Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
ERRAC Road Map (ERRAC ROAD MAP)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: France,Belgium,United Kingdom,Sweden,Italy,France,United Kingdom,Italy,Luxembourg,Portugal,Germany,Sweden,Germany,Belgium
Call:  (FP7-SST-2008-RTD-1, 2008)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2012-07-31
Duration (months): 38.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1683513.4
EU funding (EUR): 1540994.0
Participants: 21
Project status: CLOSED

ERRAC- ROADMAP covers research related to all types of freight and passenger rail services as well as their interaction with other modes within the transport system (High Speed and conventional rail over long, medium and short distances, as well as urban rail and co-modal services), the implementation of such research, and to support the various activities of the European Rail Research Advisory Council in 2008 and beyond and to favour the sustainable mobility of European citizens. ERRAC- ROADMAP will contribute to translate, monitor and disseminate to the whole European industry the strategic recommendations and guidelines of the SRRA. ERRAC-ROADMAP addresses the broad coordinating challenges of STT.2008.5.2.2 “Competitive transport operations”; it is a Level 1 Coordination and Support Action aiming at the very important area of coordinating rail research activities. This project is an essential coordination tool to ensure that the ERRAC 2020 Vision can be turned into a reality. Without effective coordination to ensure the relevance and applicability of the rail research activities it is impossible to prioritise the innovative methodologies and technologies for more competitive rail transport operations. ERRAC-ROADMAP will deliver the ROADMAPS to guide the rail research in order to provide a rail option that is reliable, environmentally friendly, efficient and economic to customers. The ROADMAPs themselves will address the issues, stakeholders and subjects to be considered when addressing the activities in the task, such as: • Holistic rail strategies for the minimisation of operation, environmental, maintenance and inspection costs for vehicles and infrastructure and the system in general. • Simplified and low cost rail maintenance and renovation of rail infrastructure providing reliable and high quality rail services with lower life cycle costs and environmental impacts • Improved real time information systems for rail operators, end users and passengers.

Keywords: rail,research,roadmaps,coordination
OPtimisation for low Environmental Noise impact AIRcraft (OPENAIR)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Aeronautics and air transport
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: France,Germany,United Kingdom,France,Egypt,France,Italy,Romania,France,Germany,Switzerland,Germany,Belgium,United Kingdom,Greece,Spain,Sweden,France,Netherlands,France,United Kingdom,Germany,United Kingdom,France,Russian Federation,Sweden,United Kingdom,Finland,Spain,Italy,United Kingdom,France,Romania,Italy,France,Germany,Poland,Italy
Call:  (FP7-AAT-2008-RTD-1, 2008)
Start date: 2009-04-01
End date: 2014-09-30
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 30003376.67
EU funding (EUR): 18273829.0
Participants: 50
Project status: CLOSED

Reducing noise from aircraft operations perceived by airport neighbouring communities is a major challenge facing the aircraft manufacturing industry, social society and the air transport business. By adopting a whole aircraft approach based on the latest developments in active / adaptive technologies, flow control techniques and advances in computational aero-acoustics applied to the major causes of noise at source, OPENAIR aims to deliver a step change in noise reduction, beyond the SILENCE(R) achievements. The workplan clearly supports realistic exploitation of promising design concepts driven by noise reduction and will result in the development and validation up to TRL 5 of “2nd Generation” technology solutions. OPENAIR’s multidisciplinary approach and composition is suited to the projected integrated, lightweight solutions. The process includes a down-selection in mid project. The selected technologies will be subjected to scaled rig tests, and the resulting data will support assessment of the noise reduction solutions on powerplant and airframe configurations across the current and future European range of products. The project exploitation plan will include detailed proposals for further demonstration in the Clean Sky JTI. The verification of the technologies applicability will be assured by addressing identified integration and environmental tradeoffs (performance, weight, emissions). In this way OPENAIR will develop solutions that can play a significant role, in continuity with the previous Generation 1 effort, enabling future products to meet the ACARE noise goals and improving current fleet noise levels through retrofitting. This capability is key to providing the flexibility needed to simultaneously accommodate market requirements in all segments, global traffic growth and environmental constraints, while addressing the global environmental research agenda of the EU.

