Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
PROGRESSING PROMISING SKILLS TO WORK IN BULGARIA (PROSKILLS2WORK) (ProSkills2Work)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Bulgaria
Call: ERA Chairs (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-03-01
End date: 2030-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2476132.0
EU funding (EUR): 2476132.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The main goal of ProSkills2Work is to raise the international research visibility of the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology (IPS) of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and to develop its traditionally strong focus on sociology of education and work towards a world-class level of research excellence. This will be achieved by advancing scientific knowledge on the Bulgarian vocational skills formation system, continuous skills enhancement, individual transitions from education to work, and workplace learning, alongside the respective methodological challenges. The project's research component will advance scientific knowledge by further developing sociological concepts which allow for analysing the complex relationship of education and work in the current societal and economic context of Bulgaria. Five specific objectives will guide the implementation of ProSkills2Work: 1) Appointment of Prof. Dr. Christian Imdorf to establish and lead the ERA Chair research unit; 2) Develop the research and innovation capacity of the IPS towards international excellence; 3) Ensure the constant development of various skill sets and competencies among IPS researchers; 4) Implement structural changes to create the conditions to achieve research excellence on a sustainable basis; 5) Position the IPS as a hub for scientific excellence and policy-relevant stakeholder exchange on progressing promising skills to work through the institutionalisation of a future Bulgarian Observatory of Education and Work. The increase of research capacity at IPS by the ERA Chair unit is expected to promote collaborations between research teams in the IPS and external research groups, as well as translating research results into policy recommendations and innovative models of vocational skills formation in Bulgaria and the Western Balkans. Importantly, this agrees with the recent European Union (EU) and social partners’ commitment and upcoming action plan to address labour and skills shortages in Bulgaria.

Keywords: vocational education and training vet,bulgaria,skills,work,school to work transition
Welfare surveillance: digital seams in the social safety net (SURVEILWEL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Destination: Attracting and mobilising the best talents
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: Slovenia
Call: Fostering balanced brain circulation – ERA Fellowships (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-04, 2022)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 171399.36
EU funding (EUR): 171399.36
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Automated data collection and algorithmic decision-making tools are increasingly integrated in social welfare policy, where they are primarily used to determine which citizens are deemed eligible for social support, which could be excluded, and which might be accused of fraud. Despite being overtly presented as a benign technical advancement, such welfare surveillance tools play a role in reshaping the structure of the social safety net. They can support the work processes of welfare institutions with improved efficiency, but can also reduce the human discretion of practitioners, integrate hidden biases into evaluation procedures, or cast a net of perpetual suspicion on citizens claiming a right to social assistance in their time of need. The SURVEILWEL project draws on a qualitative, multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork within welfare institutions in Slovenia, where the automation of welfare eligibility assessments and fraud detection is both prevalent and technologically advanced, to shed a light on these previously unexplored technologies and practices. This project aims to map the work processes, institutions, and data streams involved in welfare eligibility tests and investigations of suspected fraud; to critically examine the unintended and differentiated consequences arising with the introduction of digital and automated welfare surveillance tools; and to evaluate how can digital welfare surveillance tools be reformed to produce better social and material welfare interventions. By producing tangible, applied knowledge on digital welfare surveillance, this project seeks to inform Slovenian and European welfare practitioners, policymakers and citizens on the merits and pitfalls of digital welfare surveillance, as they grapple with questions on the design, structure, inclusiveness and accountability of the future welfare state.

Keywords: surveillance,digitalisation,datafication,welfare,algorithmic governance,social security
Sustainable Soil and Subsoil health promotion by implementing agroecological land use and management to enhance ecosystem services delivery for society (SUS-SOIL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Mission
Theme: Soil health and food
Destination: Soil health and food
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Spain,Germany,Portugal,Italy,Tunisia,Greece,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Slovakia,France,Finland,Türkiye,Netherlands,Egypt
Call: Discovering the subsoil (HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-10-01
End date: 2028-09-30
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 5997613.75
EU funding (EUR): 5997613.75
Participants: 24
Project status: SIGNED

