Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Democratic Literacy and Humor (DELIAH)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Theme: Culture, creativity and inclusive society
Destination: Innovative Research on Democracy and Governance
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Netherlands,Spain,Slovakia,Germany,Estonia
Call: Culture, the arts and cultural spaces for democratic participation and political expression, online and offline (HORIZON-CL2-2024-DEMOCRACY-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-03-01
End date: 2029-02-28
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3012371.25
EU funding (EUR): 3006121.25
Participants: 7
Project status: SIGNED

Democratic Literacy and Humour (DELIAH) examines the multifaceted role of humour in artistic forms, cultural spaces, and online and offline fora, identifying how humour can either support or undermine democratic participation and processes in Europe. DELIAH has two main goals: (1) To transform existing research on the adverse effects of anti-democratic speech, which is particularly prevalent in 'humorous’ forms in online platforms, into actionable policies, toolkits, and educational resources to mitigate the negative consequences of such anti-democratic speech. Such practical approaches will in turn enhance what we call 'democratic literacy': i.e., the capacity among EU citizens and regulators to discern the anti-democratic implications of certain forms of hateful speech or disparaging humour . (2) To conduct fundamental research into humorous 'counter-speech,' which will allow DELIAH to develop and promote humour strategies that confront anti-democratic rhetoric, hate speech, and discriminatory content, thus establishing 'best practices' for using humour as a tool to counteract anti-democratic speech and thereby foster broader and more meaningful participation in democratic processes. DELIAH therefore recognizes humour's dual potential. First, DELIAH investigates how humour can be misused to support anti-democratic agendas and, in response, offers strategies to boost awareness, regulate content, and mitigate harm. Second, and simultaneously, DELIAH harnesses humour's positive role in countering such rhetoric, advocating for practices that encourage active and healthy democratic engagement. In sum, DELIAH is dedicated to exploring and establishing the delicate balance between humour's potential to harm and its capacity to heal in a democratic context, aiming to cultivate a more informed, resilient, and participatory democratic society in Europe.

Keywords: humor satire democracy democratic participation democratic literacy
The full spectrum of opioid effects (SpectrO)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: The Human Mind and Its Compl exity
Panel description: Cognitive science, psychology, linguistics
Countries involved: Norway,Switzerland
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2024-COG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-12-01
End date: 2030-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 2
Project status: SIGNED

Opioids are irreplaceable and effective analgesics– at the group level. However, clinicians still cannot predict how much pain relief each patient will achieve, nor who will develop addiction. By treating the variability of opioid effects as noise, the group-based efficacy studies fail to explain why opioids relieve pain in some people, but not in others. Here, I will turn the current approach on its head. By harnessing the valuable information inherent in opioids’ variable and diverse effects, I aim to achieve a breakthrough in our ability to predict individual patient responses to opioids and enable effective personalised pain treatment. SpectrO has three main objectives: 1) First, I will employ large-scale data to generate robust and reproducible evidence on the full spectrum of opioid effects and resolve key controversies in the opioid literature (WP1: comprehensive samples). Next, I will hone in on each extreme of the opioid effects spectrum to: 2) Answer why opioid effects are so variable and diverse. A newly discovered human genetic knockout model affords unprecedented insights into human endogenous opioid function, far beyond the current state-of-the-art (WP2: opioid-insensitive sample). 3) Produce randomised controlled evidence at the individual level through a N-of-1 case series with double-blind dose titration for individual dose efficacy determination. WP3 represents a leap forward in opioid research, promising to close the gap between the group-based trials (which show no benefit of long-term opioids) and the clinical experience that some patients do benefit (opioid-sensitive sample). My unique track record in leading large interdisciplinary opioid trials and conducting innovative literature syntheses lends feasibility to this ambitious project. SpectrO will set a new direction for opioid research, offering powerful new resources and methods to resolve key mechanistic questions and urgent public health issues on pain and addiction.

