Data-Gouv-ML/pcri-informations-sur-les-projets-laureats huggingface dataset:
Driving Sustainable Climate Transition of Video-On-Demand Platforms at a Time of Transformation (StreamSCAPES)

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 the European Cultural Heritage and the Cultural and Creative Industries
Action type: Innovation actions
Countries involved: Belgium,Austria,Italy,Norway,Sweden,North Macedonia,Netherlands,Poland
Call: Cultural and creative industries for a sustainable climate transition (HORIZON-CL2-2024-HERITAGE-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-03-01
End date: 2028-08-31
Duration (months): 42.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4066342.46
EU funding (EUR): 3590091.12
Participants: 13
Project status: SIGNED

The overarching goal of StreamSCAPES is to kick start a new era in forward “thinking and doing” in the ways in which production, consumption and decision-making systems in the Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) lead through the sustainable climate transition (SCT) with a particular emphasis on Video-On-Demand (VOD) platforms as central nodes within audiovisual and cultural ecosystems. Specifically, StreamSCAPES will provide (i) an interdisciplinary mapping and assessment of the ways in which it is possible to substantially “green” the operations of VOD platforms in the CCIs, (ii) pilot the transformative impact of VOD platforms to engage in “Blue Skies” generation of ideas through a ‘hubs’ based approach, in the form of a future studies approach with a special focus on children and youth, and (iii) co-test the potential of VOD platforms to contribute to the SCT in line with the European Industrial Strategy and the European Green Deal. To achieve this, a multi-stakeholder team of four core academics and eight key stakeholders, including several European VOD platforms, combines original data and knowledge and collated best practices. StreamSCAPES, among other things, (a) develops robust methods to measure the carbon footprint of VOD platforms and a pilot SCT VOD certification; (b) designs and develops business clinics providing advice on how VOD platforms can best green their business models; (c) develops a StreamSCAPES Dashboard making public data, such as the carbon footprints of VOD platforms, available to policymakers, professionals and citizens; (d) identifies underutilised approaches that can be used by VOD platforms to boost the SCT; (e) delivers a first-aid kit handbook to empower VOD professionals, audiovisual and cultural workers, and citizens to support the SCT in a bottom-up manner, paying particular attention to engaging young people and children in practices and ‘Blue Skies’ imaginations towards innovation.

Keywords: vod platforms carbon footprint streaming business clinics consumers children and youth skills professionals governance
Open Science Impact Pathways (PathOS)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Widening Participation and Strengthening the European Research Area
Programme: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Theme: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Destination: Reforming and enhancing the European R&I System
Action type: Research and Innovation actions
Countries involved: Greece,Netherlands,France,Austria,Portugal,Belgium,Italy,Germany
Call: Modelling and quantifying the impacts of open science practice (HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01, 2021)
Start date: 2022-09-01
End date: 2025-08-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1999990.0
EU funding (EUR): 1999990.0
Participants: 10
Project status: SIGNED

PathOS aims to identify and quantify the Key Impact Pathways of Open Science relating to the research system and its interrelations with economic and societal actors. PathOS will enable a new understanding of OS impacts and their causal mechanisms through its workplan encompassing actions to synthesise and structure current evidence, development of new methods and tools for measuring impact, iterative pilot-testing via in-depth case studies, innovative dissemination and networking, and co-creation synthesis activities culminating in policy recommendations. This is pivotal in order to develop effective OS policy in the EU. It will do so by collecting concrete evidence of the causal effects of OS by studying the pathways of OS practices, from input to output, outcome and impact, including the consideration of enabling factors and key barriers. Impacts and pathways will be developed in particular in the three areas of science, society and economy. By investigating, measuring and comparing its costs and benefits together with its pathways, PathOS will (i) bring a better understanding of the implications of open science for science, economy and society, (ii) provide recommendations to policy makers and other actors in the R&I ecosystem as to how and to what extent open science should be promoted in a balanced way, and (iii) develop innovative tools and methods using a big data to augment traditional ones for studying the causal effects of open science. This will enable evidence-based Open Science policy prioritisation, maximum OS impact, and increased R&I capacity in EU research systems.

