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Footprints of Ramon Llull’s Thought in Atlantic Processes of Evangelization: Canary Islands, Congo, Iberian Peninsula, and La Española (15th-16th Centuries) (EVANGELION)

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: Spain,Germany,Portugal
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021 (HORIZON-MSCA-2021-PF-01, 2021)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 181152.96
EU funding (EUR): 181152.96
Participants: 3
Project status: CLOSED

The project will analyse how the evangelizing method of the medieval philosopher Ramon Llull (1232-1316) has had a strong impact on the clergy during the 15th and 16th centuries. Throughout history, Llull’s Art of converting believers of other religions has been adapted and elaborated upon by learned clerics, who were closely related to royal power, in order to set the bases of the ideological legitimation for facing and conquering new lands from other monotheistic religions (Muslims, Jews), as well as from gentiles (Canary Guanches, Congolese, Caribbean Tainos). Modern scholarship has devoted its attention almost exclusively to Llull’s work and thought as such, failing to recognise his paramount role in later evangelization processes led by the Castillian and Portuguese clergy. Thus, the objectives are: to describe the network of Lullists working on missiological strategies in close contact with royal power, their works and their relationships; to make accessible and disseminate through critical editions some of the unpublished works by this Lullist network; to explore a first attempt of Catholic globalization behind the activities of this network. To achieve these goals, I will extract data from Latin and old vernacular written sources, while I will also unravel the philosophical concepts behind the discourses of evangelization. The results will be published in a book and several articles, as well as in a blog and scientific profiles in social networks, freely available for the scientific community and general public. The relevance of the project lies in revealing a so far unknown program behind all the Atlantic evangelization attempts in which the Lullian Art was present. This will allow to shed light on new aspects of the beginnings of the globalization process, along with the improvement of our knowledge of the first encounters of Latin Christendom with other civilizations, in other words, Europe’s first steps towards a pancontinental vision of the world.

Keywords: ramon llull,evangelization,medieval philosophy,church history
Lithium-Conductive Phase-Independent Electrolytes (Li-PIEs)

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: United Kingdom
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-10-06
End date: 2027-10-05
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 260347.92
EU funding (EUR): 260347.92
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

I propose combining organic synthesis, theoretical modelling, and materials science to develop a fundamentally new type of lithium- conducting electrolyte. Electrolytes are a vital part of modern life – for example, they are key components of the lithium-ion batteries powering personal electronics and electric vehicles. The electrolyte acts as the medium to transfer charges between the electrodes and its properties and performance depends on the type of material used. Different requirements associated with different sizes and types of devices is driving the development of new electrolyte materials. Traditionally, these materials are classified as either solid- or fluid-phase electrolytes, and the mechanisms of charge transfer differ between the two phases. Recently, a new type of electrolyte has been developed by the host PI that can function as either a solid or liquid electrolyte without losses in performance – they are phase-independent electrolytes (McGonigal et al., Science, 2024, accepted). However, these materials transport anions, while most batteries require cation-conducting electrolytes (e.g., lithium ions). To harness the potential of this new class of electrolytes, this concept must be adapted to apply to cation-conducting electrolytes, and this requires the development of new molecular designs, their synthesis and characterisation. I will use DFT to model the structure and assembly of cyclopentadienide anions to identify candidates that have suitably diffuse charge and flexible structures to act as phase-independent electrolytes. I will then synthesise the top candidates and characterise their phase transition temperatures, phase structures, and lithium-ion conductivities. The relationship between molecular structure and the material properties will be developed to allow for the rational design of phase independent electrolytes. This will generate new research directions for the development of high-performing organic electrolytes.

Keywords: organic ions,discotic liquid crystals
How the middle class housed itself in the Eastern Mediterranean (MCH-EsMed)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting 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: Greece
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2024-STG, 2024)
Start date: 2024-12-01
End date: 2029-11-30
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1499913.0
EU funding (EUR): 1499913.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

