Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Far-infrared semiconductor electronics (FIRE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Advanced grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Systems and Communication Engineering
Panel description: Electrical, electronic, communication, optical and systems engineering
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: ERC ADVANCED GRANTS (ERC-2023-ADG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2029-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499828.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499828.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The project will establish frontline semiconductor terahertz electronics for far-infrared space instruments by exploring and combining InP-based semiconductors with thin silicon membrane technology. The goal is to obtain high receiver sensitivity and stability for much less power consumption beyond what is currently considered state-of-the-art in the 2-5 THz frequency range. Terahertz measurements of the atmosphere are made routinely to monitor and reveal physical and chemical processes related to weather and climate change. New space initiatives, using constellations of terahertz receivers on small satellites, can help to gain further data and insights about the climate system. For atmosphere science, there is a need for a terahertz receiver without active cryogenic cooling that can operate over a broad ambient temperature range with sufficient sensitivity and can make observations over a long time. For the supra-terahertz band (>3 THz), several challenges, such as power consumption and inefficient coupling to the terahertz radiation, leave a gap in semiconductor technology. Hence, future Earth and space science missions need new compact heterodyne receiver solutions with improved energy conversion efficiency. Millimetre wave, antenna-integrated, InP-based Schottky barrier mixers have shown high sensitivity at a small cost in power consumption (local oscillator). Still, InP-substrates are fragile and not suitable for supra-terahertz circuits. Therefore, combining robust, integrated silicon membrane technology with InP-based electronics can potentially revolutionise future space terahertz instrumentation. This approach will enable compact, efficient and advanced room-temperature heterodyne receivers for far-infrared space science instruments and trigger future research on terahertz electronics in various applications.

Keywords: terahertz electronics,radiometers,instrumentation,nanoelectronics,detectors,semiconductors,mixers,receivers
Secure OPen source softwarE and hardwaRe Adaptable framework (SecOPERA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Civil Security for Society
Theme: Civil Security for Society
Destination: Increased Cybersecurity
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Greece,Cyprus,Ireland,Austria,France,Switzerland
Call: Improved security in open-source and open-specification hardware for connected devices (HORIZON-CL3-2021-CS-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4581135.0
EU funding (EUR): 4581135.0
Participants: 15
Project status: SIGNED

Security of open-source solutions in the business interconnected market (especially in IoT where a single product may include components from various Tier 1 or OEM manufacturers) is hard to assure. OEM SW/HW developers that employ open-source solutions must assume that any component provided by 3rd parties needs to be reassessed for security as there is not holistic security auditing/testing process to cover the full production line. The plethora of open-source HW/SW solutions on devices with constrained resources and no trusted environments leads to a considerably expanded threat landscape. The restricted execution environment reduces bootstrapping new devices in an IoT network and deploying/patching them securely; and the full DevSecOps of connected device open-source HW/SW must be reformulated offering security guarantees on the usage of open-source solutions. SecOPERA will provide a one stop hub for complex OSS/OSH solutions offering to designers, implementers, operators and open-source HW/SW developers the means to analyse, assess, secure/harden and share open-source solutions as these are integrated in an overall complex product within a networked connected environment. SecOPERA provides a framework supporting the open source DevSecOps lifecycle that comprises (i) a decomposition and security audit/testing engine that analyses open source solutions (OSS/OSH) (ii) an adaptation engine that debloats OSS/OSH code to remove unrelated open-source code and reduce the code attack surface; and a security enhancement process to harden the OSS/OSH solution (iii) an updating/patching mechanism so that the SecOPERA open-source flows remain secure even if their open-source code starting points are vulnerable. On top of that, SecOPERA hub provides (iv) an open-source repository for secure modules that is used in the security enhancement mechanism of open-source solutions; and (v) an open-source repository of security hardened OSS/OSH solutions and their security guarantees.

