177598.8
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The objective is to develop a base cyanobacterial cell factory for terpene precursors that can be the development platform for commercial terpene production with cyanobacteria. Trends such as growth in world population, higher energy and food demand, depletion of raw materials and global warming make it necessary to implement breakthrough bio-based production technologies. A breakthrough is the use of genetically engineered cyanobacteria that turn CO2 directly and efficiently into predetermined products when exposed to light. This CO2-consuming process is based on circular economy principles and independent of first generation (food crop) feedstocks. A promising group of products for cyano-based production are terpenes and terpenoids. These compounds are of interest to chemical industry due to their potential of producing platform chemicals that are now obtained from fossil fuels. Terpenes have an advantage over other biobased commodities because they are drop-in chemicals that can be processed in much the same manner as crude oil. Despite potential uses in the medicine, food and fragrance sectors, the natural abundance of terpenes is too low for industrial production. Many approaches have been sought to engineer microbial strains capable of producing terpenoids in high yields. Up to now these do not result in increased production rates to the high levels needed. The project addresses this problem by producing a cyanobacterial strain capable of synthesizing high-levels of cell metabolite building blocks as an avenue towards the terpene production. The SME host, together with industrial partners, develops and markets cyano-based production technology. The fellow’s work will strengthen this and will give him the experience to establish a career in industrial R&D and entrepreneurship. A research and training program with ample industrial and academic interaction, supported by dissemination and communication actions, has been set up to realise this impact.

Keywords: cyanobacteria,bioengineering,terpene and terpenoid production,sustainability,photosynthesis,biobased economy,innovation in sme,valorisation of research
Cooperative Connected Intelligent Vehicles for Safe and Efficient Road Transport (COSAFE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Research and innovation staff exchange
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Germany,Norway,China,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,United Kingdom
Call: Research and Innovation Staff Exchange (H2020-MSCA-RISE-2018, 2018)
Start date: 2018-11-01
End date: 2023-10-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1334000.0
EU funding (EUR): 828000.0
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

Road accidents and traffic congestion are causing serious problems for global transport systems. More than 1.2 million people die each year due to road accidents. Connected vehicles and autonomous vehicles are two promising technologies that can improve road transport safe and efficiency, but they both have inherent shortcomings. This project proposes an innovative solution of cooperative connected intelligent vehicles, where vehicular communications technology and resource sharing and cooperation are exploited, to tackle the road transport challenges, and deliver enhanced road safety and efficiency. An international cross-sector and cross-disciplinary consortium consisting of world leading academic institutions, prominent industry and policymaker partners is created to collaborate on developing innovative CIV technologies and applications, with the support of novel vehicle communications and cooperative resource sharing. Advanced research technologies in vehicle communication, vehicle edge computing, machine learning, data fusion, advanced driving systems, and cellular network resource management will be applied to tackle the associated challenges. The resulting CIV technologies and applications will help reduce road accidents, improve transportation efficiency and reduce traffic congestion. They hold great potential for technology innovation, and are directly applicable to autonomous driving, smart cities, and the wider scientific community. With competent and complementary expertise of the partners and their extensive international research collaboration experience, COSAFE will promote knowledge sharing, foster research innovation, enhance the potentials of participating researchers, and contribute to the European competitiveness and leadership in the automotive and ICT sectors. Existing research links among the partners will be strengthened. New and sustainable collaborations will be developed to build up world-class research in road safe systems.

Keywords: connected vehicles,adas,vehicle networking,dsrc,5g v2x,wireless network resource management,cooperative sensing,road safety,mobile edge computing,data fusion,deep learning,object detection
Innovative antimony recovery process from lead and plastics wastes. (Stibiox)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Industrial Leadership
Programme: Innovation in SMEs
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: France
Call: SME instrument (H2020-SMEInst-2018-2020-1, 2018)
Start date: 2018-08-01
End date: 2019-01-31
Duration (months): 6.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Every year, only the plastics and lead-acid battery manufacturing European industries need 200 ktons of Antimony for their production processes. But, Europe is dependent on import, being China the largest producer of Antimony (86%). The scarcity of the raw material availability, the monopolistic position of China and dumping policies lead to an extremely high and unstable cost for plastics and battery European industries, with a Antimony market price increased of +600% from 2002 to 2016 and expected to reach 20.000 €/ton after 2020. Stibiox is a innovative process able to recover pure Antimony from the residues of lead metallurgy and from the flame retardants plastics / lead-acid batteries wastes, thanks to a patented process flow composed by a thermal oxidation, a sulphuric acid leaching, a liquid/liquid separation using Tributyl Phosphate as solvent and a final desorption. The process allows disruptive performance in terms of Sb purity (> 99.9%) and cost of recovery (< 6.000 €/tons), thereby allowing to sell the recycled antimony in the raw material market at a cheaper and stable price (< 8.000 €/ton). After the development process started in 2014 and the validation of the solution, TND is ready to develop the first Stibiox prototypal plant, able to recover up to 250 tons/year of Antimony, in order to validate the scaled-up process. The market potentials are huge: only considering the already in progress contacts with potential customers, the Serviceable Addressable Market (SAM) is 25 ktons/year of pure Sb, for a market value of 200 M€/year. During Phase 1 project, TND will develop a detailed technical and business feasibility analysis, focused on the supply chain optimization for Stibiox process plant fabrication and operation, the prototypal Stibiox process design, the customers validation, the analysis of the achievable markets and the refinement of the Business Model to be implemented in the Market Entry phase.

