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ERA Chair for Accelerated Synthetic Chemistry Technologies at Palacký University Olomouc (ACCELERATOR)

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
Countries involved: Czechia
Call: ERA Chairs (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-TALENTS-01, 2022)
Start date: 2023-02-01
End date: 2028-01-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2499062.5
EU funding (EUR): 2499062.5
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

To unite a powerful potential of two outstanding research leaders and thus capitalize on their mutual collaboration for reaching the impact none of them would achieve on their own. This is the aim of the ACCELERATOR project. It brings together (1) the world-renowned Professor of Chemistry, inventor and innovator Alexander Dömling as an ERA chair of the Synthetic Group and (2) the Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN) of Palacký University Olomouc (UP), merging three excellent research centres into a unique scientific ecosystem. Better links between R&I actors across European Research Area (ERA) and beyond is a must if Europe is to maximize excellence from across the continent. UP has been pursuing this goal for a long time now. To become a pocket of excellence and an advanced research trend-setter, UP needs to yet (i) enhance the excellence and strengthen its position in ERA; (ii) streamline the R&I commercialization system and establish new industrial partnerships and (iii) foster brain circulation to attract outstanding scientists. So far unconquered issue of automation in synthetic chemistry, innovative compound-based whole-plant-screening technologies for securing food supply, novel antibacterials addressing the challenge of increasing antimicrobial resistance and breakthrough materials for batteries and supercapacitors enabling energy storage from renewable sources are just few challenges awaiting to be solved by the ACCELERATOR. The project that has all prerequisites to rise the ERA Chair's expected impact to its fullness. Project will lead to (1) the increase of the UP's research excellence; (2) institutional changes at UP through strengthening the Innovation & Knowledge Transfer Ecosystem in Olomouc region; (3) improved capability of UP to successfully compete in international research funding; (4) securing the long-term sustainability of the Synthetic chemistry research group after the completion of the project.

Keywords: synthetic chemistry miniaturization and automation applied chemistry innovation technology transfer
Perceptions and Effects of Gender-Based Violence Subversive Humor (HUMOR-GV)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Postdoctoral Fellowships
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Panel: Social Sciences and Humanities
Countries involved: United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 260347.92
EU funding (EUR): 260347.92
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Gender-based violence is a widespread phenomenon that disproportionally affects women. Gender-based violence subversive humor (GVSH) aims to critique, subvert common myths, and raise awareness of gender-based violence. GVSH often occurs in the form of stand-up comedy or jokes made by victims who seek to reclaim narratives, cope with their negative experiences, and ‘subvert’ stereotypical beliefs about gender-based violence. This project employs mixed methods to a) understand how GVSH is conceptualized, delivered by victims, and perceived by the audience; b) examine the positive effects of GVSH on deconstructing gender-based violence myths, raising awareness, and motivating people to fight gender-based violence, and c) investigate how women who have been victims and are survivors of gender-based violence appreciate, use, and positively benefit in terms of wellbeing from GVSH. The project aims to establish a new line of research by providing evidence about this type of humor and exploring its potential to promote social change and foster inclusive societies

Keywords: humour studies
Magneto-ionic devices based on oxygen-ion solid state intercalation (MagnOxy)

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: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-PF-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 181152.96
EU funding (EUR): 181152.96
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

The digitalization of the world and the rise of the Big-Data era continuously push towards improved computing capabilities able to sustain new and complex functionalities. Traditional computer architectures based on the Von Neumann model present limitations when dealing with rapidly growing technologies such artificial intelligence, since to low access speed between the separated memory and CPU inevitably leads to low processing capabilities and high energy consumptions. A possible solution to overcome these limitations is the development of non-volatile memories (NVMs) as element with both storage and logic capabilities, enabling the computation of tasks directly on the memory unit (in-memory computing). MagnOxy aims at developing a novel solid state battery-like NVM based on the control of magnetic properties of functional oxide thin films through a fast (de)intercalation of oxygen ions. The control of magnetism through the reversible (de)intercalation of ions into a target material, mediated by the application of an electrical bias through an ionic electrolyte (i.e. magneto-ionics, MI) is the most recent approach for controlling magnetism by voltage. MI-based magneto-electric random-access memories (MeRAM) have the potential to deliver robust, fast and energy efficient NVMs for in-memory computing. However, MI control is still at an early stage of the R&D process and many aspects still needs to be improved to deliver a competitive device. In essence, MagnOxy will provide: i) A solid state thin film device based on the electrochemical insertion of oxygen ions at RT ii) A large and analogically tuneable magnetic response of the cell ii) A fast (~100 ms) magnetic switching capabilities through the implementation of nanoionics concept for boosting ionic motion iii) An improved understanding of the oxygen-ion intercalation mechanisms in oxide perovskite thin films iv) Device scalability and miniaturization.