Keywords: security assurance
Machine Learning and Mass Spectrometry for Structural Elucidation of Novel Toxic Chemicals (LearningStructurE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Physical and Analytical Chemical Sciences
Panel description: Analytical chemistry, chemical theory, physical chemistry/chemical physics
Countries involved: Sweden
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2023-COG, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2028-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1867187.0
EU funding (EUR): 1867187.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Nearly half a million known chemicals have been deemed relevant for exposure studies and an even larger number of their transformation products are likely to co-occur in the environment. This mind-blowing number of possible chemical structures makes it impossible to in-silico generate all these structures, let alone synthesise and analytically confirm them, thereby limiting the discovery of novel chemicals. Today, the structural elucidation of chemicals detected with high resolution mass spectrometry relies on databases and machine learning models trained on the known chemical space. Both are fundamentally ill-suited for discovering novel chemical structures. As a result, only a few percent of the toxic activity of the environmental samples is explained by the currently known and monitored chemicals. It is crucial to access the novel chemical space to improve our understanding of the origin, fate, and impact of these chemicals. The aim of LearningStructurE is to turn the discovery of novel chemical structures from serendipity to routine. As a steppingstone in this pursuit, I will combine the fundamental understanding of chromatography and high resolution mass spectrometry with machine learning to pinpoint novel toxic chemical structures based on their empirical analytical information. To significantly advance the predictive power of machine learning models for empirical analytical information, I will take advantage of the candidate structures as a sample specific training set for machine learning models. The improved predictive power will feed into in-silico structure generation, allowing to elucidate the structure directly from the empirical analytical information. LearningStructurE will pave the way for exploration of the unknown chemical space detected from environmental samples, and thereby improve our understanding of the emissions, chemical processes transforming the emitted chemicals, and close the gap in measured and explained toxicity.

Keywords: environmental analysis,nontarget screening,generative models,semi supervised learning,active learning
Widely Tunable Soliton Microcomb Chip (ELASTIC)

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: Denmark
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2024-POC, 2024)
Start date: 2025-07-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The generation of optical frequency combs through nonlinear optical processes is an enabling technology for a wide range of applications. These combs, consisting of equally spaced coherent light frequencies, are highly valued in applications such as communications, LiDAR, and microwave photonics. The first generation of combs, developed using mode-locked lasers, expanded their spectrum through nonlinear media to create broadband frequency combs. Initially, these systems relied on bulky free-space optical components. Efforts to reduce the size, weight, and power (SWaP) of these systems led to the development of microcomb technology. Dissipative Kerr soliton (DKS) microcombs—generated via nonlinear optical processes in microresonators—have emerged as a more compact, scalable, chip-based alternative, offering higher repetition rates, lower power consumption, and simplified broadband spectrum generation and attracting significant market interest. Despite their advantages, DKS microcombs face several bottlenecks, including limited tunability, sensitivity, and poor conversion efficiency. The ELASTIC project aims to address these issues by leveraging the high thermo-optic coefficient and nonlinearity of the AlGaAsOI platform combined with a novel pump scheme. This approach will enable low-power, highly tunable, and insensitive chip-scale comb systems for emerging applications like massively parallel frequency-modulated continuous-wave LiDAR and wavelength-division multiplexing systems.

Keywords: integrated optics,microresonators,soliton microcombs,kerr frequency combs,
Europe’s Rail Flagship Project 2 - Rail to Digital automated up to autonomous train operation (FP2 - R2DATO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Climate, Energy and Mobility
Theme: Public-private partnerships
Destination: Europe's Rail
Action type: Innovation actions
Partnership: EU-RAIL (JU-JTI)
Countries involved: France,Spain,Italy,Norway,Austria,Hungary,Germany,Netherlands,Sweden,Belgium,Switzerland,Czechia
Call: Digital & Automated up to Autonomous Train Operations (HORIZON-ER-JU-2022-01, 2022)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 73080298.34
EU funding (EUR): 53474761.22
Participants: 79
Project status: SIGNED