Keywords: open science,randi assessment,key impact pathways,open science impact
In-Situ Monitoring of Electromagnetic Interference (iSense)

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: Belgium,Netherlands,France,Germany,Spain,Czechia,Bulgaria,Sweden,Italy
Call: MSCA Doctoral Networks 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-02-01
End date: 2029-01-31
Duration (months): 48.0
Total project cost (EUR): 4028070.86
EU funding (EUR): 3920083.2
Participants: 26
Project status: SIGNED

Only a few years ago, a mobile phone was exclusively used to make calls; today, it is a powerful, smart computer. Cars used to be purely mechanical, but now they're full of computing technology. Even medical equipment has evolved from basic instruments to high-tech systems. But for electronic engineers, it is a tough world, as more complex electronics are being positioned closer to each other, creating the conditions for electromagnetic interference (EMI). We simply cannot predict with any certainty what new technologies will emerge in the next decade. However, based on our experience, we do know that they will introduce new forms of EMI – whether radiated or conducted, quasi-continuous or transient – amplifying the complexity of this issue. The iSENSE Doctoral Network on In-Situ Monitoring of Electromagnetic Interference has a clear mission: to train a new generation of experts who possess the skills and fundamental knowledge required to effectively address our intricate and ever-evolving electromagnetic environment to tackle the issue of EMI. Specific innovations to be expected are innovative EMI sensors and monitoring methodologies, early warning tools for detecting EMI, novel modelling and test strategies and, overall, a greater success in avoiding EMI issues. Based on the training in specific S/T skills, as well as soft and entrepreneurial skills, the iSENSE Doctoral Candidates will become highly employable scientists/engineers for the EU electronics sectors and other related industries, including automotive, medical equipment, power generation and distribution providers as well as for standardisation bodies, scientific institutions, and public organisations. Interdisciplinary training is assured with 9 universities and 2 research organizations as beneficiaries from 7 countries, while sectoral collaboration is ensured by support from industrial entities like Thales, Philips Healthcare, Valeo, Airbus, Barco, RISE, forming an integrated international consortium.

Keywords: electromagnetic environment,interference
Impact of Fermentation on the Technofunctional and Digestibility Properties of Oat-Based Cheese (FerOtChee)

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: Ireland,France
Call: MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2023 (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, 2023)
Start date: 2025-03-15
End date: 2027-09-14
Duration (months): 30.0
Total project cost (EUR): 249618.0
EU funding (EUR): 249618.0
Participants: 3
Project status: SIGNED

The production of high-quality plant protein as sustainable alternative for animal proteins is an immediate requirement for the EU population. FerOtChee is a multidisciplinary project that focuses on the development of fermented plant-based Mozzarella-style cheese using oat protein. The challenges associated with the nutritional and technofunctional properties of oat protein will be addressed using innovative solutions: a) Blending: Oat protein will be partially replaced with pea protein as a complementary source. This approach has a potential to create protein hybrids with a balanced amino acid profile; b) Chemical modification: Enzymatic hydrolysis may improve the technofunctional properties of oat protein. It can also lead to the generation of lower molecular weight peptides with health-promoting effects; and c) Microbial fermentation: This will be the main strategy employed in FerOtChee to enhance the nutritional quality of oat protein. During submerged fermentation, microbial strains will be cultivated individually or in a co-cultivation setup using an oat-enriched protein substrate. Microbial enzymes e.g., proteolytic, cell-wall degrading, and antinutritional factor (ANF)-degrading enzymes generated during fermentation will target issues like poor digestibility, low recovery, and high ANF content in oat protein. The oat cheese will undergo assessment for technofunctional properties, in vitro digestibility, biological activities and the level ANF. The optimised process, which results in the production of high-quality fermented cheese at the lab scale will be transferred to a food-grade pilot plant. The majority of this project will be carried out at UCD (main host). The Fellow will also engage in two secondments: 1) Scientific secondment at INRAe-Rennes for study of in vitro digestibility using INFOGEST; and 2) Industry placement at Tirlán to upscale the process. The Fellow will also undergo a training plan that encompasses scientific and transferrable skills.
Uncovering the function of novel cytoskeletal polymers in the extreme mechanics of eukaryotic cells (XtrmCells)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Starting grants
Action type: ERC actions
Panel: Cell Biology, Development, Stem Cells and R egeneration
Panel description: For all organisms : Structure and function of the cell, cell -cell communication, embryogenesis, tissue differentiation, organogenesis, growth, development, evolution of development, organoids, stem cells, regeneration, therapeutic approaches
Countries involved: Switzerland
Call: ERC STARTING GRANTS (ERC-2025-STG, 2025)
Start date: 2026-03-01
End date: 2031-02-28
Duration (months): 60.0
Total project cost (EUR): 1495945.0
EU funding (EUR): 1495945.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