According to the EU Soil Strategy, around 60 to 70% of the soils in the European Union are not healthy and suffering from severe degradation processes. The degradation processes primarily affecting the topsoils are also depleting the subsoil health reducing the ecosystem services delivery. However, subsoil knowledge is scarce in spite of the relevance it has. SUS-SOIL is a 4-year project adopting multidisciplinary approach that will develop a set of 15 Subsoil-Living Labs (LLs) to inventory, analyse and benchmark different agroecology subsoil management (ASM) and land uses and their impacts on the subsoil spatial variations and dynamics to best combine ASM practices in rural and urban areas within a global regional context. SUS-SOIL results will be the start point to increase the awareness of land managers and public authorities to understand the subsoil threats and risks, support EU agroecological transformation tackling subsoils and increasing ecosystem services delivery, promote water security and climate change mitigation of rural and urban ecosystems. The main outcomes include: (1) develop a subsoil/soil monitoring database (S-DB) able to be interoperable with the LUCAS and ESDAC databases, (ii) the analysis long-term ASM land use and management of 3 relevant types of soil per LL and the relationship with rural and urban ecosystem services delivery including modelling, (iii) develop a set of farm idiotypes per LL mixing the ASM best practices as an alternative to conventional systems to enhance the ecosystem services provision at regional level for citizens through (iv) a Subsoil Decision Support Tool (S-DST) considering soil degradation and relevant business models and propose a (v) subsoil policy strategy framework to foster ASM best practices.

Keywords: agroecology,soil health,soil sampling,ecosystem services,modelling,business models
High-efficiency 1 MW Dynamic Electrolyser Unit for cost-efficient production of PtX-based green methanol (HiFiMet)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Denmark
Call: EIC Accelerator Challenge: Energy storage (HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOR-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-03-01
End date: 2026-08-31
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 11522500.0
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

HIFIPower-to-X (PtX) converts water and intermittent renewable energy to high-value products. As electricity constitutes app. 80% of the P2X product cost, high conversion efficiency is critical. However, the current best solution, Solid Oxide Electrolysis (SOE) technology has a limited lifetime and dynamic capabilities are a current barrier to large-scale commercialization. Dynelectro provides a solution using a novel SOE technology with a mix of alternating (AC) and direct current (DC), called AC:DC. The technology can accommodate fluctuating green power, and temperature variation and thus increase the lifetime of SOE stacks from 2 to 10 years. We seek to develop, construct, and field test a 1-Megawatt unit using this revolutionary AC:DC method and produce 100 tons of green H2 during the project period. We will also deliver a startup, shutdown and operation manual for scale-up. This achievement is essential for Dynelectro to realize its ambitious plans for upscaling and capitalize on the projected market growth, positioning the project as a key contributor to the energy transition and the advancement of renewable low-carbon hydrogen production.

Keywords: solid oxide electrolysis,soe,power to x,p2x,green hydrogen,green fuels,electrolysis,vendor supply chain,energy infrastructure,high efficiency,fuel cells
Developing environmental sustainability & circularity assessment methodologies for industrial bio-based systems (ESCIB)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Clean Environment and zero pollution
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Germany,Belgium,Netherlands,Portugal,Finland,Switzerland,Austria
Call: Environmental sustainability and circularity criteria for industrial bio-based systems (HORIZON-CL6-2023-ZEROPOLLUTION-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3999057.25
EU funding (EUR): 3999057.25
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

The main objective of the ESCIB project is to support the sustainability of the bio-based economy in Europe. To achieve this, ESCIB will develop assessment methodologies and thus contribute to the standardisation of such methodologies. The aim is to develop a comprehensive, robust and fully operational methodology to assess the sustainability of bio-based systems at various technology-readiness levels (TRLs). This methodology is based on a holistic life-cycle approach to evaluate the environmental impacts and circularity along bio-based value chains. Potential socio-economic trade-offs will be addressed and included in the methodology. ESCIB’s integrated way of analysing environmental and circularity impacts along bio-based value chains is also fully in line with the ambition of the European Green Deal (EGD) and the Circular Economy Action Plan (CEAP). With the involvement of five innovative industry partners in the consortium, which produce bio-based products in different sectors, ESCIB will ensure high applicability of the method which can be used by certification organisations to label and certify products for the benefit of consumers and society. Finally, the results will give orientations for research and innovation programmes in the bio-based sectors.

