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High-impedance Superconducting Circuits Enabling Fault-tolerant Quantum Computing by Wideband Microwave Control (DANCINGFOOL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Condensed Matter Physics
Panel description: Structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2027-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2081275.0
EU funding (EUR): 2081275.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

A physical system implementing a quantum bit (qubit) is never perfectly isolated from an uncontrolled environment. The system dynamics is thus noisy, modifying randomly the qubit state. This phenomenon of decoherence is the main roadblock to build a stable quantum computing platform. In order to mitigate decoherence, quantum error correction employs only a few code states within a much larger informational space, so that noise-induced dynamics can be detected and corrected before the encoded information gets corrupted. Unfortunately, most known protocols require to control dauntingly complex systems, with a degree of coherence currently out of reach. Our project is to build autonomously error-corrected qubits encoded in high-impedance superconducting circuits. In our protocol, a qubit is encoded in the vast phase-space of the quantum oscillator implemented by each circuit, in the form of Gottesman-Kitaev-Preskill (GKP) states. The novelty is that the GKP states are fully stabilized by a modular dissipation, induced by the coherent tunneling of charges through a stroboscopically biased Josephson junction. The coherence of the encoded qubit is expected to exceed that of existing superconducting qubits by orders of magnitude. Furthermore, we propose to perform protected logical gates between encoded qubits by varying adiabatically the parameters of the modular dissipation, paving the way toward fault-tolerant quantum computing. The major experimental challenge of our protocol resides in the exquisite level of control needed over a wide band in the microwave range. We propose to address this challenge by developing novel on-chip filters, tunable couplers and isolators based on periodically modulated, high-impedance, transmission lines. These on-chip components would find a wide range of applications in quantum technologies, and favor the advent of large-scale quantum computing platforms.

Keywords: quantum error correction superconducting circuits reservoir engineering microwave engineering gkp
Upgrading geomaterials: from waste to resource (UPGRADE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Staff Exchanges
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: France,Sweden,United Kingdom,Japan,Morocco,Colombia,Ethiopia,Cambodia,Iran, Islamic Republic of,Italy,Egypt,Türkiye,Norway,Slovenia,Greenland
Call: MSCA Staff Exchanges 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-SE-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2029-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1180885.71
EU funding (EUR): 1117800.0
Participants: 21
Project status: SIGNED

UPGRADE seeks to broaden the research scope of the involved teams, focusing on tackling key challenges in geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering. Specifically, it aims to pioneer innovative solutions for repurposing waste geomaterials generated by construction and mining industries worldwide. Waste geomaterials represents half of the waste volume generated in EU. These waste geomaterials generally exhibit poor engineering characteristics that prevent their direct use at construction/mining sites. However, if adequately treated, they could represent an excellent resource for construction purposes with significant money saving and reduction in the environmental footprint, thus contributing to the establishment of a circular handling/management of geomaterials. To achieve this, UPGRADE will develop protocols, software and tools to improve the engineering characteristics of waste geomaterials, and to guarantee the performance level over the service life of geostructures built from waste geomaterials considering site-specific conditions. The fundamental concern of UPGRADE is to promote strategies for sustainable use of waste geomaterials generated by geoengineering activities, and to determine how to turn a waste geomaterial into a durable material, with a positive revenue stream. The originality of UPGRADE's approach is that not only it draws expertise on the environment and geotechnics, but also in computer sciences, geochemistry, analytical chemistry, natural resources exploitation, and in the circulatory economy. We intend to form a multidisciplinary consortium composed of 10 academic and 5 industrial beneficiaries and 6 Third Country partners which aim to address this problem. UPGRADE will create an international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral network of creative and innovative researchers and practising engineers ready to face geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering challenges which arise in the vanguard of technological innovation.