The ability of eukaryotic cells to generate and resist mechanical forces, locomote and spatially organize their subcellular structures relies on the cytoskeleton. The hallmark of cytoskeletal proteins is their ability to polymerize into filaments, which in turn organize into cellular-scale networks that support a variety of functions that require the generation of mechanical force. Decades of work have significantly increased our knowledge of the composition and mechanisms of force generation by networks of actin, tubulin and intermediate filaments. In contrast, the mechanisms and function of cytoskeletal networks, whose primary component is centrin remain unexplored. Centrins are conserved proteins across all eukaryotes that localize ubiquitously to microtubule organizing centers. In unicellular eukaryotes, centrins form filaments and networks that support the extreme morphodynamics required for the behavioral responses of these free living organisms. By combining approaches from cell biology and biophysics we will establish the function of centrin as a cytoskeletal polymer and uncover the mechanisms by which it assembles into large-scale structures capable of force generation in ultrafast timescales. Our studies will establish novel mechanisms by which cytoskeletal networks generate, transmit and respond to mechanical signals. Beyond their biological significance, our findings will provide blueprints for the design of novel bio-inspired materials capable of withstanding large strains and undergoing extreme elastic deformations.

Keywords: cytoskeleton,centrin,cell mechanics,cell material properties,behavior
Colour Movies of Black Holes: Understanding Black Hole Astrophysics from the Event Horizon to Galactic Scales (BlackHolistic)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Excellent Science
Programme: European Research Council (ERC)
Theme: European research council
Destination: Synergy grants
Action type: ERC actions
Countries involved: Netherlands,United Kingdom,Finland,Namibia
Call: ERC Synergy Grants (ERC-2022-SYG, 2022)
Start date: 2023-10-01
End date: 2029-09-30
Duration (months): 72.0
Total project cost (EUR): 13800936.0
EU funding (EUR): 13800936.0
Participants: 5
Project status: SIGNED

Black holes (BHs) are icons of the fundamental nature of gravity, the mysterious force shaping the Universe. They are also the Universe’s most efficient power houses, turning infalling gas into energy and outflows that, together with gravity, mould galaxies and thus ultimately stars and planets. The first image of a black hole by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT), wherein we played a leading role, captured the imagination of scientists and the public alike. This picture of the immutable black hole is however blurred by the dynamic, still mysterious behaviour of the surrounding gas. Our limited understanding of these turbulent, magnetised plasma in/outflows, producing the radiation and high-energy particles we observe, obstructs a straightforward interpretation of the black hole image for testing theories of gravity. The challenge in understanding the astrophysics of black holes and their impact on the cosmos is that they span >8 orders of magnitude in mass, size and timescales, and emit light over 15 orders of magnitude in frequency. Our new approach overcomes this scale separation, by simultaneously addressing the dynamics of large and small black holes, in colour. We produce for the first time high-resolution multi-colour movies with the EHT combined with new telescopes probing the variable extremes of the electromagnetic spectrum (e.g., CTA, MeerKAT/SKA1). The data are analysed and interpreted with innovative models finally combining micro- and macrophysics. The PIs bring together complementary expertise over the entire black hole mass scale in radio imaging and multi-wavelength monitoring, astroparticle physics, and theoretical modelling to bear on the problem. This is accompanied by four major investments: construction of a new mm-wave telescope in Africa enabling full dynamical imaging of black holes with the EHT, new model development, supercomputing hardware, and a vibrant team of young scientists to help develop a new, truly universal black hole paradigm.

Keywords: black holes,event horizon telescope,radio astronomy,vlbi,grmhd simulations
Quantum technology with a spin-photon architecture for thousand-qubit chipsets at telecom wavelengths (QuSPARC)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Pathfinder
Destination: Open to supporting projects in all areas of science, technology,...
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Austria,Sweden,Germany,Hungary,Netherlands,United Kingdom
Call: EIC Pathfinder Open (HORIZON-EIC-2024-PATHFINDEROPEN-01, 2024)
Start date: 2025-04-01
End date: 2028-03-31
Duration (months): 36.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2998646.0
EU funding (EUR): 2992374.75
Participants: 9
Project status: SIGNED

