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PapairWrap: the first sustainable 100% certified compostable paper package wrapping replacing plastic bubble wrap 1:1 while providing 1.6 improved cushioning, flexible design and saving 15% cost (PapairWrap)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2170000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2170000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The pollution of the environment by plastic bubble wrap is exacerbated by the fact that the amounts of plastic waste from packaging material are constantly increasing. Online retail and parcel volumes surge and the continuous rise of e-commence/home delivery industry has led to the production of massive quantities of plastic packaging materials (bubble wrap being the most used) that are creating serious environmental problems. In 2022, global parcel shipping volume reached 161 billion parcels, and is expected to reach 256 B by 2027. Despite a growing awareness for environmental issue, a lot of these packages still contain plastics. In fact, the European Union has seen a record rise in this kind of waste over the last 10 years. PapairWrap is the first 100% sustainable packing material that replaces plastic bubble wrap 1:1. Our solution consists of several flexible paper webs in the manner of an air cushioning foil, the paper webs being bonded to one another by 100% paper-based adhesive - nanocellulose fibres. Thus, PapairWrap is 100% certified compostable paper package wrapping replacing plastic while providing 1.6 improved cushioning, flexible design and saving 15% cost by saving 15% volume of the waste volume created by state-of-the-art packaging solution. In terms of market size, we target the global market for protective packaging (our TAM), having a current size of ~€34.9B and showing a CAGR of 5.4%. As for our early addressable market, we focus on the EU protective packaging market, our SAM, with a current market size of ~€5.3B growing at a CAGR of 15%. With our home market Germany, we already start with the largest market for protective packaging among the EU valued ~1.8B in 2024, having a CAGR of 14.2%. PapairWrap is at the centre of EU priorities and UN goals, therefore time to enter the market is now. Our customer's pain points are high, e.g. facing countless regulatory challenges such as the new regulation on packaging and packaging waste.

Keywords: paper,paper wrap,packaging,packaging material,environmental protection,waste reduction,waste avoidance,plastics reduction,sustainability,sustainable package material,resources efficiency
PORTA: Artificial Sense of Balance with Computer-Brain-Interfaces (PORTACBI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499999.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

CereGate GmbH is pioneering the field of medical technology with advanced computer-brain interfaces that transform standard spinal cord stimulators into sophisticated neuroprosthetic devices. Our flagship product, PORTA, is designed to treat balance disorders stemming from conditions such as Meniere’s disease, neuropathy, and Parkinson’s disease, aiming to significantly enhance the quality of life for millions globally. The objectives of this proposal will be realized through a strategic, multi-phased approach: initially by integrating real-time motion sensors with an implantable pulse generator to precisely control spinal cord stimulation. This is followed by the utilization of tailored software for calibrating neurostimulation parameters, ensuring personalized treatment for each patient. The final phase involves rigorous clinical trials to validate the efficacy and safety of PORTA. Our treatment design leverages the established safety profiles of existing neurostimulators, enhancing their functionality with custom software critical for the precise delivery of stimulation based on individual sensory feedback. This minimally invasive approach has shown promising results in initial clinical trials, with the majority of participants experiencing significant improvements in mobility and posture control. Supported by a robust network of investors and strategic partners, CereGate is at the forefront of neuromodulation technology innovations. As we continue to refine our technology and explore potential applications beyond balance disorders, our goal remains to transform patient care and improve outcomes across various neurological conditions.

Keywords: neurostimulation software computer brain interface sensory neuroprosthetics balance disorder treatment spinal cord stimulation minimally invasive therapy
Single-Photon Active Event Sensor (SPAES)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Belgium
Call: Enabling virtual worlds and augmented interaction in high-impact applications to support the realisation of Industry 5.0 (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-02, 2024)
Start date: 2025-07-01
End date: 2027-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3571427.14
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