Keywords: pain,reward,addiction,experience,mood,affect,well being
Additive Manufacturing of Molecular-Level-Engineered SiCN Ceramic Modified with Carbon Nanofibers/Transition Metal Carbides towards Next-Generation Structural Electromagnetic Metamaterials (EMAMs)

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: Environment and Geosciences
Countries involved: Italy
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-06-01
End date: 2026-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 188590.08
EU funding (EUR): 188590.08
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Ceramic-based high-temperature structural electromagnetic absorption materials (EMAMs) is playing an increasingly important role in combating the EM pollution. However, ceramic-based EMAMs always suffer from poor mechanical strength due to the intrinsic high brittleness, and unsatisfactory EM performance limited by the material characteristic as well as the monotonous loss mechanism of absorbents. In this project, advanced SiCN matrix modified with one dimensional (1D) carbon nanofibers/2D transition metal carbides (e.g., TiC, VC and Mo2C) (CNFs/TMCs-SiCN) ceramic-based structural EM metamaterials will be innovatively developed by combining molecular-level-engineered polymer derived ceramic (PDC) and Additive Manufacturing (AM) techniques. Novel 2D TiC, VC and Mo2C nano-absorbents/reinforcements will be developed via a precursor-derived method. Outstanding EM performance is expected to be realized by the establishment of multi-loss mechanisms (i.e., interface, defect-induced and dipole polarization loss, and conductive loss) via nano/microstructure engineering of CNFs/TMC absorbents, and realization of novel meta-structures using AM. Improved mechanical strength will be achieved by strengthening of the SiCN matrix by CNFs/TMCs. The main idea of the present proposal is to merge material type and nano/microstructure innovation of absorbents/reinforcements as well as meta-structure innovation of materials to innovatively develop the CNFs/TMCs-SiCN structural EM metamaterials as the next generation high-temperature structural EMAMs. The general relationship between (nano- and micro-)structure, macro-structure (by design) and loss mechanisms, EM and mechanical properties will be revealed. This project will pave new avenue for the development of next generation EMAMs.

Keywords: transition metal carbides additive manufacturing electromagnetic metamaterials polymer derived ceramics
Boosting the uptake of inovative solutions in the context of water and circular economy (BOOST-IN)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness
Programme: Food, Bioeconomy Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment
Theme: Bio-Environment
Destination: Other Bio-environnement destinations
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Spain,France,Italy,Greece,Germany,Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,United Kingdom
Call: Harnessing the innovation potential and market uptake of successful circular economy water related projects (HORIZON-CL6-2023-CIRCBIO-01, 2023)
Start date: 2024-01-01
End date: 2026-12-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2116154.84
EU funding (EUR): 1799819.3
Participants: 12
Project status: SIGNED

The quantity and quality of water resources are serious problems in many European areas, mostly being a joined result of climate change and anthropic influences. The BOOST-IN project aims to develop a successful strategy that promotes technological changes, governance schemes, shifts in mind-set and organizational structures in order to solve these problems through a better management of the water sector and application of the circular economy principles, enabling water reuse and recovery of different materials (e.g. energy, nutrients). However, implementation of these changes still faces several barriers (e.g. technology, economy, knowledge, social perception) that need to be overcome. BOOST-IN will achieve these goals by an effective identification, selection (through a specifically designed dynamic funnel method) and transfer of innovative Water Circular Economy Solutions (WACES) to further close and improve the water cycle. The project will develop and apply its approach in six Regions of Opportunity evenly distributed across Europe (Spain, Greece, Germany, France, Italy and Bulgaria) by organization of co-creation workshops to increase public awareness and support for WACES implementation, barriers overcoming as well as by the specific risk management plans design. At the EU level the project will create an active network of stakeholders and set detailed action plans, including different training and education activities targeting water professionals. In order to promote and boost a successful market uptake of circular solutions and maximize the impact, the project will provide expertise on suitable business models and develop standardized quality criteria, as well as facilitate the links between solution providers and potential investors. Moreover, BOOST-IN will upgrade and benefit from the existing Water Europe Marketplace platform that will enable the projects clustering, B2B matchmaking and selections of appropriate WACES solutions for specific user needs.

