Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Water Innovation: Sustainable Efficiency. Delivering Market Changing Chemical-Free Treatment for Heating and Cooling Systems (WISE)

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 2025 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01, 2025)
Duration (months): 12.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2497545.0
EU funding (EUR): 2497545.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Water quality is key to the efficient operation of any hydronic system. Correctly engineered, clean water delivers the best heat transfer, optimises operational and energy efficiency and maximises asset life. Common cleaning methods require the use of chemical inhibitors and the dumping to drain of billions of litres of contaminated water. Chemical-free water treatment (CFWT) maintains and protects closed-loop hydronic networks from corrosion damage without the use of chemical inhibitors, biocides or cleaning agents. This methodology conforms with key European guidelines including VDI 2035, SWKI BT 102–01, Ö-NORM H 5195–1 and the EU standard EN 12828, CIBSE CP1, CSA TM20, and the Danish District Heating Association as well as the World’s leading HVAC manufacturers’ warranty stipulations. CFWT serves to meet a genuine industry appetite for culture change with many seeking alternative options to chemicals in delivering effective, pre-emptive water management. IWTM-UK’s WISE solution intends to fully exploit the potential of CFWT and its many community benefits and to establish CFWT as the go-to standard for water treatment in closed-loop heating and cooling systems globally. This will be achieved by making use of uniquely innovative remote monitoring and automation features to deliver at scale the most sophisticated, environmentally-friendly solution on the market. The project will create jobs in manufacturing and service in the Green technology sector and dovetails with renewable energy sources to play a part in the cleaner delivery of clean energy. With no chemicals, reduced water waste, reduction of plastic waste, ESG improvements and a safer working environment for all, the WISE solution will transform the cleaning and maintenance of closed-loop water networks.

Keywords: chemical free water treatment,corrosion control,asset protection,manufacturing and processing,real time remote monitoring,automation and control systems,electrochemistry,critical infrastructure
Europe’s first unified and versatile processing platform architecture in 5nm technology with proven scalability from edge to central high-performance solutions with unmatched cost and power efficiency (VIVID)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Germany
Call: EIC Accelerator Challenge: Emerging semiconductor or quantum technology components (HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOR-01, 2023)
Start date: 2023-12-01
End date: 2025-11-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 9506137.5
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

videantis (Hannover/DE) is a hidden champion for processor architecture and advanced SoC design. Our processor architecture is in automotive production in already 15M+ cars to date. With our team of 20 specialists, we are the only SME known in the EU already starting a 5nm design. Our truly unified processing platform is 100% programmable and handles all signal processing tasks with superior PPA (performance, power, area) compared to other solutions. Building upon our reputation in automotive, we scale up the architecture to 100s of cores on a single 5nm die as a reference chip platform for smart sensors up to central HPCs for ADAS/AD. This will enable European OEMs to realise own highest-performance and custom AI SoCs to reduce dependencies from their US and Chinese suppliers, reducing cost by up to 90%. With the EIC funding, we will support the development of the reference platform and become a key driver for Europe’s chip sovereignty and to achieve the goals of the EU Chips Act.

Keywords: electrical electronic e e architecture ai chip artificial intelligence ai sensor fusion high performance computing hpc advanced driver assistance systems adas autonomous driving ad
DIGItal Twins of food pRoducts UnleaShing TransparencY (DIGI-TRUSTY)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: France
Call: EIC Accelerator Open (HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-08-01
End date: 2025-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3594506.25
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Our solution is a turnkey digital platform intended for agri-food actors that allows : - Continuous and real-time traceability of food, from farm to store. - Continuous and targeted digital audits, secured by the blockchain. - Communication of results to the ecosystem. Our solution is based on the product, not the supply chain, because creating product digital twins is the fuel to answer market and regulatory needs. The platform automatically ingests data from any system in place in any format (farmer information, supply chain data, quality data and sustainability data) and transforms it to universally accessible and useful data, while significantly increasing efficiency via applied SaaS tools. The data is then standardized, digitally audited and interoperable, allowing the creation of digital twin products.