Scalability is one of the core challenges of present-day quantum technology. While many promising demonstrations have been performed at the level of tens of qubits, a vast leap will be required to create systems with the many thousands of physical qubits with the outstanding quality needed for the achievement of quantum computational advantage and high-bandwidth quantum communication. Spin centres in silicon carbide are an emerging platform for quantum information and communication. Some of these systems have long spin lifetimes and strong optical transitions in the near infrared optical spectrum. This optical band is advantageous for strong photonic enhancement, and for interfacing with low-loss waveguide and fiber networks. These defects possess electronic spins for photonic links, and nuclear spins for quantum information storage. The multilevel systems furthermore offer a platform for novel, resource-efficient quantum information methods based on high-dimensional encoding. Silicon carbide is a highly developed material platform, offering extremely high purity, transparency, and compatibility with eminently scalable semiconductor processing methods. In QuSPARC, we will develop and demonstrate wafer-scale processes to create thousands of near-identical qubit sites with spin control on a SiC wafer, and with optical enhancement interfaces using optical micro-resonators of extremely high quality. We will determine optimized methods for the control and readout of selected spin centres in SiC towards fault-tolerant implementations. Based on these insights, we will demonstrate high-fidelity spin initialization, spin measurement, spin-photon entanglement, and connectivity between sites on these microchips. QuSPARC will thereby achieve a disruptive step change in the development of scalable quantum information devices, leading the race towards the creation of million-qubit systems for high-performance quantum technology.

Keywords: spins in semiconductors,photonic links,silicon carbide
Streamlining structural biology: Developing a high-throughput cloud-based cryo-electron tomography platform (CryoET-CryoCloud)

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: Netherlands
Call: ERC PROOF OF CONCEPT GRANTS2 (ERC-2022-POC2, 2022)
Start date: 2023-07-01
End date: 2024-12-31
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 150000.0
EU funding (EUR): 150000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: CLOSED

Cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) has revolutionized biomolecular research. It enables structure determination of proteins and their complexes at near-atomic resolution, informing on their mechanism of action and their role in disease. Importantly, it also assists the development of novel therapeutics. Cryo-electron tomography (cryoET) is an emerging cryoEM modality, which has demonstrated the potential of to determine protein structures at near-atomic resolution in their near-native environment. Importantly, cryoET provides snapshots of macromolecules during their function, allowing to capture different stages of biochemical reactions in the cell and inferring their temporal order. However, cryoET relies on extensive computational data analysis. Current analysis pipelines require extensive computational resources, various software packages, and a high degree of expertise to build and execute workflows for data analysis. Building on my previous research from the ERC Consolidator project BENDER project, I propose to create a cloud-based workflow for standardized and automated high-throughput cryoET data analysis (CryoET-CryoCloud). This solution will not only reduce analysis time from months to days, but it will also make the method accessible to a broad community by eliminating the need for investment into expensive computational infrastructure, and their maintenance through scarce qualified personnel. My proposed workflow will both enable and democratize high-content data analysis of cellular tomograms, thus dramatically increasing our knowledge of the molecular machinery inside the cell. To perform this work and reach market rapidly, I will perform CryoET-CryoCloud in very close collaboration with a team of people from the startup company CryoCloud, which emerged from my research group.
AI-Powered Tools for Revolutionizing the Fashion Value Chain (AI Fashion)

Framework: Horizon Europe — Innovative Europe
Programme: The European Innovation Council (EIC)
Theme: EIC Accelerator
Destination: Other destinations
Action type: EIC actions
Countries involved: Netherlands
Call: EIC Accelerator 2024 - Short application (HORIZON-EIC-2024-ACCELERATOR-01, 2024)
Duration (months): 18.0
Total project cost (EUR): 2000000.0
EU funding (EUR): 2000000.0
Participants: 1
Project status: SIGNED

Our solution targets the €2 trillion global fashion industry, a key European sector employing over 1.7 million people. The industry faces challenges related to competition, regulatory demands, and sustainability, and current workflows remain manual, costly, and inefficient. Our AI-powered suite of tools addresses these issues by automating processes, reducing production time, costs, and waste while enhancing creativity. Our suite includes AI Sketch-to-Image Conversion, AI Pattern Extraction, 2D to 3D Visualization, and Virtual Try-On capabilities. These tools streamline workflows, enable photorealistic images, and create content for immersive AR/VR and shopping experiences. This innovation revolutionizes the fashion industry by offering a scalable, user-friendly platform that integrates seamlessly into existing systems, benefiting both independent, SMEs and large fashion brands. Our solution is unique due to its complete integration of AI automation making it a one-stop platform that reduces barriers for non-technical users. Current solutions remain fragmented, but our approach is cohesive and accessible. Having reached Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6, we aim to achieve TRL 9 with EIC support and scale to global adoption within two years. Aligned with EU sustainability goals, our project will significantly reduce material waste and accelerate the digital transformation of the fashion industry, increasing EU competitiveness. EIC support is crucial for scaling and further development, and we are seeking €2 million in grants and €1 million in investment to complete this transformative project.

Keywords: artificial intelligence,creative industries,fashion,workflow automation,digital transformation,ar vr,creative tools,digital design,software innovation