Keywords: antimony recycling,leaching,separation process
Climate change risk to underwater cultural heritage in stone (WATERISKULT)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Reintegration panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Italy
Call: Individual Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2020, 2020)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2024-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 171473.28
EU funding (EUR): 171473.28
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The impact of climate change on cultural heritage has been addressed only recently beside the most discussed environmental and socioeconomic implications. Broad attention is given to the vulnerability of tangible cultural assets on land, whereas underwater sites are often neglected. WATERISKULT provides the first quantitative assessment of the climate change risk to underwater cultural heritage, with a focus on archaeological stone. The project aims at predicting the effects of key-factors of climate change on stone deterioration, i.e., ocean acidification (combined with sea level rise and ocean warming) and increasing intensity and shifts of extreme weather events (cyclones); by laboratory simulations, field-exposure tests, and monitoring of heritage stones, the effects of different levels of CO2, pressure, and temperature in seawater and high-intensity ocean currents will be investigated. This project also aims at exploring the causes and effects of current deterioration in underwater archaeological sites, constrained by diverse stone properties and submarine environments, specifically in the Mediterranean region. Downscaled trends and patterns of observed and predicted stone decay will be obtained, based on the (micro)structural and compositional changes and biodeterioration. This research adopts an interdisciplinary approach involving petrography/mineralogy, oceanography, analytical chemistry, marine biology, hydraulic engineering, and underwater archaeology. WATERISKULT may pave the way to long-term strategies of heritage protection and studies of other archaeological materials. By marking a step forward in assessing the climate change risk to the anthroposphere, the timeliness of this project reflects the policies and research promoted by the EU, at the forefront of the fight against climate change and heritage valorization. The echo of the environmental debate on the media is now stronger than ever, and so are the possibilities to raise public awareness.

Keywords: stone properties and decay,tangible cultural heritage,climate change impact,underwater archaeologichal sites,ocean acidification,extreme weather events,monitoring,biodeterioration
Efficient Grid Connected Buildings: A Distributed Control Framework for Managing Flexible Loads (BuildingControls)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie-Sklodowska-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Individual Fellowships (IF)-Reintegration panel
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Türkiye
Call: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF) (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015, 2015)
Start date: 2016-06-01
End date: 2018-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 157845.6
EU funding (EUR): 157845.6
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The renewable energy penetration targets set by EU and US necessitate a radical change in the way we operate the electric power grid. Conventional power grid was designed around dispatchable central power plants at a transmission level providing services down to industrial, commercial and residential end-users at a distribution level. Increased penetration of the intermittent and uncertain renewable energy sources effectively implies additional load and generation flexibility is required at multiple time-scales to ensure safe and stable operation of the electric grid. Since conventional generation is increasingly displaced by renewables, this additional flexibility can no longer be sourced solely from conventional plants. According to the International Energy Agency, buildings are responsible for about 40% of the global energy consumption, and about 50% of the energy used in a building is accounted for by the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system. Thus, improving operational efficiency of HVAC systems will results in large savings in the energy consumption. Moreover, buildings present a unique opportunity as flexible loads that can be controlled to provide ancillary services to the electric power grid, and thus enable high penetration of renewables. High thermal capacity of large commercial buildings allow real-time control of their HVAC systems to regulate electricity demand as required for grid stability, without effecting the quality of service in the building significantly. In this project, our objective is to develop (1) novel scalable optimal control algorithms that reduce building peak load and energy consumption, (2) a distributed control framework for coordinating multiple buildings as flexible energy resources for ancillary services, and (3) tools for assessing the performance of this framework from economic, environmental and sustainability perspectives.

Keywords: renewable energy penetration,ancillary services,flexible loads,model predictive control,distributed control,exergy,sustainability
Advanced Wireless Technologies for Clever Engineering (ADWICE)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Spreading excellence and widening participation
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Framework Partnership Agreement
Countries involved: Austria,Czechia
Call: Teaming (H2020-WIDESPREAD-2014-1, 2014)
Start date: 2015-05-06
End date: 2020-05-05
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 0.0
EU funding (EUR): 0.0
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