MCH-EsMed critically explores housing as a blind-spot in the post-war history of the Eastern Mediterranean, one of the world’s most volatile regions, marked by war, ethnic tensions, migration flows, and climate change. The research focuses on the vast spread of mid-sized condominium apartment buildings during the second half of the 20th century in four prominent cities: Athens, Ankara, Cairo, and Tel Aviv. Known as ‘polykatoikía’ in Greece, ‘müteahhit yapımı apartman’ in Turkey, ‘al-'Imara’ in Egypt, and ‘bait-Meshutaf’ in Israel, these structures were the prevalent form of middle-class housing during the period under study. The central hypothesis of this project is that comparative architectural and spatial analysis of this built heritage can yield valuable insights into the historical processes shaping the middle income strata, their distinct identity, and more broadly, the mechanisms of post-war modernization beyond the context of Western welfare states. Two cutting-edge topics in recent architectural historiography, namely, the proliferation of middle-class housing and development policies for the Third World, now offer the necessary evidence and conceptual framework for embarking on this research. Moreover, tools for visualizing big data (GIS) and state-of-the-art technology such as remote sensing and machine learning, provide unprecedented opportunities for this research’s ambitious scope to deal with extensive, mostly uncontrolled, private-led house-building and urbanization phenomena. Lastly, the increasing engagement of architectural historians in preserving local knowledge through micro- and oral history methodologies serves as a critical guide to the challenging yet imperative endeavor of documenting the lived experiences of residents, particularly before the first post-war generation diminishes. As crises in the region continue to erupt, MCH-EsMed is expected to provide an unconventional yet nuanced perspective of their ‘pre-history.’

Keywords: housing,post war,middle class,apartment buildings,eastern mediterranean,urban heritage
The City Rising: Inequality and Mobility in a Growing Metropolis of the 19th Century (CityRising)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Consolidator grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Individuals, Markets and Organisations
Panel description: Economics, finance , management
Countries involved: Germany
Call: ERC CONSOLIDATOR GRANTS (ERC-2021-COG, 2021)
Start date: 2023-01-01
End date: 2027-12-31
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1956434.0
EU funding (EUR): 1956434.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The rising industrial metropolises of the 19th century faced a series of timeless challenges: the disruptive effects of new technologies, the integration of new immigrants, the threat of epidemics. In this project we study, with the use of novel, high-quality, high-frequency individual-level archival data, how the city of Munich dealt with these challenges and provided opportunities for economic and social mobility to its dwellers, in the period 1823-1914. Our study is composed of three parts. In Part 1, we study the consequences of a technological shock — the introduction of mass transportation — on the spatial structure of the city. We show how occupations and businesses were subject to differential agglomeration forces, and document the reorganization of economic activity and residents across space. Using schooling data, we study the impact of this reorganization on social mobility. In Part 2, we study how members of a long marginalized ethnic group — Jews — were integrated into the growing city, and how they rose to ranks of the educated upper middle classes. We study the initial conditions that determined their occupational specialization and eventual success: place of origin, religious current, residential segregation, human capital of ancestors. We also study assimilation strategies and identity choices, as evidenced by first name choices, human capital investments, and intermarriage. In Part 3, we study how the provision of a core health amenity — sanitation — reshaped the social geography of the city. We analyze its consequences on child mortality, fertility choices, and human capital investments using linked individual data, and consider the confounding role of spatial sorting in this process. We expect our research to unify hitherto disparate literatures (in economic history, urban economics, political economy, and social mobility), and to demonstrate the feasibility of collecting large-scale, individual-level data from European history.

Keywords: cities social mobility economic opportunity jews germany sanitation historical microdata
Innovative Model-based Plasma Algorithms for Control of spherical Tokamaks (IMPACT)

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: Information Science and Engineering
Countries involved: Spain
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-09-01
End date: 2027-08-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 181152.96
EU funding (EUR): 181152.96
Participants: 1
Project status: TERMINATED

The huge mass of a star and its associated gravitational forces make the nuclei of hydrogen atoms collide and fuse, releasing energy in the form of energetic neutrons. This process, called nuclear fusion, has a very high energy density, and does not produce CO2 or long-lived radioactive waste. For these reasons, nuclear fusion has attracted the attention of scientists since the 1950s, who have tried to reproduce the conditions of a star in their laboratories. So far, tokamaks are the most promising prototype for a nuclear-fusion power plant on Earth. In particular, spherical tokamaks provide an attractive configuration due to their compactness and lower cost than conventional tokamaks. This would provide a means to mitigate the actual climate and energy crisis, using nuclear fusion to complement other renewable energies in a greener future. Control of the tokamak plant and associated systems, whose final goal is to confine a plasma by means of magnetic fields, is critical to attain the necessary conditions for nuclear fusion to happen. However, plasma control in spherical tokamaks requires specific solutions due to their challenging plasma shapes and pressures, which often trigger plasma instabilities. Under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions, the IMPACT project (Innovative Model-based Plasma Algorithms for Control of spherical Tokamaks) will design a state-of-the-art plasma-control system for spherical tokamaks and will deploy it on the SMall Aspect Ratio Tokamak (SMART). Under this project, novel algorithms based on plasma dynamical models will be developed to tackle the newest control challenges in spherical tokamaks, including negative triangularity plasma shaping to enable higher plasma confinement and ensure safety of the tokamak reactor. This project will ensure the realization and sustainment of the plasmas needed in SMART, thus enabling and accelerating its scientific and technological mission to make nuclear fusion a reality.