Keywords: solid state ionics,magneto ionics,ionic conductors,oxygen intercalation,magneto electric random access memories
New generation biostimulants based on vermicompost for field and industrial crop intensive agriculture. Boosting farmers in their transition towards sustainability (VERMIBOOST)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: France
Call: EIC Accelerator 2025 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-01, 2025)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

There is an urgent need to ensure sustainable food production systems and resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity, strengthen the capacity to adapt to climate change and improve soil quality. VERAGROW's mission is to provide farmers with high-performance, easy-to-use plant and soil care products that improve agricultural yields and secure farmers income, while supporting their ecological transition. We also promote circular economy by upcycling agro-food wastes into our biostimulants. Despite their potential benefits, the use of biostimulants is not yet widespread but restrained to specialty crops rather than field and industrial crops. This is because current biostimulants are mainly based in a single active component, leading to limited efficiencies that cannot deliver sufficient rentability in lower margin crops. Also, the short shelf-life of bioactive compounds, e.g. beneficial microorganisms, is a significant barrier to market expansion at large scale. With VERMIBOOST we bring for the first time highly efficient and sustainable biostimulants, derived from vermicompost. Our unique extraction process allows extraction and stabilization of most of the active substances and microorganisms present in solid vermicompost into a liquid product, easy to handle and use, with a shelf-life of +24 months, providing an affordable alternative to chemical products used in large-scale agriculture. More than 650 trials, in more than 30 crops and 23 countries, performed by distributors and farmers underpin the interest of the sector. Net yield gains achieved were e.g., up to +€2,000/ha for potatoes. Trials led to formal purchase orders from 16 distributors. With the EIC support we will optimise crop specific formulas to help farmers achieve even higher yields (e.g., +10% in wheat, +15% in flax, +20% in potatoes) at lower costs, starting our strategic market expansion to extend earthworms benefits and disrupt field and industrial crops in Europe and abroad.

Keywords: earthworms,vermicompost,biostimulants,agricultural productivity,agro wastes upcycling,circular economy,field crops
Making stratigraphy in the Anthropocene: Tracing multidecadal Pollution in the mAriNe seDimentary recOrd off the Coast of GRAnada (Alboran Sea, western Mediterranean) (PANDORA)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Portugal,Spain
Call: ERA Fellowships (HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-TALENTS-02, 2023)
Start date: 2025-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 156778.56
EU funding (EUR): 156778.56
Participants: 2
Project status: CLOSED

All over the world, pollution is one of the ultimate environmental concerns. Europe’s seas and coastal zones are heavily impacted by human activities, resulting in significant pollution since the beginning of the industrial age and particularly since 1900. In Europe, this major concern is linked to cycles of development and use of new elements and compounds, followed by identification of pollution levels and risks, eventually leading to the implementation of restrictions on their use, often through national, European and international legal instruments. Yet there are critical knowledge gaps that can interfere with the justification and implementation of such policies. One is the provision of stratigraphic data on the long-term (historical) impacts of such regulations on widespread environmental concentrations of target pollutants. The PANDORA project will fill this void by providing an innovative approach, combining high-resolution data on heavy metal and microplastic concentrations, over time, determining possible sources of contamination, and quantifying their effects on benthic foraminifera growth patterns and calcification. The scope of this project is a shelf-to-slope transect of time-resolved stratigraphic archives recovered in the northern margin of the Alboran Sea (western Mediterranean).