The project Advanced Wireless Technologies for Clever Engineering (ADWICE) is aimed to create a strong partnership between the research center of Sensor, Information and Communication Systems (SIX, Czech Republic) and Vienna University of Technology (TUW, Austria). QS World University Rankings sets TUW on the 91st position among engineering faculties worldwide. The partnership will result in the transfer of excellence in research from TUW to SIX. SIX is located in the region of South Moravia. The regional innovation strategy 2014-2020 (RIS) identifies (1) electrical engineering, (2) information technologies, (3) mechanical engineering and (4) life sciences as dominant sectors of the regional economy. SIX contributes (1) to (3). Smart specializations of South Moravia identified by RIS are (1) Advanced manufacturing & engineering, (2) Accurate instruments, (3) Hardware & software, (4) Pharmaceuticals, medical care & diagnostics, and (5) Aeronautical technologies. Wireless technologies can find exploitation in all these specializations which is documented by letters of intent provided by companies. The ADWICE project consists of work-packages covering (1) Sensor systems, (2) Signal processing, (3) Radiofrequency applications, (4) Mobile communications and (5) Cyber security. Work-packages: - Are co-supervised by a TUW leader and a SIX one; - Contribute to (1) Smart cities, (2) Mobility for growth, and (3) Digital security; - Are associated with companies. The ADWICE project will result in a sustainable network comprising companies, SIX and TUW. The network will strengthen the innovation potential of companies thanks to the applied research of SIX and TUW. The network will cooperate on common research, education and dissemination. Operation of the network will be financed from private sources (contributions of companies) and public ones (national funds, HORIZON 2020). Research in the initial phase (2015-2019) will be funded by the National Sustainability Program.

Keywords: sensor systems,signal processing,radio frequency applications,mobile communications,cyber security
Holistic Open Platform for Energy control and monitoring and facility digitalizatiON (HOPE-ON)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for a low carbon and efficient energy system (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2017-08-01
End date: 2017-11-30
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

HOPE-ON is the first holistic open platform building automation system (BAS) based on the Internet of Things that will enable intuitive management and control of building installations, such as lighting, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning system, in both commercial and residential buildings. It addresses all the shortcomings of state-of-the-art systems, such as high implementation costs and lack of compatibility with other systems, thanks to its disruptive communication protocol, architecture and software. HOPE-ON can create a network of virtually unlimited devices with minimum communication interference and its architecture allows for integrating all today’s BAS and standards into one unified system. As a result, HOPE-ON is simple to operate, flexible, scalable and compatible. Its software bridges the technological understanding gap between architect offices, system engineers, construction companies, equipment installers and end-users, facilitating the planning and designing of a smart building. In this way, the costs and time for building planning and designing are reduced by 50% compared to SOA BAS. Furthermore, HOPE-ON provides a game-like intuitive and easy to control interface which can be used on any mobile device, with different access privileges so that it can be used by the building owner, administrator, different building users, maintenance companies, etc, and the data are stored in a cloud. The installation of HOPE-ON enables 45% energy cost reduction, 60% operating costs reduction (including efficient maintenance) and saving 45% cost of redundant wiring in both new and refurbished buildings. In this way it will contribute to meeting the goals of the EU for increased energy efficiency. Moreover, it will also benefit our company, Raybased, as with HOPE-On we expect to reach revenues of €53 million by 2023, with a ROI over 8.

Keywords: building automation system,smart building,energy efficiency,functionality management,internet of things,control system
Cableway based Photovoltaic Retractable Folding Roof for Dual Usage of Spaces (Horizon)

Framework: Horizon 2020 — Societal Challenges
Programme: Secure, clean and efficient energy
Action type: SME instrument
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for a low carbon and efficient energy system (H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017, 2017)
Start date: 2018-03-01
End date: 2018-06-30
Duration (months): 4.0
Total project cost (EUR): 71429.0
EU funding (EUR): 50000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

dhp technology is an award winning start-up in the energy sector which received the Swiss sustainability prize Prix Eco 2016 for its innovative solution Horizon. Our vision is to provide a contemporary energy supply that meets the requirements of the environment, society and the economy alike. HORIZON is a worldwide unparalleled retractable folding solar roof that can be utilised in already commercially exploited spaces such as parking lots, storage and logistics facilities, as it enables the production of solar power through dual usage. The dual usage of spaces preserves resources and allows for the production of solar power where it is needed most. The folding roof automatically avoids poor weather and retracts itself into a central garage. Due to this protective function the retractable folding solar roof is aesthetic, lightweight and economical. Horizon has been designed with the future in mind as it can be integrated into current and future trends such as IoT, smart mobility and smart grids. Our solution provides a solution to the increasing densification of our living spaces and eases the competition amongst industry, housing, cropland, recreational spaces and energy production. Horizon is a disruptive technology and it has no direct competing solutions which can achieve a similar dual function in the target markets. The two main applications of the folding solar roof are parking-logistics areas and wastewater treatment plants. The customers are municipalities, energy providers or land operators. High self-consumption remains at the centre for both segments, as well as additional benefits such as shade for vehicles, brand image or the compatibility with electro mobility charging stations. There is a technical potential of approximately 70MW on wastewater purification plants and 5GW on parking lots within the Swiss market. In Europe these are approximately 4GW and 300GW respectively in the same segments which corresponds to a market size of over €100 billion

Keywords: solar photovoltaic,retractable,subsidies,cableway,decentralised,electromobility,dual usage,self consumption,carport