Keywords: noise reduction,computational aero-acoustics,flow control,active / adaptive technologies,trl 5
Tailoring of Tribological Interfaces for Clean and Energy-Efficient Diesel and Gasoline Power Trains (2020 INTERFACE)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: United Kingdom,Portugal,Slovenia,Netherlands,Sweden,Netherlands,France,Belgium,United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-SST-2008-RTD-1, 2008)
Start date: 2009-12-01
End date: 2013-05-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3867414.15
EU funding (EUR): 2591690.0
Participants: 11
Project status: CLOSED

Durability and friction control in internal combustion engines is currently delivered from a complex package of lubricant additives in a fully formulated engine oil. These oil additives, through tribochemical interaction with the surface, produce nanostructured composite, self-healing and smart tribofilms at the surface. 2020 Interface involves the design of the complete system; functionalised Diamond-like Carbon (DLC) coating and future generation lubricant to enable the Europe’s stretching targets in fuel economy and durability to be met. There has been much emphasis in research on designing new coatings technology such that the degree of complexity of surface systems has increased dramatically over the last decade. In boundary lubricated contacts, it is the interfacial nanostructured film, which results from tribochemical interactions between the surface and the lubricant additives, which dictates the system performance. No attempts have been made to incorporate “design” strategies into optimizing this interface and 2020 Interface tackles this through an interdisciplinary integrated experimental and theoretical approach. The benefits of this approach are accrued from substantial improved fuel economy (protection of natural resources), reduced emissions (protection of the environment) and improved durability (lower waste and maintenance). As the number of vehicles in the globe increases year on year without showing signs of reaching a plateau and the internal combustion engine remains the major platform for powertrain for the foreseeable future, the impact of this project will be large and long lasting. 2020 Interface brings together a world class consortium of 4 Universities, 1 research institute and 4 leading multinational companies from 8 EU countries together in complete supply chain to deliver fast track radical innovation in nanoscience through to a full set of novel lubrication technology platforms, for commercial applications in diesel and

Keywords: fuel economy,tribological interface,friction,durability,powertrain optimisation,green lubricants
Clean European Rail - Diesel (CLEANER-D)

Framework: FP7 — Cooperation
Programme: Transport (including Aeronautics)
Destination: Sustainable surface transport (INCLUDING THE �EUROPEAN GREEN CARS INITIATIVE�)
Action type: Collaborative project
Countries involved: Belgium,Italy,France,France,United Kingdom,France,Germany,Germany,Germany,Switzerland,Greece,Germany,United Kingdom,Spain,Italy,Sweden,Germany,Germany,Czechia,Czechia,Spain
Call:  (FP7-SST-2008-RTD-1, 2008)
Start date: 2009-06-01
End date: 2014-01-31
Duration (months): 56.0
Total project cost (EUR): 12924840.15
EU funding (EUR): 7787411.0
Participants: 27
Project status: CLOSED

The study of CER, UNIFE, UIC and Euromot of the railway and engine manufacturing industries concluded on a risk of disruptive effect of the NRMM Directive application on the railway diesel vehicle supply market, leading to a possible risk of a partial modal shift from rail to road on regional passenger lines and freight transportation specialized routes, with even foreseeable consequences on the operations of the main electrified system. Such a shift would of course be highly detrimental to the achievement of the general objectives of a sustainable development of the European transport system. The project would also find the best balance between environmental and economical requirements, in order to avoid an always possible shift from rail transport to a less sustainable mode like road, even on electrified main routes would also encourage the engine industry to give rail applications serious consideration in their product development plans and provide the European Commission with proposals for a flexible move to the IIIB objective. The four years project is therefore build on the basis of several application sub-projects, representative of the different engine applications (rail cars, Diesel Multiple Units, shunting locomotives, main line light and heavy-haul locomotives) that will enable the industry to evaluate the different solutions to be applied to rail systems in real operating conditions. The optimum trade-off between the reduction of pollutant emissions by rail vehicles and the fuel energy consumption and CO2 emissions, as well as the overall impact of the applied technologies on the environment through a life cycle assessment approach, will be identified by this experimental part of the project. But the rail manufacturing industry also wishes to foster the development of rail specific applications of innovative solutions so as to even further develop the competitive advantages of rail transport in terms of sustainable development.