Keywords: traceability,sustainability
Handling and Sorting delicate objects using Acoustophoresis (AcoustoSort)

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: United Kingdom
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2025-POC, 2025)
Start date: 2025-08-01
End date: 2027-01-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 214285.71
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Sorting on conveyor belts is a fundamental process across industries, ensuring efficiency and quality in pharmaceutical labs, recycling, and agriculture. In agriculture, precision seed sorting is critical, driving a €2.9B global market growing at 4.5% CAGR through 2030. However, current pneumatic sorters are high-maintenance and costly, gravity sorters lack precision for similar-density seeds, and robotic pick-and-place systems, though precise, are too slow and expensive for industrial-scale operations. AcoustoFab is introducing a step-change in sorting technology through its patented ultrasonic phased array transducer system, which uses precisely controlled sound waves to manipulate and eject seeds from a conveyor belt. Unlike traditional methods, this high-speed, contactless approach enables multi-category sorting, eliminates mechanical wear, and reduces operational costs. Originally developed under the ERC Advanced Grant “Interfaces” for interactive media applications, our acoustic manipulation technology has unexpectedly revealed a high-impact opportunity in AgriTech, unlocking new levels of precision and efficiency in seed sorting. Rising global food demand, climate change-driven variability in seed quality, and increasing sustainability regulations make high-precision, low-waste sorting solutions more critical than ever. This proof-of-concept funding will allow us to advance and benchmark our technology against seed industry KPIs, validating its speed, accuracy, and efficiency while developing prototypes that demonstrate industry feasibility and commercial potential. Beyond agriculture, our contactless sorting technology can revolutionize high-purity metal recovery in recycling, such as copper extraction from solar panels, enhancing efficiency and reducing waste. Leveraging acoustic manipulation, AcoustoFab is therefore on a mission to pioneer a more scalable, sustainable, and intelligent approach to industrial automation.
ENERGY SYSTEM MODELLING FOR GREEN DEVELOPMENT OF AFRICA (EMERGE)

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: Croatia,Italy,Spain,France,Nigeria,Austria,Cabo Verde,Mozambique,Morocco
Call: AU-EU Energy System Modelling (HORIZON-CL5-2022-D3-02, 2022)
Start date: 2023-12-01
End date: 2026-11-30
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499962.5
EU funding (EUR): 2499962.5
Participants: 11
Project status: SIGNED

The EMERGE project seeks to provide African policy makers, academics, investors, and citizens with the tools and knowledge required to increase the production of clean energy and the sustainable use of resources while bridging cultural and socioeconomic divides. In order to simulate scenarios that optimize the use of current resources while taking into account social, climatic, economic, and technical constraints, EMERGE will co-design and test a Toolbox by integrating and building upon existing tools, methodologies, and approaches. Additionally, a Knowledge Base with a collection of initiatives, materials, and knowledge-exchange activities will be created. The North Western Africa (Morocco), Niger river region (Mali/Nigeria), and Mozambique are three African ecosystems where EMERGE will develop knowledge communities through a participatory approach.

Keywords: au eu cooperation energy system modelling,clean energy transition
Truly Resilient Quantum Limited Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers (TruePA)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Digital
Destination: Digital & Emerging Technologies for Competitiveness and Fit for the Green Deal
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Austria,Italy,France,Sweden
Call: Basic Science for Quantum Technologies (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-02, 2021)
Start date: 2022-12-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 3000000.0
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

TruePA will develop the next generation of Traveling Wave Parametric Amplifiers (TWPAs), which are key tools for quantum technologies and basic sciences involving the detection of weak electromagnetic signals in the microwave domain. TruePA aims at pushing TWPA devices beyond current limits pursuing three main ground-breaking advances: demonstration of TWPAs which are (i) resilient to magnetic fields, (ii) quantum-noise-limited and (iii) fully nonreciprocal. Our approach integrates novel circuit designs and the use of advanced superconducting materials, combined with new characterization methods based on quantum optics techniques. The outcomes of TruePA will highly advance the field of quantum-limited amplifiers providing novel insights into decoherence mechanisms in superconducting circuits and boosting microwave amplification performance in basic science research fields such as quantum information with solid state platforms, astronomy and dark matter search. TruePA brings together internationally known researchers with complementary expertise in the field of superconducting circuits, quantum amplifiers, nanofabrication and quantum optics. This specialized knowledge is complemented by the expertise of two industry partners, to push a new generation of TWPAs to off-the-shelf components contributing to the growth of quantum technologies in Europe and at the same time pushing forward basic science research.