Keywords: anthropocene marine pollution sediment cores heavy metals microplastics foraminifera southeast iberian peninsula alboran sea
Making Driving Safer with Augmented reality (Rocksolid AR)

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: Finland,Germany
Call: EIC Accelerator Open 2023 (HORIZON-EIC-2023-ACCELERATOR-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2025-12-31
Duration (months): 19.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3580302.01
EU funding (EUR): 2499998.66
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Basemark is a company with a mission to improve driving safety and enjoyment through Augmented Reality (AR), focusing on the automotive AR market. Basemark aims to help automotive OEMs transition from traditional manufacturing to software-centric operations by providing software development tools. Basemark’s flagship product, Rocksolid AR Studio, simplifies AR development, testing, and deployment for both premium and non-premium vehicle models. In the automotive industry, there is a growing demand for advanced Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) utilizing AR technology, but there is a lack of tailored AR development tools. Basemark aims to address this gap, with a potential €6.6 billion Total Addressable Market (TAM).

Keywords: augmented reality,adas,safety
Long-Duration Energy Storage using High-Density Hydro (LDES-HDHydro)

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: United Kingdom
Call: EIC Accelerator Open 2025 (HORIZON-EIC-2025-ACCELERATOR-02, 2025)
Start date: 2025-10-01
End date: 2027-09-30
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3571427.14
EU funding (EUR): 2499999.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

As renewable energy deployment grows, grid operators face challenges in balancing intermittent generation from wind and solar. European policies like the REPowerEU Plan, Green Deal, and Net-Zero Industry Act emphasize the urgent need for scalable energy storage to support renewable integration and net-zero goals. Existing alternatives—such as lithium-ion batteries—offer short-duration storage (2-4 hours) and are subject to supply chain vulnerabilities and raw material dependencies, affecting their scalability. Traditional pumped hydro energy storage (PHES), while proven, has long permitting cycles, high CAPEX, and strict geographical requirements. We have developed HD Hydro®, an innovative pumped hydro technology that unlocks energy storage on small hills instead of mountains. By utilizing a high-density fluid (HDF) that is 2.5x denser than water, HD Hydro® can store 4-16+ hours of energy in sites previously unsuitable for PHES, dramatically expanding the number of viable locations for pumped hydro projects. It is cost-effective, modular, and integrates seamlessly with grid infrastructure, making it a superior and scalable choice for LDES. HD Hydro® is attractive to utilities, renewable energy and independent power developers. We have made significant progress, including: - TRL6 validation through a 500 kW demonstration project in Plymouth, UK. - 20 patents across 11 families protecting our technology. - Strong partnerships with industry leaders, universities, and investors. With this project, we will: - Optimize and demonstrate the HD Turbine technology, including lab testing, fluid dynamics validation, and component optimization. - Finalize the manufacturing and scale-up strategy for a 5 MW prototype, leveraging advanced manufacturing methods. - Advance to TRL8, positioning HD Hydro® for full-scale commercial deployment. The EIC Accelerator grant will enable us to de-risk industrialization, strengthening Europe’s energy independence and net-zero transition.

Keywords: grid scale energy storage,advanced pumped hydro storage,grid decarbonization
Solar Hybrid Air-sCO2 Power Plants (SHARP-sCO2)

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: Sweden,Italy,United Kingdom,Spain,Germany,Greece,Morocco
Call: Novel approaches to concentrated solar power (CSP) (HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-03, 2021)
Start date: 2022-11-01
End date: 2025-10-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2385240.75
EU funding (EUR): 2385240.75
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

SHARP-sCO2 aims to put the basis to develop a new generation of high efficient and flexible CSP plants. Keeping on working on CSP-sCO2 power cycles and exploiting air as operating fluids also developing novel enabling technologies (receiver, storage etc.), SHARP-sCO2 will attain high working temperatures, guaranteeing reliable and flexible operation, optimal working conditions and high efficiency for the coupling of CSP with sCO2 power cycle thanks to the development of high performant sCO2-air heat exchanger. Leveraging on a smart and integrated hybridization with PV, enabled by the development of an innovative electric heater, SHARP-sCO2 will maximize the production, exploiting PV affordability while counting on the unique energy storage capabilities of CSP plants via thermal media. The latter will be also optimized by developing an innovative high temperature thermal energy storage. SHARP-sCO2, by means of a material selection process driven by environmental and economic criteria and aimed at maximizing the circularity of the solution, will lead also to lower LCOE/CAPEX for future CSP. Developing and validating in EU top level laboratories (IME, KTH, TUD) key cycle components (receiver, storage, HEXs, electric heater) SHARP-sCO2 will prove the effectiveness and techno-economic viability of air-driven/sCO2 CSP cycles. Four prototypes will be investigated in a cross-fertilizing lab campaign (TRL5) also to validate partners’ modeling approach to robustly study cycle integration (via a ”cyber-physical approach”). Taking into account EU/extra-EU solar irradiation, electric market perspectives, environmental, safety/regulation aspects too, the project, which involves EU R&D leaders in CSP sector, will be the first keystone towards the promotion of air-driven/sCO2 cycles as key solution for EU CSP plants targeting 2030 EU targets. The project will assess the holistic impact of SHARP-sCO2 also proposing R&D roadmaps to TRL 9 and market uptake of project innovation.