To meet the increasing demand for transportation of both passengers and freight, FP2-R2DATO will take the advantages of digitalisation and automation to develop the Next Generation ATC and deliver scalable Digital and Automatic (up to Autonomous) Train Operation (DATO) capabilities in order to enhance the capacity of the existing rail networks. Tangible results of FP2-R2DATO are expected to be delivered by 2025 on key topics: ATO, ETCS Hybrid level 3 and Level 3 Moving Block, digital technologies (5G-connectivity and a standardized onboard ICT-platform), and guidelines and methods for fast and cost-effective deployment and migration of DATO throughout Europe. Through these technical improvements FP2-R2DATO will meet the objectives and impacts defined in the ERJU Master Plan and Annual Work Program: contribute to increased punctuality, reliability and productivity of staff, rolling stock and infrastructure. FP2-R2DATO will pay attention to potential risks, such as acceptance by the public, synchronising with ETCS-deployment and potential legal issues, The overall methodology FP2-R2DATO uses to achieve the desired results is set-up along three stages: from the development of technical enablers, via prototypes that lead to dedicated demonstrators at TRL 6/7. The collaborative approach of industry suppliers, railway operators, infrastructure managers, together with research centres and academia FP2-R2DATO will ensure that each of the technical enablers will be developed at a reasonable cost and will match operational requirements as well as integration innovative technologies. Feedback loops are organised to align research centers, suppliers and railway operators throughout the project, to ensure the technology developed creates the impacts aspired towards a future digitised and automated European rail system.
Fundamental study of siderophore-metal complexes with electrospray ionization in-source activation ion mobility-mass spectrometry (ME-COMPLEX)

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: Chemistry
Countries involved: Austria
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-06-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 183600.96
EU funding (EUR): 183600.96
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The electrospray ionization with mass spectrometry detection (ESI-MS) has been widely used to study biomolecules, low molecular weight compounds, and noncovalent complexes. Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS), capable of separating ions with the same m/z but varying sizes and shapes in the gaseous phase, has been recently hyphenated with the ESI-MS to conduct fundamental and applied research. The overall objective of this proposal is to generate new knowledge on the biological function and chemical characteristics of siderophore-metal complexes (SMCs) under real conditions such as seawater and rhizosphere by harnessing in-source activation (ISA) and cutting-edge ESI-IM-MS technology. To this end, the experimental investigations will involve varying ESI parameters, such as ESI and ISA voltages and drying gas temperature, and solution conditions, e.g. pH, solvent type, ionic strength, and matrix, to investigate stability and competitivity, hydrolysis, hydrogen-deuterium exchange behavior, and fragmentation patterns of SMCs plus finding the binding site locations of siderophores to metal ions in SMCs. The proposed project will also include experimental and theoretical calculations of collision cross-section (CCS) values and thermodynamic studies via quantum-mechanical methods, i.e. density functional theory to rationalize the experimental observations. The obtained CCS values will allow us to derive additional structural and spatial information on the investigated SMCs. The proposed project is multidisciplinary in nature as it integrates analytical chemistry, soil/plant research, environmental science, physical chemistry, and quantum mechanics. Two-way knowledge transfer in this project ensures the transfer of the candidate's expertise in the areas of sample preparation, flow systems, and 3D-printing technology to the host institution and training of the candidate in advanced analytical chemistry techniques to enhance his employability and career development.

Keywords: siderophore metal complexes,electrospray ionization,in source activation,ion mobility spectrometry,mass spectrometry,stability and competitivity investigations,rhizosphere,seawater
Developing the Next Generation of Environmentally-Friendly Floating Wind Farms with Innovative Technologies and Sustainable Solutions (FLOATFARM)

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: Germany,Italy,France,Netherlands,Belgium,Denmark,Portugal,Sweden
Call: Critical technologies for the offshore wind farm of the Future (HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5997630.0
EU funding (EUR): 5997630.0
Participants: 17
Project status: SIGNED

FLOATFARM aims to significantly advance the maturity and competitiveness of floating offshore wind (FOW) technology by increasing energy production, achieving significant cost reductions within the design and implementation phases, improving offshore wind value chain and supporting EU companies in this growing sector. Ultimately, FLOATFARM aims to decrease negative environmental impacts on marine life and to enhance the public acceptability of FOW, thereby accelerating the EU energy transition. To this end, a number of critical technologies have been identified as key catalysts. They apply to different conceptual scales, from individual floating offshore wind turbine level (Action 1) to farm level (Action 2) and environmental and socio-economic perspectives (Action 3). Innovations will be introduced into: 1) ROTOR TECHNOLOGY, where innovative rotor designs for improved energy capture will be explored in a co-design approach with innovative control techniques, improved floaters, and a groundbreaking generator concept; 2) MOORING AND ANCHORING, where shared mooring and innovative dynamic cabling will be investigated; 3) WIND FARM CONTROL, where novel control strategies will be exploited to increase the farm power density, and 4) ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT MITIGATION, where marine noise emissions and impacts on marine species of FOW farms will be addressed, innovative artificial reefs will be pioneered and social acceptance will be studied. To ensure that effective solutions are pursued and TRL5 can be achieved, FLOATFARM adopts a holistic approach that combines innovative designs, experimental demonstration at laboratory scale, modelling with a suite of beyond state-of-the-art numerical tools, and demonstration in a unique open-sea laboratory, where a new 1:7 scale 15MW FOWT will be tested in combination with novel floaters, moorings and controls, ensuring systematic assessment and validation that are thus far unprecedented in FOWT research.