Keywords: quantum information processing,traveling wave parametric amplifiers,superconducting circuits,standard quantum limit,nonreciprocal devices
Probing the fibrillation of Staphylococcal amyloids and their interactions with Membranes at the Nanoscale (PSMNano)

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: France
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): 161493.36
EU funding (EUR): 161493.36
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

Phenol-soluble modulins α3 (PSMα3) are functional amyloids involved in the virulence of Staphylococcus aureus, a multi-drug resistant pathogen under the surveillance of the European Union (EU). The project PSMNano aims at unveiling the molecular mechanisms driving PSMα3 interactions with cell membranes, which lead to their cytotoxic and proinflammatory activities, with a focus on the impact of amyloid fibrillation. So far poorly known, dissecting those mechanisms is yet critical to efficiently target PSMα3 activities, in turn S. aureus pathogenicity, and avoid the pandemics foreseen by the EU in the coming decades. Thanks to atomic force microscopy coupled to complementary multiscale biophysical tools, PSMNano will provide high spatiotemporal resolution multiparametric imaging of those interactions, while quantifying their affinity and energetic landscape, on both mimetic models and living cells. Remarkably, single-molecule experiments and cell budding will help decipher the forces driving the FPR2 receptor-dependent role of PSMα3. The expertise of the fellow Dr. Mathelié-Guinlet in surface chemistry and nanobiophysics related to bacterial virulence, the complementary knowledge she will acquire from the supervisor Pr. Molinari on membrane models design and spectroscopic investigations of amyloids, and the cutting-edge technical platforms of the host institution, CBMN (University of Bordeaux, France) will be instrumental for the success of this interdisciplinary project. The fundamental insights brought by the understanding of the role of PSMs-cell membrane interactions in S. aureus pathogenesis could set the stage for the design of novel therapeutics, e.g. inhibitors of PSMα3 activity. PSMNano could also open up avenues for standardized protocols to characterize amyloid-membrane interactions, involved in degenerative diseases. With valuable short- and long-term outcomes, this project will undoubtedly strengthen the competitiveness of the EU health program.

Keywords: s aureus,bacterial amyloids,membrane models,single molecule,atomic force microscopy,infrared nanospectroscopy,plasmon wave resonance
Laminated Perovskite Photovoltaics: Enabling large area processing of durable and high efficiency perovskite semiconductor thin films. (LAMI-PERO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Materials Engineering
Panel description: Advanced materials development: performance enhancement, modelling, large -scale preparation, modification, tailoring, optimisation, novel  and combined use of materials, etc.
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2022-COG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2028-09-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2349755.0
EU funding (EUR): 2349755.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Photovoltaic technologies are cornerstones of all future scenarios for sustainable energy supply. Enhancing the efficiency and reducing the costs of photovoltaics is a challenge of utmost urgency and importance to the research field of materials engineering and science. To date, hybrid organic–inorganic lead halide perovskite semiconductors denote the most promising material class for future low-cost and high-efficiency next-generation photovoltaics. Major hurdles that hinder the economic breakthrough are the low stability and the large-area fabrication of high-quality perovskite thin films. In response, LAMI-PERO will break new ground by researching and developing a novel lamination process that is designed to enable the processing of unexplored perovskite semiconductors and heterostructures, more durable thin film morphologies, and novel high-efficiency device architectures. My team and I were among the first to report preliminary data on this lamination process. It combines two half-stacks in a high-pressure step and allows crystalizing the pre-deposited precursor materials into a high-quality perovskite thin film. Thereby, the lamination disentangles critical constraints of established sequential layer deposition. To reach its ambitious goals, LAMI-PERO will (1) close the knowledge gap about the underlying physics of the perovskite film formation during the lamination process using innovative in-situ characterization, (2) explore more stable thin film morphologies and novel perovskite semiconductors, (3) fabricate more durable and high-efficiency perovskite solar cells and perovskite-based tandem solar cells, and (4) demonstrate the scalability of the lamination process in view of future commercialization. To date, the lamination of perovskite thin films is largely unexplored and the proposed research implies high risks but bears the enormous potential of paving the way for a breakthrough regarding the longevity and scalability of perovskite photovoltaics.