Keywords: csp,air driven,sco2,electric heater,hybrid csp pv plants,packed bed tes,receiver
Enhanced Platform for the Identification of molecules Boosting or Limiting Amniotic cavity and primitive STreak formation (EPIBLAST)

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: Italy
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2025-POC, 2025)
Start date: 2026-03-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 167142.86
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Drug teratogenicity, namely the potential of a drug to cause birth defects, is a major concern for anyone becoming pregnant. The infamous Thalidomide case in the 1960s raised public awareness of this issue. Notably, only about 30% of embryos successfully implant during early development, but the reasons for this low rate remain unclear. Nobody knows if this is due to the teratogenic effects of common drugs, or a lack of essential nutrients needed for development, similar to how folate is used to support proper nervous system development. There is a significant gap in our understanding of drug teratogenicity because pregnant women are excluded from clinical trials, and preclinical animal studies have limitations due to ethical concerns and differences between species. This gap leaves the effects of many drugs on early human development uncertain. As a result, many potentially beneficial medications are often discontinued during pregnancy, despite the lack of strong scientific evidence to justify such decisions. The goal of this Proof of Concept is to develop a fully automated 3D in vitro model that replicates the first 14 days of human development. Using human pluripotent stem cells, during the ERC Starting grant, we have created a chemically defined and efficient 3D model that accurately mimics peri- and post-implantation stages, including the formation of the epiblast epithelium, primitive streak, and amniotic cavity. We now aim to validate and automate this model for rapid, high-throughput assessment of drug teratogenicity. By accurately simulating human development, enabling high-throughput screening, and reducing reliance on animal testing, our model addresses critical gaps in current testing methods. This innovative approach could lead to the identification of supplements that improve pregnancy success rates and ensure safer medication use during pregnancy, ultimately benefiting patients, healthcare providers, and regulatory agencies.
Unveiling the Algae-Bacteria Synergy for Sustainable Agriculture (MareTech)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Spain
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2099413.0
EU funding (EUR): 2099413.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

In modern agriculture, the pursuit of high yields has led to environmental imbalances and chemical pollution, compromising food quality and ecosystem health. With a 60% surge in global food demand by 2050, the need for sustainable farming practices is critical. Biostimulants, while promising, exhibit limitations in optimizing crop management, restricted yields, and single functionality, providing a narrow scope of functionalities. Ficosterra introduces MareTech, a groundbreaking biostimulant technology blending seaweed extracts and microorganisms. The synergy of specific microorganisms (probiotics) and algae (prebiotics) multiplies microbial colonies by 10^3, optimizing nutrient accessibility. It diminishes chemical nitrogen inputs, boosting nutrient availability and soil health while reducing fertilization needs. MareTech significantly reduces carbon footprints and increases crop productivity by up to 30%. Its cost-effectiveness, organic nature, and broad-spectrum action mark it as a transformative solution, fostering phosphorus availability and stimulating essential plant compounds. In response to stringent European directives towards eco-conscious agricultural practices, MareTech stands as a unique solution, in harmony with initiatives like the European Green Deal and Farm to Fork Strategy aiming to reduce fertilizer use by 20% and boost organic farming to 25% by 2030. Ficosterra’s endeavor aligns with worldwide agricultural objectives, offering MareTech as a transformative solution. Its societal, environmental, and economic impacts are promising, reducing fertilization usage by 30% and greenhouse gas emissions by 25%. Seeking EIC Accelerator support, Ficosterra aims to scale MareTech, optimize formulations, conduct field tests, refine scaling processes, and secure certifications for commercialization. Leveraging investments and successful product launches, Ficosterra anticipates seamless market readiness for MareTech biostimulants.

Keywords: sustainable agriculture,algae based extracts,bacteria fermentation systems,bioactivity,plant biostimulants,plant growth promoting bacteria