Keywords: nuclear fusion,tokamaks,plasma control,model predictive control
RNA and Cell Biology - from Fundamental Research to Therapies (RACE)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Widening participation and spreading excellence
Theme: Improved access to Excellence
Destination: Improved access to Excellence
Action type: Coordination and support actions
Countries involved: Poland,Belgium,United Kingdom
Call: Teaming for Excellence (HORIZON-WIDERA-2022-ACCESS-01-two-stage, 2022)
Start date: 2023-09-01
End date: 2029-08-31
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 13122258.75
EU funding (EUR): 13122258.75
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

Polish science, including biomedical research, has made huge advances in the last 30 years. However, the advancement of its fundamental scientific discoveries toward medical or commercial applications still lags behind the top countries, worldwide. This gap stems from the limited experience of Polish researchers in the field of translational research. The International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw (IIMCB) aims to close this gap by building the capacity to translate basic knowledge into clinical innovations and by introducing an entrepreneurship culture in the scientific environment in Poland. Since its creation, the IIMCB has been a lighthouse of research and management excellence in Poland. Recognising the Institute’s achievements and future potential, the Polish government awarded funding to build an expanded, modern IIMCB headquarters, which will increase our capacity up to 20 research groups. The RACE project under the Teaming programme will help us achieve this reality and successfully upgrade the IIMCB to a world-class translational research Centre of Excellence in RNA and Cell Biology. Together with our Advanced Partners, the Medical Research Council, Human Genetics Unit of the University of Edinburgh (UoE–MRC HGU), and VIB in Belgium, we have identified five Specific Objectives that are key to achieve our goal, namely: recruitment and training of the next generation of entrepreneurial group leaders and researchers (Objectives 1, 2), establishment of modern and self-sustaining Core Facilities adapted to commercial use (Objective 3), implementation of systemic Technology Transfer (Objectives 4) and administrative support (Objective 5). Ultimately, the RACE project will make the IIMCB a reference model in translational research countrywide and elevate the Institute to the top tier of European research centres ready to engage in competitive EU and global biomedical research and innovation projects at the frontiers of science.

Keywords: rna and cell biology,translational research,technology tansfer,entrepreneurial culture,efficient science managment and administration
Dynamic three-dimensional migration of Pd single atom species of Pd/TiO2 single atom catalysts during CO oxidation (DMPdSAC)

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: Netherlands
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 (HORIZON-MSCA-2024-PF-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-08-17
End date: 2027-08-16
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 217076.16
EU funding (EUR): 217076.16
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Heterogeneous catalysis has grown rapidly since the beginning of the twentieth century, and currently it plays a central role in modern industrial catalysis. Single-atom catalysts (SACs) have been recognized as one of the most active frontiers in heterogeneous catalysis, taking the advantage of maximum utilization of precious metals and their superior catalytic performance. SACs do not have static local coordination under reaction conditions, driven by their high surface energy. Understanding the dynamism of SACs under reaction conditions is therefore highly important. So far, all the dynamic process of SACs are all focused on the surface of the support. For the reduced metal oxide support, not all the single atoms (SA) are located on the surface, part of them substituted the metal from the bulk metal oxide support. Notably, the precious metal atoms could migrate dynamically between the bulk and surface of the support in response to certain reaction atmospheres. Such a three-dimensional dynamic process of SA could result in the direct change of active site numbers and the intrinsic catalytic performance of SA species, which could influence the catalytic activity significantly. However, such a process has barely been investigated due to the underestimate of their influence on catalytic activity and the limitation of operando and quantitative technologies. Thus, this project will focus on the dynamic three-dimensional migration of SA of Pd1/TiO2 during CO oxidation process. We aim to develop quantitative and operando methodology to analyze three-dimensional distribution of different Pd1 species, reveal how the dynamic process influences the active site numbers and the intrinsic catalytic activity of Pd1 species and establish the dynamic structure-activity relationship of Pd1/TiO2. The final aim is to provide guidelines for the design of high-performance SACs for a given catalytic process.