Keywords: floating offshore wind farm co design lightweight generator shared mooring shared anchoring lazy wave cable control environmental impact marine noise artificial reef social acceptance mdao
Cortical Training to Improve Navigation for the Visually Impaired (CorTrINVI)

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: Belgium
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): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

At the moment, in the European Union, there is very little support and virtually no training for blind people. But there are very efficient modes of navigating one’s environment that blind people can learn and some of them can learn very easily, including: (1) Cone use, (2) Sensory substitution devices, (3) Echolocation. The problem is that the interpersonal variation in all these three techniques is huge. Some blind subjects pick up these techniques very quickly and use them efficiently, while others struggle even with the most rudimentary steps. The present Proof of Concept application aims to develop techniques for training blind people’s visual cortices that allow for more efficient spatial perception and navigation. Given the well-demonstrated plasticity of the brain, if a brain region is not used regularly, it is reallocated to do something else. More specifically, if blind subjects whose visual cortices are intact do not use these visual cortices, they get reallocated (to, for example auditory or olfactory processing). If they use their visual cortex, it works well, if they don’t, it will eventually stop. Crucially, all three of the techniques that help blind people navigate their environment rely heavily on the functioning of the early visual cortices. The key insight is that blind subjects can navigate their environment better if their visual cortices are in good condition. But how to achieve that? And this is where my own research on the way mental imagery utilizes early visual cortices can be a game changer. In short, we can keep the primary visual cortices of blind subjects in shape if we have them use their visual mental imagery. Active reliance on mental imagery prevents the early visual cortices of blind subjects from being reallocated to other brain functions and thereby allows them to make full use of navigation techniques like sensory substitution, cone use or echolocation.
Unraveling the Photochemistry of Radiosensitizers and Radioprotectors in Free Biomolecular Complexes (Photochem-RS-RP)

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: Denmark
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-07-01
End date: 2024-06-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 230774.4
EU funding (EUR): 230774.4
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Dramatically increasing cancer cases around the world call for extra research efforts to improve cancer therapies. Radiation therapy or radiotherapy is one of the most common treatment methods. A way to enhance radiotherapy is inserting ‘radiosensitizers (RSs)’ and ‘radioprotectors (RPs)’ into the patient’s body. RSs in tumor cells make them more sensitive to radiation damage, allowing one to use reduced radiation doses, thus minimizing side effects. In contrast, RPs inhibit the damage of healthy cells from radiation. RSs and RPs are actively studied mostly in clinical trials. However, the fundamental mechanisms causing damage or death of cancer cells are not fully understood. Therefore, this project aims at elucidating the elementary steps of radiation damage, their enhancement by RSs, and their inhibition by RPs. The technique combines beams of mixed molecular clusters and doped helium nanodroplets uniquely with synchrotron spectroscopy, electron spectroscopy, and ion mass spectrometry. The main goals are to unravel the photochemistry of selected organic RS compounds (nimorazole, NIMO, bromoadenine, WR-1065 dihydrochloride), metal ions (Mg2+, Ca2+, K+), and gold (RS) and silver (RP) nanoparticles in the state of controlled microhydration and contact with DNA components (thymine, cytosine, tetrahydrofuran). Emission of slow electrons, water fragmentation, and anions formation are observables for radiation damage enhanced by RSs. A time-resolved experiment on the tetrahydrofuran-water complex will elucidate the ultrafast dynamics of intermolecular energy transfer causing dissociation, a mechanism recently identified to play an important role in radiation damage. A better understanding of the radiochemistry of RPs and RSs obtained with this project may help develop new schemes for efficient cancer treatment and identify new types of molecules or nanoparticles with improved RS or RP properties.

Keywords: synchrotron radiation,radiosensitizers,radioprotectors,electron and ion spectroscopy,biomolecular complexes,radiation damage,disscoation