Keywords: co2 reduction,emission reduction,diesel engine,sustainability,innovation,hybrid
Tropical forests in East Africa - Relationships between ecosystem diversity / ecosystem function and environmental gradients (ECO-DYNAMIC-AFRICA)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-08-01
End date: 2011-07-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 180216.74
EU funding (EUR): 180216.74
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The strength and nature of the suggested link between climate change and ecosystem function (across spatial and ecological scales) is still unclear. Beside climatic factors determining niche heterogeneity, and community composition, there is a complex interplay of environmental variables (e.g. CO2 levels, anthropogenic players) and ecological factors (e.g. area effects, dispersal, past climate dynamics) shaping species distributions. Processes at range margins determine ecosystem shapes as well as species’ capacities to respond to changes. Yet, abrupt ecological break-ups are rare suggesting that ecosystem edges are transient. The proposed research will address the knowledge gap regarding the understanding of environmental - ecosystem relationships by 1) generating models for forest diversity in East Africa based on prevalent environmental niche gradients, and 2) by quantifying the relevance of African forests in vegetation-atmosphere feedbacks. Dispersal kernels and climate predictions will be implemented into Bayesian models to model forest biome distributions. Earth observation (EO) data and existent pollen coring data will be used to reconstruct past forest dynamics. Reflectance values derived from EO and field data and structural measurements will be used to study forest’s role in the carbon cycle from local to regional scales. East Africa is the focus of this proposal as it is an area of strong gradients in ecosystems and environment, it is an area where this independent research will fit within, and be fertilized by, existing research strengths at the host institution, and an area where future impact of climate change is expected to have a significant impact on wildlife and humans. Research output will be utilized by the EU Network Project Rationalising Biodiversity Conservation in Dynamic Ecosystems (www. rubicode.net) that uses a functional approach in the analysis of ecosystems as a base for developing flexible and effective conservation strategies.

Keywords: global change,tropical ecosystems,biodiversity status and trends,carbon cycle (climate change),ecosystem modelling (climate change),forest ecosystems (climate change)
Smooth Ergodic Theory and Partially Hyperbolic Diffeomorphisms (RSCRM)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Intra-European Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IEF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-09-01
End date: 2011-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 145937.11
EU funding (EUR): 145937.11
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The project deals with the interplay between some local and global aspects of discrete dynamical systems. In the first part we consider several problems related to the Entropy Conjecture. For any map f on a compact manifold M there are some invariants measuring the dynamical complexity at the ‘global’ level (homological or homotopical), like the spectral radius of the map induced on homology, the fundamental-group entropy, etc. In some situations these global invariants give a lower bound for some other ‘local’ invariants, which are in general harder to compute, like the topological entropy or the volume growth. We are interested in studying the relationship between the global and local invariants for different classes of maps, in particular the relationship between the volume growth and the invariants related to the fundamental group of M. On the second part of the proposal we consider partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms (PHDs). One can associate to the stable and unstable foliations some closed currents or transversal measures, and consequently homology classes. In some situations one can relate the action induced by f on these homology classes with the volume growth of disks inside the leaves of the foliations, and consequently with the topological entropy of the map. For Anosov systems this was done by Shub-Williams and Ruelle-Sullivan, and for PHDs this was done in some cases by Saghin-Xia. We want to investigate when one can establish such relationships, and what are the possible applications of them.

Keywords: dynamical systems,entropy conjecture,smooth ergodic theory,partially hyperbolic diffeomorphisms,invariant foliations
European Knowledge Transfer Society (EUKTS)

Framework: FP7 — Capacities
Programme: Support for the coherent development of research policies
Destination: Coordination of research policies
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Italy,Netherlands,France,Latvia,Czechia,Austria,Netherlands,Germany,Belgium,United Kingdom,United Kingdom,France,Austria
Call:  (FP7-COH-2007-2.2-OMC-NET, 2007)
Start date: 2010-01-01
End date: 2012-03-31
Duration (months): 27.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1018677.25
EU funding (EUR): 935786.52
Participants: 15
Project status: CLOSED

EuKTS addresses directly the 1st and 2nd CREST recommendations (Rec) in particular regarding: •Need for providing adequate professional Knowledge Transfer (KT)/Technology Transfer (TT) training/education Rec 15, 17 and 18 from 1st Cycle and Rec 4 and 6 from 2nd Cycle from OMC CREST Expert Group on IPR and Research •Need for providing quality KT/TT data through common survey and data collection Rec 13, 14 and 15 from OMC-Crest Expert Group ‘Encourage the reform of public research centres and universities, 2nd cycle •Need for organisation with KT/TT training and metrics functionality Rec 6 from OMC-Crest the Expert Group on IPR and Research, 1st Cycle EuKTS also directly follow up KT/TT recommendations made by the European Commission and accepted by the Member States at Council meeting Competitiveness on May 29th 2008 (Rec 3 and 14) EuKTS is a bottom-up initiative by the participating countries and stakeholders, which aims to complement OMC-CREST process by: •Designing of European Knowledge Transfer Society (EuKTS) model with the aim to support the European R&D policy by the co-ordination of the major existing professional associations/networks and the enhancement of efficiency in providing KT metrics /focused on training & Porfession) and training standards in technology transfer field. •Creating support through a bottom-up approach for EuKTS model by the involvement of policy makers in consultation procedures at European level •Creating broad European support for enhancement of a common KT/TT metrics system focused on training & profession as mean to strengthen the R&D policy in Europe •Creating support through a bottom-up approach to support the EuKTS model by the involvement of training providers specialised in KT/TT education •Creating broad European support from training providers for the development of common training standards and competence framework for European KT/TT practitioners. To achieve objectives it is vital to involve the relevant policymakers and KT/TT stakeholders.