Keywords: water reuse,secondary raw materials,citizen engagement,innovation uptake,goverance
A complete solution for Si-based All-Solid-State Batteries by ensuring a long-term conductive environment and mitigating the strain mismatch between the electrode and the solid-state electrolyte (SIASSB)

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: Portugal,Spain,Belgium
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-06-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 207183.12
EU funding (EUR): 207183.12
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

With higher energy density and better safety, all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) are considered as an important direction for the next generation of lithium batteries, as well as part of the EU's battery program. The replacement of liquid electrolytes with solid electrolytes (SEs) has led to an unprecedented level of research on Li metal anodes. However, uneven deposition of Li-ions leads to lithium dendrites and interfacial gaps, which is an unavoidable electrochemical behavior and unavoidable. Silicon (Si) materials are underappreciated due to the large volume change during cycling. Nevertheless, Li-ions inserting and extracting within the Si-based electrode causes volume changes and a local separation from the SE, which is a mechanical behavior and prospectively avoidable. This proposal aims to provide a comprehensive solution for Si-based ASSBs that achieve stable long-cycle performance without excessive external stack pressure. Achieving this goal involves not only investigating SEs but also tackling issues such as low expansion Si-based materials, strain mismatch between the anode and SE, and managing complex interfaces. Specifically, the flexible conductive network in the anode electrode will provide some cushioning against volume changes of Si-based materials, and provide a long-lasting conductive environment for the electrode, which is an important guarantee for the long-term cycle of the battery. At the same time, a complex electrolyte with a certain degree of elasticity will mitigate the strain mismatch of thin-film bonding between the Si-based anodes electrode film and the SE film. The results of SIASSB provide a foundation for advancing the commercial viability of ASSBs. SIASSB will be expected not only to advance the scientific understanding of ASSBs but also to lay a solid foundation for enhancing their commercial viability.

Keywords: si based all solid state battery,strain mismatch of thin film bonding,amorphous si nanomaterials,physical vapor deposition,low expansion si c composites,composite solid electrolytes,in situ form
Metabolic anti-inflammatory nanomedicines (MAIN)

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: Spain
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS (ERC-2023-POC, 2023)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2025-03-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Our proposal is to create new nanomedicines for identifying anti-inflammatory therapies. Through the optimisation of synthetic procedures, we aim to control the primary sequence of the polymer, the size of the nanomedicine, and degradation profiles. High-content in vitro screening will be utilised to determine which formulations can most selectively target macrophages and have the strongest anti-inflammatory effect. To test the effectiveness of these formulations, we will collaborate with specialised research groups to conduct appropriate in vivo testing using various models of inflammation.
Ramon Llull-AIRA Postdoctoral Programme Postdoctoral Programme (RAMON LLULL)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
Theme: Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Destination: Co-funding of regional, national and international programmes
Action type: Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions
Countries involved: Spain,Poland,France,United Kingdom,India,Denmark,Croatia,Ireland,Italy,Czechia
Call: MSCA COFUND 2022 (HORIZON-MSCA-2022-COFUND-01, 2022)
Start date: 2024-09-01
End date: 2029-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4728240.0
EU funding (EUR): 4728240.0
Participants: 43
Project status: SIGNED

The Ramon Llull-AIRA Postdoctoral Programme (RAMON LLULL) is an international postdoctoral programme offering 33 three-year fellowships to train researchers in the outstanding R&D Institutions in artificial intelligence (AI) in Catalonia to become competent scientific leaders in different scientific disciplines within AI by promoting challenging interdisciplinary R&D projects. The programme is led by the Computer Vision Centre (CVC-CERCA), holder of the current Artificial Intelligence Research Alliance, AIRA, the axis for knowledge generation within the current Catalan Strategy for AI (Catalonia.ai). CVC-CERCA is acting as beneficiary, together with AIRA partner institutions (IIIA-CSIC, BSC, IDEAI-UPC, IRII-CSIC-UPC) and 8 further outstanding research institutions in Artificial Intelligence (AI): UAB, UPF, UdG, URL, URV, Eurecat, i2Cat, IJC-CERCA (5 Universities, 2 Technology Centres and 1 Clinical Research Institution), which will participate as Implementing Partners for the recruitment, hosting & training of the ER fellows. The Programme is created with the explicit encouragement and direct support from the Catalan Government committing to support the activities of the Programme through AIRA Initiative. RAMON LLULL Programme will contribute to boost career perspectives of researchers with outstanding academic quality from a three-dimensional perspective: Excellent Human Centred AI Research; Leadership; and Interdisciplinary Research with other top R&D intensive institutions and companies. The programme will provide a new dimension for the Catalan R&D ecosystem in AI through highly interdisciplinary and intersectoral fundamental research while fulfilling all the principles of Open Science and maintaining the highest research quality standards. It is aimed to optimise the capacity of the Catalan AI ecosystem by recruiting, hosting and training researchers in AI R&I Institutions in Catalonia with the ambition to become competent scientific leaders in different AI disciplines.