Keywords: sustainable developpement and nature protection,natural resources and exploitation,environement,analytical chemistry,waste,soil,stabilisation,durability,infrastructure,circular economy
Flexible and modular large battery systems for safe on-board integration and operation of electric power, demonstrated in multiple type of ships (FLEXSHIP)

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: Innovation actions
Partnership: ZEWT (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Belgium,Germany,Netherlands,Spain,France,Italy,Norway,Türkiye,United Kingdom
Call: Exploiting electrical energy storage systems and better optimising large battery electric power within fully battery electric and hybrid ships (ZEWT Partnership) (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D5-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9815629.75
EU funding (EUR): 7851668.25
Participants: 17
Project status: SIGNED

FLEXSHIP will facilitate the transition of the waterborne sector towards climate neutrality by delivering a digital green concept for electrification of vessels consisting of a Green Digital Twin (GDT) for designing fit-for-purpose vessel electrical grid architectures and integrating a large battery capacity system into two existing vessel (DEMO 1 & 2) electrical systems, a compact, low-weight, modular and simple, high-efficiency battery system, and a safe integration guide of the system onboard ensuring system interoperability The overall goal of FLEXSHIP is to develop and validate safe and reliable, flexible, modular, and scalable solutions for electrification of the waterborne sector. This includes the reliable design and development of modular battery packs; safe on-board integration including the battery system and its associated electrical distribution grid into the vessel’s existing power grid; optimal design of energy management system (EMS) to maximise the operational flexibility and energy efficiency (both full-electric and hybrid), and smart control for improved lifetime of the battery system and critical power components. The objectives will be achieved by 8 WP and 16 partners within 48 months. In WP1 identification of specification and mapping of requirements will be done. In WP2 the vessel electrical architecture will be designed and optimised by means of the Green Digital Twin. In WP3 the development and optimisation of individual components and sub-systems will be done and the testing of the system at component/sub-system level will consist of hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) and software in the loop (SiL) tests in WP4. The full FLEXSHIP system will be tested in two demonstrations in WP5 with minimum 150nm sailing distance and in WP6 contributing to 300nm by green digital twin and achieving sustainability analysis and business plan. In WP7 the full system will be evaluated in an exploitation strategy. The innovations will be brought from TRL4/5 to TRL7.

Keywords: modular and flexible battery integration system,safe integration,safe operation,modular,safety onboard,digital twin optimization,high capacity battery system
H’ALT® INNOVATIVE DIGITAL AI/ML PLATFORM (HALT AI-ML Platform)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1190000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1190000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

h’alt® is an innovative AI-driven decision-support platform designed to revolutionize the renewable energy and construction sectors. Developed by ARMSA, h’alt® provides real-time, role-specific content and predictive analytics to enhance project efficiency, safety, and cost management. The platform integrates seamlessly with tools like MS Teams, WhatsApp, and Slack, offering a comprehensive solution that minimizes project delays and cost overruns while promoting a safer working environment. The upcoming h’alt® V2 platform marks a significant advancement, transitioning from dependence on third-party platforms to a fully integrated, multi-tenant SaaS solution. It features a client-facing Management Portal and leverages advanced AI/ML services for enhanced data processing and information retrieval. This evolution ensures that the right knowledge is available at the right time, enabling better decision-making and risk management. Key features of h’alt® V2 include automated analytics, a self-service reporting portal, integrated chat bot activity logging and analytics, and AI/ML-enhanced insights with suggested actions. These capabilities transform insights into impactful business actions, helping management teams view and manage data efficiently. With its robust architecture and advanced capabilities, h’alt® is positioned to support global operations, addressing the growing needs of the renewable energy sector and helping organizations meet their sustainability goals. The platform's phased development approach ensures continuous improvement based on real user feedback, making h’alt® an indispensable tool for industry leaders aiming to achieve operational excellence and sustainability.