With the transition to Industry 5.0 and the rapid rise of Edge AI, the interaction between humanity and machines transcends traditional 2D frameworks. Our machines and we operate in dynamic spatial and temporal environments. Over the past 25 years, the computing and robotics sectors have evolved significantly—from mainframes to personal computing to mobile, and now to the Internet of Things, smart robots, drones, electric vehicles, mobile/cloud technologies, and AI/GenAI. However, current 3D sensing technologies face limitations in performance, energy efficiency, and user experience for Industry 5.0 and XR applications. As demand grows, high-performance, low-latency, and energy-efficient solutions become crucial. Overcoming these challenges is essential for advancing spatial awareness, real-time environment mapping, and seamless virtual-physical integration. XR companies must develop methods for efficient integration while minimizing power consumption and miniaturizing devices. Single-Photon Active Event Sensor (SPAES) is VoxelSensors’s core sensing architecture built on its patented Switching Pixels® 3D perception technology, unlocking the true potential of the new era of XR. SPAES is a disruptive new approach to sensing the world in three dimensions. It is the most efficient sensing architecture, offering novel and unique active event sensors and systems that solve the problem of high power-low latency correlation existing in the industry with an entirely novel approach and data path. This effort focuses on bolstering Industry 5.0 and professional XR applications across various industrial sectors. We are a cutting-edge Deep-Tech sensing company founded in 2020 with a proven track record of transforming complex hardware and software technologies into scalable products. The founders of VoxelSensors boast over 50 years of combined experience in developing cutting-edge 3D sensor technologies, camera systems, and applications in several markets.

Keywords: extended,virtual reality,augmented reality,industry 5 0
Building ecosystems of person-centered integrated care through co-creation (BUILD)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Theme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Destination: Innovative Research on Social and Economic Transformations
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Portugal,Czechia,Austria,Denmark,Spain
Call: Integrated care solutions leading to better quality, person-centred long-term care and overcoming territorial inequalities in their provision (HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-03-01
End date: 2027-02-28
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3217581.25
EU funding (EUR): 3217581.25
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

The significant increase of the older (65+) European population with complex care needs calls for a better integration and coordination between health care and social services. Existing socio-economic and gendered inequalities in LTC might worsen in the future due to demographic ageing and austerity measures in LTC provision. So far, person-centered integrated care (PC-IC), as one solution to tackle these challenges, has mostly been developed in a top-down logic, and community engagement and participatory co-design have hardly been explored to develop PC-IC solutions. The aim of BUILD is to develop a framework and toolbox that assists policy makers in implementing participatory co-design and community engagement as methods to develop socially inclusive and sustainable PC-IC solutions for older adults with complex care needs that can be evaluated by the social return on investment. BUILD will increase the understanding of PC-IC by mapping and analyzing existing eco-systems of IC across Europe and identifying their corresponding regulatory frameworks and current challenges. BUILD will then go beyond these challenges by conducting a longitudinal, cross-national study that investigates care integration on a practical level, developing scientific evidence on how social inequalities shape the access to, and the outcomes of diverse forms of care and their integration while also highlighting the needs and required skills for PC-IC from the patients’ and caregivers’ perspective. Throughout the project, BUILD will involve communities, older adults with complex care needs, in-/formal caregivers, stakeholders and policy makers on different regulatory levels in the participatory co-design of PC-IC solutions and develop policy recommendations based on the experiences gathered. Ultimately, BUILD will develop a co-design framework and toolbox, as the main outcome of the project, that supports the implementation of PC-IC through co-design and community engagement.