Keywords: ip charter,omc-net crest r&d policy recommendations,bottom-up initiative,knowledge transfer,career development,training standards,better exploiting r&d results,eu wide policy coordination
OPTIMIZATION OF ORGANIC THIN-FILM TRANSISTORS FOR PLASTIC ELECTRONICS: TOWARDS TRANSPARENT COMPONENTS IN NEW DEVICES (ORGANIC ELECTRONICS)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Outgoing Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Spain
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IOF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-10-20
End date: 2013-02-08
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 237283.61
EU funding (EUR): 237283.61
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Transparent electronics is an emerging new technology which utilizes “invisible” electronic and optoelectronics circuits. To obtain these circuits, the transistor building blocks materials: semiconductor, gate dielectric and conductor must be optically transparent, raising a true grand challenge. The great problem is that conventional organic semiconductors strongly absorb in the visible and few exhibit acceptable TFT performance when processed from solution. This makes clear that there are great opportunities to develop high-performance materials for the fabrication of optically transparent, mechanically flexible optoelectronics. The main goals of this project are: - Develop high-performance, solution-processable, optically transparent organic semiconductor and dielectric materials. - Establish/implement solution deposition/printing processes to achieve multilayers materials deposition with high resolution. - Enable fully transparent, flexible, solution-processed organic TFTs and circuits. - Enable transparent displays. - Analyze the key parameters determining the TFT response. To achieve these tasks, we will carry out these technical goals: - Synthesize and/or optimise new high band-gap molecular and polymeric semiconductors based on rylene, oligothiophene and dicyanomethylene-containing cores. - Functionalize high-purity single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with semiconducting surfactants. - Optimize formulations for solution deposition, focusing on spin-coating and ink-jet printing. - Optimization of layer-by-layer self-assembled nanodielectrics (SANDs) to enhance transparency. - Print crosslinked polymeric dielectric materials on optically transparent substrates. - Evaluate materials performance in various TFT structures on glass substrates. - Characterize spectroscopically and quantum-chemically semiconductors and gate dielectrics. In my work programme, partial objectives can also constitute research items themselves, opening new

Keywords: transparent otft,spin coating,ink-jet printing,transparent organic semiconductors and gate dielectrics.
Antiproton Beams for Cancer Therapy (APCT)

Framework: FP7 — People
Programme: Marie-Curie Actions
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: International Incoming Fellowships
Action type: Support for training and career development of researchers (Marie Curie)
Countries involved: Germany
Call:  (FP7-PEOPLE-IIF-2008, 2008)
Start date: 2009-06-15
End date: 2011-06-14
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 231422.99
EU funding (EUR): 231422.99
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Over the last 5 decades particle beam cancer therapy has shown its potential advantages in targeting tumors in critical areas. Multiple centers have been established around the world. To date about 60,000 patients have been treated with protons and 4000 patients have received heavy ion treatments. Despite the apparent success of these treatments a continued effort is necessary to provide the best possible therapeutic ratio – the ratio of the biological effective dose to the tumor compared to biological effect to normal tissue. Antiprotons have a significant advantage in this respect through the annihilation at the end of range. This annihilation event doubles the local energy deposition compared to protons and in addition delivers this dose in form of heavy ion recoils that exhibit an enhanced biological effect. A third advantage is the possibility of real-time imaging of the dose delivery process through detection of high-energy annihilation products. Especially in the case of radio-resistant tumors in close proximity of critical organs and structures, these advantages could provide the crucial difference between success and failure. We propose to firmly establish the biological advantages of antiprotons through a multitude of experiments using different cell lines and biological endpoints including clonogenic survival, genetic expressions, DNA modifications, to not only discern the potential tumor control but also to judge potential long term effects due to low dose delivery to normal tissue caused by secondary particles. Through this work we will generate the necessary input data to develop and benchmark a treatment planning system capable of generating comparative treatment plans for antiprotons and other external radiation therapy modalities. Using this treatment planning system we will identify a list of cases where the enhancement available through antiprotons can truly make a decisive difference.

Keywords: anticancer therapy,particle beam cancer therapy,relative biological efficiency,high linear energy transfer,dosimetry,secondary cancer,medical physics,accelerator technology,antiproton physics