Keywords: ai,ml,decision making,management,renewable,analytics
Developmental immunotoxicity of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in a population of highly-exposed children (PFAS-ITOX)

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: Sweden
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-06-01
End date: 2025-02-28
Duration (months): 33.0
Total project cost (EUR): 229474.95
EU funding (EUR): 229474.95
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Exposures to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), a class of persistent chemicals, have been linked to an array of adverse health outcomes including reduced antibody response to vaccination. The COVID-19 pandemic has focused attention on the serious implications of PFAS immunotoxicity. However, there is a lack of epidemiological studies on clinical immune outcomes (e.g., infections or asthma) in children, whose developing immune system is highly sensitive to chemical exposures. This proposal (PFAS-ITOX) addresses this research gap by leveraging a unique cohort of children with a wide range of PFAS exposures (background to highly exposed) and detailed medical records to investigate the potential immunotoxic effects of prenatal and childhood PFAS exposures on clinically relevant outcomes, including COVID-19 incidence. It was discovered in 2013 that one of two municipal water supplies in Ronneby, Sweden was delivering water that was highly contaminated by PFASs from firefighting foam runoff at a nearby military airport. Earlier studies in Ronneby found that serum PFAS concentrations corresponded closely with residential address history, allowing residential history to be used as an accurate proxy for exposure. PFAS-ITOX uses this “natural experiment” to create a longitudinal cohort of children and evaluate whether high PFAS exposures are associated with clinical outcomes related to immunosuppression (e.g., counts of common childhood infections) and hypersensitivity (e.g., incidence of asthma). While existing studies of PFAS immunotoxicity rely on self-reported data or hospital admission records, I will use the Skåne Healthcare Register, unique to southern Sweden, to identify outcomes at all levels of care, including primary care where many immune outcomes are diagnosed. The proposal's results will inform future PFAS research, provide necessary evidence for risk assessments, and provide critical information to health practitioners caring for highly-exposed individuals.

Keywords: pfas perfluoroalkyl substances immunotoxicity adaptive immunity childhood infection allergy asthma eczema exposure window prenatal exposure covid 19
High Pressure Freese Desalination water, chemicals and sulfate recycling and extraction (HPD Redivivus)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Finland
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 1500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Oy InfraConsulting Ab Ltd (IC), established 2018, is a company based in Helsinki and an innovator, developer and manufacturer of energy and cost-effective water technologies. Our revolutionary desalination technology is a new step in water treatment, freshwater production, and brine extraction. The revolutionary high pressure freeze desalination technology (HPD) developed by the company is a new step in water treatment, freshwater production, and brine extraction. IC’s patented HPD technology now to be commercialized is developed in Finland. During 2019 – 2021 HPD prototype separation testing of salt and chemicals was successfully conducted at the Tampere University laboratory. The company's current goal is to commercialize the technology and carry out supporting R&D in 2024-2027 by performing long-term testing of a full-scale IC HPD container production unit at the production facilities of industrial partners. Today the mining industry loses millions of euros daily by wasting energy, water, process treatment chemicals and lost valuable yield minerals due to process inefficiency. The new HDP desalination technology solves this problem. The HPD technology separates salt from saltwater using pressure in a highly efficient and environmentally friendly way. Utilizing this technology provide a notable customer decrease in capital expense, energy consumption, and a decreased physical and carbon footprint. Our mission is to enable the cost-effective production of clean and fresh water and separation of minerals. IC's business solution is to globally commercialize a new scalable desalination technology that is based on our own patented innovation. Our vision is to provide water where it is needed, have a positive impact on the environment and convert waste into products. We achieve this by enabling low-cost production by HPD freeze desalination with minimal energy consumption, emissions, and footprint

Keywords: scalable low cost water production,digital hydraulics controlled high pressure freeze desalination with minimal energy consumption,emissions,and footprint
Enhancing plant stress tolerance from the inside-out (STRESSLESS)

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,France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 49.0
Total project cost (EUR): 173847.36
EU funding (EUR): 173847.36
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Our climate is changing, the world population is still growing and our planet has finite resources; these are well-known facts. Developing improved crop varieties is crucial to ensure that our agriculture is well-prepared for increased environmental stress, can maintain high yields and utilises less resources such as fertiliser or available land. One key aspect is to prepare our crops for abiotic stresses such as saline soils and drought, two factors which are rapidly increasing world-wide, including the EU. Many abiotic stress-tolerance mechanisms have been described through lab-based studies, yet they are notoriously difficult to translate into field grown crops. Therefore, the here proposed project, STRESSLESS, will tackle this issue by taking a different approach. STRESSLESS is primarily based on observations in the crop soybean (Glycine max), with additional observations made in rice (Oryza sativa), and aims to identify the cellular mechanism contributing to improved plant growth, going from crop-observed phenotypes to in-depth analysis in the model plant Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) instead of vice versa. Ultimately, STRESSLESS aims to contribute to preparing our crop plants for a sustainable, yet still profitable future agriculture.