Keywords: lca,circularity,environmental sustainability,bio based systems,bioeconomy
Magnetic soft matter for robotics (MAESTRI)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Doctoral Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Germany,Slovenia,Austria,Denmark,Italy,United States
Call: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-DN-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-03-01
End date: 2028-02-29
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2579817.6
EU funding (EUR): 2356970.4
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

This doctoral network (DN) responds to the existing demand for training of a new generation of experts in the emerging sub-field of soft robotics relying on the control of material properties by a magnetic field – magnetic soft robotics. Materials involved are elastomers and complementary liquids, filled with micro- and nanometer-sized magnetic particles. Because the technical problems and tasks involved are complex and require knowledge from different fields of science and technology, the consortium is composed of 7 academic and 2 industrial beneficiaries originating from biology, materials science, physics and robotic engineering. Further 3 associated partners are involved in research and transferable-skills training. The research program will be directed towards demonstration of a number of mobile robots and robot gripping devices with the necessary electronic and control systems, where the essential functional parameters (e.g., the friction coefficient of the robot shoe or the stiffness of the finger joint, etc.) are controlled by permanent or electro-magnets. On the way to the functional prototypes, the synthesis-structure-properties relationships of magnetic soft matter are to be investigated both experimentally and theoretically, because, hitherto, the required dependencies are not available and the underlying physical phenomena are not completely understood. The mechanical part of the soft mobile robots with integrated magnetic soft matter, the necessary electrical and magnetic control circuits, and the adaptive control algorithms for real-time magnetic field tuning and robot behavior generation are to be developed. The carefully designed training program will provide the necessary minimum of interdisciplinary specialist knowledge to all doctoral candidates and prepare them for meeting the challenges in their subsequent careers be that in academia, industry or as entrepreneurs, e.g., by obligatory exposure to industrial environment during secondments.

Keywords: magnetic soft matter,soft robotics,adaptive control algorithms,smart materials
CircularPro-Robust AI and robotics for the WEEE recycling sector (FPD Recycling.)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Challenges
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Ireland
Call: EIC Accelerator Challenge: Technologies for Open Strategic Autonomy (HORIZON-EIC-2022-ACCELERATOR-01, 2022)
Start date: 2022-08-01
End date: 2024-01-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2695415.75
EU funding (EUR): 1886791.02
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

The world is facing a tsunami of e-waste. In 2019, 7m tonnes of screens and monitors were disposed of (UN), equivalent to €3bn of valuable commodities including CRMs if recycled properly. FPD Recycling, led by an experienced team of innovators, offers the CircularPro- a deep tech solution with intelligent automation and robust AI technologies to disrupt the Flat Panel Display (FPD) recycling industry and beyond. It will capture both reuasable components and CRMs for onward remanufacturing, while managing toxic materials. CircularPro promotes CRM recovery and reuse by certifying carbon credits based on reduced emissions and capturing data insights. Our innovation is a first-to-market holistic solution, creating a circular economy for FPDs and recyclers. We offer CircularPro on a ‘Technology-as-a-Service’ model, realizing new and sustainable income streams for recyclers. It’s time to look at e-waste as a source of valuable materials and to capture its circularity with CircularPro.

Keywords: environmental and green technologies,cleantech,greentech
Sustainable Optimized Defence for Integrated Agriculture (SODIA): Revolutionizing Crop Resilience through Nano-Copper Technology (Sodia)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Greece
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 66.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3152537.0
EU funding (EUR): 3152537.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Plants and crops are continuously exposed to harmful bacteria, fungi, and insects, resulting in significant agricultural losses. Globally, over 16% of crop yield is lost annually, with 40% of this loss occurring in Europe. This equates to a global economic burden of over €220 billion, disproportionately affecting low-income farmers. Despite early advances in crop protection, agricultural losses remain a formidable problem, exacerbated by the increasing resilience of pathogens to pesticides. Limited availability of Plant Protection Products (PPPs) and their reduced efficacy against multiple pathogens render pest management increasingly challenging. Farmers have historically relied on copper-based pesticides, but environmental concerns and a global copper shortage have led the European Union to legislate copper use in agriculture. Alternatives to copper-based PPPs have faced similar regulatory restrictions, leading to the repeated exposure of pathogens to low, ineffective doses, furthering their resistance. Developing new biocides is costly, prompting the exploration of alternative tactics such as Integrated Pest Management (IPM). However, the long-term effectiveness of IPM is questionable due to evolving pathogens and environmental burdens. This project addresses the root cause of biocidal resistance by suppressing the development pathway of resistance in pathogens using nanotechnology. Our proprietary nano-copper formulation leverages a synergetic effect to evade drug resistance mechanisms while exerting a strong biocidal effect. Pathogens use structures called "efflux pumps" to discharge toxic substances. Our nano-copper compound (CuNPs) interacts with the operon linked to these efflux pumps, inhibiting their activation and reducing pathogens' resistance to phytochemicals. Additionally, CuNPs block horizontal gene transfer, preventing the spread of resistance to other bacterial species.