Keywords: perovskite semiconductors,2d 3d perovskite heterostructures,thin film morphology,stability,longevity,large scale fabrication,lamination,solar cells,tandem solar cells,photovoltaics
Nonuniform Ellipticity Widespread (NEW)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Mathematics
Panel description: All areas of mathematics, pure and applied, plus mathematical foundations of computer science, mathematical physics and statistics
Countries involved: Italy
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2030-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1495931.0
EU funding (EUR): 1495931.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Project NEW tackles key challenges in nonlinear elliptic and parabolic regularity theory. The outcome answers to fundamental open questions. Achievements include sharp analysis data-solutions in nonuniformly elliptic or parabolic PDEs, singular set estimates in vectorial problems, and maximal regularity in degenerate (possibly nonlocal) monotone operators lacking strong monotonicity properties. These results are supported by innovative hybrid techniques, combining deep insights from harmonic analysis, nonlinear potential theory, and variational analysis, specifically devised to be implemented directly at the PDE level. Beyond technical and theoretical advances, the accomplishments will significantly impact Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, homogenization, and geometric analysis, transforming techniques and perspectives developed through half a century of progress in nonlinear regularity theory.

Keywords: nonuniform ellipticity,nonlinear potential theory,regularity theory
TRANSItioning towards an Efficient, carbon-Neutral Circular European industry (TRANSIENCE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Digital, Industry and Space
Theme: Industry
Destination: Climate neutral, Circular and Digitised Production
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Partnership: Processes4Planet (co-programmed)
Countries involved: Greece,Belgium,Germany,Poland,Spain,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Netherlands
Call: Modelling industry transition to climate neutrality, sustainability and circularity (Processes4Planet partnership) (RIA) (HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 6537269.57
EU funding (EUR): 5912058.86
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

The need to approach climate action, resource efficiency, and circularity performance as integrated, economy-wide, cross-cutting issues is growingly gaining attention in the policy world, stimulating the development of new industrial policies in Europe and worldwide. Currently, however, there is little progress in conceptualising the circular economy and understanding its interactions with climate action. State-of-the-art modelling capacity to capture the interplay of the two agendas and their implications for energy-intensive sectors as well as to represent the European industry’s transformation in line with the region’s vision for climate neutrality is not yet fully developed. TRANSIENCE will undertake a comprehensive characterisation and assessment of circularity principles and measures vis-à-vis decarbonisation, by looking at the twin transition of European industries through the lenses of global competitiveness, innovation, and holistic sustainability. It will then produce MIC3, a consistent, fully open-source model ecosystem to assess industrial circularity, decarbonisation, and sustainability. A series of interoperable modules on the socioeconomic, service and product, material, industrial, energy-system, and environmental perspectives of the transformation of European industry will be developed and integrated, building on and opening the code of leading modelling tools. MIC3 will finally be used in extensive scenario modelling to produce diverse pathways toward a material-efficient, circular, climate-neutral, sustainable European industry. Transparency, openness, and knowledge sharing will be promoted, and technical capacities will be developed in four industrial agglomerations in the EU, moving beyond stakeholder consultation, onto model co-development, continuous validation of assumptions, co-creation of scenario modelling, evaluation of the desirability and usability of the developed model and insights, and eventually co-production of science and action.

Keywords: european industry industrial decarbonisation circular economy sustainable development material efficiency open science capacity development interdisciplinary science transdisciplinary science