Keywords: person centeredness,co creation,inequalities,social return of investment,ict,policy framework
microRNA biomarkers of periprosthetic joint infections (promiR)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Austria
Call: EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01, 2025)
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Total joint arthroplasties (TJA), such as hip and joint replacements, are among the most common surgical procedures worldwide, with over 4,3 million performed annually in OECD countries. This number is expected to increase by 12-50% by 2050. The growing prevalence of TJA has led to a rise in complications (~12% of all surgeries), particularly periprosthetic joint infections (PJI), which occur in 1-2% of patients and is a major cause of surgery revisions. PJI results not only in morbidity and prolonged hospital stays but also a substantial financial burden on healthcare systems. Nevertheless, there is an unmet need for a solution that specifically diagnoses PJI in a timely and cost-effective manner. Current diagnostic methods for PJI are inadequate due to low sensitivity, specificity, long turnaround times, restriction to specific bacterial strains, and high costs. TAmiRNA has developed promiR, the first-in-class microRNA-based biomarker test, which offers near 100% accuracy in diagnosing PJI. promiR stands out by its unique integration of biological and technological innovations. It combines the detection of microRNAs, which are released during the response to infection from the joint tissue as well as immune cells, into a one-stop, streamlined solution, thereby ensuring a precise and reliable diagnosis of PJI. TAmiRNA’s B2B framework plans to introduce promiR in 15 countries from 2027 to 2028, outsourcing manufacturing and distribution. This presents a multimillion market opportunity, with a TAM of €645 million and an initial SAM of €77,5 million. Moreover, assuming a 2032 average market share of 35% in the 15 countries, the SOM will be €28,3 million. EIC funding is crucial for accelerating innovation by closing technological gaps, facilitating regulatory compliance, and successful commercialization of promiR, ultimately revolutionizing PJI diagnostics and improving patient outcomes.

Keywords: periprosthetic joint infections total joint arthroplasties microrna based biomarkers in vitro diagnostic tests periprosthetic joint infections detection microrna signatures
Implementing Legislation on Invasive Alien Species: Investigating socio-cultural attitudes in the management of Invasive Alien Species in EU member countries (ILIAS)

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: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Portugal
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 172618.56
EU funding (EUR): 172618.56
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

ILIAS investigates how socio-cultural, affective and scientific perceptions shape the implementation of EU laws for the prevention and management of invasive alien animal and plant species (IAS) in EU member countries. The European Parliament legislates policy responses to a list of 66 IAS of EU concern, but conceptual, socio-cultural and practical barriers prevent collaborative implementation. Key terms such as ‘biodiversity’ or ‘nature’ lack a shared definition; methods for the management and eradication of IAS are controversial; academic experts engage in fractious disagreements. These issues, which complicate unified strategies to prevent and manage IAS across EU member countries, point to implicit and unacknowledged socio-cultural factors that shape human relationships with the environment including religious beliefs, ideas about local identity and heritage and anxieties about environmental change. ILIAS studies these socio-cultural attitudes and framings around species dispersal, their influence on the way scientific evidence and best-practice for IAS management among stakeholder groups are interpreted, and how this affects the implementation of EU laws using interdisciplinary methods and theoretical frameworks. ILIAS is based on the following research questions: How do personal attitudes, beliefs and value judgements among stakeholders shape the implementation in different member countries? How do socio-cultural framings influence the interpretation of scientific evidence? Do the different conceptualisations present barriers in collaborative action and compliance with EU laws and if so, how can a more unified approach be facilitated? The resulting insights will contribute to a better understanding of the barriers to implementing coordinated strategies across EU member countries. They will point to differences in how stakeholders define key concepts, and to the affective, cultural and gendered frameworks that influence how scientific evidence is interpreted.

Keywords: invasive alien species bioinvasions eu policy globalization climate change natura 2000 invasion denialism ecological restoration conservation ecology eu governance rights of nature
Graphite Resilience For lithium-Ion baTtery anodes through a sustainable European End-to-End supply chain (GR4FITE3)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Energy
Destination: Cross-sectoral solutions for the climate transition
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: Batteries (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Italy,Spain,Ukraine,France,United Kingdom,Poland
Call: Sustainable processing and refining of battery grade graphite (Batteries Partnership) (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D2-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-05-01
End date: 2027-04-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5465086.25
EU funding (EUR): 4798586.25
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