Keywords: crop resilience,sustainable agriculture,integrated pest management
Therapeutic discovery for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (FLAMINCO)

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: France
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2023-POC, 2023)
Start date: 2023-06-01
End date: 2025-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) – a major cause of colorectal cancer (CRC) and a huge socioeconomic burden in Europe and beyond. IBD comprises diseases that are characterized by chronic inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract and includes ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD). These diseases are lifelong, causing debilitating symptoms and can be life-threatening. IBD is caused by an interplay between the patient’s genetic predisposition, immune responses and environmental factors. Chronic inflammation with fibrosis is the key driver of disease complications such as stenosis, abscess formation and colon cancer. IBD affects about 3.2 million people in Europe. IBD patients have an increased risk of CRC caused mainly by chronic intestinal inflammation leading to pro-neoplastic effects. In fact, IBD patients have an alarming 2- to 5- fold increased risk of developing CRC compared to the general population. Despite many treatment options, there is no cure for IBD. The IBD health economic burden in Europe is high and estimated at over 5B €/year. It is widely accepted that to overcome the challenges and to break through the “therapeutic ceiling” combination therapies or completely novel approaches will be needed. Due to the increasing incidence and prevalence and associated burden of IBD, the lack of effective long-term treatment options and the associated risks including CRC; IBD remains an important unmet medical need with an urgent need for novel therapies that can improve patient outcome. Here we will explore the use of a completely novel class of molecules exploiting a unique first-in-class mechanism-of-action and validate their efficacy as a therapeutic for IBD. Proof-of-concept studies will be performed in state-of-the-art mouse models. The data obtained will represent a robust data package towards IND for this indication. We propose a novel therapeutic option for IBD that has the potential to address this important unmet medical need.
Neuromorphic computing and signal processing training network (MINDnet)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Doctoral Networks
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Denmark,Italy,United Kingdom,Germany,Belgium,Austria,Spain,France
Call: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-DN-01, 2024)
Start date: 2026-01-01
End date: 2029-12-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4912232.5
EU funding (EUR): 4664170.08
Participants: 16
Project status: SIGNED

The exponential surge in artificial intelligence (AI), internet traffic, and online services demands a revolutionary leap in devices, computing architecture, and integration technologies. Current digital computing platforms, driving societal progress, are hitting fundamental limits such as quantum tunneling and facing technical challenges like energy efficiency and heat dissipation. As a result, the progress in AI is slowed down by speed bottlenecks, massive energy consumption, and limited access to AI technologies as only selected large industrial players can afford to commit the required resources. Inspired by the brain’s powerful and energy-efficient processing capabilities, neuromorphic computing presents a promising solution to these critical issues. However, to fully harness neuromorphic computing’s potential, a holistic optimization - from individual computing devices to the overall architecture, including a focus on applications, and training methods - across multiple technological platforms - photonics, electronics, biological neurons - is critically needed. The proposal of MINDnet addresses these urgent challenges through an interdisciplinary approach, bridging traditionally separate fields. MINDnet’s mission is to train 15 Doctoral Candidates, forming the next generation of leading scientists and expert researchers in the field of neuromorphic computing. MINDnet leans on a consortium of 10 beneficiaries - 7 universities, 1 tech-transfer research center, 1 multinational, 1 SME - complemented by 6 associated partners – 1 multinational, 2 SMEs, 2 tech-transfer research centers, and 1 academic. The consortium spans over 8 European countries, combining experts in 5 research disciplines - photonics (DTU, UNITN, USTRATH), electronics (UCL, HPE, FZJ, SCS), nonlinear dynamics (TUIL) and machine learning (UNIPI, TUG), - as well as a strong focus on the 5 applications - telecom (NVIDIA, HHI), sensing (FCAP), geolocation (AT), space (NB), and biomedical (UNITN).

Keywords: neuromorphic computing nonlinear dynamics machine learning