Keywords: single atom catalysts,co oxidation,dynamic evolution of single atoms,three dimensional migration,in situ techniques
DeepKeep Safeguards AI Applications Across LLM, Vision, Spatial Sensing, Human-Machine Interaction and Multimodal Models with AI-Native Security and Trustworthiness (DeepKeep)

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: Israel
Call: EIC Accelerator Open 2024 (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-02, 2024)
Start date: 2025-06-01
End date: 2027-05-31
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 3557500.0
EU funding (EUR): 2490250.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

AI systems face many challenges, including privacy challenges, information theft, and biases, particularly in GenAI, LLM approaches, vision, spatial sensing, human-machine interaction and multimodal models. Integrating AI into physical environments poses additional barriers (e.g. security vulnerabilities, complex sensor handling, advanced deception scenarios). Companies developing AI models struggle with inadequate testing standards and high costs, while those adopting AI often lack the necessary expertise and security measures. DeepKeep has developed a platform that can be applied to GenAI, LLM approaches, vision, spatial sensing, human-machine interaction, and multimodal models that can solve many multidisciplinary challenges for the integration of AI in the physical world. The platform’s key features include the framework itself, providing a holistic coverage for both trustworthiness and security, addressing the entire AI lifecycle, and supporting diverse deployment scenarios; comprehensive algorithmic coverage; automatic discovery and analysis of AI model weak-segments; physical threat vector analysis and protection capabilities; AI-driven platform automation and generic applicability; adaptation to edge device environments; and regulatory compliance evaluation and enhancement. Now is the right time for our solution, as AI is becoming an essential part of businesses and our everyday lives. In 2023, 35% of businesses adopted AI, 77% of all devices used some form of AI, 90% of leading businesses supported and invested in AI, and 85% of enterprises will expand AI with open-source models. We founded DeepKeep Ltd. in 2021 in Tel Aviv, Israel, and target 30% of the TRiSM market with a pricing model that includes annual licenses with 3 plans (cloud plan, on-premise plan, and edge plan), and users can also purchase LLM tokens. Our team consists of 24 highly experienced, multidisciplinary employees with 20% of our leadership team and 45% of our workforce being female.

Keywords: adversarial ai,trust,trustworthiness,data science,llm,security,ai protection,ai model lifecycle,gen ai built platform,end to end fully automated platform,ai based engines,risk assessment
Optimisation and commercialization of SmartConnect’s Plug and Play solution for Industrial IoT standardization (SC-IoTOS)

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 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 24.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2500000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2500000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

In the landscape of the Internet of Things (IoT), SmartConnect IoT is uniquely positioned to address multifaceted challenges, from interoperability issues to data security concerns and the complexity of managing diverse IoT devices. These pains hinder efficiency, security, and automation, impacting industries globally. Interoperability issues disrupt seamless communication among devices, potentially diminishing ROI by 40%. Security breaches pose dire consequences, including data exposure and financial liabilities. Managing a diverse IoT portfolio is daunting, leading to operational inefficiencies and stalled initiatives. Custom software development is costly, hindering widespread IoT implementations, while hardware adaptors inflate costs and complexity. SmartConnect IoT offers a standardized and revolutionary solution, aggregating and managing data streams from heterogeneous sensors without custom coding or specialized hardware. Its edge-centric approach minimizes latency, enhances real-time decision-making, and simplifies deployment with plug-and-play functionality. The solution ensures compatibility, interoperability, and security, enhancing operational efficiency by up to 30% while improving user satisfaction. Automated alerts reduce response times by 50%, while real-time analytics improve decision-making speed by 40%. SmartConnect IoT enables IT2OT convergence, offering complete visibility across factory floors and facilities and reducing installation costs by 20%, along with cutting energy costs by 15%. The solution's strategic value lies in future-proofing technology ecosystems, ensuring security, providing an automated and unified user experience, enabling IT2OT convergence, and reducing costs. For the intended EIC project, SmartConnect IoT seeks funding for technology optimization, testing and validation, and business development, ensuring continued innovation, industry validation, and market entry in Europe.

Keywords: edge computing,edge ai,aiot