The project GR4FITE3 aims to reach Graphite Resilience For lithium-Ion baTtery anodes through a sustainable European End-to-End supply chain. This supply chain includes environmentally responsible European mining of natural crystalline flake graphite from Europe’s largest natural graphite resource, highly innovative, continuous and low energy input upgrading of the mined ore, adding recycled and fully repaired for reuse synthetic graphite and optionally silicon nanoparticles to compose a unique anode active material’s particle architecture, making the high density anodes, creating the cells, developing battery modules, certifying the lithium-ion batteries for safety and viability, and ultimately using these products by the OEMs including an established European electric bus manufacturer and a utility grid developer, among others. The purpose of GR4FITE3 project is to demonstrate the creation of a sustainable supply chain for the European industrial graphite and carbon products for specific use as anode active materials in Lithium-Ion batteries designed for applications in electric vehicles and power sources for utilities, such as solar and wind farms. This project is going to combine the efforts of 10 partner organizations from six European nations, employing both industry and academia. There are also four OEMs and five supporting organizations who have expressed their interest in tracking project’s progress and part-taking in a tangible manner in commercialization efforts associated with GR4FITE3 projects’ outcomes. With this larger group of stakeholders, the project spreads its reach to as many as ten countries and three continents, ensuring its global outreach from the very start.

Keywords: graphite,mining,supply chain,lithium ion,battery
Farm animal value-scapes: veterinarians and the contrasting values of European livestock production (VetValues)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Soci al World and Its Interactions
Panel description: Sociology, social psychology, education  sciences , communication  studies
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2023-STG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499884.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499884.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

VetValues is a comparative ethnographic study of how European livestock farming juggles food security and economic viability with mounting concerns about biodiversity loss and global warming, the development of antimicrobial resistance and zoonotic diseases, and the compromised welfare needs of farm animals. It approaches the wicked problems of livestock production as questions of valuation and valuing—of what to value, when, and how. Specifically, it explores how the values of economic production, food safety, public health, animal welfare and ecology come together and are negotiated in animal husbandry, both in assessments and in practices of feeding, housing, and treating animals. We focus on veterinarians, professionals at the heart of the institutional and regulatory arrangements that shape the politics and governance of human and farm animal life. Previous studies have focused on the ethical dilemmas of veterinarians. VetValues decentres individual deliberations, foregrounding instead how farming’s socio-material contexts shape ways of negotiating values. We develop the concept of value-scapes to explore how values are enacted in care practices and embedded in regulatory frameworks, veterinary knowledge, landscapes, animal bodies, barns and farming traditions. Ethnographic research will compare veterinary care on farms in the Netherlands, Sweden and Italy. Contrasting different national, industrial and regulatory contexts will allow us to discern variations in the value-scapes of farm animal care in Europe. VetValues will thus advance our understanding of how the broader tensions within European food production are comprised—and sometimes resolved—in situated ways. It will provide a nuanced picture of the industry’s troublesome biopolitical projects that will inform theorizing on contentious multi-species relations in a world facing myriad pressing challenges to the health and well-being of humans, animals and the planet.

Keywords: multi species ethnography valuation studies material semiotics veterinary care one health biopolitics agriculture
Cultural heritage and immersive technologies for innovation forge (HERIFORGE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Poland,Cyprus,Türkiye
Call: Excellence Hubs (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-07, 2023)
Start date: 2024-12-01
End date: 2027-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4996737.5
EU funding (EUR): 4996737.5
Participants: 14
Project status: SIGNED

The main goal of HERIFORGE is to develop a network of three interconnected place-based ecosystems in Poland, Cyprus and Turkey providing an excellent R&I environment for innovation in the cultural heritage and creative industries with the responsible use of extended reality (XR) technologies and digital cultural heritage assets for the benefit of social resilience. The HERIFORGE project harnesses the expertise of three excellence hubs on XR technologies, advanced IT and digital humanities infrastructures as well as cultural heritage resources to provide an interregional ecosystem of innovation. These hubs epitomise the quadruple helix model, integrating academic institutions, businesses, public authorities, and societal actors within their ecosystems, in a bid to foster a real place-based innovation culture based on a strategic agenda and in line with regional or national smart specialisation strategies. Within the project, these individual ecosystems will be transformed into the HERIFORGE Hubs Network. The project results in five key results including critical for the establishment of the innovation ecosystem, including strategic impact package, the fully operational HERIFORGE Hubs Network, XR-driven prototypes and services, guidelines for building human-centric and trustworthy innovation ecosystemsas well as Data Orchestration Platform.

Keywords: cultural heritage,extended reality,virtual worlds,social resilience,hubs network