Keywords: plants,ion transport,salt stress,drought stress,guard cells,endomembranes
PalaeoEcology and OPen-LandscapE adaptations of Pleistocene humans in South Africa (PEOPLE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Study of the Human Past
Panel description: Archaeology and history
Countries involved: France
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2021-STG, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499856.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499856.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Homo sapiens emerged in Africa in the Middle Pleistocene, and their appearance broadly overlaps with the onset of the Middle Stone Age (MSA). This period saw a persistent population expansion into a wide range of ecosystems, including deserts, rainforests, and mountains. To develop such ecological flexibility, early humans had to adapt their subsistence strategies to markedly different and dynamic environments that dramatically affected their lifeways. However, we know surprisingly little about the timing and modes of H. sapiens dispersal within Africa. To address this issue at subcontinental scale, PEOPLE will look at South African ecosystems that offer ways of assessing human response to climate change. One key factor affecting this response is freshwater availability. Water played a crucial role in human adaptation since it determined the foraging activities of people across the open landscape and thus had pervasive influence over their expansion on the continent. In the interior of South Africa, which features a mosaic of diverse grasslands and arid shrublands dissected by sporadic rivers, ancient water courses and wetlands provided early humans with favourable conditions and possible dispersal routes. To understand how and when humans settled on the subcontinent, PEOPLE will search geological deposits at rivers, springs, and dry lakes in the interior of South Africa, which offer long records of climate change. The aim is twofold: determine the role of changing environments in the adaptive strategies of MSA people, and establish a chronology for human palaeoecology based on absolute dating of palaeoenvironments and technological organisation. To achieve these goals, PEOPLE will adopt a multi-scalar geoarchaeological approach led by an interdisciplinary research team. The results of this project will change our understanding of human dynamics in southern Africa and have the potential to piece together how humans eventually dispersed throughout Africa and beyond.

Keywords: human evolution pleistocene africa stone age geoarchaeology modern humans landscape water dispersal palaeoecology palaeoenvironment
HYPERspectral monitoring for accurate light-based SKIN cancer treatment (HyperSKIN)

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: Italy
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2024-POC, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 162857.14
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

The increasing incidence of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC, 330,000 new cases in Europe, 2022), due to the increase of elderly population, unprotected sun exposure and still poor prevention, is a huge public health concern worldwide. Recurrences and consequent need for repeated surgery are mainly associated with incomplete excision and positive tumor margins. Also, typical surgical risks of poor scarring, infection, pain, and time-consuming histopathological analysis demand innovative approaches, like light-based therapies, considered safe and effective options for many NMSC cases. However, none of traditional and new approaches perform intraoperative control, thus leading to cancer progression and recurrence. To overcome the lack of intraoperative monitored NMSC treatments, I benefit from a spectral imaging system I pioneered in my previous ERC project, for intraoperative monitoring of light-based treatment of tumors. HyperSKIN leverages the current NMSC management needs, and the ERC-proved technology to develop a contactless device that revolutionizes the decision-making regarding excisional margins before and during the procedure, with instantaneous feedback on the skin regions to be preserved and the tumoral parts to be removed. In this PoC, I will perform the technical-commercial feasibility study to move the HyperSKIN system to the market. I will prototype the HyperSKIN system and establish contacts with stakeholders for HyperSKIN validation and integration in clinical practice. The PoC will set a market and health technology assessment, the IP protection strategy, and identify the best business model and exploitation strategy for valorising the know-how.