Keywords: artificial intelligence,research training,ai ecosystem
Fire resilience of Amazonian forests: past, present and future (FiRes)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Environmental B iology, Ecology  and E volution
Panel description: For all organisms : Ecology, biodiversity, environmental change , evolutionary biology, behavioural ecology, microbial ecology , marine biology, ecophysiology, theoretical developments and mod elling
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2025-11-01
End date: 2030-10-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499926.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499926.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The challenge. Despite a global decline in burned area, total CO2 emissions from fires have increased due to more fires in previously largely fire-free and therefore fire-sensitive forests. Existing knowledge of fire impacts comes from fire-adapted ecosystems and cannot be easily translated to fire-sensitive forests. Particularly the Amazon has seen recent increase in fire frequency and intensity, with devastating local effects on the forest, regional-scale air pollution, and global CO2 rise. Aim. I aim to understand fire resilience – i.e. resistance to fire and post-fire recovery – of fire-sensitive ecosystems by studying the Amazon. I will assess fire resilience at multiple temporal scales: 1) the past to understand long-term recovery and full disturbance-recovery cycles, 2) the present to experimentally understand mechanisms underlying fire damage and mortality, and 3) the future to Amazon resilience to future fire regimes. Approach. I will integrate across temporal scales and their different disciplines. For past fire resilience (last 10,000 y), I will use paleo pollen and charcoal records. For present fire resilience, I will build a monitoring network in burned forests and perform a unique fire experiment. For future resilience, I will use the previous steps to adapt a dynamic forest model and simulate future fire resilience. I will quantify fire regime as fire frequency and intensity, which are fundamentally different aspects of fire regime but rarely tested simultaneously. To assess how climate drives fire resilience, I will study seasonally dry and wet evergreen tropical forests. To understand mechanisms underlying tree mortality and recovery, I will use physiological measurements and plant functional traits to understand species and community resilience in the past, present and future. Impact. This project will advance our understanding of resilience of fire-sensitive ecosystems, and provide the knowledge needed for future safeguarding of these ecosystems

Keywords: functional traits,tropical forests,fire,ecosystem resilience
Romani Family in an Age of War (RAW)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Studies of Cultures and Arts
Panel description: Social anthropology, studies of cultur es, stud ies of arts
Countries involved: Czechia
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2024-COG, 2024)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2030-08-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1998958.0
EU funding (EUR): 1998958.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Existing scholarship has highlighted disparities in the adverse consequences of armed conflicts, forced displacement, and peacebuilding on Romani communities, which feed on and exacerbate prior patterns of marginalisation, racism, and dispossession. Yet there is a notable lack of longitudinal research on lived Romani experiences of war, forced displacement, and post-war reconstruction—despite the presence of Romani people in every European and Middle Eastern country that has witnessed war over the last three decades. Virtually nothing is known about how Roma have maintained families, kinship networks, and community cohesion, or about the traces left by wars within Romani social life. The project provides the first systematic and comparative study of its kind, grounded in the observation that extant ‘peacetime’ research evinces kinship as the prime mechanism through which Roma create spaces of liveability and fashion social belonging in a way that is not overdetermined by their unequal relationships with non-Roma. Through immersive research with Roma from Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, and former Yugoslavia, this innovative ethnographic project investigates the transformations of Romani kinship in the wake of conflicts. It explores how kinship practices and relations are mobilised as a social resource for enduring the effects of wars, as well as how wars become inscribed in the kinship form. By examining everyday acts of care, changes in relatedness networks, and Romani generational thought, the project offers a unique approach for understanding the social dynamics of war and its aftermath from the viewpoint of a vulnerable, dispersed, and territorially non-contiguous ethnic minority, going beyond the analysis of majority realities. By analysing the ‘plasticity’ of kinship and its constraints within the extreme context of wars, the project’s broader aim is to advance our understandings of how social vulnerability, adaptation, and socio-cultural continuity are interwoven.

Keywords: war romani people family violence exhange kinship networks racism